Digital Forensics Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Digital Forensics
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Digital Forensics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 0.78% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 108 118 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.38% 71.08% 85.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 79 107
10th Percentile £170 £200 £263
25th Percentile £323 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £603 £634 £614
90th Percentile £686 £650 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -7.83% +9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £70.60 £46.00 £18.74
25th Percentile £70.75 - £21.23
Median hourly rate £72.00 £80.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +223.23% +121.77%
75th Percentile £74.00 - £27.00
90th Percentile £74.60 - £32.88
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +4.27% +22.22%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in Southampton

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Intel