Legal Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Legal
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 30 27
Rank change year-on-year -19 -3 +16
Contract jobs citing Legal 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.58% 2.08% 0.60%
As % of the General category 0.98% 3.67% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.04% - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £500 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All General Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 general skills in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 205 109 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 59.77% 56.77% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 59 60
10th Percentile £203 £304 £214
25th Percentile £380 £340 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £501 £550 £668
90th Percentile £575 £631 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% -14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £16.64 - £49.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £13.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £33.63 £14.69 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +128.90% -76.02% +250.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £19.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £53.75
% change year-on-year +31.04% -72.67% +207.14%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legal relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Legal job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Legal

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Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Legal

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Procurement Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) BPMN
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) E-Procurement
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) UML
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation