Legal Contract Job Trends in Bridgwater

Legal
Somerset > Bridgwater

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Bridgwater. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Legal 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bridgwater 2.22% - 16.67%
As % of the General category 25.00% - 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
Somerset median daily rate £650 £230 £593
% change year-on-year +182.61% -61.18% +18.50%

All General Skills
Bridgwater

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 Bridgwater.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgwater 8.89% 100.00% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 3
10th Percentile £243 £207 £385
25th Percentile £306 £214 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £220 £450
Median % change year-on-year +93.18% -51.11% +221.43%
75th Percentile £481 £233 £504
90th Percentile £508 £305 £521
Somerset median daily rate £525 £405 £532
% change year-on-year +29.63% -23.87% -3.27%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgwater

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Bridgwater

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgwater 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy