Legal Contracts in the South East

Legal
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 100 109
Rank change year-on-year +31 +9 +40
Contract jobs citing Legal 156 119 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.71% 2.10% 2.18%
As % of the General category 5.47% 3.61% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 65 84
10th Percentile £400 £270 £220
25th Percentile £421 £425 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £498
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.53% +4.74%
75th Percentile £599 £673 £591
90th Percentile £675 £813 £735
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 2
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.08 £17.46
25th Percentile £33.81 £22.16 £22.47
Median hourly rate £63.00 £43.50 £32.13
Median % change year-on-year +44.83% +35.41% -49.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.13 £42.97
90th Percentile £72.59 £75.00 £48.69
England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +77.78% -16.67% +40.26%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,850 3,296 4,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.54% 58.20% 55.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,560 2,221 2,825
10th Percentile £213 £236 £225
25th Percentile £359 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% - +5.82%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 156 211
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.24 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £25.71 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.96% +161.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 £64.72 £33.81
90th Percentile £70.39 £74.50 £52.50
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Thames Valley +34 102 £503 +0.50% 77
Berkshire +26 88 £500 -2.44% 26
West Sussex +28 28 £450 - 11
Surrey +14 10 £560 -2.61% 28
Buckinghamshire +24 7 £453 -14.22% 33
Oxfordshire -3 7 £615 +26.15% 18
East Sussex +8 6 £800 +6.67% 24
Hampshire -28 6 £390 -37.37% 42
Kent +8 2 £330 +70.32% 31
Sussex - 1 £425 - 1
Middlesex - 1 £650 - 5
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.28%) SAS
3 1 (0.64%) Confluence
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (10.90%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.64%) Relativity
2 1 (0.64%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.26%) Snowflake
2 11 (7.05%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.13%) SaaS
4 7 (4.49%) Azure
5 5 (3.21%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.56%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.92%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.28%) AWS
8 2 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.28%) IaaS
8 2 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.64%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.49%) 5G
2 4 (2.56%) Internet
3 3 (1.92%) NAS
3 3 (1.92%) SAN
4 2 (1.28%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (1.28%) Firewall
4 2 (1.28%) Intranet
4 2 (1.28%) Network Security
4 2 (1.28%) VoIP
5 1 (0.64%) HTTP
5 1 (0.64%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.64%) VSAN
5 1 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.82%) Tableau
2 11 (7.05%) Power BI
3 4 (2.56%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.56%) MS Access
4 2 (1.28%) GIS
4 2 (1.28%) Metadata
4 2 (1.28%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.64%) Big Data
5 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Git
1 1 (0.64%) JIRA
1 1 (0.64%) Subversion
1 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (44.87%) Finance
2 50 (32.05%) Social Skills
3 37 (23.72%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (17.31%) Telecoms
5 20 (12.82%) Law
6 12 (7.69%) Retail
7 11 (7.05%) Marketing
8 8 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.49%) Billing
9 7 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.21%) Mandarin Language
10 5 (3.21%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.92%) Automotive
11 3 (1.92%) German Language
12 2 (1.28%) Digital Economy
12 2 (1.28%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.28%) Publishing
13 1 (0.64%) French Language
Job Titles
1 35 (22.44%) Analyst
2 17 (10.90%) Lead
3 13 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 11 (7.05%) Project Manager
5 8 (5.13%) Telecoms Manager
6 7 (4.49%) HR Manager
6 7 (4.49%) Procurement Manager
7 6 (3.85%) Lead Data Analyst
7 6 (3.85%) Network Manager
7 6 (3.85%) Procurement Officer
7 6 (3.85%) Supplier Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Architect
8 5 (3.21%) Development Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Operations Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Service Analyst
8 5 (3.21%) Service Management Analyst
8 5 (3.21%) Systems Development Manager
9 4 (2.56%) IT Manager
9 4 (2.56%) Project Analyst
10 3 (1.92%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.28%) REST
2 1 (0.64%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.64%) BAPI
2 1 (0.64%) Kafka
2 1 (0.64%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.64%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.26%) Credit Risk
2 14 (8.97%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.49%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.49%) Virtual Team
4 6 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.21%) CMDB
6 4 (2.56%) e-Health
6 4 (2.56%) Life Science
6 4 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.92%) Robotics
7 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.28%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.64%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.64%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.56%) Unix
1 4 (2.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.64%) Linux
2 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.64%) Solaris
2 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (20.51%) Project Management
3 31 (19.87%) Data Protection
4 26 (16.67%) Analytics
5 25 (16.03%) Decision-Making
5 25 (16.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (14.74%) Roadmaps
8 21 (13.46%) Information Security
9 16 (10.26%) Actionable Insight
9 16 (10.26%) Dashboard Development
10 15 (9.62%) Agile
10 15 (9.62%) Coaching
10 15 (9.62%) Contract Management
10 15 (9.62%) Service Management
11 13 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
11 13 (8.33%) ITIL
11 13 (8.33%) Supplier Management
12 12 (7.69%) Risk Management
13 11 (7.05%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (0.64%) ABAP
2 1 (0.64%) Bash
2 1 (0.64%) C++
2 1 (0.64%) Java
2 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.64%) Perl
2 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (29.49%) Degree
2 6 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (3.85%) ISEB
3 4 (2.56%) CIPD
3 4 (2.56%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.92%) ACCA
4 3 (1.92%) CIMA
4 3 (1.92%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.28%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.28%) CCIE
5 2 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.64%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (0.64%) CISM
6 1 (0.64%) CISSP
6 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.64%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.90%) GDPR
2 7 (4.49%) SLA
3 5 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.21%) PMO
4 4 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.28%) GxP
6 2 (1.28%) ISO 14001
6 2 (1.28%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (1.28%) QA
7 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.64%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.28%) Docker
2 2 (1.28%) VMware NSX
2 2 (1.28%) vSphere
3 1 (0.64%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.28%) Terraform
2 1 (0.64%) Ansible
2 1 (0.64%) Avamar
2 1 (0.64%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (0.64%) SCCM
2 1 (0.64%) SELinux
2 1 (0.64%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.64%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (12.82%) Alteryx
2 16 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.69%) Oracle
4 11 (7.05%) ServiceNow
5 10 (6.41%) SAP
6 6 (3.85%) VMware
7 5 (3.21%) Reuters
8 4 (2.56%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.92%) Ariba
9 3 (1.92%) Citrix
9 3 (1.92%) Dell
9 3 (1.92%) HP
10 2 (1.28%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.28%) Cisco
10 2 (1.28%) EMC
10 2 (1.28%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.64%) Cadence
11 1 (0.64%) Concur
11 1 (0.64%) OneTrust
11 1 (0.64%) QinetiQ