E-Discovery Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring E-Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 54 50
Rank change year-on-year -33 -4 -
Contract jobs citing E-Discovery 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.14% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.25% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -0.95% -
75th Percentile - £530 £538
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -7.69% -0.95% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

E-Discovery 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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 684 399 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 95.80% 89.66% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 203 226
10th Percentile £312 £220 £363
25th Percentile £400 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £515 £551
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -6.48% +10.14%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £650
90th Percentile £638 £652 £745
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 5
10th Percentile £14.66 - £18.35
25th Percentile £15.00 £12.55 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £12.83 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.08% -37.41% +22.39%
75th Percentile £20.44 £16.68 £31.25
90th Percentile £25.15 £21.05 £42.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.00 £18.07 £21.31
% change year-on-year +38.37% -15.22% +12.16%

E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing E-Discovery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

E-Discovery job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

E-Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing E-Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing E-Discovery

E-Discovery
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Discovery within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield -28 1 £480 -7.69%
E-Discovery
Yorkshire

E-Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas eDiscovery
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas