Legal Contract Job Trends in Essex

Legal
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Legal 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 3.57% - 3.37%
As % of the General category 6.15% - 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £525 £508 £350
% change year-on-year +3.45% +45.00% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £10.42
75th Percentile £16.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.23 £30.78 £10.42
% change year-on-year -44.02% +195.39% -79.06%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 65 34 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 58.04% 42.50% 60.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 20 61
10th Percentile £185 £180 £185
25th Percentile £250 £242 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £319 £350
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% -8.86% -25.93%
75th Percentile £472 £441 £500
90th Percentile £621 £538 £600
East of England median daily rate £478 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -4.40% +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 18
10th Percentile - - £10.42
25th Percentile £12.75 - £16.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £30.00 £25.33
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +18.46% +25.06%
75th Percentile £23.61 - £50.91
90th Percentile £72.20 - £55.52
East of England median hourly rate £19.00 £21.96 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.48% +21.97% -11.11%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Essex

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Legal

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Legal

Legal
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Essex region over the 6 months to 14 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
Chelmsford - 4 - - 5
Legal
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Printer Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Break Fix Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Canon
1 4 (100.00%) Dell
1 4 (100.00%) HP