Computer Forensics Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Computer Forensics
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Computer Forensics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Forensics 0 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands - - 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile - - £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £438
75th Percentile - - £469
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £763 £550 £438
% change year-on-year +38.64% +25.71% -28.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Computer Forensics 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,130 1,339 1,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.10% 88.38% 84.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,385 831 1,047
10th Percentile £292 £210 £263
25th Percentile £405 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 51 106
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.21 £16.51 £17.25
Median hourly rate £20.98 £21.59 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -6.13% +29.94%
75th Percentile £25.67 £33.65 £48.75
90th Percentile £35.06 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -0.71% +0.71%

Computer Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Forensics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Computer Forensics job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Computer Forensics
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Forensics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Forensics