Legal Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Legal
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 47 32
Rank change year-on-year -20 -15 +32
Contract jobs citing Legal 14 4 18
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 2.13% 0.97% 5.42%
As % of the General category 3.04% 1.52% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 11
10th Percentile £393 - £250
25th Percentile £453 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £582
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -14.03% -5.04%
75th Percentile £523 - £646
90th Percentile £692 - £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £566
% change year-on-year - -11.58% -7.67%

All General Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 461 264 237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 70.27% 64.23% 71.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 127 155
10th Percentile £309 £258 £400
25th Percentile £400 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £513 £582
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% -11.89% +15.80%
75th Percentile £538 £586 £666
90th Percentile £650 £650 £735
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £505 £556
% change year-on-year -5.94% -9.09% +11.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile £14.08 £13.14 £18.65
25th Percentile £14.43 £15.22 £18.88
Median hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile - £21.50 £19.88
90th Percentile - - £19.95
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +5.26%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legal relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Legal job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Sheffield over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Sheffield

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Legal

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) CICS
1 6 (42.86%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (42.86%) VisionPLUS
2 2 (14.29%) Elite 3E
3 1 (7.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Law
3 2 (14.29%) Retail Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) CMS Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Legal Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) VSAM
2 4 (28.57%) Mainframe
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) DevOps
2 6 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 6 (42.86%) SDLC
3 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (14.29%) High Availability
5 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Validation
6 1 (7.14%) Business Continuity
6 1 (7.14%) CRM
6 1 (7.14%) Data Management
6 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
6 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.14%) E-Discovery
6 1 (7.14%) ERP
6 1 (7.14%) Migration
6 1 (7.14%) Practice Management
6 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) COBOL
1 6 (42.86%) JCL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Veritas