Legal Contracts

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 have cited Legal over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 155 167
Rank change year-on-year +39 +12 +44
Contract jobs citing Legal 846 1,027 1,549
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.95% 1.72% 1.74%
As % of the General category 3.35% 2.94% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 718 975
10th Percentile £203 £225 £275
25th Percentile £356 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 39 21
10th Percentile £11.50 £13.10 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.74 £17.79 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £22.16 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -35.53% +85.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £71.52 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £22.16 £27.50
% change year-on-year +17.33% -19.42% +48.65%

All General Skills
UK

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,217 34,983 49,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.24% 58.49% 56.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,921 24,245 34,457
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,077 1,444
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.46 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.75 £61.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.51 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -9.93% +65.08% -7.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the UK

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Top 17 Contract 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 27 April 2024. 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 +43 742 £500 -2.44% 1,594
UK excluding London +52 441 £475 -5.00% 1,055
London +17 346 £518 +3.24% 615
Work from Home +24 264 £550 +7.84% 557
South East +36 146 £500 -9.09% 277
North of England +9 89 £513 - 250
South West +47 70 £500 +5.26% 174
North West +8 66 £525 +1.20% 158
Midlands +31 61 £413 -17.50% 169
West Midlands +36 43 £425 -15.00% 103
Scotland +10 38 £525 +14.63% 64
East of England +15 21 £350 -30.00% 101
East Midlands +21 18 £200 -65.46% 66
Yorkshire 0 17 £523 -9.13% 71
Northern Ireland +9 12 £248 -38.13% 13
Wales +12 8 £330 +3.94% 43
North East +17 6 £400 -21.95% 26

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 41 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.54%) IIS
4 12 (1.42%) Apache
4 12 (1.42%) Tomcat
5 9 (1.06%) Confluence
6 7 (0.83%) CMS
7 4 (0.47%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.47%) nginx
7 4 (0.47%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.24%) Drupal
9 2 (0.24%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.12%) Liferay
Applications
1 84 (9.93%) Microsoft Office
2 81 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (4.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.25%) Simulink
4 19 (2.25%) Stateflow
5 8 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.59%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.47%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.35%) InDesign
9 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.24%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.47%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.35%) SAP GTS
4 3 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.24%) Avolution ABACUS
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.12%) iTrent
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 84 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (8.98%) Azure
3 45 (5.32%) Power Platform
4 39 (4.61%) SaaS
5 32 (3.78%) AWS
6 25 (2.96%) WhatsApp
7 24 (2.84%) Snowflake
8 18 (2.13%) IaaS
9 17 (2.01%) Google Workspace
10 16 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (1.65%) OneDrive
12 13 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.54%) PaaS
13 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (1.30%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.06%) GCP
16 8 (0.95%) Entra ID
16 8 (0.95%) Figma
16 8 (0.95%) Power Automate
17 7 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.55%) Firewall
2 19 (2.25%) VPN
3 18 (2.13%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.77%) H.323
5 13 (1.54%) HTTP
5 13 (1.54%) Internet
6 11 (1.30%) LAN
6 11 (1.30%) Wireless
7 9 (1.06%) Intranet
7 9 (1.06%) WAN
8 8 (0.95%) FTP
9 7 (0.83%) DNS
9 7 (0.83%) SAN
10 6 (0.71%) 5G
10 6 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.59%) Network Security
11 5 (0.59%) Skype
12 4 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (0.47%) IPsec
12 4 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.78%) Tableau
2 30 (3.55%) Power BI
3 11 (1.30%) Metadata
4 9 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.83%) MySQL
5 7 (0.83%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.71%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.71%) MS Access
7 5 (0.59%) Big Data
8 4 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.47%) Couchbase
8 4 (0.47%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.35%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.24%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.24%) HBase
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (2.60%) JIRA
2 6 (0.71%) Artifactory
2 6 (0.71%) SonarQube
3 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.35%) GitLab
4 3 (0.35%) LoadRunner
4 3 (0.35%) NeoLoad
4 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.24%) Git
5 2 (0.24%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 266 (31.44%) Social Skills
2 254 (30.02%) Finance
3 142 (16.78%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (11.35%) Law
5 66 (7.80%) Telecoms
6 50 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 46 (5.44%) Marketing
8 40 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.78%) Retail
10 31 (3.66%) Banking
11 25 (2.96%) Automotive
12 24 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.77%) Billing
15 12 (1.42%) Local Government
16 11 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (1.30%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.18%) Advertising
18 8 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.83%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 134 (15.84%) Analyst
2 84 (9.93%) Project Manager
3 67 (7.92%) Lead
4 56 (6.62%) Senior
5 50 (5.91%) Architect
6 37 (4.37%) Data Analyst
7 31 (3.66%) IT Manager
7 31 (3.66%) Support Engineer
8 25 (2.96%) Business Analyst
8 25 (2.96%) Consultant
8 25 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
8 25 (2.96%) Senior Manager
9 20 (2.36%) Administrator
9 20 (2.36%) Software Engineer
10 19 (2.25%) Programme Manager
11 17 (2.01%) Network Engineer
12 16 (1.89%) Service Analyst
13 15 (1.77%) Procurement Manager
14 14 (1.65%) Commercial Manager
14 14 (1.65%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.18%) YAML
2 9 (1.06%) Node.js
3 6 (0.71%) .NET
4 5 (0.59%) JSON
4 5 (0.59%) REST
5 4 (0.47%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (0.35%) CSS
6 3 (0.35%) EDI
6 3 (0.35%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (0.35%) jQuery
6 3 (0.35%) Kafka
6 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Avro
7 2 (0.24%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (0.24%) OLE
7 2 (0.24%) RESTful
8 1 (0.12%) OAuth
8 1 (0.12%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.98%) Management Information System
2 31 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (2.60%) Credit Risk
3 22 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (2.60%) Virtual Team
4 21 (2.48%) Algorithms
4 21 (2.48%) Freedom of Information
5 16 (1.89%) Product Ownership
6 14 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.54%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.42%) IVR
9 11 (1.30%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.18%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.06%) Replication
12 8 (0.95%) NHS
12 8 (0.95%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.83%) Blackberry
13 7 (0.83%) Photography
13 7 (0.83%) Smartphone
13 7 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 79 (9.34%) Windows
2 38 (4.49%) Linux
3 21 (2.48%) Windows 10
4 19 (2.25%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.25%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.30%) Mac OS X
7 10 (1.18%) Android
8 4 (0.47%) AIX
8 4 (0.47%) CentOS
8 4 (0.47%) Unix
9 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (17.61%) Project Management
2 131 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (14.78%) Data Protection
4 115 (13.59%) Agile
5 113 (13.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 79 (9.34%) Change Management
7 76 (8.98%) Risk Management
8 73 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (8.27%) Analytics
9 70 (8.27%) Migration
10 60 (7.09%) Roadmaps
11 59 (6.97%) Decision-Making
12 58 (6.86%) Computer Science
13 55 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
13 55 (6.50%) Information Security
14 54 (6.38%) Customer Service
15 47 (5.56%) ITIL
16 46 (5.44%) DevOps
17 39 (4.61%) Business Intelligence
17 39 (4.61%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (3.90%) SQL
2 25 (2.96%) PowerShell
3 20 (2.36%) Python
4 19 (2.25%) MATLAB
5 12 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.18%) C#
7 8 (0.95%) Bash
7 8 (0.95%) Swift
8 7 (0.83%) C++
9 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.47%) Java
10 4 (0.47%) PHP
10 4 (0.47%) R
11 2 (0.24%) U-SQL
12 1 (0.12%) ABAP
12 1 (0.12%) Perl
12 1 (0.12%) Ruby
12 1 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 150 (17.73%) Degree
2 93 (10.99%) Security Cleared
3 69 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.72%) PMI Certification
4 23 (2.72%) PMP
5 21 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.77%) CISSP
7 14 (1.65%) APMP
8 13 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.18%) CISM
10 9 (1.06%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.95%) ISEB
12 7 (0.83%) CIPD
12 7 (0.83%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.83%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.71%) CCIE
13 6 (0.71%) CEH
13 6 (0.71%) NVQ Level 3
13 6 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (10.17%) GDPR
2 48 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (3.66%) QA
4 29 (3.43%) Data Quality
5 25 (2.96%) NIST
6 21 (2.48%) Accessibility
7 19 (2.25%) SLA
8 18 (2.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 16 (1.89%) PMO
10 15 (1.77%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.35%) GRC
12 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.35%) NCSC
13 2 (0.24%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.24%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 48 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.06%) Docker
3 6 (0.71%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.35%) vSphere
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (1.89%) Terraform
2 15 (1.77%) Ansible
3 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.06%) SCCM
4 8 (0.95%) PingFederate
5 7 (0.83%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.59%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.24%) Ambari
7 2 (0.24%) CEMLI
7 2 (0.24%) Oozie
7 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) Avamar
8 1 (0.12%) Grafana
8 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.12%) SCOM
8 1 (0.12%) SELinux
8 1 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 203 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 46 (5.44%) Oracle
3 45 (5.32%) SAP
4 31 (3.66%) Google
5 28 (3.31%) Alteryx
6 20 (2.36%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.25%) iManage
7 19 (2.25%) VMware
8 16 (1.89%) Cisco
9 15 (1.77%) Citrix
10 14 (1.65%) Red Hat
10 14 (1.65%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.42%) Adobe
11 12 (1.42%) Avaya
11 12 (1.42%) Verint
12 10 (1.18%) Okta
13 9 (1.06%) Apple
13 9 (1.06%) Intapp
13 9 (1.06%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.95%) CheckPoint
1,791 Legal jobs Nationwide