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 3 months leading up to 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 55 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 +11 -3
Contract jobs citing Legal 43 19 8
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.92% 2.59% 1.01%
As % of the General category 5.44% 4.30% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 16 4
10th Percentile £400 £200 £378
25th Percentile £480 £208 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £570 £525
90th Percentile £650 £600 £570
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £24.87 - -
25th Percentile £34.41 - -
Median hourly rate £43.96 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £43.96 £29.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +50.29% -44.29% +204.35%

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 790 442 397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.70% 60.30% 50.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 283 212
10th Percentile £358 £260 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £688 £638 £674
England median daily rate £525 £500 £533
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.10% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 19 16
10th Percentile £16.62 £16.86 £17.38
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.63 £20.38
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% -38.92% +75.50%
75th Percentile £35.00 £25.81 £42.50
90th Percentile £36.61 £81.25 £63.75
England median hourly rate £32.81 £25.32 £38.50
% change year-on-year +29.56% -34.23% +69.23%

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 3 months to 22 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Yorkshire

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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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in Yorkshire over the 3 months to 22 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in Yorkshire

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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 3 months to 22 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire +9 31 £575 +53.33% 31
South Yorkshire -19 10 £513 +10.22% 6
North Yorkshire -13 2 - -
Legal
England

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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 5 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.25%) Confluence
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.56%) Maple
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.50%) AWS
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (12.50%) OpenShift
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Purview
3 5 (7.81%) Azure
4 4 (6.25%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.69%) Azure AI
5 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.13%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (3.13%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.13%) SaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Storage
7 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.56%) GCP
7 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.06%) SSL
2 7 (10.94%) Network Security
3 1 (1.56%) BGP
3 1 (1.56%) Broadband
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.56%) DMVPN
3 1 (1.56%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.56%) IPsec
3 1 (1.56%) LTE
3 1 (1.56%) MPLS
3 1 (1.56%) OSPF
3 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.56%) VPN
3 1 (1.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.69%) DTS
2 3 (4.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (4.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.13%) DocumentDB
3 2 (3.13%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) GitLab
1 5 (7.81%) Jenkins
1 5 (7.81%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (6.25%) Flyway
2 4 (6.25%) Git
2 4 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 42 (65.63%) Finance
2 25 (39.06%) Social Skills
3 17 (26.56%) Banking
4 10 (15.63%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.38%) Law
7 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.13%) Social Science
9 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Games
9 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (14.06%) Administrator
1 9 (14.06%) Analyst
2 5 (7.81%) Data Analyst
2 5 (7.81%) DBA
2 5 (7.81%) Linux Engineer
2 5 (7.81%) Senior
2 5 (7.81%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 5 (7.81%) SQL DBA
3 4 (6.25%) Architect
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 4 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 3 (4.69%) Data Protection Analyst
4 3 (4.69%) HR Analyst
4 3 (4.69%) Lead
5 2 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (3.13%) Database Engineer
5 2 (3.13%) Security Analyst
5 2 (3.13%) SQL Server DBA
6 1 (1.56%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (1.56%) Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) ISPF
1 9 (14.06%) Middleware
2 5 (7.81%) AWS CDK
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.56%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.56%) CSS
4 1 (1.56%) HTML
4 1 (1.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.00%) Mainframe
2 9 (14.06%) Clustering
3 5 (7.81%) Podcast
3 5 (7.81%) Virtual Team
3 5 (7.81%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.13%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.56%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.56%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.06%) zOS
2 7 (10.94%) Linux
2 7 (10.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (4.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) ITIL
2 14 (21.88%) Data Protection
3 13 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (17.19%) Agile
5 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.06%) Performance Optimisation
6 9 (14.06%) Runbook
7 8 (12.50%) Change Management
7 8 (12.50%) Migration
8 7 (10.94%) Customer Service
8 7 (10.94%) Database Migration
9 6 (9.38%) Computer Science
9 6 (9.38%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (9.38%) Risk Management
9 6 (9.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 5 (7.81%) AI
10 5 (7.81%) E-Discovery
10 5 (7.81%) Kanban
10 5 (7.81%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.63%) Python
2 6 (9.38%) Bash
3 5 (7.81%) TypeScript
4 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 4 (6.25%) SQL
5 2 (3.13%) Java
6 1 (1.56%) Bicep
6 1 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.69%) Degree
2 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) GDPR
2 4 (6.25%) FINRA
2 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 4 (6.25%) MiFID
3 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.69%) NIST
4 2 (3.13%) GRC
4 2 (3.13%) PMO
4 2 (3.13%) SLA
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (14.06%) RACF
2 8 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (14.06%) OMEGAMON
2 5 (7.81%) Ansible
3 3 (4.69%) Foglight
4 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (26.56%) IBM
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.81%) Black Duck
4 4 (6.25%) Databricks
4 4 (6.25%) Foundry
4 4 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.13%) Facebook
5 2 (3.13%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.56%) Alibaba
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco
6 1 (1.56%) Google
6 1 (1.56%) Meraki