Legal Contracts in the City of London

Legal
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 54 107
Rank change year-on-year -33 +53 -40
Contract jobs citing Legal 40 105 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.88% 3.78% 2.09%
As % of the General category 2.78% 5.86% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 69 61
10th Percentile £303 £210 £363
25th Percentile £394 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £664 £750 £681
90th Percentile £750 £828 £750
Central London median daily rate £500 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.62
Median hourly rate - - £43.24
75th Percentile - - £44.86
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £43.24
% change year-on-year - - +33.25%

All General Skills
City of London

Legal falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,438 1,793 2,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 67.73% 64.57% 62.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 1,269 1,806
10th Percentile £350 £360 £361
25th Percentile £463 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £583
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +3.00% +4.02%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £708
90th Percentile £797 £825 £814
Central London median daily rate £585 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -0.43% +2.17% +4.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 39
10th Percentile £13.18 £14.80 £16.48
25th Percentile £23.75 £17.00 £21.13
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -35.29% +32.81%
75th Percentile £82.19 £46.75 £55.75
90th Percentile £109.38 £72.75 £60.15
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.75 £41.50
% change year-on-year +6.87% -21.08% +28.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the City of London

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Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the City of London region over the 6 months to 14 November 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 Bridge - 1 £591 -
Legal
Central London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.50%) Elite 3E
2 1 (2.50%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.00%) SaaS
3 2 (5.00%) WhatsApp
4 1 (2.50%) AWS
4 1 (2.50%) GCP
4 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) DNS
1 1 (2.50%) Firewall
1 1 (2.50%) H.323
1 1 (2.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (5.00%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) GitLab
General
1 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (32.50%) Finance
3 9 (22.50%) Law
4 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (17.50%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 4 (10.00%) Retail
7 3 (7.50%) Banking
7 3 (7.50%) Local Government
7 3 (7.50%) Marketing
8 2 (5.00%) Advertising
8 2 (5.00%) General Ledger
8 2 (5.00%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.50%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.50%) French Language
9 1 (2.50%) Games
9 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Project Manager
2 5 (12.50%) Developer
2 5 (12.50%) Senior
3 4 (10.00%) SAP Developer
3 4 (10.00%) Senior Developer
3 4 (10.00%) Senior SAP Developer
4 3 (7.50%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.00%) ABAP Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Deskside Support
5 2 (5.00%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.00%) ERP Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Migration Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Manager
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Programme Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Senior ABAP Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (5.00%) CSS
2 2 (5.00%) HTML
2 2 (5.00%) HTML5
2 2 (5.00%) jQuery
2 2 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.00%) CMDB
2 2 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.00%) PDA
2 2 (5.00%) Photography
2 2 (5.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.50%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Android
2 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Project Management
1 9 (22.50%) Risk Management
2 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (15.00%) Budget Management
4 5 (12.50%) Migration
5 4 (10.00%) Contract Management
5 4 (10.00%) Front End Development
5 4 (10.00%) OO
5 4 (10.00%) OOP
5 4 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (10.00%) Supplier Management
6 3 (7.50%) Analytics
6 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.50%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (7.50%) Document Management
6 3 (7.50%) ETL
6 3 (7.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) ABAP
2 3 (7.50%) SQL
3 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.50%) C#
4 1 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) ACCA
2 2 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.00%) PMP
2 2 (5.00%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.50%) CPIM
3 1 (2.50%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) GDPR
2 2 (5.00%) PMO
3 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.50%) GLBA
3 1 (2.50%) NIST
3 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (22.50%) SAP
3 4 (10.00%) iManage
4 3 (7.50%) NEC
5 2 (5.00%) Cisco
5 2 (5.00%) Citrix
5 2 (5.00%) Informatica
5 2 (5.00%) Maconomy
5 2 (5.00%) Oracle
6 1 (2.50%) Adobe
6 1 (2.50%) Apple
6 1 (2.50%) Cadence
6 1 (2.50%) Google
6 1 (2.50%) Intapp
6 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.50%) Tandberg
6 1 (2.50%) Yardi