Legal Contracts in West Sussex

Legal
South East > West Sussex

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 11 46
Rank change year-on-year -19 +35 +8
Contract jobs citing Legal 4 26 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 2.12% 13.40% 1.22%
As % of the General category 3.74% 24.53% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 2
10th Percentile £450 £400 -
25th Percentile £479 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £450 £750
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -40.00% +27.66%
75th Percentile £619 £488 £775
90th Percentile £653 £500 -
South East median daily rate £445 £500 £545
% change year-on-year -11.00% -8.26% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.75 £22.23
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year - -3.92% -
75th Percentile - £24.25 £26.69
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £67.50 £68.34
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.23% +446.41%

All General Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 107 106 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 56.61% 54.64% 58.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 69 164
10th Percentile £170 £199 £200
25th Percentile £200 £359 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £460 £493
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -6.69% -3.80%
75th Percentile £544 £538 £538
90th Percentile £641 £600 £698
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 4
10th Percentile £14.02 £24.45 £15.24
25th Percentile £15.52 £27.00 £19.74
Median hourly rate £18.82 £28.00 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -32.79% +18.62% +31.14%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £37.54
90th Percentile £35.23 £35.75 £57.06
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +138.10%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in West Sussex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in West Sussex

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Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in West Sussex over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in West Sussex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in West Sussex

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Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Crawley -9 1 - - 3
Worthing -10 1 £440 -2.22% 1
Gatwick - 1 - -
Legal
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Contracts Manager
1 2 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Head of IT
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Line Management
1 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA