Legal Contracts in the Thames Valley

Legal
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 50 85
Rank change year-on-year -25 +35 -14
Contract jobs citing Legal 32 102 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.17% 3.80% 2.19%
As % of the General category 3.44% 6.88% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 31
10th Percentile £208 £328 £350
25th Percentile £381 £421 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% +0.50% +0.50%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £563
90th Percentile £689 £623 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £32.48 £15.30
25th Percentile £26.75 £40.31 £20.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £51.75 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.93% +81.58% -11.28%
75th Percentile £30.25 £68.17 £36.75
90th Percentile - £76.13 £41.70
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £63.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +19.05% +44.83% +35.41%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 930 1,482 1,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.01% 55.28% 61.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 782 1,126
10th Percentile £256 £205 £268
25th Percentile £402 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £498
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.52% +4.74%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £610
90th Percentile £700 £651 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £496 £500
% change year-on-year +0.83% -0.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 140 43
10th Percentile - £17.64 £14.45
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.56 £20.25
Median hourly rate £27.76 £52.77 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -47.39% +87.38% +60.91%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.55 £62.56
90th Percentile £83.64 £78.50 £75.40
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -57.78% -10.00% +150.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Berkshire -16 31 £600 +20.00% 265
Buckinghamshire +9 1 £475 +4.97% 22
Legal
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Oracle CX
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Firewall
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.13%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
General
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Finance
2 7 (21.88%) Telecoms
3 6 (18.75%) Law
4 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.13%) Automotive
6 1 (3.13%) Billing
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Commercial Manager
2 6 (18.75%) Lead
3 3 (9.38%) Architect
3 3 (9.38%) Commercial Project Manager
3 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
3 3 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Administrator
4 2 (6.25%) Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Auditor
4 2 (6.25%) Commercial Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Information Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Information Security Auditor
4 2 (6.25%) Information Security Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Security Auditor
4 2 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Commercial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
1 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.13%) Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Contract Management
1 8 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (15.63%) Programme Governance
4 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 4 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 4 (12.50%) Information Security
4 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (12.50%) Use Case
5 3 (9.38%) Agile
5 3 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
5 3 (9.38%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (9.38%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.38%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 3 (9.38%) Visualisation
5 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Bash
1 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) CISMP
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
1 4 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.25%) ACCA
2 2 (6.25%) CIMA
3 1 (3.13%) PhD
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) GDPR
1 2 (6.25%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.13%) GRC
2 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Salesforce
2 3 (9.38%) OpenAI
3 2 (6.25%) IFS
3 2 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) Concur
4 1 (3.13%) Conga
4 1 (3.13%) Dell
4 1 (3.13%) DocuSign
4 1 (3.13%) HP
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.13%) SAP