Legal Contracts in the North West

Legal
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 81 109
Rank change year-on-year +10 +28 -14
Contract jobs citing Legal 66 79 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.38% 2.45% 1.84%
As % of the General category 4.45% 4.76% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 59 46
10th Percentile £300 £370 £206
25th Percentile £363 £413 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +36.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £619 £626 £447
90th Percentile £850 £725 £577
England median daily rate £500 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 4
10th Percentile £14.43 £18.59 £20.15
25th Percentile £25.50 £18.71 £20.38
Median hourly rate £26.33 £19.85 £24.13
Median % change year-on-year +32.64% -17.72% -
75th Percentile £57.50 £21.41 £29.80
90th Percentile - £21.80 £33.26
England median hourly rate £37.75 £22.16 £39.50
% change year-on-year +70.35% -43.90% +105.19%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,483 1,661 1,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.48% 51.58% 49.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 1,139 1,400
10th Percentile £300 £305 £213
25th Percentile £398 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £469
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +10.04%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £546
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.67% +9.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 84 117
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.68 £11.98
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.74 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £25.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.51% +27.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36.95 £37.66 £44.03
90th Percentile £51.91 £52.73 £56.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £21.43
% change year-on-year -11.76% +58.69% -4.78%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Manchester +15 49 £550 +22.22% 84
Cheshire +3 8 £300 -51.02% 22
Merseyside +18 6 £600 +33.33% 27
Lancashire +1 2 £692 -7.80% 16
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (6.06%) Apache
1 4 (6.06%) IIS
1 4 (6.06%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.06%) Simulink
3 4 (6.06%) Stateflow
4 3 (4.55%) MS Visio
4 3 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (1.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.52%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.61%) Power Platform
2 6 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (7.58%) SaaS
4 4 (6.06%) Azure
4 4 (6.06%) Google Workspace
4 4 (6.06%) IaaS
4 4 (6.06%) PaaS
5 3 (4.55%) OCI
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.52%) Figma
6 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.09%) Firewall
1 6 (9.09%) VPN
2 4 (6.06%) H.323
2 4 (6.06%) HTTP
2 4 (6.06%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Power BI
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Finance
2 11 (16.67%) Law
3 10 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 4 (6.06%) Automotive
7 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Banking
8 1 (1.52%) Electronics
8 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.52%) Marketing
8 1 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (16.67%) Lead
2 8 (12.12%) Senior
3 7 (10.61%) Architect
4 6 (9.09%) Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) Lead Architect
4 6 (9.09%) Technical Architect
4 6 (9.09%) Technical Leader
5 5 (7.58%) Developer
5 5 (7.58%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.58%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.55%) IT Support
6 3 (4.55%) Network Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (4.55%) Systems Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Content Designer
7 2 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM Specialist
7 2 (3.03%) Power Platform Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) Node.js
2 3 (4.55%) .NET
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
1 7 (10.61%) Product Ownership
2 6 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 6 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.58%) Mobile App
4 4 (6.06%) Algorithms
4 4 (6.06%) IVR
4 4 (6.06%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.03%) SCADA
6 1 (1.52%) CMDB
6 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (21.21%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Android
2 6 (9.09%) Apple iOS
2 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.06%) Linux
3 4 (6.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) Agile
2 11 (16.67%) Project Management
3 10 (15.15%) Data Protection
3 10 (15.15%) Design Patterns
3 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (13.64%) DevOps
5 8 (12.12%) User Experience
6 7 (10.61%) CRM
6 7 (10.61%) Customer Service
6 7 (10.61%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (10.61%) Risk Management
7 6 (9.09%) Change Management
7 6 (9.09%) CI/CD
7 6 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 6 (9.09%) Migration
7 6 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 6 (9.09%) Scrum
7 6 (9.09%) Security Architecture
7 6 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.58%) SQL
2 4 (6.06%) MATLAB
3 3 (4.55%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (19.70%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 10 (15.15%) Degree
4 4 (6.06%) APMP
4 4 (6.06%) DBS Check
4 4 (6.06%) PMI Certification
4 4 (6.06%) PMP
5 1 (1.52%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.18%) GDPR
2 3 (4.55%) QA
3 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.52%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.64%) Google
2 9 (13.64%) Oracle
3 5 (7.58%) Apple
4 4 (6.06%) Avaya
4 4 (6.06%) Red Hat
4 4 (6.06%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.06%) SAP
4 4 (6.06%) Verint
5 1 (1.52%) Sage