Legal Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Legal
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 61 73
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +31
Contract jobs citing Legal 69 21 37
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.52% 2.19% 1.99%
As % of the General category 6.10% 3.77% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 12 24
10th Percentile £303 £383 £250
25th Percentile £450 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £548
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -19.63% +25.14%
75th Percentile £575 £509 £629
90th Percentile £603 £543 £735
England median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.25 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile £15.92 - -
England median hourly rate £18.00 £33.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% +29.81% +17.33%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,131 557 1,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 57.76% 58.20% 56.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 767 315 659
10th Percentile £274 £243 £213
25th Percentile £400 £367 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £572 £574 £582
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 43
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.40 £11.20
25th Percentile £15.06 £15.75 £12.58
Median hourly rate £21.30 £18.64 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.30% +28.52% -32.56%
75th Percentile £56.69 £34.15 £17.63
90th Percentile £65.53 £41.90 £25.97
England median hourly rate £22.54 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.88% +15.38% -

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Legal
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Legal

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Yorkshire

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Legal

Legal
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 February 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 Yorkshire -24 34 £519 +12.16% 9
West Yorkshire -3 31 £500 +13.64% 26
North Yorkshire - 3 £300 - 2
Legal
England

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 12 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.80%) CICS
3 4 (5.80%) CMS
4 2 (2.90%) Confluence
4 2 (2.90%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) VisionPLUS
2 2 (2.90%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (27.54%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Purview
3 11 (15.94%) Azure
4 10 (14.49%) OneDrive
5 9 (13.04%) AWS
6 6 (8.70%) GCP
7 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Storage
8 2 (2.90%) OCI
8 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.90%) SaaS
8 2 (2.90%) Serverless
8 2 (2.90%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) Firewall
2 2 (2.90%) DKIM
2 2 (2.90%) DMARC
2 2 (2.90%) DNS
2 2 (2.90%) Internet
2 2 (2.90%) Intranet
2 2 (2.90%) SMTP
3 1 (1.45%) BGP
3 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.45%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.45%) LAN
3 1 (1.45%) Network Security
3 1 (1.45%) OSPF
3 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.45%) VLAN
3 1 (1.45%) VPN
3 1 (1.45%) WAN
3 1 (1.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) Power BI
2 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 26 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.29%) Finance
3 12 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.49%) Banking
5 5 (7.25%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.80%) Retail
7 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.35%) Law
8 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.90%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (18.84%) Architect
2 12 (17.39%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 8 (11.59%) Analyst
4 5 (7.25%) Knowledge Officer
5 4 (5.80%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Developer
5 4 (5.80%) Product Owner
5 4 (5.80%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.90%) AWS Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Business Analyst
6 2 (2.90%) Business Continuity Specialist
6 2 (2.90%) Compliance Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Data Compliance Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Data Governance Analyst
6 2 (2.90%) Data Governance Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Data Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Implementation Specialist
6 2 (2.90%) Security Analyst
6 2 (2.90%) Security Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (5.80%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.90%) AWS CDK
3 2 (2.90%) Flash
3 2 (2.90%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (1.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.80%) VSAM
3 3 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.35%) Cyberattack
3 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.90%) Blockchain
4 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.90%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.90%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.45%) CMDB
5 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.49%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.88%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (31.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (23.19%) Incident Response
2 16 (23.19%) Risk Management
3 14 (20.29%) Records Management
4 13 (18.84%) Data Loss Prevention
4 13 (18.84%) E-Discovery
5 12 (17.39%) Runbook
6 11 (15.94%) CI/CD
6 11 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (14.49%) Information Governance
7 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.04%) Agile
8 9 (13.04%) Case Management
8 9 (13.04%) DevOps
9 8 (11.59%) Data Architecture
10 7 (10.14%) Data Governance
10 7 (10.14%) Decision-Making
10 7 (10.14%) Internal Audit
11 6 (8.70%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 16 (23.19%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.59%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (5.80%) Bicep
3 4 (5.80%) COBOL
3 4 (5.80%) JCL
4 3 (4.35%) Python
5 2 (2.90%) Bash
5 2 (2.90%) Rust
5 2 (2.90%) Solidity
5 2 (2.90%) SQL
6 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (5.80%) Degree
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.90%) CCSK
3 2 (2.90%) CEH
3 2 (2.90%) CISA
3 2 (2.90%) CISM
3 2 (2.90%) CISSP
3 2 (2.90%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.90%) OSCP
3 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.90%) PMP
3 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.45%) CCNA
4 1 (1.45%) CCNP
4 1 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (28.99%) GDPR
2 13 (18.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (14.49%) FINRA
3 10 (14.49%) MiFID
4 6 (8.70%) NIST
5 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (4.35%) GRC
7 2 (2.90%) COBIT
7 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
7 2 (2.90%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
7 2 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (2.90%) ISO17020
7 2 (2.90%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.90%) QA
7 2 (2.90%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.45%) Basel III
8 1 (1.45%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
2 2 (2.90%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.35%) Dell
2 3 (4.35%) HP
3 2 (2.90%) Alibaba
3 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
3 2 (2.90%) Dynatrace
3 2 (2.90%) F5
3 2 (2.90%) Google
3 2 (2.90%) OpenAI
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle
3 2 (2.90%) Rapid7
3 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.90%) Veritas
4 1 (1.45%) Canon
4 1 (1.45%) Cisco
4 1 (1.45%) Databricks
4 1 (1.45%) NEC
4 1 (1.45%) SAP
4 1 (1.45%) Splunk
4 1 (1.45%) Zscaler