Legal Contracts in Hertfordshire

Legal
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 64 60
Rank change year-on-year +24 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Legal 4 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.21% 1.08% 1.32%
As % of the General category 2.13% 1.76% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £395 - £474
25th Percentile £463 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £513
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -31.71% +13.89%
75th Percentile £613 - £588
90th Percentile £635 - £678
East of England median daily rate £200 £350 £488
% change year-on-year -42.86% -28.21% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £52.00
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.92 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -67.42% - +103.70%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 common skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 188 512 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 56.97% 61.24% 55.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 130 204
10th Percentile £318 £200 £241
25th Percentile £463 £327 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -23.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £573 £688
90th Percentile £675 £700 £838
East of England median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 243 87
10th Percentile £16.95 - £47.25
25th Percentile £31.25 £38.12 £53.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £69.25
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £19.81
% change year-on-year -17.00% +92.43% +32.07%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Legal in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Stevenage - 2 £425 - 1
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £550 - 4
Legal
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IPT
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Packager
1 1 (25.00%) Data Governance Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Process Management
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) NetApp
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) VMware