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 24 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 529 | 564 | 619 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +35 | +55 | +224 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Discovery | 23 | 21 | 52 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.070% | 0.051% | 0.095% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.078% | 0.060% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 15 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £453 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £480 | £544 | £481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £575 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.70% | -11.54% | +23.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £631 | £713 |
| 90th Percentile | £595 | £783 | £815 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £525 | £363 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.57% | +44.83% | +36.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £61.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £63.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65.25 | - | - |
| 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 | 29,589 | 34,917 | 49,065 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.38% | 85.51% | 89.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,564 | 22,431 | 33,730 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £306 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £413 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,592 | 2,130 | 1,613 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £13.45 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.32 | £17.25 | £18.70 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -6.98% | +62.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.00 | £63.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £73.75 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.00 | £40.00 | £40.80 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.00% | -1.95% | +89.74% |
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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 24 July 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 10 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 24 July 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 | +34 | 19 | £538 | -5.70% | 34 |
| London | +24 | 10 | £550 | -3.51% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +28 | 8 | £480 | -8.57% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +32 | 7 | £500 | -16.67% | 20 |
| North of England | - | 5 | £480 | - | 3 |
| North West | - | 4 | £438 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | +1 | 2 | £350 | - | 5 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 2 | £350 | - | 4 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £480 | - | 2 |
| South West | - | 1 | £550 | - |
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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: