Legal Contracts in England

Legal
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 142 158
Rank change year-on-year +19 +16 +43
Contract jobs citing Legal 694 899 1,254
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.85% 1.91% 1.79%
As % of the General category 3.23% 3.23% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 616 791
10th Percentile £203 £256 £300
25th Percentile £363 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £653 £638
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 45 21
10th Percentile £11.95 £13.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £21.75 £16.62 £20.09
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% -16.67% +40.26%
75th Percentile £57.50 £54.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.00 £72.01 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £22.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +15.56% -16.67% +45.95%

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,502 27,813 40,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 57.33% 59.13% 57.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,781 19,606 28,322
10th Percentile £281 £315 £325
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,827 910 1,280
10th Percentile £12.88 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%
75th Percentile £52.64 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

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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

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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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -24 304 £525 -3.45% 682
South East +31 156 £500 -4.76% 283
North of England +1 81 £500 - 280
North West +14 61 £500 - 175
South West +16 59 £500 +5.26% 175
Midlands +17 58 £413 -10.81% 189
West Midlands +17 41 £431 -4.17% 119
East of England 0 22 £350 -35.19% 121
East Midlands +8 17 £275 -52.50% 69
Yorkshire -4 13 £500 -9.09% 76
North East +12 7 £425 +28.79% 34
Legal
UK

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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 40 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.86%) Confluence
4 5 (0.72%) IIS
5 4 (0.58%) Apache
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.58%) nginx
5 4 (0.58%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.43%) SAS
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) Drupal
7 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 60 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.74%) Simulink
4 19 (2.74%) Stateflow
5 9 (1.30%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.72%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.43%) InDesign
7 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.29%) FileZilla
9 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.86%) SAP GTS
3 5 (0.72%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.43%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.29%) iTrent
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.29%) Relativity
6 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.29%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 2 (0.29%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 74 (10.66%) Azure
2 67 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (5.91%) Power Platform
4 40 (5.76%) SaaS
5 33 (4.76%) AWS
6 17 (2.45%) IaaS
6 17 (2.45%) Snowflake
7 15 (2.16%) Google Workspace
8 14 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.73%) OneDrive
9 12 (1.73%) PaaS
9 12 (1.73%) PowerApps
10 11 (1.59%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (1.44%) OCI
12 9 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.30%) GCP
12 9 (1.30%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.01%) Figma
14 6 (0.86%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.03%) Firewall
2 15 (2.16%) VPN
3 12 (1.73%) Internet
3 12 (1.73%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.59%) Intranet
4 11 (1.59%) Wireless
5 10 (1.44%) LAN
6 9 (1.30%) FTP
7 8 (1.15%) DNS
8 7 (1.01%) 5G
8 7 (1.01%) H.323
8 7 (1.01%) HTTP
8 7 (1.01%) Network Security
8 7 (1.01%) SAN
8 7 (1.01%) WAN
9 4 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.58%) IPsec
9 4 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.89%) Power BI
2 24 (3.46%) Tableau
3 14 (2.02%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.01%) MySQL
7 6 (0.86%) Metadata
7 6 (0.86%) MS Access
7 6 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.58%) Big Data
9 4 (0.58%) Couchbase
9 4 (0.58%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.43%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.29%) GIS
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.14%) Bigtable
12 1 (0.14%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (2.45%) JIRA
2 6 (0.86%) Artifactory
2 6 (0.86%) SonarQube
3 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.58%) LoadRunner
4 4 (0.58%) NeoLoad
5 3 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.29%) Git
6 2 (0.29%) GitLab
6 2 (0.29%) MLflow
7 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.14%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 222 (31.99%) Social Skills
2 207 (29.83%) Finance
3 97 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (11.10%) Law
5 47 (6.77%) Telecoms
6 40 (5.76%) Marketing
7 37 (5.33%) Public Sector
8 28 (4.03%) Retail
9 26 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.46%) Automotive
11 23 (3.31%) Banking
12 22 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.73%) Billing
14 12 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.59%) Advertising
16 9 (1.30%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.15%) Local Government
17 8 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.01%) Police
Job Titles
1 115 (16.57%) Analyst
2 59 (8.50%) Project Manager
3 49 (7.06%) Lead
4 45 (6.48%) Senior
5 43 (6.20%) Architect
6 32 (4.61%) Data Analyst
7 31 (4.47%) Consultant
8 29 (4.18%) IT Manager
9 24 (3.46%) Delivery Manager
10 20 (2.88%) Software Engineer
11 19 (2.74%) Business Analyst
11 19 (2.74%) Programme Manager
11 19 (2.74%) Senior Manager
12 18 (2.59%) Administrator
13 16 (2.31%) Network Engineer
14 15 (2.16%) Support Engineer
15 14 (2.02%) Developer
15 14 (2.02%) Service Manager
16 13 (1.87%) Lead Architect
17 12 (1.73%) Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.44%) YAML
2 9 (1.30%) Node.js
3 7 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.72%) .NET
4 5 (0.72%) JSON
5 4 (0.58%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (0.58%) OAuth
5 4 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (0.58%) SAML
6 3 (0.43%) CSS
6 3 (0.43%) EDI
6 3 (0.43%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (0.43%) jQuery
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (0.43%) OpenID
7 2 (0.29%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.29%) Kafka
7 2 (0.29%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.29%) REST
7 2 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.78%) Management Information System
2 24 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.31%) Algorithms
4 21 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (3.03%) Virtual Team
5 16 (2.31%) Credit Risk
6 14 (2.02%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.87%) Freedom of Information
8 12 (1.73%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.44%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.30%) CMDB
11 9 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.15%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.15%) Security Posture
13 7 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.86%) Replication
14 6 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
15 5 (0.72%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 58 (8.36%) Windows
2 27 (3.89%) Linux
3 19 (2.74%) Windows 10
4 18 (2.59%) Apple iOS
5 17 (2.45%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.44%) Mac OS X
7 9 (1.30%) Android
8 5 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.58%) AIX
9 4 (0.58%) CentOS
9 4 (0.58%) Unix
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (19.31%) Project Management
2 114 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (13.98%) Data Protection
4 96 (13.83%) Agile
5 89 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (9.80%) Migration
7 66 (9.51%) Analytics
8 65 (9.37%) Risk Management
9 64 (9.22%) Change Management
10 60 (8.65%) Roadmaps
11 59 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (8.07%) Information Security
13 52 (7.49%) Computer Science
14 45 (6.48%) Cybersecurity
14 45 (6.48%) Decision-Making
15 43 (6.20%) DevOps
15 43 (6.20%) ITIL
16 35 (5.04%) Coaching
16 35 (5.04%) Customer Service
17 34 (4.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.32%) SQL
2 25 (3.60%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.03%) Python
4 19 (2.74%) MATLAB
5 12 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.44%) C#
7 8 (1.15%) Swift
8 7 (1.01%) Bash
9 6 (0.86%) C++
9 6 (0.86%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.58%) PHP
11 3 (0.43%) Perl
11 3 (0.43%) R
12 2 (0.29%) ABAP
12 2 (0.29%) Java
13 1 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.14%) Ruby
13 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.14%) U-SQL
13 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (16.86%) Degree
2 76 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 52 (7.49%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.03%) PMP
5 19 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.74%) PMI Certification
6 14 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.87%) APMP
8 12 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.30%) CISSP
9 9 (1.30%) ISEB
10 7 (1.01%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.86%) CISM
11 6 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.86%) GIAC
12 5 (0.72%) CEH
12 5 (0.72%) CIPD
12 5 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.72%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (10.52%) GDPR
2 43 (6.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (3.89%) QA
4 25 (3.60%) NIST
5 18 (2.59%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.45%) Data Quality
7 16 (2.31%) SLA
8 15 (2.16%) HIPAA
9 13 (1.87%) PMO
10 12 (1.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.58%) GRC
12 4 (0.58%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.43%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.29%) NCSC
14 2 (0.29%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
14 2 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.15%) Docker
3 6 (0.86%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) vSphere
6 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (2.16%) Terraform
2 14 (2.02%) Ansible
3 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.30%) SCCM
4 8 (1.15%) PingFederate
5 7 (1.01%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.72%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.29%) CEMLI
7 2 (0.29%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.14%) Ambari
8 1 (0.14%) Avamar
8 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.14%) Oozie
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
1 152 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.06%) Oracle
3 38 (5.48%) SAP
4 27 (3.89%) Google
5 20 (2.88%) Alteryx
5 20 (2.88%) VMware
6 17 (2.45%) iManage
7 16 (2.31%) Cisco
8 14 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.87%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.30%) Citrix
10 9 (1.30%) Okta
11 8 (1.15%) Adobe
11 8 (1.15%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.01%) Apple
12 7 (1.01%) Cadence
12 7 (1.01%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.01%) Intapp
12 7 (1.01%) Reuters
12 7 (1.01%) Splunk
1,708 Legal jobs in England