Legal Contracts with Work from Home Options

Legal
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 139 146 147
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +61
Contract jobs citing Legal 237 418 800
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.62% 1.72% 1.81%
As % of the General category 2.75% 2.94% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 299 543
10th Percentile £294 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +5.23% +8.03%
75th Percentile £603 £650 £625
90th Percentile £675 £753 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 18 8
10th Percentile £19.43 £21.89 £11.90
25th Percentile £25.50 £22.16 £18.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.73% +141.89%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.65 £51.71
90th Percentile £59.10 £75.00 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £24.46 £27.00
% change year-on-year +6.30% -9.41% +45.95%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,615 14,219 24,287
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.83% 58.66% 54.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,648 10,044 17,734
10th Percentile £325 £363 £354
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 321 334
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.58
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £33.45
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +49.48% +48.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.75 £65.29
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +44.00% +4.65%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Legal trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Legal.

Legal daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Legal over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Legal daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Legal.

Legal hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Legal over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Legal hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.69%) Apache Solr
2 4 (1.69%) nginx
3 2 (0.84%) SAS
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (10.55%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (8.02%) Simulink
2 19 (8.02%) Stateflow
3 18 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (7.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.84%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Elite 3E
1 4 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.42%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.42%) Relativity
4 1 (0.42%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.42%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.42%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.28%) SaaS
2 21 (8.86%) Azure
3 13 (5.49%) Google Workspace
3 13 (5.49%) IaaS
3 13 (5.49%) PaaS
3 13 (5.49%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.53%) AWS
5 6 (2.53%) GCP
5 6 (2.53%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.53%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.11%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.69%) OCI
7 4 (1.69%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.84%) Azure Storage
9 2 (0.84%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.11%) DNS
1 5 (2.11%) Internet
1 5 (2.11%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.69%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.69%) IPsec
3 2 (0.84%) Intranet
3 2 (0.84%) VPN
3 2 (0.84%) Wireless
4 1 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.42%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.42%) Firewall
4 1 (0.42%) HTTP
4 1 (0.42%) LAN
4 1 (0.42%) Network Security
4 1 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.22%) Power BI
2 9 (3.80%) Metadata
3 5 (2.11%) MySQL
3 5 (2.11%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.11%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.69%) Couchbase
5 3 (1.27%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) Big Data
7 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.42%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.42%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.42%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Git
2 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 45 (18.99%) Finance
3 30 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.55%) Law
5 23 (9.70%) Automotive
6 17 (7.17%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (6.33%) Telecoms
8 14 (5.91%) Retail
9 10 (4.22%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.80%) Marketing
11 5 (2.11%) Banking
11 5 (2.11%) German Language
11 5 (2.11%) Local Government
11 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.27%) Advertising
13 3 (1.27%) Italian Language
13 3 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (11.39%) Project Manager
2 25 (10.55%) Senior
3 24 (10.13%) Analyst
4 19 (8.02%) Software Engineer
5 13 (5.49%) IT Manager
6 12 (5.06%) Lead
6 12 (5.06%) Senior Manager
7 11 (4.64%) Consultant
8 9 (3.80%) Architect
9 8 (3.38%) Data Analyst
9 8 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (3.38%) HR Manager
10 7 (2.95%) Transformation Manager
11 6 (2.53%) Product Manager
11 6 (2.53%) Project Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.53%) Service Design Manager
12 5 (2.11%) Developer
12 5 (2.11%) Security Manager
12 5 (2.11%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (2.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) JSON
1 4 (1.69%) LEMP Stack
1 4 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (1.69%) YAML
2 3 (1.27%) .NET
3 2 (0.84%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.84%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.42%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.42%) BAPI
4 1 (0.42%) Kafka
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.42%) PySpark
4 1 (0.42%) REST
4 1 (0.42%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.44%) Virtual Team
2 19 (8.02%) Algorithms
3 18 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (6.75%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.69%) Replication
7 3 (1.27%) Life Science
7 3 (1.27%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.84%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.84%) Robotics
9 1 (0.42%) CMDB
9 1 (0.42%) Equity Risk
9 1 (0.42%) FMCG
9 1 (0.42%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.42%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.64%) Windows
2 5 (2.11%) Linux
3 4 (1.69%) CentOS
4 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.25%) Project Management
2 42 (17.72%) Agile
3 35 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (13.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (13.08%) Computer Science
5 31 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (11.39%) Data Protection
7 23 (9.70%) Validation
8 21 (8.86%) Analytics
8 21 (8.86%) Test Automation
9 20 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (8.02%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
10 19 (8.02%) Roadmaps
10 19 (8.02%) Software Engineering
10 19 (8.02%) Verification and Validation
11 18 (7.59%) Information Management
12 16 (6.75%) Migration
12 16 (6.75%) Risk Management
13 15 (6.33%) Information Security
13 15 (6.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.02%) MATLAB
2 15 (6.33%) SQL
3 5 (2.11%) Python
4 4 (1.69%) C#
4 4 (1.69%) PHP
5 2 (0.84%) C++
5 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.42%) ABAP
6 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.42%) Java
6 1 (0.42%) Ruby
6 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (22.36%) Degree
2 17 (7.17%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.75%) PMI Certification
3 16 (6.75%) PMP
4 14 (5.91%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.49%) APMP
6 9 (3.80%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.69%) CIPD
9 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.84%) CCIE
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.42%) ACCA
11 1 (0.42%) CCDA
11 1 (0.42%) CCDP
11 1 (0.42%) CCNP
11 1 (0.42%) CISSP
11 1 (0.42%) ISEB
11 1 (0.42%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (16.03%) GDPR
2 14 (5.91%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.91%) QA
3 12 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (2.11%) NIST
6 4 (1.69%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.42%) COPPA
8 1 (0.42%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.42%) PMO
8 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.42%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 3 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.69%) Ansible
1 4 (1.69%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.69%) Terraform
2 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 41 (17.30%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.24%) Oracle
3 18 (7.59%) Google
4 13 (5.49%) Salesforce
4 13 (5.49%) SAP
5 6 (2.53%) Intapp
6 4 (1.69%) iManage
7 3 (1.27%) Adobe
7 3 (1.27%) Workday
8 2 (0.84%) Aderant
8 2 (0.84%) Ariba
8 2 (0.84%) Cisco
8 2 (0.84%) Databricks
8 2 (0.84%) Remedy
8 2 (0.84%) VMware
9 1 (0.42%) Apple
9 1 (0.42%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.42%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.42%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.42%) Juniper