Legal Contracts in the East of England

Legal
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 94 98
Rank change year-on-year +31 +4 +7
Contract jobs citing Legal 17 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.78% 1.05% 1.20%
As % of the General category 2.79% 1.73% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 17
10th Percentile - £247 £205
25th Percentile £200 - £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -30.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £529 - £600
90th Percentile £594 £463 £635
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile £16.07 £10.42 £46.17
25th Percentile £17.92 £20.94 £48.63
Median hourly rate £21.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.82% - +23.51%
75th Percentile £25.89 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £28.82 - -
England median hourly rate £24.00 £40.00 £22.16
% change year-on-year -40.00% +80.51% -40.01%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 610 1,158 1,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.74% 61.08% 60.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 427 656
10th Percentile £201 £244 £202
25th Percentile £350 £350 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +8.40%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £685 £664 £736
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 457 258
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.21 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £61.20
90th Percentile £76.88 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.27 £32.40
% change year-on-year -9.14% -6.59% +50.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Hertfordshire +26 5 £540 +54.29% 32
Suffolk - 4 £200 - 8
Essex +12 3 £525 - 21
Cambridgeshire +10 2 £200 - 48
Bedfordshire -2 2 - - 8
Norfolk - 1 £200 - 8
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
1 1 (5.88%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) MSI
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Automotive
4 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Back Office
5 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Japanese Language
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support
1 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Administrator
3 1 (5.88%) Applications Packager
3 1 (5.88%) Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Data Governance Specialist
3 1 (5.88%) Executive Assistant
3 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Android
2 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Project Management
3 2 (11.76%) Agile
3 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
3 2 (11.76%) Business Transformation
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.76%) Data Privacy
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
3 2 (11.76%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (11.76%) Product Management
3 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (5.88%) Containerisation
4 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
4 1 (5.88%) Microservices
4 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Product Requirements
4 1 (5.88%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Bash
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
3 2 (11.76%) PMP
4 1 (5.88%) CCIE
4 1 (5.88%) CCIE Data Center
4 1 (5.88%) CCNP
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.88%) CISSP
4 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco
2 1 (5.88%) NetApp
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.88%) VMware