Forensic Analysis Contracts

Forensic Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Forensic Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Forensic Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 564 673
Rank change year-on-year +43 +109 +183
Contract jobs citing Forensic Analysis 32 16 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.098% 0.038% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.044% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 8
10th Percentile £443 £518 £493
25th Percentile £496 £544 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £800
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -21.88% +42.22%
75th Percentile £563 £706 £850
90th Percentile £728 £733 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £700 £800
% change year-on-year -29.14% -12.50% +48.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £40.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Forensic Analysis 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 29,443 36,038 50,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.37% 85.40% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,490 23,058 34,451
10th Percentile £300 £303 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
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 1,553 2,324 1,670
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.19%
75th Percentile £51.65 £61.70 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.75 £73.43 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.04% -4.70% +86.05%

Forensic Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK

Forensic Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK

Forensic Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Forensic Analysis over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Forensic Analysis in the UK

Forensic Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Forensic Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Forensic Analysis in the UK

Forensic Analysis
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 Forensic Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +74 32 £525 -16.00% 34
London +46 19 £550 -2.22% 21
UK excluding London +27 13 £496 -29.14% 17
Work from Home +34 8 £550 - 16
South East - 7 £488 - 7
South West +41 3 £400 -42.86% 3
North of England - 2 £496 - 2
North West - 2 £496 -
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 3
Midlands - 1 £525 - 4

Forensic Analysis
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 12 (37.50%) AWS
2 6 (18.75%) Azure
3 4 (12.50%) Akamai
3 4 (12.50%) Cloudflare
4 2 (6.25%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (6.25%) AWS KMS
4 2 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (6.25%) GCP
4 2 (6.25%) Serverless
4 2 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) Network Security
2 7 (21.88%) HTTP
3 6 (18.75%) Firewall
4 4 (12.50%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) GitLab
General
1 12 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
3 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Finance
4 5 (15.63%) Legal
5 3 (9.38%) Law
6 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.25%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Analyst
2 9 (28.13%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Security Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (9.38%) ForgeRock Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Head of Information
5 2 (6.25%) Head of Information Security
5 2 (6.25%) Head of Security
6 1 (3.13%) Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Information Security Advisor
6 1 (3.13%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Security Advisor
6 1 (3.13%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (28.13%) Security Posture
2 6 (18.75%) Digital Media
2 6 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.38%) PKI
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Linux
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Incident Response
2 14 (43.75%) SIEM
3 11 (34.38%) Security Operations
4 9 (28.13%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (28.13%) Threat Intelligence
5 8 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 8 (25.00%) QMS
5 8 (25.00%) Quality Management
5 8 (25.00%) Validation
6 7 (21.88%) Cloud Security
6 7 (21.88%) Digital Forensics
7 6 (18.75%) Application Security
7 6 (18.75%) E-Discovery
7 6 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (18.75%) Strategic Planning
8 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
8 5 (15.63%) Threat Detection
9 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
9 4 (12.50%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (43.75%) Python
2 9 (28.13%) PowerShell
3 3 (9.38%) Java
3 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.38%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (3.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) CISSP
2 7 (21.88%) CEH
2 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) GCIH
4 5 (15.63%) CFCE
4 5 (15.63%) GCFA
4 5 (15.63%) GCIA
4 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
5 4 (12.50%) Degree
5 4 (12.50%) EnCE
6 3 (9.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (9.38%) GIAC
7 2 (6.25%) AWS Certification
7 2 (6.25%) CISM
8 1 (3.13%) CISA
8 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (31.25%) GDPR
1 10 (31.25%) NIST
2 9 (28.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 5 (15.63%) HIPAA
4 5 (15.63%) QA
5 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) EnCase
1 4 (12.50%) FTK
2 3 (9.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (9.38%) Progress Chef
3 2 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) Splunk
3 6 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (12.50%) ArcSight
4 4 (12.50%) Cellebrite
4 4 (12.50%) Imperva
4 4 (12.50%) LogRhythm
4 4 (12.50%) Nuix
5 3 (9.38%) ForgeRock
6 1 (3.13%) Intel
6 1 (3.13%) NEC