Legal Contract Job Trends

Legal
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 107 123
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 +18
Contract jobs citing Legal 1,178 725 808
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.35% 2.45% 1.85%
As % of the General category 4.36% 3.86% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 494 446
10th Percentile £305 £200 £200
25th Percentile £425 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £599
90th Percentile £720 £749 £709
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 30 95
10th Percentile £16.09 £11.60 £11.68
25th Percentile £16.35 £12.07 £14.58
Median hourly rate £42.21 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.84% -3.85% +15.56%
75th Percentile £43.96 £52.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £63.93 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.98 £13.60 £26.00
% change year-on-year +149.94% -47.71% +17.33%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 27,038 18,778 24,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.98% 63.49% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,351 11,844 15,645
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -4.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 876 2,009
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.48 £12.78
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £30.83
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.16% -0.17%
75th Percentile £60.61 £54.00 £52.78
90th Percentile £80.02 £75.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.16 £24.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year +27.16% -16.95% +8.60%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Legal job vacancy trend in the UK

Legal
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Legal

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Legal

Legal
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the UK

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Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the UK over the 6 months to 14 June 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
England -6 958 £513 +2.50% 869
UK excluding London -6 556 £500 +11.11% 573
London -6 478 £550 - 411
Work from Home +44 377 £537 +7.46% 382
North of England -17 171 £488 -2.50% 133
South East -3 117 £513 +4.59% 189
Midlands -25 88 £550 +15.79% 113
Scotland +36 84 £600 +50.00% 24
West Midlands -18 84 £550 +11.45% 64
North West -30 80 £400 -23.81% 74
Yorkshire -3 70 £514 +14.22% 48
South West -27 51 £443 +68.57% 61
East of England -12 32 £506 +153.13% 41
North East -25 21 £450 +80.00% 13
Northern Ireland +6 11 £638 +131.82% 6
Wales -15 5 £450 +95.65% 12
East Midlands -29 3 £372 +3.77% 49

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 58 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 51 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (2.38%) Confluence
4 8 (0.68%) WordPress
5 5 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.42%) LiveCycle
6 3 (0.25%) SAS
7 2 (0.17%) Camunda
7 2 (0.17%) CMS
7 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.085%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.085%) Drupal
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.085%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.59%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.51%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.51%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.42%) BambooHR
4 5 (0.42%) Magento
5 4 (0.34%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.25%) Actimize
6 3 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.25%) Orchestrade
6 3 (0.25%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.25%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.17%) SAP FI-GL
7 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 197 (16.72%) Azure
2 119 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (5.60%) AWS
4 49 (4.16%) SaaS
5 40 (3.40%) Microsoft Purview
6 38 (3.23%) Entra ID
7 36 (3.06%) Power Platform
8 34 (2.89%) GCP
9 32 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (2.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 21 (1.78%) OneDrive
12 20 (1.70%) GitHub
12 20 (1.70%) PaaS
13 15 (1.27%) Serverless
13 15 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.10%) Azure AI
15 12 (1.02%) IaaS
16 10 (0.85%) Power Automate
17 9 (0.76%) OCI
17 9 (0.76%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 52 (4.41%) WAN
2 36 (3.06%) Firewall
2 36 (3.06%) SD-WAN
3 30 (2.55%) VPN
4 27 (2.29%) DNS
5 23 (1.95%) LAN
6 16 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.19%) DHCP
8 13 (1.10%) Network Security
8 13 (1.10%) SSL
9 12 (1.02%) MPLS
10 10 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (0.76%) VLAN
12 8 (0.68%) BGP
13 6 (0.51%) Wireless
14 5 (0.42%) Internet
15 4 (0.34%) IPv4
15 4 (0.34%) IPv6
15 4 (0.34%) NAS
15 4 (0.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (1.87%) Power BI
2 20 (1.70%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.53%) Metadata
4 13 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.59%) Tableau
8 6 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.42%) Big Data
9 5 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (0.42%) Looker
9 5 (0.42%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.25%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 55 (4.67%) JIRA
2 13 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
3 12 (1.02%) Git
4 10 (0.85%) GitLab
5 8 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.34%) Flyway
7 3 (0.25%) MSI
7 3 (0.25%) Postman
7 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.17%) JUnit
8 2 (0.17%) Selenium
8 2 (0.17%) TestRail
9 1 (0.085%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.085%) Gatling
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.085%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.085%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.085%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.085%) Visual Studio
General
1 424 (35.99%) Social Skills
2 423 (35.91%) Finance
3 167 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 105 (8.91%) Law
6 91 (7.72%) Banking
7 85 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
8 49 (4.16%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (2.72%) Marketing
10 29 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (2.12%) Investment Banking
12 23 (1.95%) Local Government
13 22 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.78%) Retail
15 18 (1.53%) Legal Technology
15 18 (1.53%) Military
16 17 (1.44%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.44%) Front Office
16 17 (1.44%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 138 (11.71%) Analyst
2 132 (11.21%) Architect
3 113 (9.59%) Lead
4 101 (8.57%) Senior
5 95 (8.06%) Project Manager
6 74 (6.28%) Business Analyst
6 74 (6.28%) Consultant
7 41 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
8 32 (2.72%) IT Manager
9 29 (2.46%) Administrator
10 25 (2.12%) Developer
10 25 (2.12%) Network Engineer
11 24 (2.04%) Senior Manager
12 21 (1.78%) Designer
13 19 (1.61%) 1st Line Support
14 17 (1.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (1.36%) Hardware Engineer
15 16 (1.36%) IT Project Manager
15 16 (1.36%) Programme Manager
16 15 (1.27%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.04%) Middleware
2 22 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
3 18 (1.53%) .NET
4 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
5 12 (1.02%) AngularJS
5 12 (1.02%) React
5 12 (1.02%) REST
6 11 (0.93%) HTML
6 11 (0.93%) RESTful
6 11 (0.93%) XML
7 10 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (0.76%) ISPF
9 7 (0.59%) AWS CDK
10 6 (0.51%) JSON
11 5 (0.42%) SAML
11 5 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
11 5 (0.42%) SOAP
12 4 (0.34%) CSS
12 4 (0.34%) Kafka
12 4 (0.34%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 66 (5.60%) Onboarding
2 46 (3.90%) Management Information System
3 45 (3.82%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.48%) Virtual Team
5 36 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 23 (1.95%) Security Posture
7 22 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 22 (1.87%) Podcast
8 21 (1.78%) Web Conferencing
9 20 (1.70%) Data Structures
9 20 (1.70%) Driving Licence
9 20 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.61%) AI Agents
10 19 (1.61%) Cloud Native
10 19 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (1.53%) Mainframe
12 16 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.10%) Clustering
13 13 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.02%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 119 (10.10%) Windows
2 34 (2.89%) Windows 10
3 32 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.44%) Linux
5 13 (1.10%) zOS
6 12 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.34%) Android
10 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.085%) VMS
11 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 217 (18.42%) Data Protection
3 173 (14.69%) Agile
4 162 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 153 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
6 130 (11.04%) AI
7 127 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 125 (10.61%) Risk Management
9 121 (10.27%) Migration
10 99 (8.40%) Roadmaps
11 94 (7.98%) Change Management
12 93 (7.89%) Decision-Making
13 80 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
14 79 (6.71%) Project Delivery
14 79 (6.71%) Project Management
15 75 (6.37%) Analytics
16 74 (6.28%) CI/CD
17 69 (5.86%) DevOps
18 66 (5.60%) Customer Service
19 65 (5.52%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 58 (4.92%) SQL
2 55 (4.67%) Python
3 48 (4.07%) PowerShell
4 18 (1.53%) C#
5 17 (1.44%) TypeScript
6 16 (1.36%) Bash
7 15 (1.27%) Java
8 11 (0.93%) ABAP
9 10 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (0.68%) Bicep
11 5 (0.42%) C++
11 5 (0.42%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.34%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.25%) Go
13 3 (0.25%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.25%) Ruby
13 3 (0.25%) Scala
13 3 (0.25%) VB
14 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.085%) Korn
Qualifications
1 177 (15.03%) Security Cleared
2 127 (10.78%) SC Cleared
3 91 (7.72%) Degree
4 49 (4.16%) DV Cleared
5 47 (3.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 26 (2.21%) PMP
7 24 (2.04%) CISSP
7 24 (2.04%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 16 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.02%) CISM
12 11 (0.93%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.76%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.76%) CCNP
14 8 (0.68%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.59%) CRISC
16 6 (0.51%) CISA
16 6 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (10.70%) GDPR
2 50 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (3.74%) GRC
4 41 (3.48%) NIST
5 38 (3.23%) PMO
6 27 (2.29%) Data Quality
7 22 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 21 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 21 (1.78%) MiFID
9 20 (1.70%) QA
10 19 (1.61%) SLA
11 12 (1.02%) FINRA
12 8 (0.68%) COBIT
12 8 (0.68%) WCAG
13 7 (0.59%) EU AI Act
14 6 (0.51%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.42%) NCSC
15 5 (0.42%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.34%) ITGC
System Software
1 74 (6.28%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.44%) vSphere
4 13 (1.10%) Docker
4 13 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.76%) RACF
6 8 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.25%) Firmware
8 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.085%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.085%) FreeRADIUS
9 1 (0.085%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.085%) UAG
Systems Management
1 28 (2.38%) Terraform
2 19 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (1.44%) FortiGate
4 13 (1.10%) SCCM
5 9 (0.76%) Grafana
5 9 (0.76%) OMEGAMON
5 9 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.68%) Ansible
7 6 (0.51%) Cisco Prime
7 6 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.25%) Foglight
8 3 (0.25%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.25%) Puppet
9 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.085%) CASB
10 1 (0.085%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.085%) QRadar
10 1 (0.085%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 244 (20.71%) Microsoft
2 86 (7.30%) SAP
3 60 (5.09%) Cisco
4 50 (4.24%) ServiceNow
5 47 (3.99%) Oracle
6 33 (2.80%) Google
7 32 (2.72%) VMware
8 29 (2.46%) iManage
9 25 (2.12%) Palo Alto
10 24 (2.04%) Dell
10 24 (2.04%) Workday
11 21 (1.78%) IBM
11 21 (1.78%) Salesforce
12 19 (1.61%) HP
13 18 (1.53%) Aruba
14 17 (1.44%) Databricks
14 17 (1.44%) OpenAI
15 14 (1.19%) Bomgar
15 14 (1.19%) Canon
16 11 (0.93%) Fortinet
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