Legal Contracts in Reading

Legal
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 32 55
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 +4
Contract jobs citing Legal 17 68 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.92% 5.55% 2.81%
As % of the General category 4.63% 9.55% 4.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 10
10th Percentile £225 - £438
25th Percentile £307 £448 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% -3.67% +10.10%
75th Percentile £681 £556 £638
90th Percentile £700 £597 £685
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £22.43 -
25th Percentile £26.75 £24.94 -
Median hourly rate £28.50 £30.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -31.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £30.25 £37.44 -
90th Percentile - £40.48 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.94% -5.56% -10.00%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 367 712 684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 62.95% 58.08% 60.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 320 390
10th Percentile £350 £213 £348
25th Percentile £450 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £540 £539
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% +0.23% +7.75%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £713
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £501 £513
% change year-on-year -0.15% -2.24% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 48 11
10th Percentile - £16.60 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £47.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £20.75 £60.76 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -65.85% -6.06% +130.98%
75th Percentile £38.42 £79.61 £67.09
90th Percentile £60.50 £87.53 £70.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £60.76 £45.00
% change year-on-year -46.82% +35.02% +100.00%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Reading over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (5.88%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle CX
2 1 (5.88%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
1 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.88%) VPN
General
1 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Law
4 2 (11.76%) Marketing
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.88%) Billing
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Commercial Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Commercial Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Agile Delivery Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Animator
5 1 (5.88%) Billing Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) Senior
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Commercial Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Financial Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Video Editor
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
1 3 (17.65%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Animation
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Contract Management
1 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Data Privacy
1 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
1 4 (23.53%) Forensic Analysis
1 4 (23.53%) Incident Response
1 4 (23.53%) Malware Analysis
1 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
1 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
1 4 (23.53%) SIEM
1 4 (23.53%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (17.65%) Behavioural Analysis
2 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
2 3 (17.65%) Task Automation
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.76%) Data Integration
3 2 (11.76%) Use Case
3 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
1 4 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) CFCE
1 4 (23.53%) CISSP
1 4 (23.53%) GCFA
1 4 (23.53%) GCIA
1 4 (23.53%) GCIH
2 3 (17.65%) GIAC
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) ACCA
3 2 (11.76%) CIMA
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) GDPR
1 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (23.53%) NIST
2 3 (17.65%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) ArcSight
2 4 (23.53%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (23.53%) LogRhythm
2 4 (23.53%) Salesforce
2 4 (23.53%) Splunk
3 2 (11.76%) IFS
3 2 (11.76%) OpenAI
4 1 (5.88%) Concur
4 1 (5.88%) DocuSign
4 1 (5.88%) Intel
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle
4 1 (5.88%) SAP