Legal Contracts in Central London

Legal
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 65 88
Rank change year-on-year -13 +23 -34
Contract jobs citing Legal 46 71 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 2.33% 2.96% 2.25%
As % of the General category 3.27% 4.51% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 47 53
10th Percentile £213 £225 £300
25th Percentile £411 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +7.62% -8.70%
75th Percentile £694 £656 £686
90th Percentile £817 £813 £795
London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.54 - -
Median hourly rate £43.08 - -
75th Percentile £44.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £50.00 £30.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +62.60% -35.26% +1.60%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,407 1,576 2,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 71.20% 65.67% 62.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 905 1,120 1,660
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £450 £443 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £685 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
London median daily rate £565 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 16
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.85 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £29.07 £24.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.13% -14.29% -35.63%
75th Percentile £47.68 £27.50 £44.93
90th Percentile £71.00 £41.60 £56.25
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +21.43% -9.68% -17.33%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
City of London -14 43 £575 +1.77% 48
West End of London - 1 - - 4
Legal
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.35%) CMS
3 2 (4.35%) Confluence
4 1 (2.17%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.35%) Trello
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Orchestrade
1 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) Collibra
4 1 (2.17%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Firewall
1 1 (2.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.35%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.17%) GIS
3 1 (2.17%) Metadata
3 1 (2.17%) MS Access
3 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 28 (60.87%) Finance
2 23 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (21.74%) Law
4 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (13.04%) Front Office
6 4 (8.70%) Banking
6 4 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (6.52%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.35%) Marketing
8 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.17%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (2.17%) French Language
9 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.17%) International Banking
9 1 (2.17%) Private Banking
9 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Analyst
1 8 (17.39%) Project Manager
2 6 (13.04%) IT Manager
3 5 (10.87%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) Developer
4 3 (6.52%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (6.52%) IT Risk Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Lead
4 3 (6.52%) Risk Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Consultant
5 2 (4.35%) Data Manager
5 2 (4.35%) IT Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Risk Project Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Senior
5 2 (4.35%) Service Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.17%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.52%) Market Risk
4 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.17%) Derivative
5 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.17%) Hackathon
5 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
1 2 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Project Management
2 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (21.74%) Risk Management
4 7 (15.22%) Agile
4 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (13.04%) Migration
5 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.87%) Analytics
6 5 (10.87%) Business Analysis
6 5 (10.87%) ITIL
7 4 (8.70%) Budget Management
7 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.70%) Contract Management
8 3 (6.52%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
8 3 (6.52%) Business Analytics
8 3 (6.52%) Contract Negotiation
8 3 (6.52%) Project Delivery
8 3 (6.52%) Regulatory Compliance
8 3 (6.52%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (6.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) Python
2 3 (6.52%) SQL
3 2 (4.35%) VBA
4 1 (2.17%) Bicep
4 1 (2.17%) C#
4 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) PMI Certification
2 4 (8.70%) PMP
3 3 (6.52%) CISA
3 3 (6.52%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) Data Quality
1 4 (8.70%) GDPR
2 3 (6.52%) COBIT
2 3 (6.52%) COSO
2 3 (6.52%) NIST
2 3 (6.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (4.35%) QA
4 1 (2.17%) EMIR
4 1 (2.17%) MiFID
4 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.35%) AirWatch
2 2 (4.35%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (2.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Intapp
2 3 (6.52%) SAP
3 2 (4.35%) Aderant
3 2 (4.35%) Atlassian
3 2 (4.35%) iManage
3 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.35%) Symantec
4 1 (2.17%) Avaya
4 1 (2.17%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.17%) Calypso
4 1 (2.17%) ESRI
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) LexisNexis
4 1 (2.17%) Marketo
4 1 (2.17%) Murex
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) VMware