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 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 42 53
Rank change year-on-year - +11 -3
Contract jobs citing Legal 0 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire - 0.71% 0.76%
As % of the General category - 1.17% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £200 -
East of England median daily rate £500 £200 £350
% change year-on-year +150.00% -42.86% -31.71%
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 £17.92 £55.00
% change year-on-year -8.76% -67.42% -

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 165 171 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 47.14% 60.85% 56.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 98 91
10th Percentile £200 £232 £220
25th Percentile £280 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £410
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +16.46% -8.89%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £545
90th Percentile £623 £685 £582
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 31 146
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.16
25th Percentile £14.22 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £15.28 £17.80 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +9.67% +11.93%
75th Percentile £19.34 £26.38 £21.46
90th Percentile £33.54 £32.23 £53.75
East of England median hourly rate £20.35 £31.64 £38.12
% change year-on-year -35.68% -17.00% +92.43%

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

Legal
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

Legal
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