Legal Contracts in the City of London

Legal
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 95 58
Rank change year-on-year +38 -37 +47
Contract jobs citing Legal 73 77 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.34% 2.13% 4.18%
As % of the General category 5.03% 3.42% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 45 65
10th Percentile £287 £216 £363
25th Percentile £506 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £638
90th Percentile £813 £800 £712
Central London median daily rate £565 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +7.62% -6.67% +25.00%

All General Skills
City of London

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,452 2,253 2,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.36% 62.39% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 1,589 1,770
10th Percentile £338 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £605 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £681
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 27
10th Percentile £19.13 £14.48 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £15.78 £20.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -51.72% +148.57%
75th Percentile £27.00 £53.50 £60.25
90th Percentile £32.05 £58.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £28.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -35.63% +148.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (17.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.37%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (4.11%) Adobe Premiere
3 3 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.37%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.37%) SAP Business ByDesign
1 1 (1.37%) SAP CRM
1 1 (1.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (15.07%) Microsoft Purview
3 10 (13.70%) Azure
3 10 (13.70%) Power Platform
4 5 (6.85%) OneDrive
5 4 (5.48%) WhatsApp
6 2 (2.74%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.37%) GitHub
7 1 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.37%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.37%) MailChimp
7 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.37%) Slack
7 1 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.37%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) H.323
2 1 (1.37%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.22%) SQL Server
1 6 (8.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (8.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 31 (42.47%) Social Skills
2 29 (39.73%) Finance
3 14 (19.18%) Banking
4 10 (13.70%) Law
5 8 (10.96%) Marketing
6 7 (9.59%) Retail
7 6 (8.22%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
9 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (4.11%) Public Sector
11 2 (2.74%) Back Office
11 2 (2.74%) Front Office
12 1 (1.37%) Advertising
12 1 (1.37%) Billing
12 1 (1.37%) French Language
12 1 (1.37%) General Ledger
12 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.37%) Local Government
12 1 (1.37%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 20 (27.40%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.33%) Analyst
3 7 (9.59%) Senior
4 6 (8.22%) Architect
4 6 (8.22%) Consultant
5 5 (6.85%) DevOps Manager
5 5 (6.85%) Lead
5 5 (6.85%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 5 (6.85%) Programme Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Business Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Business Project Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Developer
6 4 (5.48%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (4.11%) Business Change Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Business Change Project Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Consultant
7 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 3 (4.11%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
7 3 (4.11%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) CSS
1 3 (4.11%) HTML5 Canvas
1 3 (4.11%) jQuery
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) Photography
2 3 (4.11%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.11%) Reinsurance
2 3 (4.11%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.37%) PMI
4 1 (1.37%) Robotics
4 1 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Windows
2 3 (4.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.37%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Project Management
2 20 (27.40%) Agile
3 18 (24.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (19.18%) PRINCE2
5 13 (17.81%) Data Loss Prevention
5 13 (17.81%) ITIL
6 12 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (15.07%) Migration
8 9 (12.33%) Case Management
8 9 (12.33%) Change Management
8 9 (12.33%) Computer Science
9 8 (10.96%) Data Protection
9 8 (10.96%) DevOps
9 8 (10.96%) Supplier Management
10 7 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (9.59%) Risk Management
11 6 (8.22%) Data Analysis
11 6 (8.22%) E-Discovery
11 6 (8.22%) Enterprise Architecture
11 6 (8.22%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.55%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.22%) C#
2 6 (8.22%) T-SQL
3 3 (4.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (24.66%) Degree
2 10 (13.70%) ITIL Certification
3 9 (12.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.74%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.37%) APMP
6 1 (1.37%) IIBA
6 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) SLA
2 6 (8.22%) Accessibility
3 4 (5.48%) GDPR
3 4 (5.48%) QA
4 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.37%) GRC
5 1 (1.37%) P3O
5 1 (1.37%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.96%) PingFederate
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (41.10%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.07%) iManage
3 6 (8.22%) Cadence
4 3 (4.11%) Adobe
4 3 (4.11%) Cisco
4 3 (4.11%) Citrix
4 3 (4.11%) Proofpoint
4 3 (4.11%) SAP
4 3 (4.11%) Symantec
4 3 (4.11%) Tandberg
5 2 (2.74%) Intapp
5 2 (2.74%) Okta
6 1 (1.37%) Apple
6 1 (1.37%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.37%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.37%) Google
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle
6 1 (1.37%) Sparx
6 1 (1.37%) VMware