Legal Contracts in Northamptonshire

Legal
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 28 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Legal 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 1.71% 0.93% 1.26%
As % of the General category 2.65% 1.71% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £371 £168 £410
25th Percentile £390 £194 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £250 £450
Median % change year-on-year +77.00% -44.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £474 £319 £475
90th Percentile £481 £353 £490
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £275 £579
% change year-on-year +45.55% -52.50% +36.24%

All General Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 113 117 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 64.57% 54.67% 56.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 90 110
10th Percentile £244 £224 £212
25th Percentile £322 £357 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £445 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.13% +18.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £473 £573 £488
90th Percentile £525 £620 £566
East Midlands median daily rate £423 £400 £455
% change year-on-year +5.63% -12.09% +3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 12
10th Percentile £15.28 - £18.51
25th Percentile £17.57 £14.00 £29.50
Median hourly rate £21.39 £35.00 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -31.37% +45.71%
75th Percentile - £50.91 £51.50
90th Percentile - £58.03 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 £17.00 £22.26
% change year-on-year +35.29% -23.63% -3.22%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Northamptonshire

Legal
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in Northamptonshire.

Daily rate trend for Legal in Northamptonshire

Legal
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in Northamptonshire.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Northamptonshire

Legal
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Northampton -2 3 £443 +26.43% 7
Legal
East Midlands

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Finance Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Finance Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
1 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Epics
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Basel III
1 1 (33.33%) MiFID
1 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley