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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 76 87
Rank change year-on-year -3 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing Legal 69 14 17
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 2.91% 1.40% 1.02%
As % of the General category 5.36% 2.24% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 8 13
10th Percentile £400 £220 £253
25th Percentile £450 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £600
90th Percentile £600 £553 £650
England median daily rate £510 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -0.49% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.60 -
Median hourly rate £14.25 £11.64 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.42% - -
75th Percentile £15.00 £11.68 -
90th Percentile £15.98 - -
England median hourly rate £18.09 £26.62 £31.08
% change year-on-year -32.03% -14.37% +40.25%

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 1,287 624 938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 54.24% 62.59% 56.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 375 543
10th Percentile £283 £261 £193
25th Percentile £400 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -2.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £569
90th Percentile £669 £640 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 24 79
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.60 £12.07
25th Percentile £16.09 £16.44 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £20.33 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +12.23% +38.97% -17.47%
75th Percentile £57.25 £23.79 £15.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £39.39 £22.15
England median hourly rate £29.52 £28.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% +2.68% -17.65%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 0 35 £500 +11.11% 19
South Yorkshire -17 31 £550 +29.41% 8
North Yorkshire - 3 £400 - 2
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 17 (24.64%) SharePoint
2 14 (20.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.35%) Confluence
4 2 (2.90%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (27.54%) Microsoft Purview
3 12 (17.39%) Azure
3 12 (17.39%) OneDrive
4 10 (14.49%) AWS
5 5 (7.25%) GCP
6 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
7 3 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.35%) Azure Functions
7 3 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (4.35%) Azure Storage
7 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.35%) OpenShift
7 3 (4.35%) Serverless
8 2 (2.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.90%) Azure AI
8 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.90%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) DKIM
1 2 (2.90%) DMARC
1 2 (2.90%) DNS
1 2 (2.90%) Intranet
1 2 (2.90%) SMTP
2 1 (1.45%) Internet
2 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.35%) DTS
2 3 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.90%) Power BI
4 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.80%) Git
3 3 (4.35%) Flyway
3 3 (4.35%) GitLab
4 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.19%) Finance
3 13 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.49%) Banking
5 4 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Law
6 3 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.90%) Social Science
8 1 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (20.29%) Architect
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 10 (14.49%) Analyst
3 5 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (7.25%) Knowledge Officer
3 5 (7.25%) Project Manager
4 4 (5.80%) Product Owner
4 4 (5.80%) Security Analyst
5 3 (4.35%) DBA
5 3 (4.35%) SQL DBA
6 2 (2.90%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (2.90%) AWS Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Business Continuity Specialist
6 2 (2.90%) Compliance Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Data Compliance Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Data Governance Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Data Manager
6 2 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Governance Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (7.25%) ARM Templates
2 5 (7.25%) AWS CDK
3 2 (2.90%) Flash
3 2 (2.90%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.80%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.35%) Cyberattack
4 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.90%) Blockchain
5 2 (2.90%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.90%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.49%) Windows
2 2 (2.90%) Linux
2 2 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (23.19%) Data Loss Prevention
2 16 (23.19%) E-Discovery
2 16 (23.19%) Records Management
3 15 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (21.74%) Incident Response
4 14 (20.29%) CI/CD
4 14 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (20.29%) Risk Management
5 13 (18.84%) Agile
6 12 (17.39%) Information Governance
6 12 (17.39%) Runbook
7 11 (15.94%) Case Management
8 10 (14.49%) Data Architecture
8 10 (14.49%) Internal Audit
9 9 (13.04%) DevOps
10 8 (11.59%) AI
10 8 (11.59%) Business Case
11 7 (10.14%) Computer Science
11 7 (10.14%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.09%) PowerShell
2 9 (13.04%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (7.25%) Bicep
3 5 (7.25%) SQL
4 4 (5.80%) Python
5 3 (4.35%) Bash
5 3 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.90%) Rust
6 2 (2.90%) Solidity
7 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) Degree
2 4 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.90%) CCSK
4 2 (2.90%) CEH
4 2 (2.90%) CISA
4 2 (2.90%) CISM
4 2 (2.90%) CISSP
4 2 (2.90%) OSCP
4 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.90%) PMP
5 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (31.88%) GDPR
2 14 (20.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (17.39%) FINRA
3 12 (17.39%) MiFID
4 6 (8.70%) NIST
5 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (5.80%) GRC
7 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
7 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (2.90%) PCI DSS
8 2 (2.90%) PMO
8 2 (2.90%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.45%) Basel III
9 1 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.45%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
9 1 (1.45%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (1.45%) ISO17020
9 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Foglight
1 3 (4.35%) Terraform
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) Databricks
3 3 (4.35%) Alibaba
3 3 (4.35%) Foundry
3 3 (4.35%) Google
3 3 (4.35%) IBM
3 3 (4.35%) OpenAI
3 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.90%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.45%) Black Duck
5 1 (1.45%) Canon
5 1 (1.45%) Dell
5 1 (1.45%) HP
5 1 (1.45%) SAP
5 1 (1.45%) Splunk
5 1 (1.45%) Veritas