Legal Contracts in Wales

Legal
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 38 46
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing Legal 6 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.05% 1.32% 1.86%
As % of the General category 3.82% 3.05% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile £215 - -
25th Percentile £230 £123 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £125 £310
Median % change year-on-year +152.00% -59.68% -36.41%
75th Percentile £438 £128 £613
90th Percentile £713 - £615
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £87.80 -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £26.33 £23.31
% change year-on-year -12.65% +12.96% -14.46%

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 157 164 280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 53.77% 43.16% 47.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 81 196
10th Percentile £167 £143 £180
25th Percentile £270 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.42% - -
75th Percentile £483 £553 £575
90th Percentile £588 £625 £628
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 14
10th Percentile £12.91 £11.53 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.13 £10.92
Median hourly rate £27.50 £23.84 £11.56
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% +106.23% -53.76%
75th Percentile £43.13 £52.81 £21.02
90th Percentile £46.75 £85.84 £46.14
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.40
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.41% +44.00%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Wales

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Wales over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Wales region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
South Wales +3 5 £400 +220.00% 97
Legal
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) ChatGPT
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Linked Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (16.67%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
1 1 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Remedy
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft