Legal Contracts in Belfast

Legal
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Legal 6 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 4.00% 4.31% 6.21%
As % of the General category 4.65% 8.93% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 7
10th Percentile - £204 £267
25th Percentile £200 £209 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £248 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -45.00% +114.29%
75th Percentile £339 £288 £475
90th Percentile £431 £322 -
County Antrim median daily rate £238 £248 £450
% change year-on-year -4.04% -45.00% +114.29%

All General Skills
Belfast

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 common skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 129 56 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 86.00% 48.28% 55.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 31 52
10th Percentile £155 £200 £156
25th Percentile £277 £288 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -3.03% -4.62%
75th Percentile £534 £553 £491
90th Percentile £625 £650 £618
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £400 £413
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.03% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 9
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.88
25th Percentile £23.76 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £15.38 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.89% -0.77% +34.78%
75th Percentile £58.85 £16.12 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £17.50 £18.16
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.18 £16.12 £15.50
% change year-on-year +50.00% +4.00% +11.59%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Belfast

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Belfast

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Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Belfast over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Belfast

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Belfast

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) UniData
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Information Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Applications Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Compliance Management
2 2 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) CRISC
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) GRC
1 2 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
1 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft