Legal Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Legal
Devon > Exeter

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Exeter. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 18 24
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Legal 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 0.52% 1.23% 2.86%
As % of the General category 1.03% 2.50% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £149
25th Percentile - - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £200 £190
Median % change year-on-year +225.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile - - £298
90th Percentile - - £359
Devon median daily rate £650 £200 £300
% change year-on-year +225.00% -33.33% -

All General Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 97 40 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 50.79% 49.38% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 16 26
10th Percentile £328 £173 £193
25th Percentile £464 £174 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +2.15% -19.13%
75th Percentile £763 £559 £597
90th Percentile £825 £588 £682
Devon median daily rate £561 £425 £465
% change year-on-year +31.94% -8.60% -19.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £13.63 - -
25th Percentile £15.00 £22.76 -
Median hourly rate £19.78 £22.84 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.40% - -
75th Percentile - £22.92 -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £16.00 £22.27 £51.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -56.56% +2.50%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Exeter

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Legal

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Demand Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SAFe Agilist
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt