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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 79 55
Rank change year-on-year +4 -24 +34
Contract jobs citing Legal 114 52 63
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.87% 2.36% 2.60%
As % of the General category 5.64% 3.82% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 44 49
10th Percentile £201 £176 £195
25th Percentile £230 £200 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% +3.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £626 £547 £538
90th Percentile £770 £696 £600
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 1 2
10th Percentile - - £71.54
25th Percentile - £12.51 £72.08
Median hourly rate £43.96 £12.76 £73.56
Median % change year-on-year +244.51% -82.65% +344.22%
75th Percentile - £13.01 £74.45
90th Percentile - - £74.63
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.00 £58.38
% change year-on-year +75.84% -57.17% +215.54%

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 2,021 1,361 1,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.96% 61.84% 57.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,119 884 757
10th Percentile £250 £258 £267
25th Percentile £400 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.98% -2.20%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £575
90th Percentile £688 £678 £670
England median daily rate £525 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.03% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 112 84
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.50 £18.03
Median hourly rate £35.30 £23.57 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.81% -32.67% +65.25%
75th Percentile £64.09 £47.84 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.00 £65.23 £62.50
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -12 51 £600 +31.15% 198
Merseyside +16 30 £213 -46.88% 21
Cumbria -14 15 £235 +17.50% 3
Cheshire -2 11 £550 +28.21% 29
Lancashire -23 6 £500 - 21
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 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Acrobat
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (14.04%) Azure
3 12 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.51%) SaaS
5 3 (2.63%) IaaS
6 2 (1.75%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.75%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.88%) PaaS
7 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.16%) VPN
2 11 (9.65%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (5.26%) Firewall
3 6 (5.26%) SSL
3 6 (5.26%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.39%) LAN
4 5 (4.39%) WAN
4 5 (4.39%) Wireless
5 3 (2.63%) DNS
5 3 (2.63%) Network Security
6 2 (1.75%) BGP
6 2 (1.75%) CATAPAN
6 2 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.75%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.75%) MPLS
6 2 (1.75%) OSPF
6 2 (1.75%) SMS
6 2 (1.75%) VLAN
6 2 (1.75%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.88%) MSI
General
1 43 (37.72%) Social Skills
2 37 (32.46%) Finance
3 22 (19.30%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.65%) Law
6 6 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.39%) Banking
8 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Legal Technology
8 4 (3.51%) Retail
9 3 (2.63%) Military
10 2 (1.75%) Advertising
10 2 (1.75%) Marketing
11 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (13.16%) Analyst
2 13 (11.40%) Service Analyst
2 13 (11.40%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (7.02%) Lead
3 8 (7.02%) Project Manager
4 6 (5.26%) Administrator
4 6 (5.26%) Development Manager
4 6 (5.26%) Software Development Manager
4 6 (5.26%) Software Manager
5 5 (4.39%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (4.39%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (4.39%) Network Engineer
5 5 (4.39%) Senior
6 4 (3.51%) Architect
6 4 (3.51%) Developer
6 4 (3.51%) Lead Developer
6 4 (3.51%) Lead Software Developer
6 4 (3.51%) Senior Manager
6 4 (3.51%) Software Developer
7 3 (2.63%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) ISPF
1 4 (3.51%) Middleware
2 2 (1.75%) JSON
3 1 (0.88%) JDBC
3 1 (0.88%) LDAP
3 1 (0.88%) REST
3 1 (0.88%) RESTful
3 1 (0.88%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.54%) Podcast
1 20 (17.54%) Virtual Team
1 20 (17.54%) Web Conferencing
2 6 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.51%) Clustering
3 4 (3.51%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.51%) Mainframe
3 4 (3.51%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.51%) PKI
4 3 (2.63%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.63%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.88%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 32 (28.07%) Windows
2 21 (18.42%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.51%) zOS
4 2 (1.75%) Linux
4 2 (1.75%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Unix
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.95%) Customer Service
2 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (14.91%) ITIL
4 16 (14.04%) Migration
5 14 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (10.53%) Data Protection
7 10 (8.77%) Agile
8 9 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (7.02%) PRINCE2
9 8 (7.02%) Project Delivery
10 7 (6.14%) AI
10 7 (6.14%) Roadmaps
11 6 (5.26%) Business Case
11 6 (5.26%) Case Management
11 6 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (5.26%) Risk Management
11 6 (5.26%) Service Management
12 5 (4.39%) Decision-Making
12 5 (4.39%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.51%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (17.54%) BPSS Clearance
2 19 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 18 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.39%) Degree
5 3 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.63%) CISSP
5 3 (2.63%) PMP
6 2 (1.75%) CCNP
6 2 (1.75%) CISM
6 2 (1.75%) CRISC
6 2 (1.75%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.88%) CCIE
7 1 (0.88%) CGEIT
7 1 (0.88%) CISA
7 1 (0.88%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.88%) GCFA
7 1 (0.88%) GCIA
7 1 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.75%) GDPR
1 2 (1.75%) GRC
1 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.75%) NIST
2 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.88%) COBIT
2 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.88%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.51%) RACF
4 2 (1.75%) Firmware
4 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (9.65%) SCCM
2 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.51%) OMEGAMON
3 4 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.63%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.88%) CASB
5 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.91%) ServiceNow
3 12 (10.53%) iManage
4 8 (7.02%) Cisco
5 5 (4.39%) Bomgar
5 5 (4.39%) VMware
6 4 (3.51%) BeyondTrust
6 4 (3.51%) F5
6 4 (3.51%) IBM
7 3 (2.63%) Adobe
7 3 (2.63%) Citrix
7 3 (2.63%) Intapp
7 3 (2.63%) Juniper
7 3 (2.63%) Litera
7 3 (2.63%) McAfee
7 3 (2.63%) Okta
7 3 (2.63%) Remedy
7 3 (2.63%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.75%) Meraki
8 2 (1.75%) Palo Alto