Legal Contracts in England

Legal
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies advertised in England. 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 117 146 162
Rank change year-on-year +29 +16 +40
Contract jobs citing Legal 736 915 1,290
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.99% 1.83% 1.81%
As % of the General category 3.40% 3.10% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 637 795
10th Percentile £205 £232 £271
25th Percentile £363 £406 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £625
90th Percentile £736 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 41 16
10th Percentile £11.95 £13.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.49 £17.50 £20.40
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.16 £36.94
Median % change year-on-year +80.51% -40.01% +75.89%
75th Percentile £57.50 £54.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £66.75 £71.28 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £22.16 £32.19
% change year-on-year +18.82% -31.15% +57.01%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,618 29,557 40,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.31% 59.18% 56.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,947 20,746 28,118
10th Percentile £275 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £686 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,789 968 1,313
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.50 £32.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% +50.70% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.91 £60.79 £46.50
90th Percentile £65.01 £70.94 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.00
% change year-on-year -7.96% +48.16% -2.22%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in England.

Daily rate trend for Legal in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Legal in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in England.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
London +2 338 £525 +2.44% 688
South East +32 148 £500 -9.09% 293
North of England +5 87 £538 +4.88% 282
South West +51 72 £500 +5.26% 193
North West +14 67 £575 +12.20% 182
Midlands +39 61 £413 -17.50% 196
West Midlands +25 43 £425 -15.00% 127
East of England +5 20 £350 -30.00% 116
East Midlands +22 18 £200 -65.46% 69
Yorkshire -2 13 £525 -4.55% 73
North East +16 7 £425 -15.63% 31
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 33 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.95%) CMS
3 7 (0.95%) Confluence
4 6 (0.82%) IIS
5 5 (0.68%) Apache
5 5 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.54%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.54%) nginx
6 4 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.27%) Drupal
8 2 (0.27%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.14%) Liferay
Applications
1 73 (9.92%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (4.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.58%) Simulink
4 19 (2.58%) Stateflow
5 8 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.41%) InDesign
8 3 (0.41%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.27%) FileZilla
10 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.68%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.41%) SAP GTS
4 3 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.27%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.27%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.14%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 75 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (9.65%) Azure
3 38 (5.16%) Power Platform
4 35 (4.76%) SaaS
5 28 (3.80%) AWS
6 23 (3.13%) WhatsApp
7 18 (2.45%) IaaS
7 18 (2.45%) Snowflake
8 17 (2.31%) Google Workspace
9 14 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.90%) OneDrive
10 13 (1.77%) PaaS
11 12 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (1.22%) GCP
12 9 (1.22%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.09%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.09%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.95%) Figma
15 6 (0.82%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.21%) Firewall
2 19 (2.58%) VPN
3 12 (1.63%) Internet
4 11 (1.49%) LAN
4 11 (1.49%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.49%) Wireless
5 9 (1.22%) Intranet
5 9 (1.22%) WAN
6 8 (1.09%) FTP
6 8 (1.09%) H.323
7 7 (0.95%) DNS
7 7 (0.95%) SAN
8 6 (0.82%) 5G
8 6 (0.82%) HTTP
8 6 (0.82%) Network Security
8 6 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (0.68%) Skype
10 4 (0.54%) IPsec
10 4 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.53%) Tableau
2 24 (3.26%) Power BI
3 10 (1.36%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.95%) MySQL
6 7 (0.95%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.82%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.82%) Metadata
7 6 (0.82%) MS Access
8 5 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.54%) Big Data
9 4 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.54%) Couchbase
9 4 (0.54%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.41%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.27%) Bigtable
11 2 (0.27%) HBase
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.27%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 20 (2.72%) JIRA
2 6 (0.82%) Artifactory
2 6 (0.82%) SonarQube
3 4 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) LoadRunner
4 3 (0.41%) NeoLoad
4 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.27%) Git
5 2 (0.27%) GitLab
5 2 (0.27%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 227 (30.84%) Social Skills
2 221 (30.03%) Finance
3 110 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (11.82%) Law
5 54 (7.34%) Telecoms
6 40 (5.43%) Marketing
6 40 (5.43%) Public Sector
7 33 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (3.94%) Retail
9 27 (3.67%) Banking
10 25 (3.40%) Automotive
11 24 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.63%) Billing
14 9 (1.22%) Advertising
14 9 (1.22%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.09%) Local Government
16 7 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.82%) German Language
17 6 (0.82%) Police
Job Titles
1 120 (16.30%) Analyst
2 75 (10.19%) Project Manager
3 57 (7.74%) Lead
4 47 (6.39%) Architect
5 46 (6.25%) Senior
6 33 (4.48%) Data Analyst
7 27 (3.67%) IT Manager
8 26 (3.53%) Support Engineer
9 25 (3.40%) Consultant
9 25 (3.40%) Delivery Manager
10 22 (2.99%) Business Analyst
11 21 (2.85%) Senior Manager
12 20 (2.72%) Software Engineer
13 19 (2.58%) Network Engineer
14 18 (2.45%) Programme Manager
15 16 (2.17%) Administrator
15 16 (2.17%) Service Analyst
16 14 (1.90%) Procurement Manager
16 14 (1.90%) Service Manager
16 14 (1.90%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.36%) YAML
2 9 (1.22%) Node.js
3 5 (0.68%) .NET
3 5 (0.68%) JSON
4 4 (0.54%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.41%) CSS
5 3 (0.41%) EDI
5 3 (0.41%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (0.41%) jQuery
5 3 (0.41%) Kafka
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.41%) REST
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Avro
6 2 (0.27%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.27%) OLE
6 2 (0.27%) RESTful
7 1 (0.14%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.14%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 28 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (2.99%) Virtual Team
4 21 (2.85%) Algorithms
5 16 (2.17%) Credit Risk
6 15 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.90%) Freedom of Information
8 12 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.36%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.09%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.95%) Blackberry
12 7 (0.95%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.95%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.95%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.95%) Smartphone
12 7 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.10%) Windows
2 30 (4.08%) Linux
3 22 (2.99%) Windows 10
4 19 (2.58%) Apple iOS
5 18 (2.45%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.63%) Mac OS X
7 10 (1.36%) Android
8 6 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.54%) AIX
9 4 (0.54%) CentOS
9 4 (0.54%) Unix
10 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.14%) Solaris
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (18.07%) Project Management
2 115 (15.63%) Data Protection
3 114 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (13.72%) Agile
5 90 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (9.24%) Change Management
7 64 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (8.42%) Migration
9 61 (8.29%) Risk Management
10 59 (8.02%) Analytics
11 54 (7.34%) Decision-Making
11 54 (7.34%) Information Security
12 52 (7.07%) Computer Science
13 51 (6.93%) Roadmaps
14 48 (6.52%) ITIL
15 47 (6.39%) Cybersecurity
16 42 (5.71%) Customer Service
16 42 (5.71%) DevOps
17 35 (4.76%) Validation
18 34 (4.62%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (3.80%) SQL
2 25 (3.40%) PowerShell
3 19 (2.58%) MATLAB
4 18 (2.45%) Python
5 11 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.36%) C#
7 8 (1.09%) Bash
7 8 (1.09%) Swift
8 6 (0.82%) C++
8 6 (0.82%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.54%) PHP
10 3 (0.41%) Java
10 3 (0.41%) R
11 2 (0.27%) U-SQL
12 1 (0.14%) ABAP
12 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.14%) Perl
12 1 (0.14%) Ruby
12 1 (0.14%) Scala
12 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 127 (17.26%) Degree
2 82 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 61 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.45%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.31%) PMP
7 15 (2.04%) CISSP
8 14 (1.90%) APMP
9 13 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.36%) CISM
11 9 (1.22%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (1.09%) ISEB
13 7 (0.95%) CIPD
13 7 (0.95%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.95%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.82%) CCIE
14 6 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 5 (0.68%) A+ Certification
15 5 (0.68%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (11.55%) GDPR
2 48 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.40%) NIST
3 25 (3.40%) QA
4 20 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.58%) SLA
6 18 (2.45%) Data Quality
7 16 (2.17%) HIPAA
8 15 (2.04%) PMO
9 14 (1.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.41%) GRC
11 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.41%) NCSC
11 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.27%) COBIT
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.27%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 42 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.09%) Docker
3 6 (0.82%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.41%) vSphere
6 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (2.17%) Terraform
2 15 (2.04%) Ansible
3 9 (1.22%) SCCM
4 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.09%) PingFederate
5 7 (0.95%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.68%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.27%) Ambari
7 2 (0.27%) CEMLI
7 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.27%) Oozie
8 1 (0.14%) Avamar
8 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.14%) SELinux
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) vRealize
Vendors
1 163 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.16%) SAP
3 37 (5.03%) Oracle
4 31 (4.21%) Google
5 22 (2.99%) Alteryx
6 19 (2.58%) ServiceNow
6 19 (2.58%) VMware
7 17 (2.31%) Cisco
7 17 (2.31%) iManage
8 14 (1.90%) Citrix
8 14 (1.90%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.36%) Okta
10 9 (1.22%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.09%) Adobe
11 8 (1.09%) Apple
11 8 (1.09%) CheckPoint
11 8 (1.09%) HP
11 8 (1.09%) Splunk
12 7 (0.95%) Cadence
12 7 (0.95%) Reuters