Legal Contracts in the UK excluding London

Legal
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 143 157
Rank change year-on-year +43 +14 +21
Contract jobs citing Legal 425 418 505
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.09% 1.82% 1.66%
As % of the General category 3.85% 3.21% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 288 307
10th Percentile £200 £225 £210
25th Percentile £356 £400 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £666
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 37 15
10th Percentile £11.50 £12.95 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.21 £17.25 £17.06
Median hourly rate £26.33 £22.16 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.82% -18.68% +47.30%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £42.02
90th Percentile £70.05 £73.50 £54.00
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £23.31 £32.19
% change year-on-year +12.96% -27.58% +67.21%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,041 13,019 16,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.41% 56.59% 55.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,309 8,888 11,690
10th Percentile £208 £230 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.49%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £693 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,647 745 1,039
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +52.63% -4.45%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.25 £35.86
90th Percentile £67.38 £69.50 £55.77
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South East +30 143 £500 -9.09% 290
North of England +4 83 £513 - 279
South West +31 67 £500 +5.26% 196
North West +9 63 £575 +15.00% 169
Midlands +35 61 £425 -15.00% 197
West Midlands +30 42 £425 -15.00% 130
Scotland +10 38 £488 +6.44% 54
East of England +7 20 £350 -28.21% 125
East Midlands +17 19 £275 -52.50% 67
Yorkshire -2 13 £500 -13.04% 81
Northern Ireland +7 12 £248 -45.00% 12
North East +12 7 £425 -5.03% 34
Wales +12 5 £625 +101.61% 45
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.41%) IIS
3 5 (1.18%) Apache
3 5 (1.18%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.94%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.94%) nginx
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 43 (10.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.06%) Simulink
4 13 (3.06%) Stateflow
5 7 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.94%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.71%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.24%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.24%) iTrent
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.24%) Relativity
4 1 (0.24%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.24%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 36 (8.47%) Azure
2 30 (7.06%) SaaS
3 28 (6.59%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (5.18%) Snowflake
5 17 (4.00%) AWS
6 11 (2.59%) IaaS
7 9 (2.12%) Google Workspace
7 9 (2.12%) PaaS
8 8 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.41%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.18%) GCP
11 4 (0.94%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.71%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.71%) OCI
12 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.65%) Firewall
2 11 (2.59%) VPN
3 10 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 9 (2.12%) LAN
4 9 (2.12%) Wireless
5 7 (1.65%) Intranet
5 7 (1.65%) SAN
5 7 (1.65%) WAN
6 6 (1.41%) 5G
6 6 (1.41%) HTTP
6 6 (1.41%) Internet
7 5 (1.18%) H.323
7 5 (1.18%) Network Security
7 5 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.94%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (0.94%) DNS
8 4 (0.94%) FTP
8 4 (0.94%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.94%) IPsec
9 3 (0.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.59%) Tableau
2 25 (5.88%) Power BI
3 5 (1.18%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (0.94%) Couchbase
4 4 (0.94%) MS Access
4 4 (0.94%) MySQL
4 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.71%) Metadata
6 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.24%) GIS
7 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.24%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.35%) JIRA
2 6 (1.41%) Artifactory
2 6 (1.41%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.24%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.24%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) GitLab
3 1 (0.24%) Subversion
3 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 128 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 113 (26.59%) Finance
3 85 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.94%) Law
5 30 (7.06%) Telecoms
6 24 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (5.18%) Public Sector
8 18 (4.24%) Retail
9 17 (4.00%) Automotive
10 13 (3.06%) Marketing
11 12 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.41%) Local Government
14 6 (1.41%) Mandarin Language
14 6 (1.41%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.18%) Billing
15 5 (1.18%) German Language
16 4 (0.94%) Banking
17 3 (0.71%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 85 (20.00%) Analyst
2 43 (10.12%) Lead
3 30 (7.06%) Data Analyst
4 27 (6.35%) Project Manager
5 26 (6.12%) IT Manager
6 18 (4.24%) Architect
6 18 (4.24%) Senior
7 16 (3.76%) Network Engineer
8 14 (3.29%) Software Engineer
9 12 (2.82%) Lead Data Analyst
10 11 (2.59%) Administrator
10 11 (2.59%) Business Analyst
10 11 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
10 11 (2.59%) Procurement Manager
10 11 (2.59%) Service Manager
11 10 (2.35%) Deployment Engineer
11 10 (2.35%) SOC Analyst
11 10 (2.35%) Support Engineer
12 9 (2.12%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (2.12%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.35%) YAML
2 6 (1.41%) Node.js
3 5 (1.18%) JSON
4 4 (0.94%) .NET
4 4 (0.94%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.71%) REST
6 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.24%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.24%) BAPI
6 1 (0.24%) Flash
6 1 (0.24%) Kafka
6 1 (0.24%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.24%) SAML
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ALE
6 1 (0.24%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.18%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.18%) Credit Risk
3 18 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.76%) Virtual Team
5 13 (3.06%) Algorithms
6 11 (2.59%) Freedom of Information
6 11 (2.59%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.12%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.88%) NHS
9 7 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.41%) CMDB
10 6 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.41%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.41%) Replication
11 5 (1.18%) DTCC
11 5 (1.18%) IVR
11 5 (1.18%) Market Risk
11 5 (1.18%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.00%) Windows
2 28 (6.59%) Linux
3 15 (3.53%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.35%) Mac OS X
4 10 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.41%) Android
5 6 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.41%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.94%) AIX
6 4 (0.94%) CentOS
6 4 (0.94%) Unix
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (17.41%) Data Protection
3 66 (15.53%) Project Management
4 53 (12.47%) Agile
5 52 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 51 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (10.82%) Decision-Making
7 46 (10.82%) Risk Management
8 42 (9.88%) Migration
9 40 (9.41%) Information Security
10 37 (8.71%) Analytics
11 34 (8.00%) Change Management
12 33 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (7.76%) Roadmaps
13 27 (6.35%) Computer Science
14 26 (6.12%) Customer Service
14 26 (6.12%) Validation
15 25 (5.88%) Actionable Insight
15 25 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (5.65%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.24%) SQL
2 13 (3.06%) MATLAB
3 9 (2.12%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.12%) Python
4 8 (1.88%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.88%) Swift
5 7 (1.65%) Bash
6 5 (1.18%) C++
7 4 (0.94%) PHP
8 3 (0.71%) C#
9 1 (0.24%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.24%) Java
9 1 (0.24%) Perl
9 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (18.59%) Degree
2 66 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 46 (10.82%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.76%) PMI Certification
4 16 (3.76%) PMP
5 10 (2.35%) CISSP
6 9 (2.12%) APMP
7 8 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.65%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.65%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.65%) ISEB
9 6 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.41%) CISM
9 6 (1.41%) HNC
9 6 (1.41%) NVQ Level 3
10 5 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.18%) CCIE
10 5 (1.18%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.94%) GPEN
11 4 (0.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (12.24%) GDPR
2 23 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (5.41%) NIST
3 15 (3.53%) HIPAA
3 15 (3.53%) QA
4 14 (3.29%) Data Quality
5 11 (2.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (2.35%) PMO
7 9 (2.12%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.65%) SLA
9 4 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.47%) COBIT
11 2 (0.47%) GRC
11 2 (0.47%) GxP
11 2 (0.47%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.12%) Docker
3 6 (1.41%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.47%) vSphere
6 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (2.82%) Terraform
2 11 (2.59%) Ansible
3 7 (1.65%) SCCM
4 6 (1.41%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.18%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.47%) CEMLI
6 2 (0.47%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.24%) Avamar
7 1 (0.24%) Grafana
7 1 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.24%) SCOM
7 1 (0.24%) SELinux
7 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 76 (17.88%) Microsoft
2 38 (8.94%) Oracle
3 26 (6.12%) Alteryx
4 20 (4.71%) Google
4 20 (4.71%) SAP
5 13 (3.06%) VMware
6 12 (2.82%) Cisco
6 12 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.12%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.88%) Apple
8 8 (1.88%) Okta
9 7 (1.65%) Splunk
10 6 (1.41%) CheckPoint
10 6 (1.41%) HP
10 6 (1.41%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.41%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.41%) Reuters
11 5 (1.18%) Avaya
11 5 (1.18%) Verint
12 4 (0.94%) Veeam