eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for E-Discovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited E-Discovery over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 834 961 1045
Rank change year-on-year +127 +84 -172
Permanent jobs citing E-Discovery 73 34 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.033% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.035% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 50 12 28
10th Percentile £30,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.76% -27.50%
75th Percentile £105,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £85,000 £83,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £32,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year +34.62% -25.71% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

E-Discovery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing E-Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for E-Discovery in the UK

E-Discovery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery.

Salary trend for E-Discovery in the UK

E-Discovery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing E-Discovery over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for E-Discovery in the UK

E-Discovery
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing E-Discovery within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +117 61 £72,500 +16.00% 23
London +152 45 £73,000 +4.29% 18
UK excluding London -5 23 £43,750 +34.62% 7
Work from Home +86 10 £115,000 - 9
North of England +33 6 £41,250 +26.92% 2
South East +27 6 - -
Scotland - 5 £45,000 -
North West +16 4 £41,250 +26.92% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £30,000 -
Yorkshire +68 2 £38,000 - 1
South West - 2 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - - 1

E-Discovery
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (21.92%) SharePoint
2 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (20.55%) SAS
3 3 (4.11%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (20.55%) SPSS
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Relativity
2 2 (2.74%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (1.37%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 29 (39.73%) Azure
1 29 (39.73%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (31.51%) Microsoft Purview
3 15 (20.55%) Azure Logic Apps
3 15 (20.55%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (15.07%) Dropbox
5 10 (13.70%) Entra ID
5 10 (13.70%) OneDrive
6 9 (12.33%) AWS
7 7 (9.59%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (8.22%) Power Platform
9 5 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (6.85%) PowerApps
10 3 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (4.11%) Rubrik
11 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (2.74%) Power Automate
12 1 (1.37%) IaaS
12 1 (1.37%) PaaS
12 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.22%) Firewall
2 4 (5.48%) DNS
3 3 (4.11%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (4.11%) Internet
3 3 (4.11%) iSCSI
3 3 (4.11%) LAN
3 3 (4.11%) SAN
3 3 (4.11%) VoIP
3 3 (4.11%) WAN
3 3 (4.11%) WebEx
4 1 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.37%) VPN
4 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.55%) Big Data
1 15 (20.55%) EDRMS
2 6 (8.22%) Metadata
3 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.74%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.37%) MySQL
5 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (10.96%) Jenkins
2 7 (9.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 7 (9.59%) Cypress.io
2 7 (9.59%) Selenium
2 7 (9.59%) WebDriver
General
1 32 (43.84%) Legal
2 27 (36.99%) Law
3 25 (34.25%) Finance
4 16 (21.92%) Social Skills
5 14 (19.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (9.59%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.11%) Marketing
8 3 (4.11%) Military
8 3 (4.11%) Police
9 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.37%) Advertising
10 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Lead
2 12 (16.44%) Analyst
3 7 (9.59%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 6 (8.22%) Data Custodian
4 6 (8.22%) E-Discovery Specialist
5 5 (6.85%) Cloud Specialist
6 4 (5.48%) Compliance Specialist
6 4 (5.48%) IT Support
6 4 (5.48%) Security Compliance Specialist
6 4 (5.48%) Security Specialist
7 3 (4.11%) Business Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Consultant
7 3 (4.11%) E-Discovery Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (4.11%) Resilience Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Support Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) E-Discovery Manager
8 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.96%) Web Services
2 7 (9.59%) Apache Thrift
2 7 (9.59%) JSON
2 7 (9.59%) React
2 7 (9.59%) REST
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (2.74%) SPFx
4 1 (1.37%) Pyjs
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.55%) Cybercrime
2 8 (10.96%) BYOD
3 7 (9.59%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.48%) Taxonomies
5 3 (4.11%) Blog
5 3 (4.11%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.11%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.37%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.37%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.37%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.96%) Android
2 7 (9.59%) Windows
3 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (47.95%) Analytics
2 24 (32.88%) Information Security
3 21 (28.77%) Digital Forensics
4 20 (27.40%) Process Improvement
5 16 (21.92%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (20.55%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 15 (20.55%) Data Analytics
6 15 (20.55%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
6 15 (20.55%) Fintech
6 15 (20.55%) Log Analytics
6 15 (20.55%) Mentoring
6 15 (20.55%) Risk Management
6 15 (20.55%) SDLC
7 14 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (17.81%) Agile
8 13 (17.81%) API Integration
8 13 (17.81%) Data Protection
9 12 (16.44%) Software Testing
9 12 (16.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.59%) Java
2 7 (9.59%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.48%) SQL
4 3 (4.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (24.66%) Degree
2 4 (5.48%) CISM
2 4 (5.48%) CISSP
3 2 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.37%) CEH
4 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.37%) CRISC
4 1 (1.37%) GIAC
4 1 (1.37%) ISSMP
4 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) GRC
2 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.74%) GDPR
4 2 (2.74%) IASME
4 2 (2.74%) NIST
4 2 (2.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.37%) COBIT
5 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 13 (17.81%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.11%) vSphere
4 2 (2.74%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.37%) Ansible
2 1 (1.37%) EnCase
2 1 (1.37%) FTK
2 1 (1.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (43.84%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.70%) Nuix
3 9 (12.33%) Apple
4 6 (8.22%) VMware
5 5 (6.85%) Sophos
6 4 (5.48%) Intapp
7 3 (4.11%) 3PAR
7 3 (4.11%) Mitel
7 3 (4.11%) ShoreTel
7 3 (4.11%) Spotify
8 2 (2.74%) Recommind
8 2 (2.74%) Veeam
9 1 (1.37%) Adobe
9 1 (1.37%) Alibaba
9 1 (1.37%) Cellebrite
9 1 (1.37%) Citrix
9 1 (1.37%) Google
9 1 (1.37%) SAP
9 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow