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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 24 37
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Legal 7 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.57% 1.50% 1.14%
As % of the General category 7.22% 3.30% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £380 - £405
25th Percentile £400 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £200 £425
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -52.94% -46.88%
75th Percentile £615 £400 £438
90th Percentile £700 £520 £445
North West median daily rate £474 £450 £538
% change year-on-year +5.28% -16.28% +23.56%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 97 91 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 49.49% 45.50% 55.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 33 94
10th Percentile £153 £259 £334
25th Percentile £400 £325 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £645
90th Percentile £633 £750 £720
North West median daily rate £464 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.25% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 29 23
10th Percentile £24.81 £18.00 £16.70
25th Percentile £35.07 £19.18 £22.56
Median hourly rate £51.16 £35.36 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +44.68% -22.93% +49.22%
75th Percentile £63.40 £43.10 £59.74
90th Percentile £75.58 £47.14 £77.28
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +34.62% +29.16%

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

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

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

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Lancashire

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Legal

Legal
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston -2 7 £500 +150.00% 2
Legal
North West

Legal
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 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
1 2 (28.57%) IPsec
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 2 (28.57%) Defect Tracking
2 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) RBAC
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) E-Discovery
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) vCenter Server
1 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Zscaler
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) CyberArk
3 1 (14.29%) VMware