Digital Forensics Contracts in Reading

Digital Forensics
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Digital Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Digital Forensics 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Digital 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 545 950 950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.91% 85.90% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 513 635
10th Percentile £350 £342 £347
25th Percentile £450 £474 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 33 21
10th Percentile - £14.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £51.52 £53.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.92% -6.67% +135.71%
75th Percentile £38.42 £74.87 £74.00
90th Percentile £59.13 £87.46 £75.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £60.60 £58.75
% change year-on-year -47.11% +3.15% +125.96%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in Reading

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Digital 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Behavioural Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CFCE
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GCFA
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA
1 1 (50.00%) GCIH
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) ArcSight
2 1 (50.00%) LogRhythm