Legal Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 69 88
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 +26
Contract jobs citing Legal 64 68 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.03% 2.47% 2.14%
As % of the General category 5.18% 4.55% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 47 47
10th Percentile £234 £200 £375
25th Percentile £363 £300 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.95%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £850 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 2
10th Percentile - £11.86 £16.89
25th Percentile - £24.99 £17.30
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £18.66
Median % change year-on-year - +39.34% -8.98%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £20.69
90th Percentile - - £21.51
England median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £22.33
% change year-on-year -37.50% +79.13% -17.30%

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 common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,236 1,494 1,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 58.61% 54.23% 52.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 788 883 1,115
10th Percentile £299 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £397 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £588
90th Percentile £675 £663 £675
England median daily rate £518 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 192 88
10th Percentile £12.84 £13.00 £14.62
25th Percentile £14.73 £15.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £29.54 £23.48 £24.08
Median % change year-on-year +25.81% -2.49% +2.93%
75th Percentile £58.34 £42.93 £35.21
90th Percentile £76.13 £51.90 £55.60
England median hourly rate £27.25 £33.00 £30.52
% change year-on-year -17.44% +8.13% +31.38%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in the North West

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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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend 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 6 July 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
Manchester -5 29 £500 -6.98% 200
Cheshire +3 20 £450 +33.33% 39
Lancashire +4 9 £530 +165.00% 124
Cumbria +12 4 £210 +5.00% 8
Merseyside -5 2 - - 31
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.25%) Confluence
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.56%) InVision
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.56%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.13%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.56%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.75%) Azure
2 9 (14.06%) AWS
3 7 (10.94%) GCP
4 5 (7.81%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.25%) Anthropic Claude
5 4 (6.25%) Azure AI
5 4 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (6.25%) Figma
5 4 (6.25%) Google Gemini
5 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.25%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.13%) SaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Akamai
7 1 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.56%) Boomi
7 1 (1.56%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.56%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.56%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) Firewall
2 5 (7.81%) Network Security
3 4 (6.25%) SAN
4 3 (4.69%) WAN
5 2 (3.13%) DWDM
5 2 (3.13%) Ethernet
5 2 (3.13%) VPN
6 1 (1.56%) BGP
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (1.56%) EIGRP
6 1 (1.56%) Internet
6 1 (1.56%) LAN
6 1 (1.56%) MPLS
6 1 (1.56%) OSPF
6 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.56%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Neo4j
2 1 (1.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) JIRA
2 4 (6.25%) Git
3 1 (1.56%) Axure RP
General
1 35 (54.69%) Finance
2 24 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 20 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.63%) Manufacturing
4 10 (15.63%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (10.94%) Banking
5 7 (10.94%) Marketing
6 6 (9.38%) Law
7 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.56%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (15.63%) Project Manager
2 9 (14.06%) Architect
3 6 (9.38%) Senior
3 6 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (7.81%) IT Manager
4 5 (7.81%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (6.25%) Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Designer
5 4 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Lead
6 3 (4.69%) Content Designer
6 3 (4.69%) Data Migration Expert
6 3 (4.69%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
6 3 (4.69%) UX Designer
7 2 (3.13%) AWS Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Banking Project Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Customer Executive
7 2 (3.13%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) PyTorch
1 4 (6.25%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.13%) Kafka
3 1 (1.56%) CSS
3 1 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.56%) HTML
3 1 (1.56%) OLE
3 1 (1.56%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.81%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.25%) Social Media
3 3 (4.69%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.13%) CMDB
4 2 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.56%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.56%) Photography
5 1 (1.56%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.81%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Linux
2 4 (6.25%) Unix
2 4 (6.25%) Windows Server
2 4 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.56%) Android
3 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Project Management
2 17 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (21.88%) Agile
3 14 (21.88%) Migration
4 13 (20.31%) Decision-Making
5 10 (15.63%) Business Analysis
6 9 (14.06%) Change Management
6 9 (14.06%) Data Migration
6 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (9.38%) Business Strategy
8 6 (9.38%) Containerisation
8 6 (9.38%) Machine Learning
8 6 (9.38%) Strategic Thinking
9 5 (7.81%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (7.81%) Contract Management
9 5 (7.81%) Customer Service
9 5 (7.81%) Data Design
9 5 (7.81%) LLM
9 5 (7.81%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) Python
2 3 (4.69%) Scala
3 2 (3.13%) Java
4 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.56%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (10.94%) SC Cleared
2 7 (10.94%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) Degree
4 5 (7.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (6.25%) AWS Certification
5 4 (6.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.25%) MCSE
6 3 (4.69%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.13%) CCNA
7 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 2 (3.13%) PMP
8 1 (1.56%) APMG
8 1 (1.56%) CISM
8 1 (1.56%) CISSP
8 1 (1.56%) CRISC
8 1 (1.56%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) QA
2 4 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.13%) GDPR
4 1 (1.56%) GRC
4 1 (1.56%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.56%) NIST
4 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.56%) PSD2
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Docker
2 4 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (9.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.25%) vCenter Server
2 4 (6.25%) WSUS
3 2 (3.13%) Ansible
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.13%) Terraform
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.56%) Grafana
4 1 (1.56%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) Google
2 6 (9.38%) SAP
3 5 (7.81%) VMware
4 4 (6.25%) Citrix
5 2 (3.13%) Cisco
5 2 (3.13%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe
6 1 (1.56%) Ariba
6 1 (1.56%) Aruba
6 1 (1.56%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.56%) F5
6 1 (1.56%) Facebook
6 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.56%) Genesys
6 1 (1.56%) Intapp
6 1 (1.56%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.56%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.56%) Twitter