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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 61 55
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +21
Contract jobs citing Legal 16 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.03% 0.88% 1.64%
As % of the General category 3.33% 1.53% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 7
10th Percentile £223 £203 £425
25th Percentile £309 £281 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £363 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% -44.23% +39.97%
75th Percentile £442 £419 -
90th Percentile £490 £498 £736
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.75 £13.25
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £17.51
Median % change year-on-year - +22.80% -
75th Percentile - £22.25 £23.72
90th Percentile - - £26.74
England median hourly rate £24.00 £53.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -55.35% +138.89% -15.89%

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 481 458 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.96% 57.68% 49.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 276 286
10th Percentile £214 £250 £248
25th Percentile £331 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £638
90th Percentile £589 £626 £740
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 36 27
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.56 £15.96
Median hourly rate £21.39 £17.00 £31.76
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% -46.47% +64.99%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.97 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.30 £53.45 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -4 10 £358 +43.20% 9
Lincolnshire +5 2 £200 - 11
Derbyshire +3 2 £453 -17.73% 13
Nottinghamshire - 2 - - 12
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (6.25%) SAP HCM
1 1 (6.25%) SAP HR
1 1 (6.25%) SAP Payroll
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Change Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Project Change Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Change Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Trainer
4 2 (12.50%) Legal IT Trainer
4 2 (12.50%) Trainer
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Information Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP HR Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Budget Management
1 6 (37.50%) Project Delivery
2 5 (31.25%) Business Strategy
2 5 (31.25%) Change Management
2 5 (31.25%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
4 2 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security Management
4 2 (12.50%) Internal Audit
4 2 (12.50%) ISMS
4 2 (12.50%) Kanban
4 2 (12.50%) Microservices
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) Scrum
4 2 (12.50%) Security Management
4 2 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) GDPR
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) Basel III
2 1 (6.25%) MiFID
2 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) SAP