Digital Forensics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 371 505
Rank change year-on-year -8 +134 -50
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 9 64 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.28% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.32% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 26 3
10th Percentile £455 £363 £329
25th Percentile £463 £481 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £375
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +46.67% -
75th Percentile £488 £617 £475
90th Percentile £495 £731 £535
UK median daily rate £450 £586 £469
% change year-on-year -23.21% +25.01% -20.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.69 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £14.46 £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.42% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £15.23 £29.38 £23.75
90th Percentile - £30.00 -
UK median hourly rate £14.46 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -47.42% -21.43% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,274 20,264 27,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.17% 89.18% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,225 13,898 19,225
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £580
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 1,236 1,354
10th Percentile £12.41 £10.63 £12.45
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +74.43% -4.45%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.90 £62.43
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.64%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Forensics in the UK excluding London

Digital Forensics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
South West - 7 - - 2
Midlands +13 2 £475 +2.70% 7
West Midlands +7 2 £475 -13.64% 2
North of England -9 2 £475 -13.64% 5
North West -35 2 £475 -13.64% 4
Digital Forensics
UK

Digital Forensics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 7 (77.78%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Data Technician
1 7 (77.78%) Forensic Technician
2 2 (22.22%) Forensic Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Driving Licence
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Data Collection
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Internal Audit
2 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
2 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Validation
2 1 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CITP
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 2 (22.22%) ISO17020
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft