Forensic Consultant Contracts in the Thames Valley

Forensic Consultant
South East > Thames Valley

The median Forensic Consultant daily rate in the Thames Valley is £763, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Forensic Consultant 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% - 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £729 - -
25th Percentile £734 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 - £800
75th Percentile £784 - -
90th Percentile £786 - -
South East median daily rate £763 - £800

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,514 2,071 2,645
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 91.39% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 1,184 1,794
10th Percentile £270 £261 £263
25th Percentile £400 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £615
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 116 89
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.61 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.12 £22.56 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.43 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -56.96% +20.73% +154.74%
75th Percentile £58.62 £70.73 £66.00
90th Percentile £83.85 £88.75 £74.83
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Forensic Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Forensic Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Consultant in the Thames Valley

Forensic Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Forensic Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Forensic Consultant job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Forensic Consultant
DemandTrendContract 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 Forensic Consultant within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 2 £763 - 2
Forensic Consultant
South East

Forensic Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Forensic Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Forensic Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GCFA
1 2 (100.00%) Document Management
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 2 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) GREM
1 2 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) GCFE
1 2 (100.00%) FTK
1 2 (100.00%) EnCase
1 2 (100.00%) Darktrace

Forensic Consultant Skill Set
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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 2 (100.00%) Document Management
1 2 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GCFA
1 2 (100.00%) GCFE
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) EnCase
1 2 (100.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (100.00%) Darktrace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft