Digital Forensics Contracts in England

Digital Forensics
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Digital Forensics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 562 767
Rank change year-on-year +50 +205 -148
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 19 84 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.052% 0.17% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.19% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 44 5
10th Percentile £415 £389 £341
25th Percentile £438 £519 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -16.28%
75th Percentile - £713 £475
90th Percentile £560 £835 £486
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -23.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile - - £23.75
25th Percentile £13.69 £26.25 £27.50
Median hourly rate £14.46 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.42% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £15.23 £29.38 £42.50
90th Percentile - £30.00 £46.25
UK median hourly rate £14.46 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -47.42% -21.43% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Digital Forensics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in England.

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Forensics in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Forensics in England

Digital Forensics
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Forensics within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +15 7 £475 -13.64% 3
Midlands +7 7 £475 +2.70% 8
South West - 7 - - 2
North of England -10 5 £500 -9.09% 5
North West -24 5 £500 -9.09% 1
London +79 4 £500 -21.57% 7
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) DHCP
1 1 (5.26%) DNS
1 1 (5.26%) FTP
1 1 (5.26%) HTTP
1 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.26%) tcpdump
1 1 (5.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (36.84%) Police
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Data Technician
1 7 (36.84%) Forensic Technician
2 6 (31.58%) Forensic Manager
2 6 (31.58%) Technical Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Full Stack Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Incident Handler
4 1 (5.26%) Incident Responder
4 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Driving Licence
2 7 (36.84%) Digital Media
3 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Data Collection
2 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (21.05%) Incident Response
2 4 (21.05%) Internal Audit
2 4 (21.05%) Quality Management
2 4 (21.05%) Validation
2 4 (21.05%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (15.79%) Cyber Intelligence
3 3 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
4 2 (10.53%) Information Security
4 2 (10.53%) SIEM
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.26%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.26%) Malware Analysis
5 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.26%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (5.26%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) Perl
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) CITP
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.26%) EC-Council LPT
3 1 (5.26%) ECIH
3 1 (5.26%) ECSA
3 1 (5.26%) GAWN
3 1 (5.26%) GCED
3 1 (5.26%) GCFE
3 1 (5.26%) GPEN
3 1 (5.26%) GPPA
3 1 (5.26%) GREM
3 1 (5.26%) GWAPT
3 1 (5.26%) GXPN
3 1 (5.26%) OSCE
3 1 (5.26%) OSCP
3 1 (5.26%) OSWP
3 1 (5.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 7 (36.84%) ISO17020
2 5 (26.32%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (5.26%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco