Digital Forensics Contracts in the South East

Digital Forensics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Digital Forensics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital Forensics over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 212 259
Rank change year-on-year - +47 -
Contract jobs citing Digital Forensics 0 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East - 0.053% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.059% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £660 £329
25th Percentile - £713 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £800 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +113.33% -
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - £535
England median daily rate £325 £586 £469
% change year-on-year -44.54% +25.01% -6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Digital Forensics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,758 5,043 6,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.70% 89.05% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,760 3,463 4,677
10th Percentile £260 £250 £246
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 468 218 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £18.32 £25.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.16 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £64.90
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Digital Forensics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Digital Forensics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Forensics in the South East

Digital Forensics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Forensics in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Digital Forensics in the South East