Legal Contracts in the South East

Legal
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 104 108
Rank change year-on-year +31 +4 +42
Contract jobs citing Legal 145 118 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.65% 2.10% 2.30%
As % of the General category 5.27% 3.57% 4.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 62 79
10th Percentile £400 £258 £219
25th Percentile £448 £450 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £466
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.98% -5.82%
75th Percentile £623 £673 £581
90th Percentile £818 £813 £690
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 4
10th Percentile £24.23 £19.11 £17.76
25th Percentile £40.31 £22.16 £23.22
Median hourly rate £63.00 £41.00 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.66% +22.39% -47.66%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.19 £42.75
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £48.60
England median hourly rate £40.00 £23.31 £34.38
% change year-on-year +71.60% -32.19% +71.88%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,750 3,301 4,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.27% 58.67% 55.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,515 2,257 2,810
10th Percentile £205 £236 £213
25th Percentile £356 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £718 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 166 214
10th Percentile £12.88 £17.69 £12.27
25th Percentile £18.35 £22.27 £14.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +131.25% -24.70%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.56 £31.22
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.88 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley +31 96 £544 +8.75% 92
Berkshire +24 85 £500 -4.76% 45
West Sussex +23 26 £450 - 18
Surrey +18 12 £550 -12.00% 44
East Sussex +5 6 £800 +12.28% 24
Oxfordshire +1 6 £615 +29.47% 22
Buckinghamshire +25 5 £533 +0.95% 25
Hampshire -28 2 £280 -55.04% 23
Kent +4 1 £500 +158.06% 35
Sussex - 1 £425 - 2
Middlesex - 1 £650 - 7
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (11.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (11.03%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.69%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (0.69%) Relativity
2 1 (0.69%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.69%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.03%) Snowflake
2 9 (6.21%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.52%) SaaS
4 7 (4.83%) Azure
5 5 (3.45%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.76%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.07%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.07%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.38%) AWS
8 2 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.38%) IaaS
9 1 (0.69%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.69%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.69%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.69%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.14%) 5G
2 4 (2.76%) Internet
3 3 (2.07%) NAS
3 3 (2.07%) SAN
4 2 (1.38%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (1.38%) Firewall
4 2 (1.38%) Intranet
4 2 (1.38%) Network Security
4 2 (1.38%) VoIP
5 1 (0.69%) HTTP
5 1 (0.69%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.69%) VSAN
5 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.79%) Tableau
2 9 (6.21%) Power BI
3 4 (2.76%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.76%) MS Access
4 2 (1.38%) Metadata
4 2 (1.38%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.69%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Git
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
1 1 (0.69%) Subversion
1 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (42.76%) Finance
2 48 (33.10%) Social Skills
3 36 (24.83%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (15.86%) Telecoms
5 19 (13.10%) Law
6 14 (9.66%) Retail
7 10 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (6.21%) Marketing
9 8 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (4.14%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (4.14%) Manufacturing
11 5 (3.45%) Billing
12 4 (2.76%) Automotive
13 3 (2.07%) German Language
13 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.38%) Digital Economy
14 2 (1.38%) General Ledger
14 2 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (23.45%) Analyst
2 17 (11.72%) Lead
3 13 (8.97%) Data Analyst
4 10 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 8 (5.52%) Telecoms Manager
6 7 (4.83%) Architect
6 7 (4.83%) HR Manager
6 7 (4.83%) Procurement Manager
7 6 (4.14%) Development Manager
7 6 (4.14%) Lead Data Analyst
7 6 (4.14%) Network Manager
7 6 (4.14%) Systems Development Manager
8 5 (3.45%) Operations Manager
8 5 (3.45%) Service Analyst
8 5 (3.45%) Service Management Analyst
8 5 (3.45%) Supplier Manager
9 4 (2.76%) Project Analyst
10 3 (2.07%) IT Manager
10 3 (2.07%) Storage Engineer
10 3 (2.07%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) REST
2 1 (0.69%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.69%) BAPI
2 1 (0.69%) Kafka
2 1 (0.69%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.03%) Credit Risk
2 14 (9.66%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.83%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.83%) Virtual Team
4 6 (4.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.45%) CMDB
6 4 (2.76%) e-Health
6 4 (2.76%) Life Science
7 3 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.38%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.69%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.69%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.76%) Unix
2 2 (1.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.69%) Linux
3 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.69%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (20.69%) Data Protection
3 29 (20.00%) Project Management
4 26 (17.93%) Decision-Making
5 24 (16.55%) Analytics
5 24 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (15.86%) Roadmaps
7 22 (15.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (13.10%) Information Security
9 16 (11.03%) Actionable Insight
9 16 (11.03%) Dashboard Development
10 15 (10.34%) Agile
10 15 (10.34%) Coaching
10 15 (10.34%) Service Management
11 14 (9.66%) Collaborative Working
11 14 (9.66%) Contract Management
12 13 (8.97%) ITIL
13 12 (8.28%) Supplier Management
14 11 (7.59%) Migration
14 11 (7.59%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.52%) SQL
2 1 (0.69%) ABAP
2 1 (0.69%) Bash
2 1 (0.69%) C++
2 1 (0.69%) Java
2 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.69%) Perl
2 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (28.97%) Degree
2 6 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (4.14%) ISEB
3 4 (2.76%) CIPD
3 4 (2.76%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.38%) ACCA
5 2 (1.38%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.38%) CCIE
5 2 (1.38%) CIMA
5 2 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.72%) GDPR
2 7 (4.83%) SLA
3 6 (4.14%) PMO
4 5 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.76%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.38%) GxP
7 2 (1.38%) ISO 14001
7 2 (1.38%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.38%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.38%) Docker
1 2 (1.38%) VMware NSX
1 2 (1.38%) vSphere
2 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.38%) Terraform
2 1 (0.69%) Ansible
2 1 (0.69%) Avamar
2 1 (0.69%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (0.69%) SCCM
2 1 (0.69%) SELinux
2 1 (0.69%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.69%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (13.79%) Alteryx
2 17 (11.72%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.28%) ServiceNow
4 11 (7.59%) Oracle
4 11 (7.59%) SAP
5 6 (4.14%) VMware
6 5 (3.45%) Reuters
7 4 (2.76%) Citrix
7 4 (2.76%) HP
7 4 (2.76%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.07%) Dell
9 2 (1.38%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.38%) Cisco
9 2 (1.38%) Concur
9 2 (1.38%) EMC
9 2 (1.38%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.38%) Workday
10 1 (0.69%) IBM
10 1 (0.69%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.69%) PeopleSoft