Legal Contracts in County Antrim

Legal
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Legal 6 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 3.73% 4.03% 6.13%
As % of the General category 4.38% 8.93% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 7
10th Percentile - £204 £267
25th Percentile £200 £209 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £248 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -45.00% +114.29%
75th Percentile £339 £288 £475
90th Percentile £431 £322 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £238 £248 £450
% change year-on-year -4.04% -45.00% +114.29%

All General Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 137 56 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 85.09% 45.16% 54.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 28 49
10th Percentile £155 £196 £156
25th Percentile £275 £291 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £418 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -1.76% -0.87%
75th Percentile £547 £569 £500
90th Percentile £625 £650 £626
Northern Ireland median daily rate £425 £435 £438
% change year-on-year -2.30% -0.57% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 9
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £18.64 £12.62 £13.91
Median hourly rate £24.18 £16.12 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +4.00% +11.59%
75th Percentile £44.65 £19.56 £16.88
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.16
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £24.18 £15.38 £15.50
% change year-on-year +57.22% -0.77% +11.59%

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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in County Antrim

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for Legal in County Antrim

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Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in County Antrim over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in County Antrim

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in County Antrim.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in County Antrim

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Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 18 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
Belfast -11 6 £238 -4.04% 33
Legal
Northern Ireland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) UniData
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Information Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Applications Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Compliance Management
2 2 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) CRISC
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) GRC
1 2 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
1 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft