Legal Contracts in Lancashire

Legal
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 28 32
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Legal 18 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 10.00% 1.03% 2.10%
As % of the General category 19.78% 1.57% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 2 5
10th Percentile £385 £618 £579
25th Percentile £481 £646 £637
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £692 £750
Median % change year-on-year -22.27% -7.80% -
75th Percentile £574 £737 £775
90th Percentile £726 £765 -
North West median daily rate £525 £575 £506
% change year-on-year -8.70% +13.58% +35.00%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 91 127 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 50.56% 65.13% 49.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 55 82
10th Percentile £330 £313 £330
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +13.05%
75th Percentile £615 £709 £675
90th Percentile £663 £780 £725
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 50 9
10th Percentile £21.35 £14.68 £34.31
25th Percentile £24.76 - £41.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -67.60% +25.14%
75th Percentile £44.50 £35.23 £53.35
90th Percentile £60.78 £46.18 £58.46
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.60
% change year-on-year +62.25% -33.38% +33.00%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Lancashire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Lancashire over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Lancashire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Lancashire

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Preston - 16 £525 - 3
Legal
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) Entra ID
3 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (22.22%) OneDrive
4 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) SAN
2 1 (5.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) GIS
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Integration Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Business Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Business Continuity Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Test Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) RESTful
1 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) CMDB
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
1 4 (22.22%) Unix
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
1 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
1 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2012
1 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
1 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 6 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) E-Discovery
4 4 (22.22%) High Availability
4 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (22.22%) Migration
4 4 (22.22%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (22.22%) RBAC
4 4 (22.22%) SFIA
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (16.67%) CRM
5 3 (16.67%) Data Management
5 3 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 3 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) MCSE
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (11.11%) APMG
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 4 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) vCenter Server
1 4 (22.22%) WSUS
2 1 (5.56%) CASB
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Citrix
2 4 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (5.56%) Zscaler