Legal Contract Job Trends in Hove

Legal
East Sussex > Hove

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Hove. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Legal 0 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Hove - - 53.85%
As % of the General category - - 53.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £693
25th Percentile - - £756
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £800
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.49%
75th Percentile - - £825
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £500 £625 £800
% change year-on-year -20.00% -21.88% +25.49%

All General Skills
Hove

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 Hove.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hove 40.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - £584 £380
25th Percentile - £597 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £638 £775
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -17.74% +10.71%
75th Percentile - £656 £825
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £575 £500 £430
% change year-on-year +15.00% +16.28% -21.82%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Hove

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Hove

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Hove

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hove citing Legal