eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring E-Discovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited E-Discovery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 493 | 546 | 668 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +53 | +122 | +140 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Discovery | 27 | 36 | 50 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.092% | 0.083% | 0.084% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.10% | 0.096% | 0.093% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 18 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £384 | £413 | £168 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £528 | £486 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £575 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.70% | -11.54% | +34.02% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £719 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £585 | £835 | £773 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £463 | - | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +101.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £91.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £97.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £103.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
E-Discovery 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 26,594 | 37,597 | 53,655 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.84% | 86.31% | 89.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,149 | 24,227 | 37,238 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £743 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £483 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.50% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,071 | 2,443 | 1,746 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.41 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.21 | £16.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.65 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.65% | -4.42% | +49.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.38 | £59.98 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £37.34 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.35% | +3.72% | +80.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing E-Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Discovery over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery.
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Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Discovery within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +49 | 26 | £525 | -8.70% | 73 |
| UK excluding London | +72 | 14 | £463 | - | 36 |
| London | +23 | 12 | £550 | -4.35% | 49 |
| South West | - | 7 | £425 | - | 6 |
| North West | - | 6 | £500 | - | 6 |
| North of England | - | 6 | £500 | - | 8 |
| Work from Home | +38 | 4 | £500 | -9.09% | 43 |
| Midlands | +18 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| West Midlands | +10 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
E-Discovery
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: