Computer Forensics Contracts

Computer Forensics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Computer Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 554 644
Rank change year-on-year +5 +90 +206
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Computer Forensics 5 5 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.013% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% 0.015% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 7
10th Percentile £605 - £172
25th Percentile £725 £513 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +47.62% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £819 £538 -
90th Percentile £838 - £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £763 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +45.24% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £25.99 £26.25
Median hourly rate - £26.97 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - -1.93% -
75th Percentile - £27.96 £29.38
90th Percentile - - £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £27.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computer 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,624 33,091 45,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.43% 85.32% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,411 20,916 31,099
10th Percentile £300 £310 £320
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,756 1,673 1,519
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.13 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +54.55%
75th Percentile £47.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -46.75% +6.25% +77.78%

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
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Forensics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Forensics over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Forensics in the UK

Computer Forensics
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Forensics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computer Forensics

Computer Forensics
Top 4 DemandTrendContract 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 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
England +15 4 £763 +45.24% 5
London +23 2 £681 - 1
UK excluding London +11 2 £763 +45.24% 4
South East - 2 £763 - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) Forensic Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Forensic Investigator
3 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) IoT
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
2 4 (80.00%) E-Discovery
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (40.00%) Document Management
4 2 (40.00%) Information Security
4 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
5 1 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) GCFA
1 2 (40.00%) GCFE
1 2 (40.00%) GCIH
1 2 (40.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) EnCase
1 3 (60.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (40.00%) Darktrace
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cellebrite
2 1 (20.00%) Nuix