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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 59 71
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +4
Contract jobs citing Legal 18 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.27% 1.27% 0.46%
As % of the General category 3.89% 1.63% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile £458 £316 -
25th Percentile £485 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -5.88% +58.16%
75th Percentile £625 £497 £438
90th Percentile £675 £671 -
Scotland median daily rate £600 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.79% -5.47%

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 463 492 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 58.46% 78.10% 70.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 250 339
10th Percentile £312 £205 £156
25th Percentile £406 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £465
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +1.08% -2.11%
75th Percentile £555 £533 £561
90th Percentile £650 £603 £663
Scotland median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 12 35
10th Percentile £17.65 £16.75 £13.35
25th Percentile £50.00 £20.39 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.44 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +171.87% -13.70% +22.30%
75th Percentile £75.00 £29.86 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £44.65 £66.30
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £18.07
% change year-on-year -18.75% +10.71% -5.81%

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 20 June 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Azure AI
2 6 (33.33%) Azure Cognitive Search
2 6 (33.33%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 5 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (5.56%) Amazon S3
5 1 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (5.56%) AWS
5 1 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
5 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) SSL
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
2 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 9 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Administrator
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) IBM Mainframe Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Mainframe Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Planning Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Python Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Risk Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Transformation Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) User Researcher
4 1 (5.56%) z/OS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (38.89%) .NET
2 5 (27.78%) Middleware
2 5 (27.78%) RESTful
3 4 (22.22%) React
4 3 (16.67%) ISPF
5 1 (5.56%) FastAPI
5 1 (5.56%) Hugging Face
5 1 (5.56%) NumPy
5 1 (5.56%) OpenCV
5 1 (5.56%) Pandas
5 1 (5.56%) PyTorch
5 1 (5.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Clustering
1 5 (27.78%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.56%) Blockchain
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) zOS
2 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Roadmaps
2 7 (38.89%) AI
2 7 (38.89%) OCR
3 6 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 6 (33.33%) Open Source
3 6 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
4 5 (27.78%) API Design
4 5 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 5 (27.78%) DevOps
5 4 (22.22%) Agile
5 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (22.22%) IT Strategy
5 4 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL
6 3 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
7 2 (11.11%) Journey Map
7 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) User Experience
7 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Python
2 6 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) RACF
2 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) IBM
1 5 (27.78%) OpenAI
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Aruba
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco