Legal Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Legal
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 62 53
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +39
Contract jobs citing Legal 13 5 22
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.03% 0.82% 2.65%
As % of the General category 3.27% 1.07% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 14
10th Percentile £481 £292 £225
25th Percentile £503 £310 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £340 £544
Median % change year-on-year +54.41% -37.47% +31.02%
75th Percentile £653 £370 £610
90th Percentile £675 £388 £626
Scotland median daily rate £550 £445 £544
% change year-on-year +23.60% -18.16% +11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.20 - -
Median hourly rate £13.91 - -
75th Percentile £14.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 - £11.50

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 398 468 624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 62.28% 76.72% 75.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 261 363
10th Percentile £154 £192 £178
25th Percentile £363 £375 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £456 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -5.00% +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £646 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 17 32
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £40.25 £22.22 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -46.27% +111.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.66 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 £69.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £23.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.85% +20.51% +18.18%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Edinburgh

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legal

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (7.69%) CMS
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Azure AI
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Cognitive Search
2 6 (46.15%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 5 (38.46%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Canva
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.69%) OCI
4 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Metadata
2 1 (7.69%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Retail
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Executive Assistant
3 1 (7.69%) IBM Mainframe Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Mainframe Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Implementation Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) z/OS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) RESTful
3 4 (30.77%) React
4 2 (15.38%) Middleware
4 2 (15.38%) REST
5 1 (7.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Clustering
1 2 (15.38%) Mainframe
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
2 6 (46.15%) AI
2 6 (46.15%) OCR
2 6 (46.15%) Open Source
2 6 (46.15%) Technology Strategy
3 5 (38.46%) API Design
3 5 (38.46%) DevOps
3 5 (38.46%) Machine Learning
4 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) IT Strategy
4 4 (30.77%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (30.77%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (7.69%) Runbook
6 1 (7.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C#
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) COBIT
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) OpenAI
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) IBM
4 1 (7.69%) Aruba
4 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) Databricks
4 1 (7.69%) Dell
4 1 (7.69%) Dynatrace
4 1 (7.69%) F5
4 1 (7.69%) Facebook
4 1 (7.69%) HP
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle