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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 820 948 1028
Rank change year-on-year +128 +80 -162
Permanent jobs citing E-Discovery 74 33 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.033% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.034% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 51 11 27
10th Percentile £30,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -5.17% -27.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £85,000 £84,000
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 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 11 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 11 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 +108 62 £72,500 +31.82% 23
London +159 46 £73,000 +4.29% 18
UK excluding London +8 23 £43,750 +34.62% 7
Work from Home +91 10 £115,000 - 6
North of England +28 6 £41,250 +26.92% 2
South East +11 6 - -
Scotland - 5 £45,000 -
North West +7 4 £41,250 +26.92% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £30,000 -
Yorkshire +69 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 (21.62%) SharePoint
2 15 (20.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (20.27%) SAS
3 3 (4.05%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (20.27%) SPSS
2 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Relativity
2 2 (2.70%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (1.35%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 30 (40.54%) Azure
1 30 (40.54%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (31.08%) Microsoft Purview
3 15 (20.27%) Azure Logic Apps
3 15 (20.27%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (14.86%) Dropbox
5 10 (13.51%) AWS
5 10 (13.51%) Entra ID
5 10 (13.51%) OneDrive
6 7 (9.46%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (8.11%) Power Platform
8 5 (6.76%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (6.76%) PowerApps
9 3 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (4.05%) Rubrik
10 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.70%) GCP
10 2 (2.70%) Power Automate
11 1 (1.35%) PaaS
11 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.46%) Firewall
2 5 (6.76%) DNS
3 3 (4.05%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (4.05%) Internet
3 3 (4.05%) iSCSI
3 3 (4.05%) LAN
3 3 (4.05%) SAN
3 3 (4.05%) VoIP
3 3 (4.05%) WAN
3 3 (4.05%) WebEx
4 1 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.35%) VPN
4 1 (1.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.27%) Big Data
1 15 (20.27%) EDRMS
2 6 (8.11%) Metadata
3 3 (4.05%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.70%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.35%) MySQL
5 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (12.16%) Jenkins
2 7 (9.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 7 (9.46%) Cypress.io
2 7 (9.46%) Selenium
2 7 (9.46%) WebDriver
General
1 33 (44.59%) Legal
2 27 (36.49%) Law
3 26 (35.14%) Finance
4 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
5 14 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (9.46%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.05%) Marketing
8 3 (4.05%) Military
8 3 (4.05%) Police
9 2 (2.70%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.35%) Advertising
10 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (20.27%) Lead
2 12 (16.22%) Analyst
3 7 (9.46%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 6 (8.11%) Data Custodian
4 6 (8.11%) E-Discovery Specialist
5 5 (6.76%) Cloud Specialist
6 4 (5.41%) Compliance Specialist
6 4 (5.41%) IT Support
6 4 (5.41%) Security Compliance Specialist
6 4 (5.41%) Security Specialist
7 3 (4.05%) Business Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Consultant
7 3 (4.05%) E-Discovery Analyst
7 3 (4.05%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Resilience Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Support Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) E-Discovery Manager
8 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.16%) Web Services
2 7 (9.46%) Apache Thrift
2 7 (9.46%) JSON
2 7 (9.46%) React
2 7 (9.46%) REST
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (2.70%) SPFx
4 1 (1.35%) Pyjs
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.27%) Cybercrime
2 8 (10.81%) BYOD
3 7 (9.46%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.41%) Taxonomies
5 3 (4.05%) Blog
5 3 (4.05%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.05%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.70%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.70%) PKI
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.35%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Android
1 8 (10.81%) Windows
2 5 (6.76%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (47.30%) Analytics
2 25 (33.78%) Information Security
3 21 (28.38%) Digital Forensics
4 20 (27.03%) Process Improvement
5 16 (21.62%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (20.27%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 15 (20.27%) Data Analytics
6 15 (20.27%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
6 15 (20.27%) Fintech
6 15 (20.27%) Log Analytics
6 15 (20.27%) Mentoring
6 15 (20.27%) Risk Management
6 15 (20.27%) SDLC
7 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (17.57%) Agile
8 13 (17.57%) API Integration
8 13 (17.57%) Data Protection
9 12 (16.22%) Software Testing
9 12 (16.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.46%) Java
2 7 (9.46%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.41%) Python
3 4 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Degree
2 5 (6.76%) CISM
2 5 (6.76%) CISSP
3 2 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.70%) CRISC
3 2 (2.70%) GIAC
3 2 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (2.70%) ISSMP
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.35%) CEH
4 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) GRC
2 6 (8.11%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.70%) COBIT
4 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.70%) GDPR
4 2 (2.70%) IASME
4 2 (2.70%) NIST
4 2 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.05%) vSphere
4 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.70%) Ansible
3 1 (1.35%) EnCase
3 1 (1.35%) FTK
3 1 (1.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (44.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.51%) Nuix
3 9 (12.16%) Apple
4 6 (8.11%) VMware
5 5 (6.76%) Sophos
6 4 (5.41%) Intapp
7 3 (4.05%) 3PAR
7 3 (4.05%) Mitel
7 3 (4.05%) ShoreTel
7 3 (4.05%) Spotify
8 2 (2.70%) Alibaba
8 2 (2.70%) Google
8 2 (2.70%) Recommind
8 2 (2.70%) Veeam
9 1 (1.35%) Adobe
9 1 (1.35%) Cellebrite
9 1 (1.35%) Citrix
9 1 (1.35%) SAP
9 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow