Legal Contracts in Kent

Legal
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 29 33
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Legal 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 2.86% 0.50% 0.91%
As % of the General category 4.69% 1.27% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £250 - -
25th Percentile £325 - £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £238
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +110.53% -
75th Percentile £569 - £256
90th Percentile £640 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +20.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +76.47% +6.25% +1.27%

All General Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 64 79 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 60.95% 39.50% 52.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 58 80
10th Percentile £200 - £178
25th Percentile £208 £205 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £424 £396
Median % change year-on-year -35.10% +6.94% -20.75%
75th Percentile £473 £550 £632
90th Percentile £663 £675 £788
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 7
10th Percentile £18.22 £11.25 £37.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £11.40 £42.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.75 £56.24
Median % change year-on-year +23.94% -68.44% +63.51%
75th Percentile £80.10 £66.74 £57.12
90th Percentile £88.58 £72.65 £61.35
South East median hourly rate £24.18 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -46.27% -5.26% +137.50%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Kent

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Kent

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Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Kent over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Kent

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Kent

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Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 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
Canterbury - 1 £200 - 6
Legal
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) OSCP
1 1 (33.33%) SANS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft