Legal Contracts in the City of London

Legal
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 97 55
Rank change year-on-year +34 -42 +56
Contract jobs citing Legal 62 75 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.84% 2.19% 4.36%
As % of the General category 4.24% 3.49% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 39 56
10th Percentile £250 £369 £363
25th Percentile £500 £441 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -3.48% +24.32%
75th Percentile £659 £700 £647
90th Percentile £813 £780 £713
Central London median daily rate £565 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +7.62% -4.55% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.62
Median hourly rate - - £43.24
75th Percentile - - £44.86
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £43.24
% change year-on-year - - +119.13%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,461 2,149 2,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.96% 62.65% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 1,506 1,736
10th Percentile £338 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £688
90th Percentile £800 £838 £795
Central London median daily rate £550 £605 £563
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.46% +2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 33
10th Percentile £18.35 - £18.50
25th Percentile £20.07 £14.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £18.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.64% -56.63% +107.50%
75th Percentile £38.63 £42.32 £51.75
90th Percentile £89.65 £53.55 £62.35
Central London median hourly rate £25.18 £20.71 £41.50
% change year-on-year +21.61% -50.11% +107.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 13 (20.97%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.84%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.61%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft Purview
3 10 (16.13%) Azure
4 9 (14.52%) Power Platform
5 5 (8.06%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.23%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.61%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.61%) MailChimp
7 1 (1.61%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) H.323
2 1 (1.61%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) SQL Server
1 6 (9.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (9.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (40.32%) Finance
2 23 (37.10%) Social Skills
3 14 (22.58%) Banking
4 8 (12.90%) Retail
5 7 (11.29%) Law
5 7 (11.29%) Marketing
6 5 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Advertising
9 1 (1.61%) Back Office
9 1 (1.61%) Games
9 1 (1.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (25.81%) Project Manager
2 7 (11.29%) Analyst
3 6 (9.68%) Programme Manager
4 5 (8.06%) Architect
4 5 (8.06%) Consultant
4 5 (8.06%) DevOps Manager
4 5 (8.06%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 5 (8.06%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Developer
5 4 (6.45%) Lead
6 3 (4.84%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Business Change Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Business Change Project Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Business Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Business Project Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Consultant
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
6 3 (4.84%) SharePoint Developer
7 2 (3.23%) Project Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) CSS
1 3 (4.84%) HTML5 Canvas
1 3 (4.84%) jQuery
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Photography
2 3 (4.84%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.84%) Reinsurance
2 3 (4.84%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.23%) CMDB
3 2 (3.23%) PDA
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) PMI
4 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
1 3 (4.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (35.48%) Project Management
2 20 (32.26%) Agile
3 16 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (20.97%) Data Loss Prevention
4 13 (20.97%) Migration
4 13 (20.97%) PRINCE2
5 10 (16.13%) ITIL
5 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (14.52%) Computer Science
7 8 (12.90%) Case Management
7 8 (12.90%) Change Management
7 8 (12.90%) Supplier Management
8 7 (11.29%) DevOps
8 7 (11.29%) Risk Management
9 6 (9.68%) Budget Management
9 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (9.68%) Data Analysis
9 6 (9.68%) Data Protection
9 6 (9.68%) ETL
10 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.58%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.68%) C#
2 6 (9.68%) T-SQL
3 3 (4.84%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (24.19%) Degree
2 10 (16.13%) ITIL Certification
3 9 (14.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) APMP
4 1 (1.61%) IIBA
4 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) Accessibility
1 6 (9.68%) SLA
2 3 (4.84%) QA
3 2 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.23%) GDPR
3 2 (3.23%) PMO
4 1 (1.61%) GRC
4 1 (1.61%) P3O
Systems Management
1 8 (12.90%) PingFederate
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.13%) iManage
3 6 (9.68%) Cadence
4 3 (4.84%) Adobe
4 3 (4.84%) Cisco
4 3 (4.84%) Citrix
4 3 (4.84%) Proofpoint
4 3 (4.84%) Symantec
4 3 (4.84%) Tandberg
5 1 (1.61%) Intapp
5 1 (1.61%) Okta
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle
5 1 (1.61%) SAP
5 1 (1.61%) Yardi