Legal Contract Job Trends in the North West

Legal
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 79 68
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +29
Contract jobs citing Legal 119 55 58
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.13% 2.50% 2.41%
As % of the General category 6.02% 4.09% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 46 46
10th Percentile £143 £210 -
25th Percentile £213 £359 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £495 £438
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +13.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £596
90th Percentile £660 £700 £850
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile £74.26 - -
England median hourly rate £43.96 £26.14 £50.00
% change year-on-year +68.17% -47.72% +127.20%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,978 1,345 1,307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 52.04% 61.19% 54.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,117 859 782
10th Percentile £240 £268 £300
25th Percentile £400 £377 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £580 £585
90th Percentile £670 £675 £685
England median daily rate £525 £512 £538
% change year-on-year +2.54% -4.83% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 111 105
10th Percentile £16.01 £12.82 £16.06
25th Percentile £24.72 £15.64 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £28.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% +22.18%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £43.10
90th Percentile £83.75 £72.50 £56.10
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legal relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Legal job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Legal

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the North West over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Legal

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the North West over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. 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
Manchester -15 51 £525 +2.44% 294
Merseyside +12 35 £148 -77.31% 16
Cumbria -2 13 £240 +14.29% 4
Cheshire -16 10 £550 +22.22% 17
Lancashire -6 9 £500 +11.11% 13
Legal
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (13.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Acrobat
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.84%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.84%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (18.49%) Azure
3 10 (8.40%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (2.52%) IaaS
6 3 (2.52%) SaaS
7 2 (1.68%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.68%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.68%) PaaS
7 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.68%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.24%) VPN
2 6 (5.04%) SSL
2 6 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (3.36%) DNS
3 4 (3.36%) Firewall
3 4 (3.36%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.52%) Wireless
5 2 (1.68%) BGP
5 2 (1.68%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.68%) LAN
5 2 (1.68%) MPLS
5 2 (1.68%) OSPF
5 2 (1.68%) VLAN
5 2 (1.68%) WAN
5 2 (1.68%) WebEx
5 2 (1.68%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.84%) DHCP
6 1 (0.84%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.84%) SAN
6 1 (0.84%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.68%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) MSI
General
1 36 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 35 (29.41%) Finance
3 18 (15.13%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.24%) Law
6 8 (6.72%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.20%) Banking
7 5 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.36%) Legal Technology
8 4 (3.36%) Retail
9 3 (2.52%) Advertising
9 3 (2.52%) Military
10 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.68%) Marketing
11 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.84%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (10.92%) Analyst
2 11 (9.24%) 1st Line Support
2 11 (9.24%) Service Analyst
2 11 (9.24%) Service Desk Analyst
3 10 (8.40%) Project Manager
4 8 (6.72%) Administrator
5 7 (5.88%) Senior
6 6 (5.04%) Lead
7 4 (3.36%) Applications Packager
7 4 (3.36%) Developer
7 4 (3.36%) Senior Manager
8 3 (2.52%) Consultant
8 3 (2.52%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) Development Manager
8 3 (2.52%) Lead Developer
8 3 (2.52%) Network Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (2.52%) Software Developer
8 3 (2.52%) Software Development Manager
8 3 (2.52%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) ISPF
1 4 (3.36%) Middleware
2 2 (1.68%) JSON
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.68%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.68%) XMPP
3 1 (0.84%) .NET
3 1 (0.84%) JDBC
3 1 (0.84%) OAuth
3 1 (0.84%) OpenID
3 1 (0.84%) REST
3 1 (0.84%) RESTful
3 1 (0.84%) SAML
3 1 (0.84%) Web Services
3 1 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.45%) Podcast
1 16 (13.45%) Virtual Team
1 16 (13.45%) Web Conferencing
2 5 (4.20%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.36%) Clustering
3 4 (3.36%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.52%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.52%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.68%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.68%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.68%) PKI
5 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.68%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.84%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.84%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (29.41%) Windows
2 27 (22.69%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.36%) zOS
4 2 (1.68%) Linux
4 2 (1.68%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.84%) Unix
5 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.21%) Customer Service
2 18 (15.13%) Data Protection
3 16 (13.45%) Migration
3 16 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (10.92%) ITIL
5 12 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (8.40%) Agile
6 10 (8.40%) AI
6 10 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (7.56%) PRINCE2
7 9 (7.56%) Risk Management
8 8 (6.72%) Application Packaging
9 7 (5.88%) Change Management
9 7 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.88%) Data Loss Prevention
9 7 (5.88%) Service Management
10 6 (5.04%) Business Case
10 6 (5.04%) Case Management
10 6 (5.04%) Data Governance
10 6 (5.04%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.52%) SQL
3 1 (0.84%) C#
3 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.84%) Python
3 1 (0.84%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 19 (15.97%) SC Cleared
3 18 (15.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (7.56%) Degree
5 4 (3.36%) PMP
6 3 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.52%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.68%) CCNP
7 2 (1.68%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.84%) CCIE
8 1 (0.84%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.84%) CISSP
8 1 (0.84%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.84%) GCFA
8 1 (0.84%) GCIA
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.04%) GDPR
2 2 (1.68%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.84%) EU AI Act
3 1 (0.84%) GRC
3 1 (0.84%) NCSC
3 1 (0.84%) NIST
3 1 (0.84%) SOC 2
3 1 (0.84%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 28 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.36%) RACF
3 2 (1.68%) Firmware
3 2 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.56%) SCCM
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.36%) OMEGAMON
3 3 (2.52%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.84%) CASB
5 1 (0.84%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (27.73%) Microsoft
2 21 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 16 (13.45%) iManage
4 10 (8.40%) Bomgar
5 8 (6.72%) Cisco
6 4 (3.36%) IBM
7 3 (2.52%) Adobe
7 3 (2.52%) Citrix
7 3 (2.52%) Intapp
7 3 (2.52%) Juniper
7 3 (2.52%) Litera
7 3 (2.52%) McAfee
7 3 (2.52%) Remedy
8 2 (1.68%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.68%) F5
8 2 (1.68%) Forcepoint
8 2 (1.68%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.68%) Sophos
8 2 (1.68%) VMware