Digital Forensics Contracts in the Thames Valley

Digital Forensics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.24% - 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £545 - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £800
Median % change year-on-year - - +72.97%
75th Percentile £781 - -
90th Percentile £785 - -
South East median daily rate £750 - £800
% change year-on-year - - +113.33%

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 1,526 1,904 2,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.32% 84.92% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 1,088 1,704
10th Percentile £293 £266 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £524
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.24% +4.85%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £520
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.87% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 97 84
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £15.12 £26.03 £24.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £58.30 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.83% +16.60% +163.16%
75th Percentile £38.42 £70.18 £66.00
90th Percentile £76.30 £86.63 £74.94
South East median hourly rate £22.75 £57.35 £51.42
% change year-on-year -60.33% +11.53% +85.43%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 - 4 £750 - 4
Digital Forensics
South East

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (50.00%) IoT
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Forensics
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Document Management
2 2 (50.00%) E-Discovery
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) GCFA
1 3 (75.00%) GCIH
2 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) CCSP
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) GCFE
2 2 (50.00%) GREM
3 1 (25.00%) CFCE
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) GCIA
3 1 (25.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) EnCase
1 2 (50.00%) FTK
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Darktrace
2 2 (50.00%) Splunk
3 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (25.00%) LogRhythm