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 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 95 85
Rank change year-on-year +24 -10 +20
Contract jobs citing Legal 17 19 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.58% 0.98% 1.47%
As % of the General category 2.65% 1.67% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 20
10th Percentile - £203 £203
25th Percentile - £284 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £350 £524
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -33.17% +16.39%
75th Percentile £500 - £656
90th Percentile £585 £359 £825
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £15.46 £27.25 £54.00
25th Percentile £16.38 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.92 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.42% -8.33% +122.22%
75th Percentile £19.46 £57.50 £77.50
90th Percentile £20.38 - £79.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% +77.78% -16.67%

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 641 1,137 1,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.63% 58.76% 59.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 404 639
10th Percentile £195 £225 £209
25th Percentile £318 £332 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £638
90th Percentile £658 £650 £738
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.92% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 440 263
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £18.26
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +108.82% +17.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.70 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.79% +9.65% +30.43%

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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 29 June 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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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 29 June 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
Suffolk - 5 £200 - 18
Hertfordshire +20 4 £525 +50.00% 63
Essex +15 4 £363 - 58
Cambridgeshire +11 2 £200 - 119
Bedfordshire -6 1 - - 37
Norfolk - 1 £200 - 17
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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
1 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) MSI
General
1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Automotive
3 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Back Office
4 1 (5.88%) French Language
4 1 (5.88%) General Ledger
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Support Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support
2 4 (23.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Packager
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Executive Assistant
4 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Data Privacy
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
3 2 (11.76%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
3 2 (11.76%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) Agile
4 1 (5.88%) Application Packaging
4 1 (5.88%) Change Management
4 1 (5.88%) Compatibility Testing
4 1 (5.88%) Identity Management
4 1 (5.88%) ITSM
4 1 (5.88%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (5.88%) Migration
4 1 (5.88%) Process Management
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.88%) Service Management
4 1 (5.88%) Six Sigma
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
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 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.76%) PMP
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
3 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) HIPAA
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.88%) Docker
3 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Adobe
3 1 (5.88%) NetApp
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat