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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 118 | 146 | 164 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +28 | +18 | +49 |
| Contract jobs citing Legal | 813 | 1,034 | 1,559 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.91% | 1.81% | 1.78% |
| As % of the General category | 3.29% | 3.08% | 3.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 455 | 715 | 991 |
| 10th Percentile | £206 | £234 | £298 |
| 25th Percentile | £394 | £406 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £642 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £711 | £750 | £745 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | -2.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 91 | 42 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.50 | £13.25 | £12.66 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.97 | £17.65 | £20.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.00 | £23.31 | £28.63 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.54% | -18.57% | +54.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £58.50 | £50.46 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £72.38 | £69.18 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £22.16 | £27.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.33% | -17.93% | +45.95% |
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 | 24,689 | 33,528 | 49,609 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 58.02% | 58.53% | 56.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15,577 | 23,238 | 34,376 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £443 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £495 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.00% | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,928 | 1,019 | 1,409 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £13.41 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.42 | £17.72 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +44.44% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £52.57 | £61.25 | £47.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.40 | £72.50 | £60.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £29.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.45% | +52.63% | -2.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
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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 19 May 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 |
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| England | +25 | 709 | £500 | -4.76% | 1,918 |
| UK excluding London | +45 | 429 | £500 | - | 1,306 |
| London | -8 | 321 | £550 | +4.76% | 748 |
| Work from Home | +21 | 251 | £550 | +4.76% | 655 |
| South East | +30 | 146 | £500 | -9.09% | 361 |
| North of England | +11 | 83 | £513 | -1.20% | 302 |
| South West | +34 | 67 | £500 | +5.26% | 207 |
| North West | +7 | 63 | £575 | +13.58% | 178 |
| Midlands | +28 | 61 | £425 | -15.00% | 216 |
| West Midlands | +26 | 42 | £425 | -12.82% | 144 |
| Scotland | +15 | 39 | £481 | +1.32% | 59 |
| East of England | +10 | 20 | £350 | -28.21% | 131 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 19 | £275 | -52.50% | 71 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 13 | £500 | -13.04% | 94 |
| Northern Ireland | +5 | 12 | £248 | -45.00% | 13 |
| North East | +16 | 7 | £425 | -5.03% | 36 |
| Wales | +13 | 5 | £625 | +101.61% | 71 |
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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:
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