Legal Contracts in Dorset

Legal
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 21 26
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing Legal 14 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 14.43% 4.22% 4.65%
As % of the General category 22.58% 9.21% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile £386 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £175 -
Median % change year-on-year +185.71% - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile £760 - -
South West median daily rate £440 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £13.15
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.38
75th Percentile - - £18.21
90th Percentile - - £18.36
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £47.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +26.32% +171.43% -

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 62 76 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 63.92% 45.78% 48.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 33 44
10th Percentile £285 £193 £241
25th Percentile £413 £325 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -20.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £750 £676
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.71% -3.67% +10.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 33 35
10th Percentile £14.56 £11.87 £14.80
25th Percentile £14.78 £13.69 £17.79
Median hourly rate £15.31 £15.62 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -1.98% -72.25% +12.13%
75th Percentile £16.92 £47.83 £61.35
90th Percentile £17.79 £57.33 £69.08
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +38.62%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Dorset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Dorset over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Dorset

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Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bournemouth +9 11 £575 - 1
Poole - 1 £413 -
Legal
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (85.71%) Azure
1 12 (85.71%) Entra ID
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (42.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 6 (42.86%) Google Workspace
2 6 (42.86%) OneDrive
2 6 (42.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Site Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior
6 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Integration Manager
6 1 (7.14%) Integration Project Manager
6 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
6 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
6 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Manager
6 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Project Manager
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (21.43%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Migration
2 6 (42.86%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) B2B
2 6 (42.86%) Change Management
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) Data Loss Prevention
2 6 (42.86%) E-Discovery
2 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (42.86%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 6 (42.86%) Validation
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (7.14%) Business Transformation
4 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.14%) CRM
4 1 (7.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (7.14%) Due Diligence
4 1 (7.14%) Post-Merger Integration
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) PowerShell
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
System Software
1 12 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (21.43%) PingFederate
3 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Google