Legal Contracts in the West Midlands

Legal
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 70 87 129
Rank change year-on-year +17 +42 -52
Contract jobs citing Legal 41 42 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.01% 1.90% 1.34%
As % of the General category 3.74% 3.38% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 37
10th Percentile £200 £318 £295
25th Percentile £256 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -14.29% +15.07%
75th Percentile £491 £538 £650
90th Percentile £532 £585 £805
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile - £13.88 -
25th Percentile £13.50 £15.94 -
Median hourly rate £18.97 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.69 -
90th Percentile - £27.13 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +77.78% -16.67% +40.26%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,095 1,242 2,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.62% 56.12% 57.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 870 1,537
10th Percentile £250 £262 £250
25th Percentile £375 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +17.02%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £750 £703 £675
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 45 45
10th Percentile £11.15 £12.20 £11.55
25th Percentile £13.93 £13.31 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.30 £20.97 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +23.35% +13.33%
75th Percentile £34.73 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.25 £54.00 £22.25
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Legal in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Legal in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Legal in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Legal in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Legal in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Legal in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Legal in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +15 24 £438 +9.38% 51
Worcestershire +10 10 £400 -11.11% 13
Warwickshire -4 4 - - 11
Shropshire -2 2 £200 -60.00% 4
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) InfoPath
3 1 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (7.32%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (7.32%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) SaaS
2 3 (7.32%) AWS
2 3 (7.32%) Google Workspace
2 3 (7.32%) IaaS
2 3 (7.32%) OCI
2 3 (7.32%) PaaS
2 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.88%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.44%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) Firewall
2 4 (9.76%) Intranet
3 3 (7.32%) LAN
3 3 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.44%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (2.44%) MPLS
4 1 (2.44%) VPN
4 1 (2.44%) VXLAN
4 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Power BI
General
1 10 (24.39%) Finance
2 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
2 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Law
4 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Analyst
2 10 (24.39%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (17.07%) Senior
4 6 (14.63%) Consultant
5 5 (12.20%) Functional Consultant
5 5 (12.20%) Oracle Consultant
5 5 (12.20%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 4 (9.76%) PMO Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (7.32%) Cloud Consultant
7 3 (7.32%) Deployment Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Field Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) IT Manager
7 3 (7.32%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
7 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Senior PMO
7 3 (7.32%) Senior PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (7.32%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.88%) Housing Association
2 2 (4.88%) Replication
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (24.39%) Linux
1 10 (24.39%) Mac OS X
2 6 (14.63%) Windows
3 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Risk Management
1 13 (31.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (24.39%) Computer Forensics
2 10 (24.39%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (24.39%) Malware Reverse Engineering
2 10 (24.39%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 10 (24.39%) Purple Team
2 10 (24.39%) Reverse Engineering
2 10 (24.39%) SIEM
2 10 (24.39%) Threat Analysis
2 10 (24.39%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (21.95%) Incident Management
4 7 (17.07%) Line Management
4 7 (17.07%) Migration
4 7 (17.07%) Project Management
5 6 (14.63%) Data Protection
6 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (9.76%) Coaching
7 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (9.76%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) Security Cleared
2 10 (24.39%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) PMI Certification
3 6 (14.63%) PMP
4 3 (7.32%) APMP
4 3 (7.32%) Degree
5 2 (4.88%) SAP Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CBAP
6 1 (2.44%) CIPD
6 1 (2.44%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (29.27%) GDPR
2 10 (24.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 10 (24.39%) HIPAA
2 10 (24.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (24.39%) NIST
3 4 (9.76%) PMO
4 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) CEMLI
2 1 (2.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Oracle
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.32%) Google
3 3 (7.32%) Hyperion
3 3 (7.32%) JD Edwards
3 3 (7.32%) PeopleSoft
3 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.32%) SAP
4 1 (2.44%) iManage
4 1 (2.44%) Intapp
4 1 (2.44%) Sage