Legal Contracts in Manchester

Legal
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Manchester. 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 54 47 69
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 +38
Contract jobs citing Legal 26 49 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.81% 3.25% 2.60%
As % of the General category 4.96% 6.74% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 42
10th Percentile £330 £324 £353
25th Percentile £425 £431 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £700 £628 £575
90th Percentile £727 £850 £681
North West median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +36.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
North West median hourly rate £20.41 £26.33 £20.70
% change year-on-year -22.48% +27.20% -14.20%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 524 727 925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 56.65% 48.18% 48.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 474 647
10th Percentile £250 £313 £311
25th Percentile £375 £388 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
75th Percentile £555 £588 £590
90th Percentile £682 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 63 38
10th Percentile - £12.29 £16.19
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £19.44
Median hourly rate £21.53 £23.45 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% -6.20% +38.89%
75th Percentile £46.88 £34.00 £37.30
90th Percentile £73.00 £59.50 £45.05
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Manchester 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
Salford - 7 £716 - 4
Wigan - 1 £193 - 1
Legal
North West

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) AWS
2 7 (26.92%) GCP
3 3 (11.54%) Figma
4 2 (7.69%) SaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Akamai
5 1 (3.85%) Boomi
5 1 (3.85%) Google Ads
5 1 (3.85%) Google Analytics
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
1 3 (11.54%) Network Security
1 3 (11.54%) WAN
2 2 (7.69%) DWDM
2 2 (7.69%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (3.85%) Internet
3 1 (3.85%) LAN
3 1 (3.85%) MPLS
3 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) EDRMS
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (38.46%) Finance
4 7 (26.92%) Telecoms
5 5 (19.23%) Law
6 4 (15.38%) Marketing
7 3 (11.54%) Banking
8 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Multimedia
8 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Architect
2 7 (26.92%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Business Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Content Designer
3 3 (11.54%) Designer
3 3 (11.54%) Senior
3 3 (11.54%) UX Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Lead
4 2 (7.69%) NOC Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Business Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Procurement Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Social Media
2 3 (11.54%) Mobile App
2 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Photography
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 7 (26.92%) Software Engineering
3 6 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
5 4 (15.38%) Agile
5 4 (15.38%) Business Strategy
5 4 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
6 3 (11.54%) Business Analysis
6 3 (11.54%) Content Marketing
6 3 (11.54%) Conversational UI
6 3 (11.54%) Customer Insight
6 3 (11.54%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (11.54%) Product Marketing
6 3 (11.54%) Project Management
6 3 (11.54%) User Experience
6 3 (11.54%) UX Design
7 2 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
1 8 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) AWS Certification
2 7 (26.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 7 (26.92%) Azure Certification
2 7 (26.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.69%) CCNA
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (3.85%) APMG
4 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.85%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) QA
2 3 (11.54%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (38.46%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe
3 1 (3.85%) Aruba
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) Citrix
3 1 (3.85%) F5
3 1 (3.85%) Facebook
3 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.85%) Intapp
3 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.85%) Twitter
3 1 (3.85%) VMware
3 1 (3.85%) YouTube
3 1 (3.85%) Zscaler