eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for E-Discovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited E-Discovery over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 542 | 629 | 805 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +87 | +176 | -148 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Discovery | 34 | 55 | 44 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.080% | 0.097% | 0.050% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.093% | 0.11% | 0.056% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 26 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £233 | £255 |
| 25th Percentile | £519 | £503 | £292 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £565 | £650 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.08% | +44.44% | -12.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £700 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £813 | £746 | £600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £272 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +93.37% | -45.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £91.25 | £40.98 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £97.50 | £41.95 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +132.42% | -44.62% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £103.75 | £42.93 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £41.95 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -44.62% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,679 | 51,168 | 79,259 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.19% | 89.82% | 90.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,608 | 35,479 | 55,636 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £429 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +8.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £479 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.38% | +9.49% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,436 | 1,692 | 1,900 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.64 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.94 | £16.10 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.27 | £35.65 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.75% | +38.82% | +5.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +75.00% | -6.21% |
E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing E-Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Discovery over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
E-Discovery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery.
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Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Discovery within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +96 | 32 | £565 | -9.60% | 22 |
| London | +89 | 24 | £565 | -13.08% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +108 | 7 | £550 | -8.33% | 8 |
| UK excluding London | +49 | 6 | £525 | - | 6 |
| Midlands | - | 5 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 5 | - | - | |
| South East | +10 | 1 | £525 | -22.22% |
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: