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 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 78 90
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 -7
Contract jobs citing Legal 65 32 15
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.30% 2.16% 0.98%
As % of the General category 4.30% 3.41% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 25 11
10th Percentile £393 £200 £400
25th Percentile £400 £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £625
90th Percentile £650 £595 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 0
10th Percentile £24.87 - -
25th Percentile - £11.60 -
Median hourly rate £43.96 £11.64 -
Median % change year-on-year +277.66% - -
75th Percentile - £11.68 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £43.96 £27.89 £45.50
% change year-on-year +57.62% -38.70% +102.22%

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 1,510 938 817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.39% 63.25% 53.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 581 455
10th Percentile £308 £240 £309
25th Percentile £406 £365 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -6.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £586
90th Percentile £675 £626 £658
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 40 59
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.66 £12.15
25th Percentile £17.12 £17.48 £13.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% +51.38% -23.80%
75th Percentile £36.61 £25.03 £23.91
90th Percentile £44.17 £81.25 £40.50
England median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +35.11% -34.02% +30.32%

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 4 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in Yorkshire

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 4 August 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 +6 47 £513 +13.89% 45
South Yorkshire -9 15 £514 +7.08% 7
North Yorkshire -7 3 £500 -13.04% 5
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 4 (6.15%) Confluence
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.54%) Maple
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.31%) AWS
1 8 (12.31%) OpenShift
2 6 (9.23%) Azure
3 5 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (4.62%) Azure AI
5 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.08%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (3.08%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.08%) SaaS
7 1 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Storage
7 1 (1.54%) GitHub
7 1 (1.54%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.85%) SSL
2 7 (10.77%) Network Security
3 1 (1.54%) BGP
3 1 (1.54%) Broadband
3 1 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.54%) DMVPN
3 1 (1.54%) DNS
3 1 (1.54%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.54%) Firewall
3 1 (1.54%) IPsec
3 1 (1.54%) LTE
3 1 (1.54%) MPLS
3 1 (1.54%) OSPF
3 1 (1.54%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.54%) VPN
3 1 (1.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.23%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (9.23%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.62%) DTS
2 3 (4.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (4.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.08%) DocumentDB
3 2 (3.08%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.54%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) GitLab
1 5 (7.69%) Jenkins
1 5 (7.69%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (6.15%) Flyway
2 4 (6.15%) Git
2 4 (6.15%) JIRA
General
1 43 (66.15%) Finance
2 28 (43.08%) Social Skills
3 16 (24.62%) Banking
4 13 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.23%) Law
7 3 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.08%) Games
8 2 (3.08%) Social Science
9 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (13.85%) Administrator
1 9 (13.85%) Analyst
2 5 (7.69%) Data Analyst
2 5 (7.69%) DBA
2 5 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
2 5 (7.69%) Senior
2 5 (7.69%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 5 (7.69%) SQL DBA
3 4 (6.15%) Project Manager
4 3 (4.62%) Data Protection Analyst
4 3 (4.62%) HR Analyst
4 3 (4.62%) Lead
5 2 (3.08%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (3.08%) Database Engineer
5 2 (3.08%) Security Analyst
5 2 (3.08%) SQL Server DBA
6 1 (1.54%) Developer
6 1 (1.54%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (1.54%) Programme Director
6 1 (1.54%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.85%) ISPF
1 9 (13.85%) Middleware
2 5 (7.69%) AWS CDK
3 2 (3.08%) CSS
3 2 (3.08%) HTML
4 1 (1.54%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (24.62%) Mainframe
2 9 (13.85%) Clustering
3 7 (10.77%) Podcast
3 7 (10.77%) Virtual Team
3 7 (10.77%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.08%) Educational Technology
4 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.08%) Robotics
4 2 (3.08%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.85%) zOS
2 7 (10.77%) Linux
2 7 (10.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (3.08%) Windows
4 1 (1.54%) Android
4 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.23%) ITIL
2 14 (21.54%) Data Protection
3 13 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (18.46%) Agile
4 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (13.85%) Customer Service
6 9 (13.85%) Migration
6 9 (13.85%) Performance Optimisation
7 8 (12.31%) Change Management
7 8 (12.31%) Runbook
8 7 (10.77%) Computer Science
8 7 (10.77%) Database Migration
9 6 (9.23%) AI
9 6 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (9.23%) DevOps
9 6 (9.23%) Risk Management
9 6 (9.23%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 5 (7.69%) High Availability
10 5 (7.69%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.92%) Python
2 6 (9.23%) Bash
3 5 (7.69%) TypeScript
4 4 (6.15%) SQL
5 3 (4.62%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.08%) Java
7 1 (1.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (12.31%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.62%) Degree
2 3 (4.62%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.62%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.08%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 3 (4.62%) GDPR
2 3 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.62%) NIST
3 2 (3.08%) GRC
3 2 (3.08%) PMO
3 2 (3.08%) SLA
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.54%) FINRA
4 1 (1.54%) MiFID
System Software
1 9 (13.85%) RACF
1 9 (13.85%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (13.85%) OMEGAMON
2 5 (7.69%) Ansible
3 3 (4.62%) Foglight
4 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (26.15%) IBM
2 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.69%) Black Duck
4 4 (6.15%) Databricks
4 4 (6.15%) Foundry
4 4 (6.15%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.08%) Facebook
5 2 (3.08%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.54%) Alibaba
6 1 (1.54%) Cisco
6 1 (1.54%) Google
6 1 (1.54%) Meraki