Legal Contracts in the Midlands

Legal
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 72 100
Rank change year-on-year -2 +28 +50
Contract jobs citing Legal 66 60 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.68% 2.24% 1.86%
As % of the General category 4.34% 4.17% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 37 45
10th Percentile £208 £200 £303
25th Percentile £358 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -10.00% +3.73%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £680 £594 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £22.56 £19.15 -
25th Percentile £32.44 £19.42 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.46 £20.24 £21.52
Median % change year-on-year +99.95% -5.95% -
75th Percentile £42.55 £21.43 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £21.92 -
England median hourly rate £27.89 £45.50 £24.46
% change year-on-year -38.70% +86.02% -9.41%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,522 1,439 1,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 61.90% 53.81% 52.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 972 986 1,159
10th Percentile £208 £245 £250
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £538 £614 £604
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 115 72
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.53 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.67 £13.96 £17.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.32 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year +36.46% -29.88% +37.50%
75th Percentile £34.71 £34.47 £50.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.56 £63.65
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £30.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +27.07% +25.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +4 53 £500 +11.11% 140
East Midlands +2 13 £358 -1.24% 87
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.52%) Apache
3 1 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.03%) Trello
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.52%) CA PPM
2 1 (1.52%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.52%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.52%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.52%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.06%) Azure
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.03%) Asana
3 1 (1.52%) AWS
3 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.52%) GCP
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) LAN
1 4 (6.06%) VoIP
2 3 (4.55%) Firewall
2 3 (4.55%) Unified Communications
2 3 (4.55%) WAN
2 3 (4.55%) Wireless
3 2 (3.03%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (3.03%) MPLS
3 2 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.52%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.52%) DHCP
4 1 (1.52%) DNS
4 1 (1.52%) Internet
4 1 (1.52%) Intranet
4 1 (1.52%) Network Security
4 1 (1.52%) Telepresence
4 1 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Power BI
2 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.52%) Flink
3 1 (1.52%) Metadata
3 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 22 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.27%) Finance
3 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.58%) Law
5 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.55%) Banking
7 2 (3.03%) Automotive
7 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.03%) Retail
8 1 (1.52%) Digital Economy
8 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Environmental Health
8 1 (1.52%) Marketing
8 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Project Manager
2 10 (15.15%) Analyst
3 7 (10.61%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.06%) Change Manager
4 4 (6.06%) Deployment Engineer
4 4 (6.06%) Project Change Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Applications Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Architect
5 3 (4.55%) Change Project Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Designer
5 3 (4.55%) Interaction Designer
5 3 (4.55%) IT Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Technical Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Consultant
6 2 (3.03%) Development Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Legal IT Trainer
6 2 (3.03%) Network Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (1.52%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (1.52%) Kafka
2 1 (1.52%) Keycloak
2 1 (1.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.03%) Educational Technology
3 2 (3.03%) Infotainment
3 2 (3.03%) Learning Management System
3 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.03%) NHS
4 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.52%) SCORM
4 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.15%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.52%) Android
3 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.73%) Agile
2 14 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (18.18%) Change Management
4 11 (16.67%) Project Management
4 11 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (15.15%) Project Delivery
6 9 (13.64%) Risk Management
7 8 (12.12%) ITIL
8 7 (10.61%) Budget Management
8 7 (10.61%) Business Strategy
8 7 (10.61%) Data Protection
8 7 (10.61%) Decision-Making
9 6 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (9.09%) Migration
9 6 (9.09%) PRINCE2
10 5 (7.58%) Contract Negotiation
10 5 (7.58%) Service Design
10 5 (7.58%) Service Management
10 5 (7.58%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.06%) SQL
2 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.52%) ABAP
3 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) Degree
2 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) PMP
4 4 (6.06%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.03%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.03%) CCIE
6 2 (3.03%) CISA
6 2 (3.03%) CISM
6 2 (3.03%) CISSP
6 2 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.52%) CCNA
7 1 (1.52%) CEH
7 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.52%) IIBA
7 1 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) GDPR
2 2 (3.03%) PERC
2 2 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.52%) Basel III
3 1 (1.52%) COSHH
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.52%) ISO 14001
3 1 (1.52%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) MiFID
3 1 (1.52%) NEBOSH
3 1 (1.52%) NIST
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.52%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Firmware
2 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) SCCM
2 3 (4.55%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.09%) Cisco
3 3 (4.55%) SAP
4 2 (3.03%) BMC
4 2 (3.03%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.03%) Meraki
4 2 (3.03%) Progress
4 2 (3.03%) Remedy
4 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.52%) iManage
5 1 (1.52%) OneLogin
5 1 (1.52%) Planview
5 1 (1.52%) Veeam
5 1 (1.52%) VMware