eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring E-Discovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited E-Discovery over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 677 | 826 | 927 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +149 | +101 | +102 |
| Permanent jobs citing E-Discovery | 35 | 75 | 33 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.063% | 0.076% | 0.033% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.067% | 0.088% | 0.034% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 51 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £30,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £26,750 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £65,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.08% | +18.18% | -5.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,375 | £100,000 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £117,500 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £56,500 | £43,750 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.14% | +34.62% | -25.71% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
E-Discovery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 51,972 | 84,955 | 96,877 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.89% | 85.58% | 95.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,632 | 59,894 | 57,116 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £29,002 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -9.84% | +1.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,365 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.73% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing E-Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
E-Discovery
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery.
E-Discovery
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing E-Discovery over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.
E-Discovery
Top 11 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 13 May 2025. 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 | +114 | 25 | £62,500 | -13.79% | 60 |
| UK excluding London | +174 | 14 | £56,500 | +29.14% | 31 |
| London | +67 | 13 | £75,000 | +2.74% | 37 |
| Midlands | +78 | 8 | £56,500 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 5 | £56,500 | - | |
| North of England | +48 | 4 | £43,750 | +6.06% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +73 | 3 | £37,500 | -1.32% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Scotland | +121 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Work from Home | +106 | 2 | £44,474 | -61.33% | 26 |
| North West | +9 | 1 | £50,000 | +21.21% | 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: