Legal Contracts in Devon

Legal
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Contract jobs citing Legal 8 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 7.55% 2.93% -
As % of the General category 11.76% 7.02% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% - -
South West median daily rate £440 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 £23.63 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.28 -
Median % change year-on-year +137.39% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £26.92 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £47.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +26.32% +171.43% -

All General Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 68 114 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 64.15% 41.76% 45.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 69 60
10th Percentile £187 £153 £240
25th Percentile £313 £158 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £409 £468
Median % change year-on-year +22.25% -12.51% +16.88%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £600
90th Percentile £650 £600 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 4
10th Percentile £23.41 £10.42 £30.60
25th Percentile £27.64 £11.61 £49.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.28 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.50% -59.56% +63.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £47.50 £79.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Devon

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Devon

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Devon

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Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Devon region over the 6 months to 2 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
Exeter +11 2 - - 7
Plymouth -2 2 £200 -4.76% 11
Tiverton - 2 - -
Exmouth - 2 - -
Legal
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 6 (75.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Customer Executive
2 1 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Development
1 6 (75.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 6 (75.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 6 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (12.50%) CAD
2 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Salesforce