Legal Contracts in the West Midlands

Legal
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 92 127
Rank change year-on-year +20 +35 -62
Contract jobs citing Legal 44 39 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.26% 1.73% 1.42%
As % of the General category 4.12% 3.09% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 30 39
10th Percentile £200 £368 £310
25th Percentile £279 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £491 £538 £625
90th Percentile £541 £576 £803
England median daily rate £500 £525 £503
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.39% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile - £13.88 -
25th Percentile £13.50 £15.94 -
Median hourly rate £18.97 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.69 -
90th Percentile - £27.13 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.46 £27.00
% change year-on-year +63.53% -9.41% +45.95%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,068 1,264 2,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 54.91% 56.20% 57.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 884 1,540
10th Percentile £255 £252 £256
25th Percentile £375 £400 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £491
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +6.36% +15.59%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 42 46
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.05 £11.63
25th Percentile £13.96 £12.70 £13.19
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.84 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +24.40% +11.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.75 £56.63 £22.25
England median hourly rate £30.50 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.45% +48.47% +2.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Birmingham +17 24 £438 +9.38% 47
Worcestershire +15 11 £425 -10.53% 11
Warwickshire 0 4 - - 12
Shropshire -1 4 £260 -48.00% 4
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.27%) InfoPath
3 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.27%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) SaaS
2 3 (6.82%) Google Workspace
2 3 (6.82%) IaaS
2 3 (6.82%) PaaS
2 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.55%) Azure
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.27%) AWS
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.27%) OCI
4 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.27%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (9.09%) Intranet
3 3 (6.82%) LAN
3 3 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.27%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (2.27%) MPLS
4 1 (2.27%) VPN
4 1 (2.27%) VXLAN
4 1 (2.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) Power BI
General
1 10 (22.73%) Finance
2 6 (13.64%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Law
4 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) German Language
5 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (36.36%) Analyst
2 11 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 6 (13.64%) Senior
4 4 (9.09%) Consultant
4 4 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Field Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) IT Manager
5 3 (6.82%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Network Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Oracle Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Senior PMO
5 3 (6.82%) Senior PMO Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Lead
6 2 (4.55%) Oracle Financials Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.82%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.55%) Housing Association
3 2 (4.55%) Replication
4 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.27%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.27%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (2.27%) IoT
4 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (25.00%) Linux
1 11 (25.00%) Mac OS X
2 6 (13.64%) Windows
3 2 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Risk Management
1 14 (31.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 11 (25.00%) Computer Forensics
2 11 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (25.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
2 11 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 11 (25.00%) Purple Team
2 11 (25.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 11 (25.00%) SIEM
2 11 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
2 11 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (22.73%) Incident Management
4 8 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 8 (18.18%) Line Management
4 8 (18.18%) Project Management
5 7 (15.91%) Migration
5 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.82%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (6.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) SQL
2 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 12 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.64%) PMI Certification
3 6 (13.64%) PMP
4 4 (9.09%) Degree
5 3 (6.82%) APMP
6 2 (4.55%) SAP Certification
7 1 (2.27%) CBAP
7 1 (2.27%) CIPD
7 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.27%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (29.55%) GDPR
2 11 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 11 (25.00%) HIPAA
2 11 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (25.00%) NIST
3 4 (9.09%) PMO
4 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) CEMLI
2 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Oracle
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.09%) SAP
4 3 (6.82%) Google
4 3 (6.82%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.55%) Aruba
5 2 (4.55%) HP
6 1 (2.27%) Hyperion
6 1 (2.27%) iManage
6 1 (2.27%) Intapp
6 1 (2.27%) JD Edwards
6 1 (2.27%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (2.27%) Sage