Legal Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Legal
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the City of Westminster. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Legal 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 2.38% 5.26% -
As % of the General category 3.13% 8.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £550 £568 £575
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.30% +15.00%

All General Skills
City of Westminster

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 the City of Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 32 37 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 76.19% 64.91% 60.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 11 24
10th Percentile £369 £413 £296
25th Percentile £444 £472 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £550 £725
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -24.14% +20.83%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £938
90th Percentile £634 £838 £1,061
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £18.65 - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - -
Median hourly rate £26.11 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +18.68% -15.38% -44.97%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Legal job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Legal

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Legal

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Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Westminster - 1 £450 - 1
Legal
Central London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft