Digital Forensics Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Digital Forensics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 311 395
Rank change year-on-year -65 +84 +99
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 16 44 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.088% 0.30% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.34% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 25 7
10th Percentile £223 £294 £440
25th Percentile £380 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £294 £500
Median % change year-on-year +69.85% -41.13% +5.26%
75th Percentile £663 £775 £550
90th Percentile £780 £795 £680
UK median daily rate £600 £294 £550
% change year-on-year +103.83% -46.48% +41.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £15.25 - -
25th Percentile £17.06 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,596 12,890 17,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.88% 87.23% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,517 7,575 11,112
10th Percentile £220 £238 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,767 745 1,193
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £30.88 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.89% -31.39% +44.18%
75th Percentile £49.88 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.64 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.86
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.90% +25.31%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Digital Forensics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Forensics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Forensics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Digital Forensics

Digital Forensics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East - 11 £625 - 4
North of England -62 5 £450 +52.87% 8
North West -49 3 £450 +52.87% 5
Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) GCP
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Network Security
2 2 (12.50%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Fiddler
2 1 (6.25%) Burp Suite
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Forensic Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Malware Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Data Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Security Incident Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Digital Media
1 4 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (18.75%) Security Posture
3 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (12.50%) IoT
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Linux
2 6 (37.50%) Windows
3 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
3 2 (12.50%) Unix
4 1 (6.25%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Incident Response
2 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (31.25%) Malware Analysis
3 5 (31.25%) SIEM
4 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) Forensic Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Information Security
5 3 (18.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (18.75%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (12.50%) Computer Forensics
6 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 2 (12.50%) Document Management
6 2 (12.50%) E-Discovery
6 2 (12.50%) Network Architecture
6 2 (12.50%) Open Source
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 2 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) C
3 1 (6.25%) C++
3 1 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 6 (37.50%) CISSP
3 5 (31.25%) GCFA
3 5 (31.25%) GCIH
4 3 (18.75%) GCIA
5 2 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (12.50%) CCSP
5 2 (12.50%) CFCE
5 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (12.50%) CISM
5 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (12.50%) GCFE
5 2 (12.50%) GIAC
5 2 (12.50%) GREM
6 1 (6.25%) CEH
6 1 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (12.50%) GDPR
3 2 (12.50%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
3 2 (12.50%) HIPAA
3 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (12.50%) ISO17020
3 2 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) EnCase
1 2 (12.50%) FTK
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (6.25%) Nmap
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Cellebrite
2 4 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (25.00%) Splunk
3 3 (18.75%) ArcSight
4 2 (12.50%) Darktrace
4 2 (12.50%) LogRhythm
5 1 (6.25%) Carbon Black
5 1 (6.25%) Google
5 1 (6.25%) Intel
5 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow