eDiscovery (Electronic Discovery)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring E-Discovery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited E-Discovery 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 | 558 | 646 | 809 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +88 | +163 | -106 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Discovery | 26 | 51 | 39 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.060% | 0.092% | 0.045% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.070% | 0.10% | 0.049% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 27 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £251 | £271 |
| 25th Percentile | £532 | £491 | £369 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £570 | £650 | £485 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.31% | +34.02% | +2.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £616 | £700 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £740 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £450 | £272 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | +65.75% | -45.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £40.98 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £41.95 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £42.93 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £41.95 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -46.22% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
E-Discovery 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 37,178 | 49,770 | 79,013 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.13% | 89.61% | 90.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,737 | 34,458 | 55,587 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £436 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £743 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.04% | +8.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,579 | 1,678 | 1,852 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.96 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.75 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.00 | £35.65 | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.79% | +37.12% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.28 | £65.00 | £50.15 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.12 | £34.90 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.23% | +66.18% | - |
E-Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing E-Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
E-Discovery
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 12 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-Discovery.
E-Discovery
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 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +63 | 24 | £570 | -5.00% | 23 |
| London | +67 | 19 | £570 | -12.31% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +105 | 5 | £575 | -4.17% | 13 |
| UK excluding London | +21 | 4 | £525 | +16.67% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +19 | 3 | - | - | |
| South East | +12 | 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: