Legal Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Legal
South East > East Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in East Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 21 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 +17
Contract jobs citing Legal 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 1.35% 2.22% 10.00%
As % of the General category 2.04% 3.77% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £545
25th Percentile - £613 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £775
Median % change year-on-year - -19.35% +21.57%
75th Percentile - £638 £825
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £400 £504 £525
% change year-on-year -20.63% -4.00% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
South East median hourly rate £59.00 £55.44 £61.00
% change year-on-year +6.43% -9.12% +175.27%

All General Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 49 53 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 66.22% 58.89% 77.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 39 42
10th Percentile £160 £375 £327
25th Percentile £371 £413 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year +11.50% -5.66% -7.83%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £680 £715 £745
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.88% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile £12.50 - -
25th Percentile £13.13 £51.25 £50.50
Median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.48% +2.94% +47.83%
75th Percentile £17.75 £53.75 £51.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £21.02 £39.93 £49.07
% change year-on-year -47.35% -18.63% +39.19%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legal relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Legal job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Legal

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Legal

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Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Brighton - 1 - - 13
Legal
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Enrichment
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management