Legal Contracts in Preston

Legal
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Legal 16 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 23.19% - 1.27%
As % of the General category 35.56% - 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £637
75th Percentile £581 - -
90th Percentile £744 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £538 £692 £750
% change year-on-year -22.27% -7.80% +10.29%

All General Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 45 47 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 65.22% 85.45% 36.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 18
10th Percentile £395 £274 -
25th Percentile £425 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £513 £469
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +9.33% +37.87%
75th Percentile £630 £748 £703
90th Percentile £688 £924 £850
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% +13.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 32 9
10th Percentile £23.77 £12.20 £35.33
25th Percentile £26.88 - £41.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -67.60% +22.27%
75th Percentile £30.63 £19.05 £53.35
90th Percentile £44.98 £46.18 £58.46
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £47.79
% change year-on-year +79.02% -66.39% +17.87%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Preston

Legal
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Preston

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Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Preston over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Preston

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Entra ID
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) GIS
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Integration Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Business Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Coordinator
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
3 1 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Test Coordinator
3 1 (6.25%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) RESTful
1 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) CMDB
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Unix
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 6 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) E-Discovery
4 4 (25.00%) High Availability
4 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (25.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (25.00%) RBAC
4 4 (25.00%) SFIA
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (18.75%) Data Management
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
6 2 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (12.50%) Migration
6 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security
7 1 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
7 1 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) MCSE
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (12.50%) APMG
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) vCenter Server
1 4 (25.00%) WSUS
2 1 (6.25%) CASB
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Citrix
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) Zscaler