Legal Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Legal
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 55 53
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +28
Contract jobs citing Legal 20 5 11
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.33% 0.68% 1.38%
As % of the General category 3.71% 1.16% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 4
10th Percentile £245 £393 £320
25th Percentile £313 £419 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £475 £370
Median % change year-on-year -24.63% +28.55% -21.33%
75th Percentile £492 £519 £516
90th Percentile £538 £538 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £22.04
90th Percentile - - £26.07
England median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £17.25
% change year-on-year -44.44% +160.87% -36.11%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 539 430 397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 62.82% 58.82% 49.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 260 277
10th Percentile £213 £261 £199
25th Percentile £350 £348 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £445 £468
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -4.91% -1.47%
75th Percentile £500 £531 £600
90th Percentile £625 £623 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 20 33
10th Percentile £15.67 £14.54 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.10 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.66 £17.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.43% -38.18% +62.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.90 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.45 £55.00 £69.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £31.97 £30.48
% change year-on-year -21.80% +4.91% +18.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Legal job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Legal

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Legal

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Northamptonshire - 10 £358 - 10
Nottinghamshire +2 5 £525 +10.53% 16
Derbyshire +3 3 £500 -9.09% 12
Lincolnshire -9 2 £200 - 2
Legal
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (5.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (5.00%) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Change Manager
1 4 (20.00%) Project Change Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Change Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) IT Trainer
2 3 (15.00%) Legal IT Trainer
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Trainer
3 2 (10.00%) Category Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Officer
3 2 (10.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) ETL Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) HR Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.00%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (25.00%) Change Management
3 4 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
4 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.00%) Contract Management
4 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (15.00%) Information Security
4 3 (15.00%) Information Security Management
4 3 (15.00%) Internal Audit
4 3 (15.00%) ISMS
4 3 (15.00%) Security Management
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 2 (10.00%) Coaching
5 2 (10.00%) KYC
5 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) GDPR
1 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Citrix
2 1 (5.00%) iManage
2 1 (5.00%) SAP