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 advertised in the South East. 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 65 107 108
Rank change year-on-year +42 +1 +47
Contract jobs citing Legal 146 118 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.68% 2.11% 2.27%
As % of the General category 5.33% 3.59% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 62 80
10th Percentile £400 £258 £219
25th Percentile £449 £450 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £471
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +16.88% -3.72%
75th Percentile £600 £673 £578
90th Percentile £816 £813 £689
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 3
10th Percentile £18.20 £19.11 £19.20
25th Percentile £38.44 £22.16 £26.81
Median hourly rate £63.00 £41.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.66% +3.80% -38.28%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.19 £46.00
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £49.90
England median hourly rate £40.00 £23.31 £41.50
% change year-on-year +71.60% -43.83% +115.58%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,738 3,290 4,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.19% 58.75% 55.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,505 2,247 2,824
10th Percentile £205 £240 £213
25th Percentile £355 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +1.01% +5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 159 209
10th Percentile £12.88 £17.20 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.44 £14.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -24.70%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.13 £32.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.20 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% +48.84% -2.27%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 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
Thames Valley +34 97 £525 +5.00% 83
Berkshire +25 87 £500 -4.76% 39
West Sussex +23 26 £450 - 19
Surrey +15 11 £550 -12.00% 48
East Sussex +6 6 £800 +12.28% 23
Oxfordshire +4 6 £615 +29.47% 24
Buckinghamshire +20 4 £505 -4.27% 20
Hampshire -24 3 £280 -55.04% 28
Kent +6 1 £500 +158.06% 37
Middlesex - 1 £650 - 7
Sussex - 1 £425 - 1
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 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) Relativity
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.68%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.96%) Snowflake
2 9 (6.16%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.48%) SaaS
4 7 (4.79%) Azure
5 5 (3.42%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.74%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.05%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.05%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.37%) IaaS
9 1 (0.68%) AWS
9 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.68%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.11%) 5G
2 4 (2.74%) Internet
3 3 (2.05%) NAS
3 3 (2.05%) SAN
4 2 (1.37%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (1.37%) Firewall
4 2 (1.37%) Intranet
4 2 (1.37%) Network Security
4 2 (1.37%) VoIP
5 1 (0.68%) HTTP
5 1 (0.68%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.68%) VSAN
5 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.70%) Tableau
2 9 (6.16%) Power BI
3 4 (2.74%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.74%) MS Access
4 2 (1.37%) Metadata
4 2 (1.37%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.68%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Git
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
1 1 (0.68%) Subversion
1 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (43.15%) Finance
2 48 (32.88%) Social Skills
3 36 (24.66%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (16.44%) Telecoms
5 19 (13.01%) Law
6 14 (9.59%) Retail
7 10 (6.85%) Marketing
7 10 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (4.11%) Mandarin Language
9 6 (4.11%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.42%) Billing
11 4 (2.74%) Automotive
12 3 (2.05%) German Language
12 3 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.37%) Digital Economy
13 2 (1.37%) Publishing
14 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (23.29%) Analyst
2 17 (11.64%) Lead
3 13 (8.90%) Data Analyst
4 10 (6.85%) Project Manager
5 8 (5.48%) Telecoms Manager
6 7 (4.79%) HR Manager
6 7 (4.79%) Procurement Manager
7 6 (4.11%) Architect
7 6 (4.11%) Development Manager
7 6 (4.11%) Lead Data Analyst
7 6 (4.11%) Network Manager
7 6 (4.11%) Systems Development Manager
8 5 (3.42%) Operations Manager
8 5 (3.42%) Service Analyst
8 5 (3.42%) Service Management Analyst
8 5 (3.42%) Supplier Manager
9 4 (2.74%) Procurement Officer
9 4 (2.74%) Project Analyst
10 3 (2.05%) Storage Engineer
10 3 (2.05%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.37%) REST
2 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.68%) BAPI
2 1 (0.68%) Kafka
2 1 (0.68%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.68%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.96%) Credit Risk
2 14 (9.59%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.79%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.79%) Virtual Team
4 6 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.42%) CMDB
6 4 (2.74%) e-Health
6 4 (2.74%) Life Science
7 3 (2.05%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.37%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.68%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.68%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.74%) Unix
2 2 (1.37%) Windows
3 1 (0.68%) Linux
3 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.68%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (20.55%) Data Protection
2 30 (20.55%) Project Management
3 26 (17.81%) Decision-Making
4 24 (16.44%) Analytics
4 24 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (15.75%) Roadmaps
5 23 (15.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (13.01%) Information Security
7 16 (10.96%) Actionable Insight
7 16 (10.96%) Coaching
7 16 (10.96%) Dashboard Development
8 15 (10.27%) Agile
8 15 (10.27%) Contract Management
8 15 (10.27%) Service Management
9 14 (9.59%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (8.90%) ITIL
11 12 (8.22%) Supplier Management
12 11 (7.53%) Migration
12 11 (7.53%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.48%) SQL
2 1 (0.68%) ABAP
2 1 (0.68%) Bash
2 1 (0.68%) C++
2 1 (0.68%) Java
2 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.68%) Perl
2 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (28.77%) Degree
2 6 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (4.11%) ISEB
3 4 (2.74%) CIPD
4 3 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.37%) ACCA
5 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.37%) CCIE
5 2 (1.37%) CIMA
5 2 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.37%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.68%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.64%) GDPR
2 7 (4.79%) SLA
3 6 (4.11%) PMO
4 5 (3.42%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.74%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.37%) GxP
7 2 (1.37%) ISO 14001
7 2 (1.37%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.37%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.37%) Docker
1 2 (1.37%) VMware NSX
1 2 (1.37%) vSphere
2 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.37%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.37%) Terraform
2 1 (0.68%) Ansible
2 1 (0.68%) Avamar
2 1 (0.68%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (0.68%) SCCM
2 1 (0.68%) SELinux
2 1 (0.68%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.68%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (13.70%) Alteryx
2 17 (11.64%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.22%) Oracle
4 11 (7.53%) ServiceNow
5 10 (6.85%) SAP
6 6 (4.11%) VMware
7 5 (3.42%) Reuters
8 4 (2.74%) Citrix
8 4 (2.74%) HP
8 4 (2.74%) SolarWinds
9 3 (2.05%) Dell
10 2 (1.37%) Ariba
10 2 (1.37%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.37%) Cisco
10 2 (1.37%) EMC
10 2 (1.37%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.68%) Cadence
11 1 (0.68%) Concur
11 1 (0.68%) OneTrust
11 1 (0.68%) Workday