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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 48 52
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +22
Contract jobs citing Legal 19 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.13% 1.02% 1.38%
As % of the General category 3.48% 1.60% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 4
10th Percentile £223 £384 £242
25th Percentile £316 £397 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £425 £370
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% +15.02% -20.43%
75th Percentile £500 £459 £516
90th Percentile £538 £476 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.37
25th Percentile - - £16.31
Median hourly rate - - £18.26
75th Percentile - - £20.34
90th Percentile - - £21.36
England median hourly rate £18.09 £34.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.57% +86.49% -16.52%

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 546 375 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.21% 63.99% 48.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 234 253
10th Percentile £192 £234 £160
25th Percentile £353 £314 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.39% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £530 £567
90th Percentile £613 £624 £673
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 19 29
10th Percentile £15.57 £15.01 £13.80
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £18.32 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.53% -18.58% +40.89%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.40 £42.74 £54.20
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +28.35%

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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 30 December 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 30 December 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
Nottinghamshire -4 7 £525 +10.53% 18
Northamptonshire - 7 £358 - 15
Lincolnshire -7 3 £200 - 25
Derbyshire 0 2 £500 - 34
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 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) NetScaler
2 1 (5.26%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) IT Trainer
1 5 (26.32%) Legal IT Trainer
1 5 (26.32%) Trainer
2 2 (10.53%) Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Category Manager
2 2 (10.53%) Citrix Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Officer
2 2 (10.53%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.26%) ETL Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Information Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Lead
3 1 (5.26%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Project Change Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
1 3 (15.79%) e-Learning
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
1 3 (15.79%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Customer Experience
1 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
1 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
1 3 (15.79%) Information Security
1 3 (15.79%) Information Security Management
1 3 (15.79%) Instructional Design
1 3 (15.79%) Internal Audit
1 3 (15.79%) ISMS
1 3 (15.79%) Security Management
2 2 (10.53%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 2 (10.53%) Change Management
2 2 (10.53%) Coaching
2 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (10.53%) Contract Management
2 2 (10.53%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (10.53%) Due Diligence
2 2 (10.53%) KYC
2 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (10.53%) Regulatory Change
2 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
1 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) iManage
3 2 (10.53%) Citrix
4 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.26%) NetApp
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow