Legal Contract Job Trends in Stockport

Legal
Manchester > Stockport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Stockport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Legal 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stockport 25.00% - -
As % of the General category 42.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £176 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £192 - -
75th Percentile £207 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £450 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%

All General Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 7 0 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport 58.33% - 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 9
10th Percentile - - £296
25th Percentile £153 - £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £192 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £207 - £538
90th Percentile £443 - £592
Manchester median daily rate £450 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% +1.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £19.22
25th Percentile - - £31.70
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £61.25
90th Percentile - - £63.50
Manchester median hourly rate £22.25 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -31.54% +66.67% -22.00%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Stockport

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Stockport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Legal

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BPC
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Anaplan
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP