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

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 803 939 1042
Rank change year-on-year +136 +103 -161
Permanent jobs citing E-Discovery 75 33 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.033% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 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 £78,000
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 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
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% +9.38%

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 13 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 13 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 +135 63 £72,500 +31.82% 22
London +145 46 £73,000 +4.29% 17
UK excluding London -3 24 £43,750 +34.62% 7
Work from Home +94 11 £115,000 - 6
South East +19 7 - -
North of England +39 6 £41,250 +26.92% 2
Scotland - 5 £45,000 -
North West +6 4 £41,250 +26.92% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £30,000 -
Yorkshire +70 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 (21.33%) SharePoint
2 15 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (20.00%) SAS
3 3 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (20.00%) SPSS
2 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Relativity
2 2 (2.67%) Veritas eDiscovery
3 1 (1.33%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 30 (40.00%) Azure
1 30 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (30.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 15 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 15 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (14.67%) Dropbox
5 10 (13.33%) AWS
5 10 (13.33%) Entra ID
5 10 (13.33%) OneDrive
6 7 (9.33%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (8.00%) Power Platform
8 5 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (6.67%) PowerApps
9 3 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (4.00%) Rubrik
10 2 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.67%) GCP
10 2 (2.67%) Power Automate
11 1 (1.33%) IaaS
11 1 (1.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.33%) Firewall
2 5 (6.67%) DNS
3 3 (4.00%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (4.00%) Internet
3 3 (4.00%) iSCSI
3 3 (4.00%) LAN
3 3 (4.00%) SAN
3 3 (4.00%) VoIP
3 3 (4.00%) WAN
3 3 (4.00%) WebEx
4 1 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.33%) VPN
4 1 (1.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.00%) Big Data
1 15 (20.00%) EDRMS
2 6 (8.00%) Metadata
3 3 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.67%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.33%) MySQL
5 1 (1.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (12.00%) Jenkins
2 7 (9.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 7 (9.33%) Cypress.io
2 7 (9.33%) Selenium
2 7 (9.33%) WebDriver
General
1 34 (45.33%) Legal
2 27 (36.00%) Finance
2 27 (36.00%) Law
3 16 (21.33%) Social Skills
4 14 (18.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (9.33%) Financial Institution
7 3 (4.00%) Marketing
7 3 (4.00%) Military
7 3 (4.00%) Police
8 2 (2.67%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.33%) Advertising
9 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (20.00%) Lead
2 12 (16.00%) Analyst
3 7 (9.33%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 6 (8.00%) Data Custodian
4 6 (8.00%) E-Discovery Specialist
5 5 (6.67%) Cloud Specialist
6 4 (5.33%) Compliance Specialist
6 4 (5.33%) IT Support
6 4 (5.33%) Security Compliance Specialist
6 4 (5.33%) Security Specialist
7 3 (4.00%) Business Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Consultant
7 3 (4.00%) E-Discovery Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) Resilience Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Support Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) E-Discovery Manager
8 2 (2.67%) Forensic Investigator
8 2 (2.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.00%) Web Services
2 7 (9.33%) Apache Thrift
2 7 (9.33%) JSON
2 7 (9.33%) React
2 7 (9.33%) REST
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (2.67%) SPFx
4 1 (1.33%) Pyjs
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.00%) Cybercrime
2 8 (10.67%) BYOD
3 7 (9.33%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.33%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.33%) Taxonomies
5 3 (4.00%) Blog
5 3 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.67%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.67%) PKI
7 1 (1.33%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.33%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.33%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.67%) Android
1 8 (10.67%) Windows
2 5 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (46.67%) Analytics
2 25 (33.33%) Information Security
3 21 (28.00%) Digital Forensics
3 21 (28.00%) Process Improvement
4 17 (22.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (21.33%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (21.33%) Risk Management
6 15 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 15 (20.00%) Data Analytics
6 15 (20.00%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
6 15 (20.00%) Fintech
6 15 (20.00%) Log Analytics
6 15 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 15 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (20.00%) SDLC
7 14 (18.67%) Agile
8 13 (17.33%) API Integration
8 13 (17.33%) Data Protection
9 12 (16.00%) SDET
9 12 (16.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.33%) Java
2 7 (9.33%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.67%) SQL
4 4 (5.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (25.33%) Degree
2 5 (6.67%) CISM
2 5 (6.67%) CISSP
3 2 (2.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.67%) CRISC
3 2 (2.67%) GIAC
3 2 (2.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (2.67%) ISSMP
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.33%) CEH
4 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.67%) GRC
2 6 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.67%) COBIT
4 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.67%) GDPR
4 2 (2.67%) IASME
4 2 (2.67%) NIST
4 2 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 13 (17.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.00%) vSphere
4 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.67%) Ansible
2 2 (2.67%) FTK
3 1 (1.33%) EnCase
3 1 (1.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.33%) Nuix
3 9 (12.00%) Apple
4 6 (8.00%) VMware
5 5 (6.67%) Sophos
6 4 (5.33%) Intapp
7 3 (4.00%) 3PAR
7 3 (4.00%) Mitel
7 3 (4.00%) ShoreTel
7 3 (4.00%) Spotify
8 2 (2.67%) Alibaba
8 2 (2.67%) Cellebrite
8 2 (2.67%) Google
8 2 (2.67%) Recommind
8 2 (2.67%) Veeam
9 1 (1.33%) Adobe
9 1 (1.33%) Citrix
9 1 (1.33%) SAP
9 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow