E-Discovery Specialist Contract Job Trends in Reading

eDiscovery Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median eDiscovery Specialist daily rate in Reading is £556, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an E-Discovery Specialist 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 - -
75th Percentile £581 - -
90th Percentile £593 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £556 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 695 868 931
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 89.30% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 509 619
10th Percentile £341 £315 £213
25th Percentile £425 £438 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £506
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +13.64% -3.62%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £614
90th Percentile £662 £677 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 4 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £46.63 £55.75
25th Percentile £36.14 £52.81 £60.82
Median hourly rate £81.00 £60.33 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +34.27% -4.68% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.26 £66.00
90th Percentile £105.50 £71.82 £67.60
Berkshire median hourly rate £43.96 £61.50 £61.45
% change year-on-year -28.52% +0.08% +29.36%

E-Discovery Specialist Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, E-Discovery Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring E-Discovery Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) E-Discovery
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) Information Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer

E-Discovery Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Purview
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) E-Discovery
2 2 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft