Digital Forensics Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Digital Forensics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Digital Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Forensics 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 300 342 459
Rank change year-on-year +42 +117 +167
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 4 3 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.020% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.022% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £623
25th Percentile - £563 £623
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £688
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -16.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile - £588 £763
90th Percentile - - £806
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £586
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.68% +25.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £14.46 -
% change year-on-year +276.90% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Digital 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Digital Forensics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Digital Forensics trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Digital Forensics.

Digital Forensics daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) SMTP
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Police
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Life Science
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) GCIA
3 1 (25.00%) GIAC
3 1 (25.00%) GSEC
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk