Forensic Analysis Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Forensic Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 345 450
Rank change year-on-year +30 +105 +173
Contract jobs citing Forensic Analysis 8 2 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.078% 0.014% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.016% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £475 - £355
25th Percentile £496 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £746 - £738
90th Percentile £795 - £805
UK median daily rate £525 £625 £800
% change year-on-year -16.00% -21.88% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £40.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,413 12,250 20,972
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.65% 87.29% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,338 8,298 14,770
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 486 508
10th Percentile £12.62 £15.93 £17.68
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.70 £25.75
Median hourly rate £33.89 £43.00 £51.07
Median % change year-on-year -21.20% -15.79% +14.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.75 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -10.31% +61.35%

Forensic Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Forensic Analysis trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Forensic Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Forensic Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Forensic Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Forensic Analysis over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Forensic Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Forensic Analysis
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Akamai
3 1 (12.50%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) HTTP
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) GitLab
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) ForgeRock Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Head of Information
2 2 (25.00%) Head of Information Security
2 2 (25.00%) Head of Security
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (37.50%) PKI
4 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Incident Response
2 4 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (37.50%) Application Security
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
3 3 (37.50%) Microservices
3 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (25.00%) Behavioural Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) SIEM
4 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) Java
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CFCE
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) GCFA
1 1 (12.50%) GCIA
1 1 (12.50%) GCIH
1 1 (12.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Progress Chef
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) ForgeRock
2 2 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Splunk
3 1 (12.50%) ArcSight
3 1 (12.50%) Imperva
3 1 (12.50%) LogRhythm