Legal Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Legal
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Worcestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 11 12
Rank change year-on-year - +1 +12
Contract jobs citing Legal 0 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire - 7.58% 7.25%
As % of the General category - 13.16% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £288 £440
25th Percentile - £300 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -
75th Percentile - - £638
90th Percentile - £472 £660
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £588 £425
% change year-on-year -19.15% +38.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £43.25 £23.60 £18.50
% change year-on-year +83.26% +27.57% -14.11%

All General Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 44 38 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 31.43% 57.58% 71.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 17 33
10th Percentile £314 £164 £192
25th Percentile £441 £281 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £590
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -32.20% +27.57%
75th Percentile £634 £538 £660
90th Percentile £738 £600 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 10
10th Percentile £16.55 £18.78 £16.48
25th Percentile £17.14 £19.75 £16.84
Median hourly rate £18.23 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% +21.84% +0.11%
75th Percentile £19.31 £23.21 £18.87
90th Percentile £20.99 £23.79 £77.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.50 £23.82 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.14% +5.87% +32.86%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Legal

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Legal