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 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 49 49
Rank change year-on-year -23 0 +18
Contract jobs citing Legal 12 5 17
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.18% 0.88% 2.16%
As % of the General category 2.02% 1.39% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £377 - £228
25th Percentile £445 £463 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £339
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +40.12% -20.24%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £370
90th Percentile £560 - £388
England median daily rate £500 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% -3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.90
25th Percentile - - £20.13
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.05 £38.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -53.13% +48.08% +17.33%

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 general skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 594 361 407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 58.46% 63.67% 51.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 232 281
10th Percentile £199 £182 £160
25th Percentile £360 £314 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.65% +6.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £520 £534
90th Percentile £625 £588 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 13 50
10th Percentile £13.07 £13.93 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.11 £14.06
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +28.57% +4.68%
75th Percentile £25.11 £31.76 £32.13
90th Percentile £29.65 £38.49 £51.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £25.90
% change year-on-year -21.76% +17.59% -20.32%

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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 4 March 2026.

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 4 March 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
Nottinghamshire -6 5 £525 +10.53% 16
Northamptonshire - 4 £419 - 5
Derbyshire -7 2 £500 - 14
Lincolnshire - 1 £650 - 23
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 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) NetScaler
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) IT Trainer
1 3 (25.00%) Legal IT Trainer
1 3 (25.00%) Trainer
2 2 (16.67%) Category Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (25.00%) e-Learning
1 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (25.00%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 3 (25.00%) Due Diligence
1 3 (25.00%) Instructional Design
1 3 (25.00%) KYC
1 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
1 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (16.67%) Coaching
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Contract Management
2 2 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.33%) ISMS
3 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) iManage
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (8.33%) NetApp
4 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow