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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 67 82
Rank change year-on-year -8 +15 +43
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Legal 58 58 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.61% 2.38% 2.15%
As % of the General category 4.28% 4.35% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 46 45
10th Percentile £214 - £400
25th Percentile £361 £200 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +20.69%
75th Percentile £600 £596 £628
90th Percentile £700 £850 £745
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £16.89
25th Percentile £12.51 £52.50 £17.30
Median hourly rate £12.76 £55.00 £18.66
Median % change year-on-year -76.80% +194.75% -8.98%
75th Percentile £13.01 £57.50 £20.69
90th Percentile - - £21.51
England median hourly rate £25.00 £53.75 £22.01
% change year-on-year -53.49% +144.23% -18.49%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,356 1,333 1,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.11% 54.65% 54.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 798 1,041
10th Percentile £270 £300 £255
25th Percentile £380 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £580 £585 £588
90th Percentile £688 £677 £675
England median daily rate £508 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 96 108
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.06 £15.72
25th Percentile £14.92 £18.00 £16.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £26.60
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +23.67% +32.57%
75th Percentile £50.00 £45.30 £40.00
90th Percentile £71.80 £57.50 £63.23
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +13.61%

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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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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 22 August 2025.

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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DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -4 24 £525 - 174
Cheshire -10 24 £429 +14.40% 24
Lancashire -2 7 £500 +150.00% 136
Cumbria +11 2 £210 +5.00% 7
Merseyside -1 1 £650 +13.04% 16
Legal
England

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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 6 (10.34%) Confluence
2 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) CMS
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.72%) InVision
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.72%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.72%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) Azure
2 8 (13.79%) AWS
3 6 (10.34%) GCP
4 4 (6.90%) Anthropic Claude
4 4 (6.90%) Azure AI
4 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.90%) Google Gemini
4 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.45%) Figma
5 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.45%) SaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Akamai
6 1 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.72%) Boomi
6 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.72%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.72%) Slack
6 1 (1.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Firewall
1 3 (5.17%) Internet
2 2 (3.45%) IPsec
2 2 (3.45%) Network Security
3 1 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.72%) LAN
3 1 (1.72%) MPLS
3 1 (1.72%) SAN
3 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.72%) VPN
3 1 (1.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) Neo4j
2 1 (1.72%) Power BI
2 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (17.24%) JIRA
2 4 (6.90%) Git
3 1 (1.72%) Axure RP
General
1 30 (51.72%) Finance
2 28 (48.28%) Social Skills
3 20 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (17.24%) Manufacturing
4 10 (17.24%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (13.79%) Banking
6 7 (12.07%) Law
7 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.72%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.72%) Local Government
9 1 (1.72%) Marketing
9 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (15.52%) Architect
2 8 (13.79%) Analyst
2 8 (13.79%) Project Manager
3 6 (10.34%) Senior
4 5 (8.62%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 4 (6.90%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.90%) Lead
6 3 (5.17%) Data Migration Expert
6 3 (5.17%) IT Manager
6 3 (5.17%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (3.45%) AWS Architect
7 2 (3.45%) Banking Project Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Business Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Change Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.45%) Test Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) PyTorch
1 4 (6.90%) Streamlit
1 4 (6.90%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.45%) Kafka
2 2 (3.45%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.72%) CSS
3 1 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.72%) HTML
3 1 (1.72%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.90%) Algorithms
2 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.45%) CMDB
3 2 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.45%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Android
2 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Unix
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.76%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (29.31%) Project Management
3 13 (22.41%) Migration
3 13 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (20.69%) Agile
5 11 (18.97%) Change Management
6 10 (17.24%) Business Analysis
7 9 (15.52%) Data Migration
8 8 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (13.79%) Decision-Making
8 8 (13.79%) Risk Management
9 6 (10.34%) Containerisation
9 6 (10.34%) Contract Management
9 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (10.34%) Machine Learning
9 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (8.62%) Analytics
10 5 (8.62%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (8.62%) Information Architecture
10 5 (8.62%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.90%) Python
2 3 (5.17%) Scala
3 2 (3.45%) Java
4 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.72%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.17%) AWS Certification
3 3 (5.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 3 (5.17%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.17%) PMP
3 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.72%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.72%) APMG
5 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.72%) CBAP
5 1 (1.72%) CISM
5 1 (1.72%) CISSP
5 1 (1.72%) CRISC
5 1 (1.72%) MCSE
5 1 (1.72%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (1.72%) GRC
3 1 (1.72%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.72%) NIST
3 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.72%) PSD2
3 1 (1.72%) SLA
3 1 (1.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Docker
2 4 (6.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.45%) Ansible
2 2 (3.45%) SCCM
2 2 (3.45%) Terraform
3 1 (1.72%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.72%) Grafana
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.72%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) SAP
3 4 (6.90%) Google
4 3 (5.17%) Zscaler
5 2 (3.45%) VMware
6 1 (1.72%) Ariba
6 1 (1.72%) Aruba
6 1 (1.72%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.72%) Cisco
6 1 (1.72%) Citrix
6 1 (1.72%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.72%) F5
6 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.72%) Genesys
6 1 (1.72%) Intapp
6 1 (1.72%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.72%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.72%) SolarWinds