Legal
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 116 | 156 | 167 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +40 | +11 | +47 |
| Contract jobs citing Legal | 837 | 1,037 | 1,558 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.94% | 1.76% | 1.76% |
| As % of the General category | 3.34% | 3.00% | 3.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 469 | 729 | 984 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £232 | £288 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £505 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.99% | +1.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £720 | £750 | £734 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | -2.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 90 | 41 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.50 | £13.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.74 | £17.50 | £20.40 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.33 | £22.16 | £32.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.82% | -31.15% | +57.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £54.00 | £50.15 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.88 | £71.28 | £59.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.00 | £22.16 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.33% | -19.42% | +48.65% |
All General Skills
UK
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 requirement for common skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 25,093 | 34,536 | 49,876 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 58.14% | 58.47% | 56.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15,826 | 23,949 | 34,580 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £319 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +8.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £766 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £495 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.00% | +5.26% | +10.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,938 | 1,057 | 1,434 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.77 | £13.41 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £17.98 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +47.73% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.50 | £61.25 | £47.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.01 | £72.50 | £58.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.25 | £29.00 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.59% | +54.67% | -5.71% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 5 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 |
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| England | +31 | 732 | £500 | -2.44% | 2,025 |
| UK excluding London | +49 | 439 | £500 | - | 1,250 |
| London | 0 | 336 | £525 | +2.44% | 865 |
| Work from Home | +28 | 262 | £550 | +8.37% | 766 |
| South East | +36 | 148 | £500 | -9.09% | 332 |
| North of England | +9 | 86 | £538 | +4.88% | 296 |
| South West | +50 | 71 | £500 | +5.26% | 204 |
| North West | +13 | 66 | £575 | +12.20% | 191 |
| Midlands | +36 | 61 | £413 | -17.50% | 198 |
| West Midlands | +28 | 43 | £425 | -15.00% | 125 |
| Scotland | +21 | 39 | £525 | +14.63% | 67 |
| East of England | +13 | 20 | £350 | -30.00% | 131 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 18 | £200 | -65.46% | 73 |
| Yorkshire | -3 | 13 | £525 | -4.55% | 76 |
| Northern Ireland | +9 | 12 | £248 | -45.00% | 14 |
| North East | +16 | 7 | £425 | -15.63% | 33 |
| Wales | +9 | 6 | £500 | +57.48% | 48 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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