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 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 64 60 67
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +46
Contract jobs citing Legal 64 22 37
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.42% 2.13% 2.07%
As % of the General category 5.88% 3.80% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 13 23
10th Percentile £302 £386 £250
25th Percentile £450 £410 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -20.00% +29.41%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £646
90th Percentile £607 £543 £740
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 £34.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -47.83% +97.14% -21.03%

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 1,088 579 992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.18% 56.00% 55.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 737 317 624
10th Percentile £262 £250 £226
25th Percentile £381 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% -4.60% -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £679
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 19 27
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.95 £11.99
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.49 £12.94
Median hourly rate £21.78 £20.00 £17.06
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +17.27% -15.78%
75th Percentile £56.69 £36.25 £20.98
90th Percentile £74.28 £42.50 £37.55
England median hourly rate £23.33 £30.00 £30.66
% change year-on-year -22.23% -2.16% +19.26%

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 11 January 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 11 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
West Yorkshire +1 37 £500 +13.64% 25
South Yorkshire -32 24 £513 +10.81% 13
North Yorkshire - 2 - - 10
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 9 (14.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (7.81%) CMS
4 4 (6.25%) CICS
5 2 (3.13%) Confluence
5 2 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.56%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.56%) InVision
3 1 (1.56%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (6.25%) VisionPLUS
2 2 (3.13%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (14.06%) Azure
3 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (10.94%) AWS
5 4 (6.25%) GCP
5 4 (6.25%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.13%) OCI
6 2 (3.13%) SaaS
6 2 (3.13%) ShareGate
7 1 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (1.56%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.56%) Google Data Studio
7 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.69%) Firewall
2 2 (3.13%) DKIM
2 2 (3.13%) DMARC
2 2 (3.13%) DNS
2 2 (3.13%) Internet
2 2 (3.13%) Intranet
2 2 (3.13%) SMTP
3 1 (1.56%) BGP
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.56%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.56%) LAN
3 1 (1.56%) Network Security
3 1 (1.56%) OSPF
3 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.56%) VLAN
3 1 (1.56%) VPN
3 1 (1.56%) WAN
3 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.56%) Power BI
1 1 (1.56%) Power Query
1 1 (1.56%) QlikView
1 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.88%) Finance
3 12 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.06%) Banking
5 4 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Retail
6 3 (4.69%) Law
6 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.13%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.56%) Back Office
8 1 (1.56%) Local Government
8 1 (1.56%) Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (12.50%) Analyst
2 7 (10.94%) Architect
3 6 (9.38%) Microsoft 365 Architect
4 5 (7.81%) Knowledge Officer
5 4 (6.25%) Developer
5 4 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Product Owner
6 3 (4.69%) Security Specialist
7 2 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Azure Security Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Business Change Specialist
7 2 (3.13%) Business Continuity Specialist
7 2 (3.13%) Compliance Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Data Compliance Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Data Governance Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Data Governance Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Governance Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Implementation Specialist
7 2 (3.13%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (3.13%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.13%) AWS CDK
2 2 (3.13%) Flash
2 2 (3.13%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.25%) VSAM
3 3 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.69%) Cyberattack
3 3 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.69%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.13%) Blockchain
4 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.13%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (3.13%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.56%) CMDB
5 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.94%) Windows
2 1 (1.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (32.81%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (23.44%) Risk Management
4 13 (20.31%) Incident Response
5 10 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.50%) Agile
6 8 (12.50%) Runbook
7 7 (10.94%) DevOps
7 7 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (10.94%) Records Management
8 6 (9.38%) CI/CD
8 6 (9.38%) Data Governance
8 6 (9.38%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 6 (9.38%) E-Discovery
8 6 (9.38%) Migration
8 6 (9.38%) SDLC
9 5 (7.81%) Information Security
9 5 (7.81%) Knowledge Management
9 5 (7.81%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.25%) COBOL
2 4 (6.25%) JCL
2 4 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.13%) Bicep
3 2 (3.13%) Python
3 2 (3.13%) Rust
3 2 (3.13%) Solidity
3 2 (3.13%) SQL
4 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.56%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) Degree
1 4 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.13%) CCSK
3 2 (3.13%) CEH
3 2 (3.13%) CISA
3 2 (3.13%) CISM
3 2 (3.13%) CISSP
3 2 (3.13%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.13%) OSCP
3 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.13%) PMP
4 1 (1.56%) CCNA
4 1 (1.56%) CCNP
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) GDPR
2 12 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (9.38%) NIST
4 4 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (6.25%) FINRA
4 4 (6.25%) MiFID
5 3 (4.69%) Data Quality
5 3 (4.69%) GRC
5 3 (4.69%) QA
6 2 (3.13%) COBIT
6 2 (3.13%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
6 2 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (3.13%) ISO17020
6 2 (3.13%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.13%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.56%) Basel III
7 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Ansible
1 2 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.69%) Dell
2 3 (4.69%) HP
3 2 (3.13%) CheckPoint
3 2 (3.13%) Dynatrace
3 2 (3.13%) F5
3 2 (3.13%) Oracle
3 2 (3.13%) Rapid7
3 2 (3.13%) SAP
3 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.13%) Veritas
4 1 (1.56%) Adobe
4 1 (1.56%) Canon
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco
4 1 (1.56%) Databricks
4 1 (1.56%) Google
4 1 (1.56%) NEC
4 1 (1.56%) Splunk
4 1 (1.56%) Zscaler