FTK Contracts

AccessData Forensic Toolkit (FTK)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring FTK skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FTK 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 515 - 715
Rank change year-on-year - - +139
Contract jobs citing FTK 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% - 0.005%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.11% - 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £348
25th Percentile £525 - £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.14%
75th Percentile £581 - £669
90th Percentile £593 - £778
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

FTK falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,597 5,137 9,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.70% 11.79% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,150 3,667 6,945
10th Percentile £313 £258 £356
25th Percentile £419 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £563
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 127 209
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.00 £16.48
25th Percentile £19.51 £17.77 £22.75
Median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%
75th Percentile £50.75 £54.38 £71.50
90th Percentile £69.88 £70.50 £82.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -34.18% -12.00% +118.75%

FTK
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for FTK in the UK

FTK
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for FTK in the UK

FTK
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for FTK in the UK

FTK
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 FTK 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
London - 5 £550 - 2
England - 5 £550 - 2

FTK
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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 5 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 5 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) QMS
1 5 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) EnCE
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 4 (80.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) EnCase
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cellebrite
1 5 (100.00%) Nuix