Legal Contracts with Work from Home Options

Legal
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 136 140 157
Rank change year-on-year +4 +17 +52
Contract jobs citing Legal 242 415 780
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.64% 1.74% 1.78%
As % of the General category 2.81% 2.97% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 300 536
10th Percentile £315 £305 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +7.25% +7.96%
75th Percentile £600 £657 £625
90th Percentile £675 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 17 7
10th Percentile £18.86 £21.80 £11.70
25th Percentile £25.50 £22.16 £16.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +170.27%
75th Percentile £57.50 £71.28 £52.81
90th Percentile £58.70 £75.00 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £22.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +15.56% -16.67% +45.95%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Legal falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,623 13,983 24,165
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.44% 58.57% 55.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,682 9,896 17,664
10th Percentile £325 £363 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 316 342
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.66 £13.53
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% +42.24% +55.04%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.38 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Legal
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Legal trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Legal.

Legal daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Legal over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Legal daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Legal.

Legal hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Legal over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Legal hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 15 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.65%) Apache Solr
2 4 (1.65%) nginx
3 2 (0.83%) SAS
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (9.92%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (7.85%) Simulink
2 19 (7.85%) Stateflow
3 18 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (7.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.83%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.65%) Elite 3E
2 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.24%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 2 (0.83%) iTrent
5 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.41%) Relativity
5 1 (0.41%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.41%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 1 (0.41%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.09%) SaaS
2 21 (8.68%) Azure
3 14 (5.79%) Power Platform
4 12 (4.96%) Google Workspace
4 12 (4.96%) IaaS
4 12 (4.96%) PaaS
5 9 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.31%) AWS
7 6 (2.48%) GCP
7 6 (2.48%) OCI
7 6 (2.48%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.48%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
8 5 (2.07%) Smartsheet
8 5 (2.07%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.83%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.07%) DNS
1 5 (2.07%) Internet
1 5 (2.07%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.65%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.65%) IPsec
3 2 (0.83%) Intranet
3 2 (0.83%) VPN
3 2 (0.83%) Wireless
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.41%) Firewall
4 1 (0.41%) HTTP
4 1 (0.41%) LAN
4 1 (0.41%) Network Security
4 1 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.55%) Power BI
2 9 (3.72%) Metadata
3 5 (2.07%) MySQL
3 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.07%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.65%) Couchbase
5 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.24%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.41%) Big Data
6 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.41%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.41%) GIS
6 1 (0.41%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.41%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) MLflow
2 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.49%) Finance
3 30 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.50%) Automotive
5 21 (8.68%) Law
6 16 (6.61%) Influencing Skills
6 16 (6.61%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.96%) Public Sector
8 12 (4.96%) Retail
9 8 (3.31%) Marketing
10 6 (2.48%) Local Government
10 6 (2.48%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.07%) Banking
12 4 (1.65%) Electronics
12 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.83%) Digital Economy
14 2 (0.83%) German Language
Job Titles
1 27 (11.16%) Analyst
1 27 (11.16%) Senior
2 26 (10.74%) Project Manager
3 19 (7.85%) Software Engineer
4 14 (5.79%) Consultant
5 13 (5.37%) IT Manager
6 12 (4.96%) Senior Manager
7 10 (4.13%) HR Manager
8 8 (3.31%) Architect
8 8 (3.31%) Data Analyst
8 8 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
8 8 (3.31%) Lead
9 7 (2.89%) Transformation Manager
10 6 (2.48%) Product Manager
10 6 (2.48%) Project Delivery Manager
10 6 (2.48%) Service Design Manager
11 5 (2.07%) Functional Consultant
11 5 (2.07%) Information Manager
11 5 (2.07%) Security Manager
11 5 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) JSON
1 4 (1.65%) LEMP Stack
1 4 (1.65%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (1.65%) YAML
2 3 (1.24%) .NET
2 3 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.83%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.83%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.41%) BAPI
4 1 (0.41%) Kafka
4 1 (0.41%) PySpark
4 1 (0.41%) REST
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.26%) Algorithms
2 19 (7.85%) Virtual Team
3 18 (7.44%) Management Information System
4 16 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.65%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.65%) Replication
9 3 (1.24%) Life Science
9 3 (1.24%) Robotics
10 2 (0.83%) FMCG
10 2 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.83%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.83%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.41%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.55%) Windows
2 5 (2.07%) Linux
3 4 (1.65%) CentOS
4 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (20.66%) Project Management
2 41 (16.94%) Agile
3 34 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (12.40%) Computer Science
7 24 (9.92%) Analytics
7 24 (9.92%) Data Protection
8 23 (9.50%) Validation
9 21 (8.68%) Test Automation
10 20 (8.26%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (8.26%) Roadmaps
11 19 (7.85%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 19 (7.85%) Information Management
11 19 (7.85%) Software Engineering
11 19 (7.85%) Verification and Validation
12 17 (7.02%) Project Delivery
13 16 (6.61%) Budget Management
13 16 (6.61%) Migration
13 16 (6.61%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.85%) MATLAB
2 17 (7.02%) SQL
3 6 (2.48%) Python
4 4 (1.65%) C#
4 4 (1.65%) PHP
5 2 (0.83%) ABAP
5 2 (0.83%) C++
5 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.41%) Java
6 1 (0.41%) R
6 1 (0.41%) Ruby
6 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (21.90%) Degree
2 22 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.61%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.20%) PMI Certification
4 15 (6.20%) PMP
5 12 (4.96%) APMP
6 10 (4.13%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.65%) CIPD
9 3 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.24%) ISEB
10 2 (0.83%) CCIE
10 2 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.83%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.41%) ACCA
11 1 (0.41%) CIMA
11 1 (0.41%) GIAC
11 1 (0.41%) IIBA
11 1 (0.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.05%) GDPR
2 16 (6.61%) QA
3 14 (5.79%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (2.07%) NIST
7 4 (1.65%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.41%) COPPA
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.41%) PMO
9 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.41%) SLA
9 1 (0.41%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 3 (1.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.65%) Ansible
1 4 (1.65%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.65%) Terraform
2 2 (0.83%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 43 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.22%) Oracle
3 17 (7.02%) Google
4 15 (6.20%) SAP
5 13 (5.37%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.48%) Intapp
7 4 (1.65%) iManage
7 4 (1.65%) Workday
8 3 (1.24%) Adobe
8 3 (1.24%) Ariba
8 3 (1.24%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.24%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.24%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.83%) Aderant
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco
9 2 (0.83%) Databricks
9 2 (0.83%) Remedy
9 2 (0.83%) VMware
10 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.41%) Reuters