Legal Contracts 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 34 31
Rank change year-on-year +27 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Legal 11 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 11.11% 2.30% 1.52%
As % of the General category 16.92% 3.23% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £540 £402
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +34.50% -49.81%
75th Percentile £630 - £445
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +1.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £11.95 -
London median hourly rate £47.50 £35.50 £46.75
% change year-on-year +33.80% -24.06% +7.79%

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 common skills in East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 65 155 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 65.66% 71.43% 68.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 136 101
10th Percentile £313 £316 £203
25th Percentile £415 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.90%
75th Percentile £587 £625 £688
90th Percentile £662 £760 £750
London median daily rate £557 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -3.06% -4.17% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 10
10th Percentile £14.66 - £21.01
25th Percentile £24.66 £11.95 £21.24
Median hourly rate £28.60 £18.41 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +55.37% -18.13% -31.03%
75th Percentile £32.00 £37.83 £23.73
90th Percentile £36.80 £38.28 -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -15.49%

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Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in East London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in East London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in East London

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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 2 June 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
Tower Hamlets +15 11 £585 +8.33% 1
Legal
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Cloud Computing
1 6 (54.55%) SaaS
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) AML Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Author
2 1 (9.09%) Bid Writer
2 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) KYC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Workflow
2 6 (54.55%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (54.55%) Technology Transformation
2 6 (54.55%) TOGAF
2 6 (54.55%) Zachman Framework
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (18.18%) BCP
4 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
4 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Case Management
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) SDLC
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GRC
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) iManage
2 2 (18.18%) SAP