EnCE Contracts

EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for EnCE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered 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 514 581 713
Rank change year-on-year +67 +132 +141
Contract jobs citing EnCE 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.002% 0.008%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% 0.008% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £496
25th Percentile £525 - £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £613
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -34.69% +53.13%
75th Percentile £581 - £638
90th Percentile £593 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £625

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

EnCE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,993 13,316 16,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 30.57% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 8,190 10,861
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £533 £530
% change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,076 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%

EnCE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for EnCE in the UK

EnCE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for EnCE in the UK

EnCE
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EnCE 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 +61 5 £550 +37.50% 1
London +42 5 £550 +37.50% 1

EnCE
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Law
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Resilience Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Digital Forensics
1 5 (83.33%) E-Discovery
1 5 (83.33%) Forensic Analysis
1 5 (83.33%) QMS
1 5 (83.33%) Quality Management
1 5 (83.33%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 4 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) EnCase
1 5 (83.33%) FTK
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cellebrite
1 5 (83.33%) Nuix