Legal Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Legal
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Canary Wharf. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 17 29
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 -13
Contract jobs citing Legal 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 5.56% 1.59% 2.81%
As % of the General category 7.89% 3.03% 4.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £607 - £438
25th Percentile £616 - £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £495 £540
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% -32.50%
75th Percentile - - £585
90th Percentile - - -
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £630 £495 £540
% change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% -32.50%

All General Skills
Canary Wharf

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 Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 38 33 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 70.37% 52.38% 56.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 31 87
10th Percentile £433 £472 £458
25th Percentile £504 £498 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +13.52% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £783 £638 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £650 £741
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £613 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +13.52% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £28.14 - -
25th Percentile £32.61 - -
Median hourly rate £40.08 - £14.18
75th Percentile £47.54 - £15.52
90th Percentile £52.02 - £16.32
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £32.00 - £14.18

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

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Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Legal

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Hourly Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Legal

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (33.33%) MiFID Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Impact Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Change
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) EMIR
1 2 (66.67%) MiFID