Digital Forensics Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Digital Forensics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Digital Forensics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 - 142
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 6 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.30% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £414 - £620
25th Percentile £530 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £700
75th Percentile £781 - £750
90th Percentile £785 - £780
South East median daily rate £625 - £700

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,788 1,859 2,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 88.38% 88.27% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,089 1,510
10th Percentile £263 £296 £214
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 58 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.14 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.15 £32.90 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.97% +14.25% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.31 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.41 £71.24 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Forensics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Digital Forensics job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Digital Forensics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Forensics in the Thames Valley

Digital Forensics
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Berkshire - 6 £750 - 3
Digital Forensics
South East

Digital Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Burp Suite
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Forensic Consultant
3 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Security Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) IoT
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 2 (33.33%) Unix
4 1 (16.67%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (50.00%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) Behavioural Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Forensics
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Document Management
4 2 (33.33%) E-Discovery
4 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 5 (83.33%) GCFA
2 5 (83.33%) GCIH
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) GCIA
4 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (33.33%) CCSP
4 2 (33.33%) CFCE
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (33.33%) GCFE
4 2 (33.33%) GIAC
4 2 (33.33%) GREM
5 1 (16.67%) CEH
5 1 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) GDPR
3 2 (33.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) EnCase
1 2 (33.33%) FTK
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (16.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) Splunk
2 3 (50.00%) ArcSight
3 2 (33.33%) Darktrace
3 2 (33.33%) LogRhythm
4 1 (16.67%) Carbon Black
4 1 (16.67%) Google
4 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow