Legal Contracts 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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 51 60
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +22
Contract jobs citing Legal 12 16 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.63% 1.90% 1.82%
As % of the General category 2.71% 3.56% 3.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 11
10th Percentile £312 £185 £313
25th Percentile £358 £238 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £350 £579
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -39.55% +36.24%
75th Percentile £485 £463 £625
90th Percentile £513 £515 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £545
% change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £21.70 -
25th Percentile - £23.13 £13.25
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +92.59% -
75th Percentile - £26.50 £21.25
90th Percentile - - £25.75
England median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £22.33
% change year-on-year -37.50% +79.13% -17.30%

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 442 450 515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 59.97% 53.32% 51.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 283 387
10th Percentile £213 £186 £223
25th Percentile £319 £294 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% -6.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £570 £613
90th Percentile £544 £629 £743
England median daily rate £514 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -3.75% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 54 32
10th Percentile £15.15 £12.28 £13.43
25th Percentile £18.38 £13.51 £20.81
Median hourly rate £21.39 £15.82 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year +35.25% -56.98% +50.06%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.44 £51.50
90th Percentile £38.57 £51.91 £68.15
England median hourly rate £27.25 £33.93 £30.54
% change year-on-year -19.70% +11.10% +28.89%

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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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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in the East Midlands

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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 13 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the East Midlands

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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 13 July 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 0 7 £360 +44.00% 10
Derbyshire +8 3 £453 -17.73% 17
Nottinghamshire -9 2 - - 39
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 (8.33%) SAP HCM
1 1 (8.33%) SAP HR
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Change Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Project Change Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Change Project Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) IT Trainer
4 2 (16.67%) Legal IT Trainer
4 2 (16.67%) Trainer
5 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) HR Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Information Assurance Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
5 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP HR Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Payroll Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (8.33%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 5 (41.67%) Business Strategy
2 5 (41.67%) Change Management
2 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Contract Management
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (8.33%) Microservices
5 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (8.33%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) CISA
1 1 (8.33%) CISM
1 1 (8.33%) CISSP
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Basel III
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (8.33%) MiFID
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
1 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) SAP