Legal Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Legal
East of England > Cambridgeshire

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 32 46
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 +6
Contract jobs citing Legal 1 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.28% 2.15% 1.03%
As % of the General category 0.63% 4.03% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £252 -
25th Percentile - £260 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £175
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +171.43% -30.00%
75th Percentile - £600 £188
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £415 £488 £350
% change year-on-year -14.87% +39.29% -28.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.35 £22.81 £55.00
% change year-on-year -28.32% -58.53% -

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 160 149 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 44.44% 53.41% 65.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 85 103
10th Percentile £175 £246 £168
25th Percentile £210 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £528 £575 £537
90th Percentile £675 £625 £581
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 20 167
10th Percentile - £15.55 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.33 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £15.05 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £23.13 £19.10 £21.16
90th Percentile £33.54 £28.33 £36.53
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £42.50 £26.75
% change year-on-year -53.15% +58.88% +27.38%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Legal

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Legal

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough +7 1 £500 - 2
Legal
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA
1 1 (100.00%) VMware