Electronic Discovery Reference Model Job Trends

Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Electronic Discovery Reference Model skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 698 709
Rank change year-on-year +55 +11 +293
Permanent jobs citing Electronic Discovery Reference Model 10 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.002% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.002% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £39,599
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +57.83% -20.80%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Electronic Discovery Reference Model 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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Electronic Discovery Reference Model
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Electronic Discovery Reference Model relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Electronic Discovery Reference Model job vacancy trend in the UK

Electronic Discovery Reference Model
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Electronic Discovery Reference Model.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Electronic Discovery Reference Model
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Electronic Discovery Reference Model within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +71 10 £67,500 +8.00%
London +63 10 £67,500 +8.00%

Electronic Discovery Reference Model
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (100.00%) SPSS
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Dropbox
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) Big Data
1 10 (100.00%) EDRMS
2 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
1 10 (100.00%) Legal
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Forensic Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Technology Manager
3 2 (20.00%) E-Discovery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Cybercrime
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Analytics
1 10 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 10 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 10 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 10 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 10 (100.00%) Fintech
1 10 (100.00%) Forensic Accounting
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) SDLC
2 2 (20.00%) e-Disclosure
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) EnCase
1 8 (80.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cellebrite
2 2 (20.00%) Nuix