Computer Forensics Contracts in Reading

Computer Forensics
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Computer Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Computer Forensics 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% - 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £729 - -
25th Percentile £734 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 - £800
75th Percentile £784 - -
90th Percentile £786 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £763 - £800

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Computer Forensics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 539 954 977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.82% 85.95% 88.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 518 646
10th Percentile £355 £350 £319
25th Percentile £450 £467 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £584 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% +6.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £516 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.18% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 32 21
10th Percentile - £14.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £51.93 £53.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 £61.60 £65.13
Median % change year-on-year -66.92% -5.41% +150.48%
75th Percentile £38.42 £75.40 £74.00
90th Percentile £59.13 £87.46 £75.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.97% +2.67% +130.77%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Computer Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Forensics in Reading

Computer Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Computer Forensics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Document Management
1 2 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GCFA
1 2 (100.00%) GCFE
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) EnCase
1 2 (100.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (100.00%) Darktrace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft