Legal Contracts in the Midlands

Legal
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 110 125
Rank change year-on-year +36 +15 -59
Contract jobs citing Legal 61 53 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.23% 1.55% 1.43%
As % of the General category 4.05% 2.79% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 41 61
10th Percentile £200 £369 £210
25th Percentile £279 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £469 £575 £588
90th Percentile £539 £600 £700
England median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile - £13.88 -
25th Percentile £13.50 £15.94 -
Median hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.69 -
90th Percentile - £27.13 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.16 £36.94
% change year-on-year +80.51% -40.01% +75.89%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,507 1,898 2,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.12% 55.46% 54.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,347 2,043
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +1.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £611 £588 £550
90th Percentile £738 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 85 101
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.00
25th Percentile £13.89 £13.31 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.50 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +15.82% +10.63%
75th Percentile £35.00 £32.25 £24.50
90th Percentile £52.45 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
West Midlands +28 43 £425 -15.00% 127
East Midlands +22 18 £200 -65.46% 75
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 13 (21.31%) SaaS
2 10 (16.39%) Azure
3 9 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (13.11%) AWS
5 5 (8.20%) Google Workspace
5 5 (8.20%) IaaS
5 5 (8.20%) PaaS
6 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.64%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.03%) Firewall
2 5 (8.20%) LAN
2 5 (8.20%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (6.56%) Intranet
4 3 (4.92%) WAN
5 2 (3.28%) MPLS
5 2 (3.28%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.28%) VPN
6 1 (1.64%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.64%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (1.64%) VoIP
6 1 (1.64%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 16 (26.23%) Finance
2 8 (13.11%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Law
5 2 (3.28%) German Language
5 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (26.23%) Analyst
2 11 (18.03%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (16.39%) IT Manager
4 8 (13.11%) Delivery Manager
4 8 (13.11%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 8 (13.11%) IT Services Manager
4 8 (13.11%) Service Delivery Manager
4 8 (13.11%) Service Manager
5 5 (8.20%) Network Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Senior
6 4 (6.56%) Deployment Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) PMO Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Administrator
7 3 (4.92%) Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) Data Administrator
7 3 (4.92%) Network Support
7 3 (4.92%) Network Support Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.64%) Flash
2 1 (1.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (8.20%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.92%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (3.28%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (3.28%) IoT
4 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) NHS
4 2 (3.28%) Replication
5 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.64%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.03%) Linux
1 11 (18.03%) Mac OS X
2 9 (14.75%) Apple iOS
3 6 (9.84%) Windows
4 2 (3.28%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.64%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Data Protection
1 14 (22.95%) Risk Management
2 12 (19.67%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (19.67%) Migration
3 11 (18.03%) Change Management
3 11 (18.03%) Computer Forensics
3 11 (18.03%) Incident Management
3 11 (18.03%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 11 (18.03%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 11 (18.03%) Purple Team
3 11 (18.03%) Reverse Engineering
3 11 (18.03%) SIEM
3 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (18.03%) Threat Analysis
3 11 (18.03%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (16.39%) Decision-Making
4 10 (16.39%) Problem Management
4 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (14.75%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) Swift
2 2 (3.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 12 (19.67%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.11%) Degree
4 5 (8.20%) APMP
4 5 (8.20%) PMI Certification
4 5 (8.20%) PMP
5 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.64%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.31%) GDPR
2 11 (18.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 11 (18.03%) HIPAA
2 11 (18.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (18.03%) NIST
3 4 (6.56%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) CEMLI
1 2 (3.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.11%) Okta
2 8 (13.11%) Oracle
3 6 (9.84%) Google
4 5 (8.20%) Salesforce
5 4 (6.56%) Aruba
6 3 (4.92%) HP
6 3 (4.92%) SAP
7 2 (3.28%) Cisco
8 1 (1.64%) Apple
8 1 (1.64%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.64%) iManage
8 1 (1.64%) Intapp
8 1 (1.64%) Juniper