Legal Contracts in Scotland

Legal
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 88 74
Rank change year-on-year -13 -14 +75
Contract jobs citing Legal 24 26 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.41% 1.39% 3.29%
As % of the General category 1.99% 2.18% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 66
10th Percentile - £108 £213
25th Percentile £200 £163 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £200 £500
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -60.00% +11.36%
75th Percentile £538 £494 £565
90th Percentile £785 £580 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £53.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -53.49% +138.89% -16.67%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,206 1,193 1,743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 70.69% 63.97% 67.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 722 1,186
10th Percentile £238 £173 £194
25th Percentile £368 £301 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -7.37% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £555
90th Percentile £593 £637 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 49 34
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.40 £13.64 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.23 £17.00 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -11.37% -12.82%
75th Percentile £24.58 £20.93 £58.96
90th Percentile £43.65 £31.50 £68.09
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +13.11%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Scotland

Legal
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Scotland

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -15 11 £500 +166.67% 18
Edinburgh +11 10 £588 +38.24% 19
Aberdeen - 2 £200 - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £230 -
Legal
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Azure AI
2 3 (12.50%) Azure Cognitive Search
2 3 (12.50%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) OCI
4 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) VPN
3 2 (8.33%) LAN
3 2 (8.33%) VLAN
3 2 (8.33%) WAN
3 2 (8.33%) Wireless
4 1 (4.17%) BGP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (4.17%) DHCP
4 1 (4.17%) DNS
4 1 (4.17%) EIGRP
4 1 (4.17%) IP Telephony
4 1 (4.17%) MPLS
4 1 (4.17%) Network Security
4 1 (4.17%) OSPF
4 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (4.17%) TACACS
4 1 (4.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Metadata
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.67%) Banking
3 4 (16.67%) Law
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Deployment Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 2 (8.33%) E-Discovery Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Procurement Officer
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.17%) HR Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Implementation Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Support Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) React
1 3 (12.50%) RESTful
2 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.17%) Taxonomies
3 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Agile
3 4 (16.67%) Case Management
3 4 (16.67%) DevOps
3 4 (16.67%) ITIL
3 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.50%) API Design
4 3 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 3 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (12.50%) Machine Learning
4 3 (12.50%) OCR
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (8.33%) Migration
5 2 (8.33%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) C#
1 3 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) CCNP
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.33%) COBIT
3 1 (4.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) SCCM
2 1 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (12.50%) Cisco
3 3 (12.50%) OpenAI
4 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.33%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.17%) Aruba
5 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.17%) Dell
5 1 (4.17%) F5
5 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.17%) HP
5 1 (4.17%) Meraki
5 1 (4.17%) Planview
5 1 (4.17%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.17%) Remedy
5 1 (4.17%) Riverbed
5 1 (4.17%) SAP
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) Sun