Legal Contract Job Trends in East London

Legal
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in East London. 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 20 21 30
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing Legal 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in East London 4.00% 1.92% 2.77%
As % of the General category 5.33% 3.51% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £415 - £457
25th Percentile £546 - £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £495 £585
Median % change year-on-year +28.03% -15.38% +371.77%
75th Percentile £664 - £893
90th Percentile £678 - £1,210
London median daily rate £575 £506 £540
% change year-on-year +13.58% -6.25% -1.82%

All General Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 75 57 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 75.00% 54.81% 62.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 49 139
10th Percentile £190 - £396
25th Percentile £328 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £495 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -17.50% +26.32%
75th Percentile £666 £638 £700
90th Percentile £960 £675 £775
London median daily rate £538 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile £23.33 - £14.18
25th Percentile £23.86 - £14.85
Median hourly rate £24.03 - £26.41
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.43%
75th Percentile £32.61 - £38.28
90th Percentile £70.64 - -
London median hourly rate £26.65 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -23.86% +16.67% +10.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Legal job vacancy trend in East London

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Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in East London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in East London

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Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Legal

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Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the East London 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
Tower Hamlets -4 3 £630 +27.27%
Legal
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Data Governance Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Data Governance Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Governance Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Implementation Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) RBAC
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Artefact Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) EMIR
2 1 (25.00%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft