Computer Forensics Contracts

Computer Forensics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Computer Forensics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Forensics over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 712 823
Rank change year-on-year +139 +111 -163
Contract jobs citing Computer Forensics 13 10 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.017% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.019% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 5
10th Percentile £339 £503 -
25th Percentile £392 £543 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £800 £700
Median % change year-on-year -45.31% +14.29% +27.27%
75th Percentile £469 £850 -
90th Percentile - - £714
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £800 -
% change year-on-year -45.31% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.99 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.97 - £22.50
75th Percentile £27.96 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computer Forensics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,653 53,977 80,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,313 37,392 56,301
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,779 1,937
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Forensics in the UK

Computer Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Forensics.

Daily rate trend for Computer Forensics in the UK

Computer Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Forensics over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Forensics in the UK

Computer Forensics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Forensics.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Forensics in the UK

Computer Forensics
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Forensics within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England +124 13 £438 -45.31% 11
UK excluding London +76 10 £438 -45.31% 8
Midlands - 10 £438 - 3
West Midlands - 10 £438 - 3
London +105 3 - - 3

Computer Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Google Docs
1 3 (23.08%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 10 (76.92%) Legal
2 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Law
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
1 10 (76.92%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Junior
2 1 (7.69%) Junior Analyst
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Linux
1 10 (76.92%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (76.92%) Incident Management
1 10 (76.92%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 10 (76.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 10 (76.92%) Purple Team
1 10 (76.92%) Reverse Engineering
1 10 (76.92%) Risk Management
1 10 (76.92%) SIEM
1 10 (76.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 10 (76.92%) Threat Analysis
1 10 (76.92%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (38.46%) Line Management
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Open Source
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 10 (76.92%) GDPR
1 10 (76.92%) HIPAA
1 10 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (76.92%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Google
1 3 (23.08%) Salesforce