Legal
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | 39 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | +21 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing Legal | 28 | 26 | 18 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 5.36% | 3.40% | 2.01% |
| As % of the General category | 8.28% | 6.45% | 3.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 16 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £245 | £365 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £402 | £369 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £438 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.86% | +2.94% | -11.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £488 | £528 |
| 90th Percentile | £781 | £544 | £583 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £488 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.71% | -15.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £26.00 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £15.25 | £20.00 | £12.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.75% | +60.00% | - |
All General Skills
Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 338 | 403 | 529 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 64.75% | 52.75% | 59.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 237 | 276 | 359 |
| 10th Percentile | £163 | £254 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £463 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.11% | -9.76% | +10.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £647 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £689 | £707 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £513 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.32% | +0.49% | +7.37% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 23 | 32 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £11.78 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.00 | £13.73 | £12.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.70 | £24.65 | £17.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.37% | +41.73% | +0.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.04 | £48.75 | £29.12 |
| 90th Percentile | £48.14 | £56.25 | £74.75 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £18.13 | £19.00 | £17.85 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.58% | +6.44% | +5.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in Birmingham.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in Birmingham.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: