Legal Contract Job Trends 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 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 32 34
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +19
Contract jobs citing Legal 9 14 12
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.05% 3.68% 2.95%
As % of the General category 3.73% 6.86% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 12
10th Percentile £177 £124 £182
25th Percentile £182 £131 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 £200 £330
Median % change year-on-year +61.37% -39.39% -49.23%
75th Percentile £488 - £628
90th Percentile £660 £665 £649
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.00 -
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £33.75 £19.75
% change year-on-year -46.28% +70.89% -10.88%

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 general skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 241 204 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 55.02% 53.68% 47.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 100 128
10th Percentile £163 £159 £174
25th Percentile £239 £200 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £375 £415
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -9.64% -10.03%
75th Percentile £488 £502 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 33 19
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.79 £19.67
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £21.70
Median hourly rate £19.60 £22.00 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -34.33% +66.50%
75th Percentile £23.71 £28.75 £54.50
90th Percentile £45.65 £41.25 £55.50
UK median hourly rate £23.03 £27.37 £32.32
% change year-on-year -15.85% -15.32% +29.28%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Wales

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Wales over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Wales

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Legal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Legal

Legal
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 9 January 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
South Wales -3 7 £189 -5.38% 28
North Wales - 2 £450 - 1
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Law
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Facilitator
1 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) E-Discovery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (11.11%) IT Technician
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Project Governance
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) ITSM
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow