Legal Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Legal
North East > Tyne and Wear

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 31 25
Rank change year-on-year -19 -6 +22
Contract jobs citing Legal 3 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.82% 3.30% 0.53%
As % of the General category 1.36% 5.79% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
North East median daily rate £500 £500 £400
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -40.30%

All General Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 221 121 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 60.38% 57.08% 50.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 68 62
10th Percentile £203 £305 £160
25th Percentile £366 £349 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £508
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -11.33% -7.73%
75th Percentile £500 £573 £600
90th Percentile £550 £633 £720
North East median daily rate £440 £475 £454
% change year-on-year -7.42% +4.63% -15.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 8
10th Percentile £15.25 - £15.01
25th Percentile £17.88 £13.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +31.04% -72.67% +207.14%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £19.75 -
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.14
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.54% +9.34%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Legal

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Legal

Legal
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -15 3 £450 -10.04% 16
Legal
North East

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Procurement Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) BPMN
1 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
1 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Runbook
1 2 (66.67%) UML
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) E-Procurement
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery