Digital Forensics Contracts in the West Midlands

Digital Forensics
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Digital Forensics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 139 169
Rank change year-on-year +33 +30 -51
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 7 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.36% 0.041% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.047% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £444 £688 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £725 £335
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% +116.42% -4.29%
75th Percentile £500 £763 £353
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £606 £488
% change year-on-year -17.42% +24.21% -7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Digital Forensics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,609 2,150 3,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.80% 88.22% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 1,483 2,430
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +6.25% +16.36%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £575
90th Percentile £733 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 45 70
10th Percentile £11.08 £12.00 £11.93
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.59
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +7.39% -7.04%
75th Percentile £41.44 £23.22 £19.86
90th Percentile £58.00 £47.00 £24.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the West Midlands

Digital Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in the West Midlands

Digital Forensics
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Staffordshire - 7 £475 - 2
Digital Forensics
England

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Forensic Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Full Stack Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Media
2 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Collection
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Internal Audit
2 3 (42.86%) Quality Management
2 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 6 (85.71%) ISO17020
2 4 (57.14%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland