Legal Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Legal
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 26 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -
Contract jobs citing Legal 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.12% 1.73% 0.84%
As % of the General category 2.02% 3.48% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £306 - £455
25th Percentile £363 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +21.05% -
75th Percentile £563 £588 £488
90th Percentile £615 £595 £495
North West median daily rate £474 £438 £525
% change year-on-year +8.29% -16.67% +13.88%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 99 115 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 55.31% 49.78% 59.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 54 88
10th Percentile £185 £155 £225
25th Percentile £331 £206 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £534 £510 £563
90th Percentile £705 £588 £600
North West median daily rate £458 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -7.20% -1.40% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 11
10th Percentile - £17.44 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £22.88 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +20.39% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £39.00 £28.15
90th Percentile £21.52 £54.00 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £22.53
% change year-on-year -30.00% +55.35% +11.92%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Merseyside

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Merseyside over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Merseyside

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Legal

Legal
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Liverpool +2 2 £468 -18.70% 17
Legal
North West

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Contracts Manager
1 1 (50.00%) ERP Implementation Manager
1 1 (50.00%) ERP Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Procurement Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory