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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 72 74
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +38
Contract jobs citing Legal 56 23 39
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.11% 1.72% 2.09%
As % of the General category 5.10% 3.29% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 13 25
10th Percentile £285 £386 £250
25th Percentile £406 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +21.11%
75th Percentile £556 - £612
90th Percentile £623 £554 £730
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £14.45 - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £34.50 £17.88
% change year-on-year -34.78% +93.01% -33.80%

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 1,099 700 1,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 61.06% 52.47% 57.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 741 373 687
10th Percentile £254 £222 £250
25th Percentile £384 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £661 £700
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 25 21
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.79 £13.57
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.14 £22.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +18.42% +1.33%
75th Percentile £31.08 £41.50 £26.78
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £32.00
England median hourly rate £24.61 £31.97 £33.00
% change year-on-year -23.02% -3.12% +28.35%

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 24 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 24 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 +3 35 £450 -4.26% 17
South Yorkshire -25 17 £500 - 4
North Yorkshire +6 3 £600 - 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 6 (10.71%) CMS
2 5 (8.93%) CICS
3 2 (3.57%) Confluence
3 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.79%) Apache
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) InVision
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.79%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (8.93%) VisionPLUS
2 2 (3.57%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.64%) Azure
2 7 (12.50%) AWS
3 4 (7.14%) GCP
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.57%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.57%) OCI
5 2 (3.57%) SaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (1.79%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.79%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Firewall
2 2 (3.57%) Internet
2 2 (3.57%) VPN
3 1 (1.79%) BGP
3 1 (1.79%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.79%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.79%) LAN
3 1 (1.79%) Network Security
3 1 (1.79%) OSPF
3 1 (1.79%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.79%) VLAN
3 1 (1.79%) WAN
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.79%) Power BI
1 1 (1.79%) Power Query
1 1 (1.79%) QlikView
1 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (48.21%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.21%) Finance
3 11 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.29%) Banking
5 5 (8.93%) Retail
6 4 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (5.36%) Law
7 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.36%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Back Office
9 1 (1.79%) Local Government
9 1 (1.79%) Marketing
9 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (14.29%) Analyst
2 6 (10.71%) Developer
3 5 (8.93%) Project Manager
4 3 (5.36%) Security Specialist
5 2 (3.57%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) Business Continuity Specialist
5 2 (3.57%) Compliance Manager
5 2 (3.57%) Data Compliance Manager
5 2 (3.57%) Data Governance Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) Data Governance Manager
5 2 (3.57%) Data Manager
5 2 (3.57%) Governance Manager
5 2 (3.57%) Implementation Specialist
5 2 (3.57%) Lead
5 2 (3.57%) Security Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) Security Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Senior
5 2 (3.57%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) ARM Templates
1 2 (3.57%) AWS CDK
1 2 (3.57%) Flash
1 2 (3.57%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) VSAM
2 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.36%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (5.36%) Cyberattack
3 3 (5.36%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.36%) Mainframe
3 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.57%) Blockchain
4 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.57%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (3.57%) CMDB
4 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.79%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.79%) NHS
5 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) VMS
2 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (26.79%) Risk Management
2 15 (26.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (16.07%) DevOps
4 9 (16.07%) Incident Response
5 7 (12.50%) Agile
5 7 (12.50%) SDLC
6 6 (10.71%) ITIL
7 5 (8.93%) Business Continuity
7 5 (8.93%) Cloud Security
7 5 (8.93%) Information Security
7 5 (8.93%) Migration
7 5 (8.93%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (8.93%) Remediation Plan
7 5 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (7.14%) Decision-Making
8 4 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) COBOL
1 5 (8.93%) JCL
2 3 (5.36%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.57%) Bicep
3 2 (3.57%) Python
3 2 (3.57%) Rust
3 2 (3.57%) Solidity
3 2 (3.57%) SQL
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.79%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (8.93%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.36%) PMP
2 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) CCSK
3 2 (3.57%) CEH
3 2 (3.57%) CISA
3 2 (3.57%) CISM
3 2 (3.57%) CISSP
3 2 (3.57%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.57%) OSCP
3 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) CCNA
4 1 (1.79%) CCNP
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (12.50%) GDPR
3 6 (10.71%) NIST
4 4 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (5.36%) Data Quality
5 3 (5.36%) GRC
5 3 (5.36%) QA
6 2 (3.57%) COBIT
6 2 (3.57%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
6 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (3.57%) ISO17020
6 2 (3.57%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.57%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.79%) Basel III
7 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Ansible
1 2 (3.57%) SCCM
1 2 (3.57%) Terraform
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.57%) CheckPoint
3 2 (3.57%) Dell
3 2 (3.57%) Dynatrace
3 2 (3.57%) F5
3 2 (3.57%) HP
3 2 (3.57%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) Rapid7
3 2 (3.57%) SAP
3 2 (3.57%) Veritas
4 1 (1.79%) Adobe
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco
4 1 (1.79%) Databricks
4 1 (1.79%) Google
4 1 (1.79%) NEC
4 1 (1.79%) Splunk
4 1 (1.79%) Zscaler