Legal Contracts in Bristol

Legal
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 44 76
Rank change year-on-year -1 +32 +7
Contract jobs citing Legal 14 33 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.52% 3.12% 1.15%
As % of the General category 4.62% 6.15% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 14
10th Percentile £200 £203 £191
25th Percentile £213 £355 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £500 £431
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% +15.94% +1.47%
75th Percentile £440 £538 £493
90th Percentile £500 £638 £591
South West median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £47.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +26.32% +171.43% -

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 303 537 567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 54.50% 50.76% 46.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 285 405
10th Percentile £213 £228 £289
25th Percentile £351 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £558 £625 £625
90th Percentile £646 £688 £688
South West median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% +9.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 136 59
10th Percentile £18.13 £36.25 £24.98
25th Percentile £31.00 £43.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £59.75 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% -2.85% +75.71%
75th Percentile £67.75 £72.50 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £90.75
South West median hourly rate £58.75 £46.39 £60.00
% change year-on-year +26.64% -22.68% +37.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Bristol over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP BPC
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Akamai
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
General
1 4 (28.57%) Law
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Electronics
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Service Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Deskside Support
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Linux Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
1 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 4 (28.57%) Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Containerisation
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) ITSM
2 4 (28.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 4 (28.57%) Task Automation
3 3 (21.43%) Ticket Management
4 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Incident Management
5 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) SIEM
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Bash
1 4 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
2 1 (7.14%) MCP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Def Stans
1 1 (7.14%) GRC
1 1 (7.14%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) Docker
2 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Ansible
1 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) iManage
2 4 (28.57%) NetApp
2 4 (28.57%) Red Hat
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (7.14%) F5
5 1 (7.14%) Google