Legal Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Legal
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Derbyshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Legal 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 1.48% 1.18% -
As % of the General category 2.94% 2.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £338 - -
25th Percentile £376 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.73% - -
75th Percentile £531 - -
90th Percentile £569 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £358 £425 £625
% change year-on-year -15.76% -32.00% +33.06%

All General Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 68 94 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 50.37% 55.62% 42.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 43 44
10th Percentile £154 £176 £200
25th Percentile £182 £316 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.49% +20.31%
75th Percentile £595 £575 £617
90th Percentile £708 £644 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £445 £500
% change year-on-year -7.87% -11.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 3
10th Percentile £15.25 - -
25th Percentile £15.81 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.25 £17.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.68% -
75th Percentile £25.05 £42.66 £22.25
90th Percentile £39.45 £55.00 £26.15
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £18.32 £27.50
% change year-on-year +16.76% -33.38% +54.93%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Derbyshire

Legal
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Derby +1 2 £453 -17.73% 3
Legal
East Midlands

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) HR Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Payroll Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Payroll Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP