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 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 60 74
Rank change year-on-year -28 +14 +8
Contract jobs citing Legal 76 66 67
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.40% 3.38% 2.41%
As % of the General category 4.22% 5.94% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 56 44
10th Percentile - £332 £300
25th Percentile £133 £375 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £500 £650 £638
90th Percentile £550 £716 £850
England median daily rate £500 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% +0.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 14
10th Percentile - £13.35 £14.43
25th Percentile - £16.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £74.26 £20.41 £26.33
Median % change year-on-year +263.84% -22.48% +32.64%
75th Percentile - £24.82 £57.50
90th Percentile - £27.47 -
England median hourly rate £18.05 £26.62 £31.08
% change year-on-year -32.20% -14.37% +40.25%

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 1,801 1,112 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 56.80% 57.03% 53.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 667 922
10th Percentile £200 £265 £300
25th Percentile £358 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 108 191
10th Percentile £18.23 £13.00 £12.24
25th Percentile £22.81 £18.13 £14.50
Median hourly rate £35.91 £28.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +24.90% +62.25% -30.51%
75th Percentile £59.06 £49.06 £36.72
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.38 £50.00
England median hourly rate £30.08 £28.18 £29.83
% change year-on-year +6.72% -5.52% -14.79%

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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 24 April 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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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 24 April 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
Merseyside +6 28 £135 - 12
Manchester -16 28 £488 -7.14% 28
Lancashire -18 8 £500 -6.98% 9
Cumbria +7 6 £315 -18.18% 1
Cheshire -31 5 £400 -6.65% 15
Legal
England

Legal
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 25 (32.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.32%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.32%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.32%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.32%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.32%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.32%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.32%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 32 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (32.89%) Azure
3 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (6.58%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.95%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.95%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.32%) Figma
7 1 (1.32%) OCI
7 1 (1.32%) PaaS
7 1 (1.32%) SaaS
7 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.58%) DNS
1 5 (6.58%) WebEx
2 1 (1.32%) BGP
2 1 (1.32%) Firewall
2 1 (1.32%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.32%) Network Security
2 1 (1.32%) SSL
2 1 (1.32%) VLAN
2 1 (1.32%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.63%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.32%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.32%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.32%) Power BI
3 1 (1.32%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) MSI
2 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 18 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.79%) Finance
3 8 (10.53%) Law
4 7 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Banking
7 2 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Advertising
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.32%) Military
8 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (28.95%) 1st Line Support
2 8 (10.53%) Administrator
2 8 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 3 (3.95%) Applications Packager
3 3 (3.95%) Consultant
3 3 (3.95%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (3.95%) Lead
3 3 (3.95%) Senior
4 2 (2.63%) Change Manager
4 2 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (2.63%) Data Migration Lead
4 2 (2.63%) Developer
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Specialist
4 2 (2.63%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (2.63%) Payroll Consultant
4 2 (2.63%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (2.63%) Rollout Manager
4 2 (2.63%) Rollout Project Manager
4 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared Application Packager
4 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.58%) XMPP
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.32%) .NET
3 1 (1.32%) OAuth
3 1 (1.32%) OpenID
3 1 (1.32%) REST
3 1 (1.32%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.32%) SAML
3 1 (1.32%) SOAP
3 1 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.58%) Fat Client
2 5 (6.58%) Thin Client
3 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.63%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.32%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.32%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 26 (34.21%) Windows
2 23 (30.26%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.63%) Linux
3 2 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.37%) Customer Service
2 14 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (14.47%) Data Protection
3 11 (14.47%) Risk Management
4 9 (11.84%) Migration
4 9 (11.84%) Service Management
4 9 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (10.53%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (9.21%) Agile
6 7 (9.21%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (7.89%) Acceptance Criteria
7 6 (7.89%) Change Management
7 6 (7.89%) Data Governance
7 6 (7.89%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 6 (7.89%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (7.89%) User Stories
8 5 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.58%) E-Discovery
8 5 (6.58%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.16%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.58%) SQL
3 2 (2.63%) Bash
3 2 (2.63%) C#
3 2 (2.63%) Perl
3 2 (2.63%) Python
4 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.32%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (18.42%) SC Cleared
1 14 (18.42%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.53%) Degree
3 5 (6.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.95%) PMP
5 2 (2.63%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.32%) APMG
6 1 (1.32%) CCDP
6 1 (1.32%) CCNA
6 1 (1.32%) CCNP
6 1 (1.32%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.32%) CISSP
6 1 (1.32%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.32%) GCFA
6 1 (1.32%) GCIA
6 1 (1.32%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) GDPR
2 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.63%) QA
3 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.32%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.32%) GRC
3 1 (1.32%) NCSC
3 1 (1.32%) NIST
3 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (32.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) Ansible
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.32%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (1.32%) SCCM
1 1 (1.32%) SCOM
1 1 (1.32%) SCOrch
1 1 (1.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (61.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (26.32%) ServiceNow
3 17 (22.37%) Bomgar
3 17 (22.37%) iManage
4 6 (7.89%) Citrix
5 5 (6.58%) Cisco
6 3 (3.95%) Oracle
6 3 (3.95%) Remedy
6 3 (3.95%) SAP
7 2 (2.63%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.63%) VMware
8 1 (1.32%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.32%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.32%) Epicor
8 1 (1.32%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.32%) Okta
8 1 (1.32%) Reuters
8 1 (1.32%) TOWER Software
8 1 (1.32%) Veeam