Legal Contracts in the South West

Legal
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 93 112
Rank change year-on-year +27 +19 +3
Contract jobs citing Legal 55 64 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.01% 1.96% 1.31%
As % of the General category 5.23% 3.82% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 41 27
10th Percentile £184 £200 £198
25th Percentile £200 £210 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -52.63% - +2.70%
75th Percentile £485 £538 £563
90th Percentile £775 £588 £608
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 15
10th Percentile £13.46 £23.63 -
25th Percentile £13.97 £40.00 £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.96 £47.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.40% +251.85% -
75th Percentile £16.44 £57.50 £18.36
90th Percentile £21.86 - £20.40
England median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £22.33
% change year-on-year -37.50% +79.13% -17.30%

All General Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,051 1,676 1,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.43% 51.27% 46.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 638 1,010 1,176
10th Percentile £213 £260 £300
25th Percentile £355 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £644
90th Percentile £675 £724 £724
England median daily rate £518 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.27% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 286 124
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.69 £16.09
25th Percentile £15.25 £25.00 £31.07
Median hourly rate £27.28 £45.00 £56.30
Median % change year-on-year -39.38% -20.07% +34.05%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.56 £66.69
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.50 £86.75
England median hourly rate £27.17 £33.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -17.67% +10.00% +28.26%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the South West over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the South West over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Bristol +7 18 £225 -55.00% 191
Gloucestershire +30 10 £207 -70.50% 121
Devon +10 9 £200 -53.49% 61
Wiltshire +37 7 £475 +126.19% 45
Dorset +4 5 £413 +135.71% 35
Somerset +1 5 £750 +30.43% 90
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) SAP BPC
1 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.82%) Azure
2 8 (14.55%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.27%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.45%) Akamai
4 3 (5.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (5.45%) OneDrive
4 3 (5.45%) SaaS
5 1 (1.82%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.45%) Network Security
1 3 (5.45%) Skype
2 2 (3.64%) LAN
2 2 (3.64%) SAN
2 2 (3.64%) VLAN
2 2 (3.64%) VPN
2 2 (3.64%) WAN
General
1 25 (45.45%) Finance
2 21 (38.18%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.36%) Law
4 7 (12.73%) Marketing
5 6 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 5 (9.09%) Local Government
6 5 (9.09%) Military
6 5 (9.09%) Retail
7 3 (5.45%) Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Electronics
8 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (10.91%) Customer Executive
2 5 (9.09%) Analyst
2 5 (9.09%) QA Officer
2 5 (9.09%) Senior
3 4 (7.27%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (7.27%) Deployment Engineer
3 4 (7.27%) Project Manager
3 4 (7.27%) Service Delivery Manager
3 4 (7.27%) Service Manager
4 3 (5.45%) Architect
4 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 3 (5.45%) Security Architect
4 3 (5.45%) Senior Architect
4 3 (5.45%) Senior Security Architect
4 3 (5.45%) Support Engineer
4 3 (5.45%) Transition Manager
5 2 (3.64%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (3.64%) Deskside Engineer
5 2 (3.64%) Deskside Support Engineer
5 2 (3.64%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.09%) CSS
1 5 (9.09%) HTML
2 3 (5.45%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.82%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.64%) Linux
4 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 9 (16.36%) Contract Negotiation
4 8 (14.55%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (10.91%) Business Development
5 6 (10.91%) ITSM
6 5 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 4 (7.27%) Analytics
7 4 (7.27%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (7.27%) Availability Management
7 4 (7.27%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (7.27%) Data Security
7 4 (7.27%) Logistics
7 4 (7.27%) Programme Management
7 4 (7.27%) Service Delivery
7 4 (7.27%) Service Delivery Management
7 4 (7.27%) Service Management
8 3 (5.45%) Artefact Management
8 3 (5.45%) Self-Awareness
8 3 (5.45%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) Python
2 5 (9.09%) VBA
3 3 (5.45%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.64%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 13 (23.64%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.09%) DBS Check
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.45%) Degree
6 2 (3.64%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.64%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.64%) MCP
6 2 (3.64%) MCSE
7 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.82%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.91%) QA
2 4 (7.27%) SLA
3 3 (5.45%) GRC
4 1 (1.82%) GDPR
4 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.64%) Docker
3 2 (3.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (7.27%) SCCM
2 2 (3.64%) Ansible
2 2 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.64%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 20 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Salesforce
3 5 (9.09%) Apple
3 5 (9.09%) VMware
4 3 (5.45%) F5
4 3 (5.45%) Google
5 2 (3.64%) iManage
5 2 (3.64%) NetApp
5 2 (3.64%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.64%) SAP
5 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.64%) Veeam
6 1 (1.82%) Broadcom
6 1 (1.82%) Cisco
6 1 (1.82%) Varonis