Legal Contracts in England

Legal
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 144 154
Rank change year-on-year +28 +10 +58
Contract jobs citing Legal 709 901 1,285
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.95% 1.87% 1.83%
As % of the General category 3.35% 3.16% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 616 797
10th Percentile £207 £234 £291
25th Percentile £376 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.83%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £729 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 42 16
10th Percentile £11.95 £13.25 £13.31
25th Percentile £23.10 £17.65 £20.07
Median hourly rate £40.00 £23.31 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.60% -43.83% +115.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 £58.50 £51.08
90th Percentile £68.75 £72.38 £62.88
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.31 £34.75
% change year-on-year +11.54% -32.92% +87.84%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,189 28,537 40,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.17% 59.22% 56.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,657 20,045 28,012
10th Percentile £281 £315 £316
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £789 £760
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,777 918 1,295
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.47 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.43 £18.09 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +48.84% -2.27%
75th Percentile £51.91 £60.68 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.45 £70.38 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in England

Legal
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in England.

Daily rate trend for Legal in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in England.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London -10 321 £550 +4.76% 716
South East +42 146 £500 -9.09% 345
North of England +13 83 £513 -1.20% 287
South West +29 67 £500 +5.26% 204
North West +15 63 £575 +13.58% 171
Midlands +30 61 £425 -15.00% 205
West Midlands +26 42 £425 -12.82% 136
East of England +1 20 £350 -28.21% 127
East Midlands +18 19 £275 -52.50% 68
Yorkshire -3 13 £500 -13.04% 88
North East +14 7 £425 -5.03% 34
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 35 (4.94%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.85%) CMS
3 6 (0.85%) Confluence
3 6 (0.85%) IIS
4 5 (0.71%) Apache
4 5 (0.71%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.56%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.56%) nginx
5 4 (0.56%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) Drupal
7 2 (0.28%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 67 (9.45%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (8.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.68%) Simulink
4 19 (2.68%) Stateflow
5 8 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.71%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.42%) InDesign
9 3 (0.42%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.28%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.56%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.42%) SAP GTS
4 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.28%) Relativity
5 2 (0.28%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 2 (0.28%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.14%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.14%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.45%) Azure
1 67 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (5.92%) Power Platform
3 38 (5.36%) SaaS
4 27 (3.81%) AWS
5 18 (2.54%) IaaS
6 17 (2.40%) Snowflake
7 16 (2.26%) Google Workspace
8 14 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (1.83%) PaaS
10 12 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.69%) OneDrive
10 12 (1.69%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.55%) WhatsApp
12 9 (1.27%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.27%) GCP
13 8 (1.13%) Power Automate
14 7 (0.99%) Figma
15 6 (0.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.95%) Firewall
2 18 (2.54%) VPN
3 12 (1.69%) Internet
4 11 (1.55%) Intranet
4 11 (1.55%) LAN
4 11 (1.55%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.55%) Wireless
5 9 (1.27%) WAN
6 8 (1.13%) FTP
6 8 (1.13%) H.323
7 7 (0.99%) Network Security
7 7 (0.99%) SAN
8 6 (0.85%) 5G
8 6 (0.85%) DNS
8 6 (0.85%) HTTP
9 5 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (0.71%) Skype
9 5 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.56%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.56%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.95%) Power BI
2 25 (3.53%) Tableau
3 13 (1.83%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.99%) MySQL
6 7 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.85%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.85%) Metadata
7 6 (0.85%) MS Access
8 5 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.56%) Big Data
9 4 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.56%) Couchbase
9 4 (0.56%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.42%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.28%) Bigtable
11 2 (0.28%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.28%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 17 (2.40%) JIRA
2 6 (0.85%) Artifactory
2 6 (0.85%) SonarQube
3 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.56%) LoadRunner
4 4 (0.56%) NeoLoad
5 2 (0.28%) Git
5 2 (0.28%) GitLab
5 2 (0.28%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 221 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 212 (29.90%) Finance
3 106 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (12.55%) Law
5 49 (6.91%) Telecoms
6 41 (5.78%) Marketing
7 36 (5.08%) Public Sector
8 31 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (4.09%) Retail
10 26 (3.67%) Banking
11 25 (3.53%) Automotive
11 25 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.55%) Billing
14 10 (1.41%) Advertising
15 9 (1.27%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.85%) Local Government
17 6 (0.85%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 114 (16.08%) Analyst
2 71 (10.01%) Project Manager
3 58 (8.18%) Lead
4 46 (6.49%) Architect
5 45 (6.35%) Senior
6 32 (4.51%) Data Analyst
7 29 (4.09%) IT Manager
8 25 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
9 23 (3.24%) Business Analyst
9 23 (3.24%) Consultant
10 21 (2.96%) Senior Manager
11 20 (2.82%) Software Engineer
12 19 (2.68%) Network Engineer
12 19 (2.68%) Support Engineer
13 18 (2.54%) Programme Manager
14 16 (2.26%) Administrator
15 15 (2.12%) Procurement Manager
16 14 (1.97%) Service Manager
17 13 (1.83%) Developer
17 13 (1.83%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.41%) YAML
2 9 (1.27%) Node.js
3 5 (0.71%) .NET
3 5 (0.71%) JSON
4 4 (0.56%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.42%) CSS
5 3 (0.42%) EDI
5 3 (0.42%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (0.42%) jQuery
5 3 (0.42%) Kafka
5 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.42%) REST
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Avro
6 2 (0.28%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.28%) OAuth
6 2 (0.28%) SAML
7 1 (0.14%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.14%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 62 (8.74%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (3.10%) Virtual Team
4 21 (2.96%) Algorithms
4 21 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (2.26%) Credit Risk
6 14 (1.97%) Freedom of Information
6 14 (1.97%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.69%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.13%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.13%) Public Cloud
10 7 (0.99%) Blackberry
10 7 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.99%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.85%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.85%) Photography
11 6 (0.85%) Replication
11 6 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 60 (8.46%) Windows
2 29 (4.09%) Linux
3 20 (2.82%) Windows 10
4 19 (2.68%) Apple iOS
5 18 (2.54%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.55%) Mac OS X
7 10 (1.41%) Android
8 6 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.56%) AIX
9 4 (0.56%) CentOS
9 4 (0.56%) Unix
10 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (18.76%) Project Management
2 113 (15.94%) Data Protection
3 111 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (13.96%) Agile
5 92 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (9.59%) Change Management
7 62 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 62 (8.74%) Migration
7 62 (8.74%) Risk Management
8 59 (8.32%) Analytics
9 53 (7.48%) Information Security
9 53 (7.48%) Roadmaps
10 51 (7.19%) Decision-Making
11 49 (6.91%) Computer Science
12 46 (6.49%) ITIL
13 44 (6.21%) Cybersecurity
14 41 (5.78%) DevOps
15 39 (5.50%) Customer Service
16 35 (4.94%) Project Delivery
17 34 (4.80%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.23%) SQL
2 25 (3.53%) PowerShell
3 19 (2.68%) MATLAB
4 16 (2.26%) Python
5 11 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.41%) C#
7 8 (1.13%) Bash
7 8 (1.13%) Swift
8 6 (0.85%) C++
8 6 (0.85%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.56%) PHP
10 3 (0.42%) Java
11 2 (0.28%) U-SQL
12 1 (0.14%) ABAP
12 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.14%) Perl
12 1 (0.14%) R
12 1 (0.14%) Ruby
12 1 (0.14%) Scala
12 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (16.50%) Degree
2 79 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 60 (8.46%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.68%) PMI Certification
6 18 (2.54%) PMP
7 14 (1.97%) APMP
7 14 (1.97%) CISSP
8 13 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.13%) CISM
10 8 (1.13%) ISEB
11 7 (0.99%) CCIE
11 7 (0.99%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.99%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.85%) CIPD
12 6 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.71%) CCNP
13 5 (0.71%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.57%) GDPR
2 46 (6.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.53%) QA
4 24 (3.39%) NIST
5 20 (2.82%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.40%) Data Quality
7 16 (2.26%) SLA
8 15 (2.12%) HIPAA
9 14 (1.97%) PMO
10 12 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.56%) GRC
11 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.28%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.28%) NCSC
13 2 (0.28%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
13 2 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (4.37%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.13%) Docker
3 6 (0.85%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.42%) vSphere
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (2.12%) Ansible
1 15 (2.12%) Terraform
2 9 (1.27%) SCCM
3 8 (1.13%) PingFederate
4 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.85%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.71%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.28%) Ambari
7 2 (0.28%) CEMLI
7 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.28%) Oozie
8 1 (0.14%) Avamar
8 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.14%) SCOM
8 1 (0.14%) SELinux
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) vRealize
Vendors
1 155 (21.86%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.78%) Oracle
3 35 (4.94%) SAP
4 31 (4.37%) Google
5 21 (2.96%) Alteryx
6 18 (2.54%) Cisco
6 18 (2.54%) iManage
6 18 (2.54%) VMware
7 17 (2.40%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.69%) Citrix
10 10 (1.41%) Okta
11 8 (1.13%) Adobe
11 8 (1.13%) Apple
11 8 (1.13%) Intapp
11 8 (1.13%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.13%) Splunk
12 7 (0.99%) Cadence
12 7 (0.99%) CheckPoint
12 7 (0.99%) HP