Legal Contracts in London

Legal
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 130 126
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 +23
Contract jobs citing Legal 302 336 531
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.42% 1.90% 2.00%
As % of the General category 3.58% 3.01% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 209 370
10th Percentile £216 £208 £225
25th Percentile £429 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% -2.84%
75th Percentile £681 £625 £658
90th Percentile £809 £763 £788
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 5
10th Percentile £25.84 £11.95 £30.60
25th Percentile £41.25 £13.34 £37.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £35.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.80% -25.26% +1.60%
75th Percentile £55.25 £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £56.85 £63.50 £67.00
England median hourly rate £24.00 £40.00 £22.16
% change year-on-year -40.00% +80.51% -40.01%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,427 11,172 16,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.63% 63.13% 63.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,681 7,979 12,153
10th Percentile £341 £336 £375
25th Percentile £447 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 244 214
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.00 £16.45
25th Percentile £22.66 £18.25 £21.06
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.25 £31.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.35% -11.50% -14.88%
75th Percentile £51.18 £44.00 £57.88
90th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -9.84% -6.15% +51.16%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London -24 42 £575 +1.77% 92
East London +23 12 £585 +24.47% 17
West London +10 4 £253 -55.11% 20
South London +6 3 £555 +208.33% 5
North London - 1 £225 -
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.99%) CMS
4 4 (1.32%) Apache
5 3 (0.99%) Confluence
6 2 (0.66%) Drupal
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.33%) Facebook Platform
7 1 (0.33%) IIS
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.99%) Trello
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.33%) FileZilla
Business Applications
1 4 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.66%) Relativity
2 2 (0.66%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.33%) Actimize
3 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.33%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.33%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.33%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 28 (9.27%) Azure
2 24 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (6.95%) SaaS
4 8 (2.65%) IaaS
4 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
4 8 (2.65%) PaaS
5 7 (2.32%) AWS
5 7 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.32%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.99%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.32%) GCP
8 4 (1.32%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.66%) GitHub
9 2 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.66%) Google Docs
9 2 (0.66%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.66%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.65%) DNS
2 7 (2.32%) Firewall
2 7 (2.32%) VPN
2 7 (2.32%) WAN
3 6 (1.99%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.66%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.32%) LAN
6 3 (0.99%) Internet
6 3 (0.99%) Intranet
6 3 (0.99%) MPLS
6 3 (0.99%) SAN
6 3 (0.99%) Wireless
7 2 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.66%) HTTP
7 2 (0.66%) SMTP
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.33%) FTP
8 1 (0.33%) NAS
8 1 (0.33%) Network Security
8 1 (0.33%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.99%) Big Data
2 6 (1.99%) Power BI
3 5 (1.66%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.66%) Metadata
3 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.99%) Tableau
5 2 (0.66%) EDRMS
5 2 (0.66%) MS Access
5 2 (0.66%) MySQL
5 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.33%) GIS
6 1 (0.33%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.33%) Power Query
6 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.33%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 16 (5.30%) JIRA
2 4 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.99%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.99%) SonarQube
3 3 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.33%) GitLab
4 1 (0.33%) MSI
4 1 (0.33%) Pa11y
4 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 115 (38.08%) Finance
2 108 (35.76%) Social Skills
3 53 (17.55%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (12.25%) Law
5 25 (8.28%) Marketing
6 24 (7.95%) Banking
7 13 (4.30%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.64%) Publishing
9 10 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.98%) Front Office
10 9 (2.98%) German Language
10 9 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.98%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.32%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.32%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.32%) Retail
14 3 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (15.89%) Project Manager
2 37 (12.25%) Analyst
3 30 (9.93%) Senior
4 26 (8.61%) Lead
5 23 (7.62%) Architect
6 21 (6.95%) Business Analyst
7 15 (4.97%) Developer
8 14 (4.64%) Consultant
9 12 (3.97%) IT Manager
10 11 (3.64%) Product Manager
11 10 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.98%) Procurement Manager
12 9 (2.98%) Senior Manager
13 8 (2.65%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (2.65%) Security Architect
14 7 (2.32%) Designer
14 7 (2.32%) Senior Project Manager
14 7 (2.32%) Tester
15 6 (1.99%) Business Manager
15 6 (1.99%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.97%) HTML
2 11 (3.64%) CSS
3 5 (1.66%) .NET
4 3 (0.99%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (0.99%) ASP.NET
4 3 (0.99%) ASP.NET Core
4 3 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.66%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.66%) Jinja
6 1 (0.33%) JSON
6 1 (0.33%) LDAP
6 1 (0.33%) Middleware
6 1 (0.33%) ODBC
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.33%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.33%) Visualforce
6 1 (0.33%) Web Services
6 1 (0.33%) web3js
6 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.30%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.30%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.64%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.98%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.65%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (2.32%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.99%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.32%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.32%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.32%) Replication
9 4 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.99%) Insider Threat
10 3 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.99%) Market Risk
10 3 (0.99%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Social Media
11 2 (0.66%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.95%) Windows
2 6 (1.99%) Linux
2 6 (1.99%) Windows 10
2 6 (1.99%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.99%) CentOS
3 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (23.51%) Project Management
2 65 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (18.54%) Risk Management
4 46 (15.23%) Agile
4 46 (15.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
6 34 (11.26%) Artificial Intelligence
7 28 (9.27%) Migration
8 26 (8.61%) Analytics
8 26 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (8.28%) Decision-Making
10 23 (7.62%) Roadmaps
11 19 (6.29%) ERP
12 18 (5.96%) Information Security
13 17 (5.63%) Data Protection
13 17 (5.63%) Regulatory Compliance
14 16 (5.30%) Change Management
15 15 (4.97%) ITIL
15 15 (4.97%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.28%) SQL
2 23 (7.62%) Python
3 11 (3.64%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.32%) C#
5 6 (1.99%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.66%) PHP
6 5 (1.66%) Ruby
7 2 (0.66%) Bash
7 2 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.66%) R
7 2 (0.66%) VBA
8 1 (0.33%) Bicep
8 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (14.57%) Degree
2 33 (10.93%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.94%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.64%) CISSP
5 10 (3.31%) CISM
6 9 (2.98%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.65%) CISA
7 8 (2.65%) OSCP
8 7 (2.32%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.32%) PMP
9 6 (1.99%) CEH
9 6 (1.99%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.66%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.66%) CCSAS
10 5 (1.66%) CREST Certified
10 5 (1.66%) GIAC
10 5 (1.66%) GPEN
10 5 (1.66%) GWAPT
10 5 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.61%) GDPR
2 19 (6.29%) NIST
3 9 (2.98%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.32%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.32%) EU AI Act
5 7 (2.32%) QA
6 5 (1.66%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.66%) PMO
7 4 (1.32%) GRC
7 4 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.99%) COBIT
8 3 (0.99%) COSO
8 3 (0.99%) EMIR
8 3 (0.99%) MiFID
8 3 (0.99%) PSD2
8 3 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.99%) WCAG
9 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (4.64%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.99%) Docker
4 3 (0.99%) vCloud
4 3 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.99%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (0.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.66%) SCCM
3 3 (0.99%) CASB
3 3 (0.99%) Kibana
3 3 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.99%) Terraform
4 2 (0.66%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (0.66%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (0.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.33%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.33%) Puppet
5 1 (0.33%) QRadar
5 1 (0.33%) Salt
Vendors
1 43 (14.24%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.28%) SAP
3 14 (4.64%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.64%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.98%) Google
6 6 (1.99%) Ariba
6 6 (1.99%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.99%) Cisco
6 6 (1.99%) iManage
6 6 (1.99%) VMware
6 6 (1.99%) Workday
7 5 (1.66%) Dell
7 5 (1.66%) Oracle
7 5 (1.66%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.32%) EMC
9 3 (0.99%) Adobe
9 3 (0.99%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.99%) Aruba
9 3 (0.99%) Instagram
9 3 (0.99%) Intapp