Legal Contracts in Scotland

Legal
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Scotland. 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 71 93 140
Rank change year-on-year +22 +47 -9
Contract jobs citing Legal 45 72 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.10% 2.69% 1.06%
As % of the General category 3.32% 4.04% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 56 29
10th Percentile £125 £241 £210
25th Percentile £200 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £503 £448
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +12.17% -0.44%
75th Percentile £626 £571 £538
90th Percentile - £653 £590
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £11.50 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £14.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £22.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +15.56% -16.67% +45.95%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,355 1,782 2,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 63.23% 66.69% 70.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 1,270 1,737
10th Percentile £178 £230 £230
25th Percentile £340 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £564 £554 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 30 47
10th Percentile £12.24 £12.71 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.62 £14.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.84 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% -49.67% +113.52%
75th Percentile £46.50 £56.00 £47.60
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.78 £55.30
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Scotland

Legal
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Scotland

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Scotland

Legal
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Scotland 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
Glasgow +22 30 £325 -40.91% 24
Edinburgh +5 5 £481 +69.24% 13
Perthshire +4 2 £506 -11.18%
Argyll and Bute - 2 - - 3
Aberdeen - 1 - - 2
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (4.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) Snowflake
2 5 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.89%) SaaS
4 2 (4.44%) Azure
5 1 (2.22%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.22%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (2.22%) AWS
5 1 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.22%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.22%) Figma
5 1 (2.22%) IBM Blueworks
5 1 (2.22%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Tableau
2 5 (11.11%) Power BI
3 1 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) GitLab
General
1 18 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (28.89%) Finance
4 6 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.67%) Law
6 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Back Office
7 1 (2.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (40.00%) Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Data Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Lead
3 6 (13.33%) Lead Data Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Category Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Procurement Officer
5 4 (8.89%) Administrator
5 4 (8.89%) Business Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Help Desk Administrator
5 4 (8.89%) IT Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Operations Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Report Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Advisor
6 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) SharePoint Analyst
7 1 (2.22%) Designer
7 1 (2.22%) ERP Manager
7 1 (2.22%) ERP Project Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Field Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) HR Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) AWS CDK
1 1 (2.22%) PostGIS
1 1 (2.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Credit Risk
2 5 (11.11%) DTCC
2 5 (11.11%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.22%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 6 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (13.33%) Agile
4 6 (13.33%) Analytics
4 6 (13.33%) Dashboard Development
4 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
6 4 (8.89%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (8.89%) Digital Strategy
6 4 (8.89%) IT Strategy
6 4 (8.89%) Performance Management
7 3 (6.67%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (6.67%) Migration
8 2 (4.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) Python
1 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Degree
2 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
2 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.22%) Oracle
3 6 (13.33%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.22%) SAP
4 1 (2.22%) Workday