Legal Contract Job Trends in Bath

Legal
Somerset > Bath

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Bath. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 +4
Contract jobs citing Legal 4 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bath 5.13% 8.77% 8.93%
As % of the General category 9.30% 12.82% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile - £725 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £750 £575
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% +30.43% +2.22%
75th Percentile £400 £775 £588
90th Percentile £490 - -
Somerset median daily rate £350 £750 £575
% change year-on-year -53.33% +30.43% +4.55%

All General Skills
Bath

Legal falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 43 39 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 55.13% 68.42% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 33 22
10th Percentile £360 £217 £396
25th Percentile £405 £438 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -22.15% +36.84% +26.67%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £525
90th Percentile £599 £755 £588
Somerset median daily rate £513 £620 £500
% change year-on-year -17.34% +24.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £12.50
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median hourly rate £37.50 £14.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year +160.06% -42.32% -37.50%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legal relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath.

Legal job vacancy trend in Bath

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bath citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Bath

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Bath over the 6 months to 4 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Bath

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (75.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (75.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) MISP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (25.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft