Legal Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Legal
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Wakefield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Legal 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 8.33% - -
As % of the General category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £184 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £207 - -
75th Percentile £229 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £445 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -11.00% -13.04% +17.95%

All General Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8 14 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 66.67% 53.85% 69.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 19
10th Percentile £125 £154 £105
25th Percentile £133 £230 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £207 £365 £350
Median % change year-on-year -43.42% +4.29% +66.67%
75th Percentile £377 £373 £380
90th Percentile £595 - £451
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £36.38 £11.52
25th Percentile - £36.56 £13.17
Median hourly rate - £38.75 £16.11
Median % change year-on-year - +140.53% +57.94%
75th Percentile - £41.56 £18.07
90th Percentile - £42.13 £25.23
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -19.49% +48.65% -1.07%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Legal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Legal

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas