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 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 72 74
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +38
Contract jobs citing Legal 46 24 40
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.62% 1.73% 2.09%
As % of the General category 4.34% 3.26% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 14 30
10th Percentile £206 £342 £247
25th Percentile £375 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £470 £545
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -13.76% +21.11%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £631
90th Percentile £653 £553 £752
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £16.94
% change year-on-year -44.44% +165.72% -37.28%

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 common skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,061 737 1,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 60.32% 53.17% 59.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 386 728
10th Percentile £262 £220 £230
25th Percentile £380 £406 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £558 £575 £601
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 27 26
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.93 £13.37
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.25 £16.31
Median hourly rate £22.14 £22.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +15.38% +4.28%
75th Percentile £30.29 £40.00 £22.45
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £31.04
England median hourly rate £25.00 £32.14 £30.03
% change year-on-year -22.22% +7.04% +16.78%

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 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
West Yorkshire -11 23 £450 +2.27% 37
South Yorkshire -22 15 £500 - 8
North Yorkshire +11 5 £575 - 4
East Yorkshire - 1 £200 - 1
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 7 (15.22%) CMS
2 6 (13.04%) CICS
3 2 (4.35%) Confluence
4 1 (2.17%) Apache
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) InVision
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (13.04%) VisionPLUS
2 2 (4.35%) Elite 3E
3 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Azure
2 5 (10.87%) AWS
3 4 (8.70%) GCP
4 3 (6.52%) SaaS
5 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.35%) OCI
6 1 (2.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.17%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) Firewall
2 2 (4.35%) Internet
2 2 (4.35%) VPN
3 1 (2.17%) BGP
3 1 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.17%) EIGRP
3 1 (2.17%) LAN
3 1 (2.17%) Network Security
3 1 (2.17%) OSPF
3 1 (2.17%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.17%) VLAN
3 1 (2.17%) WAN
3 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.17%) GIS
1 1 (2.17%) Power BI
1 1 (2.17%) Power Query
1 1 (2.17%) QlikView
1 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
General
1 27 (58.70%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.09%) Finance
3 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.70%) Banking
5 4 (8.70%) Law
5 4 (8.70%) Retail
6 3 (6.52%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Retail Banking
7 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Back Office
8 1 (2.17%) Digital Health
8 1 (2.17%) Games
8 1 (2.17%) Local Government
8 1 (2.17%) Marketing
8 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (15.22%) Developer
2 4 (8.70%) Project Manager
3 3 (6.52%) Analyst
3 3 (6.52%) Consultant
3 3 (6.52%) Deployment Engineer
3 3 (6.52%) Security Specialist
3 3 (6.52%) Senior
4 2 (4.35%) Implementation Specialist
4 2 (4.35%) Information Specialist
4 2 (4.35%) IT Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Lead
4 2 (4.35%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.17%) CMS Developer
5 1 (2.17%) Commercial Contracts Manager
5 1 (2.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (2.17%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (2.17%) Designer
5 1 (2.17%) Information Governance Specialist
5 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (2.17%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) Flash
1 2 (4.35%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) VSAM
2 4 (8.70%) Mainframe
3 3 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.35%) Blockchain
4 2 (4.35%) CMDB
4 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.17%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.17%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.17%) NHS
5 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) VMS
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (23.91%) Risk Management
3 10 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.39%) SDLC
6 7 (15.22%) Data Protection
6 7 (15.22%) DevOps
7 5 (10.87%) ITIL
8 4 (8.70%) Agile
8 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
8 4 (8.70%) Incident Management
8 4 (8.70%) Incident Response
8 4 (8.70%) Migration
8 4 (8.70%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (8.70%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (6.52%) Cloud Security
9 3 (6.52%) Cost Reduction
9 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (6.52%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) COBOL
1 6 (13.04%) JCL
2 2 (4.35%) Python
2 2 (4.35%) Rust
2 2 (4.35%) Solidity
2 2 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) CCSK
3 2 (4.35%) CEH
3 2 (4.35%) CISA
3 2 (4.35%) CISM
3 2 (4.35%) CISSP
3 2 (4.35%) OSCP
3 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.35%) PMP
3 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) CCNA
4 1 (2.17%) CCNP
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (10.87%) NIST
2 3 (6.52%) GDPR
2 3 (6.52%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) COBIT
3 2 (4.35%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
3 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (4.35%) ISO17020
3 2 (4.35%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.35%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.17%) GRC
4 1 (2.17%) ISO 22301
4 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) SCCM
2 2 (4.35%) Ansible
2 2 (4.35%) Terraform
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.35%) CheckPoint
3 2 (4.35%) Dell
3 2 (4.35%) Dynatrace
3 2 (4.35%) F5
3 2 (4.35%) HP
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) SAP
3 2 (4.35%) Veritas
4 1 (2.17%) Adobe
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco
4 1 (2.17%) Databricks
4 1 (2.17%) ESRI
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) NEC
4 1 (2.17%) Splunk
4 1 (2.17%) Zscaler