Legal Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Legal
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 32 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +20
Contract jobs citing Legal 7 13 11
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.04% 3.82% 3.11%
As % of the General category 3.80% 7.22% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 11
10th Percentile £175 £144 £180
25th Percentile £181 £180 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £189 £200 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -55.56% -30.77%
75th Percentile £499 £394 £644
90th Percentile £700 £743 £650
Wales median daily rate £323 £200 £375
% change year-on-year +61.37% -46.67% -42.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.00 -
Wales median hourly rate - £26.00 -

All General Skills
South Wales

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 general skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 184 180 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 53.64% 52.94% 48.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 85 115
10th Percentile £184 £161 £184
25th Percentile £265 £190 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £365 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -14.12% -10.53%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £600
90th Percentile £599 £633 £650
Wales median daily rate £375 £363 £420
% change year-on-year +3.45% -13.69% -9.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 28 20
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.20 £20.46
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.12 £21.88
Median hourly rate £19.19 £22.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.77% -33.33% +65.00%
75th Percentile £33.75 £26.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £43.88 £55.38
Wales median hourly rate £19.60 £22.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -10.93% -33.33% +64.02%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Legal job vacancy trend in South Wales

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in South Wales over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in South Wales

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Legal

Legal
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Cardiff -6 3 £180 -10.00% 21
Torfaen - 2 £189 - 1
Gwent +2 1 £600 -
Caerphilly - 1 - -
Legal
Wales

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Facilitator
2 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) E-Discovery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (14.29%) IT Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Information Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Case Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
3 1 (14.29%) E-Discovery
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Software Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow