Legal Contracts in Manchester

Legal
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 53 69
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +46
Contract jobs citing Legal 29 44 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.08% 3.03% 2.34%
As % of the General category 5.26% 6.09% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 30 34
10th Percentile £269 £198 £383
25th Percentile £375 £450 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +28.05%
75th Percentile £581 £609 £594
90th Percentile £716 £850 £674
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
Median hourly rate - £40.50 £16.62
Median % change year-on-year - +143.68% -
North West median hourly rate - £26.00 £18.66
% change year-on-year - +39.34% -8.98%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 551 723 900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 58.43% 49.72% 50.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 457 640
10th Percentile £275 £303 £299
25th Percentile £375 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £463 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -6.19% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 58 34
10th Percentile - £12.74 £14.20
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.66 £16.68
Median hourly rate £19.13 £25.25 £18.36
Median % change year-on-year -24.26% +37.53% -8.20%
75th Percentile £60.00 £41.56 £27.91
90th Percentile £76.25 £59.00 £56.25
North West median hourly rate £29.54 £23.48 £23.15
% change year-on-year +25.81% +1.40% -6.46%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Manchester

Legal
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Legal in Manchester

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Legal in Manchester

Legal
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Legal in Manchester

Legal
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. 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
Salford - 3 £716 - 1
Wigan - 1 £193 - 2
Legal
North West

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (3.45%) CMS
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Elite 3E
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Figma
2 3 (10.34%) AWS
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) GCP
3 2 (6.90%) SaaS
4 1 (3.45%) Akamai
4 1 (3.45%) Boomi
4 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.45%) Google Ads
4 1 (3.45%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) Firewall
1 4 (13.79%) Network Security
2 3 (10.34%) WAN
3 2 (6.90%) DWDM
3 2 (6.90%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (3.45%) Internet
4 1 (3.45%) LAN
4 1 (3.45%) MPLS
4 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 11 (37.93%) Finance
3 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Law
5 4 (13.79%) Marketing
6 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
7 2 (6.90%) Banking
8 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Italian Language
8 1 (3.45%) Multimedia
8 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (17.24%) Architect
2 4 (13.79%) Designer
2 4 (13.79%) Lead
2 4 (13.79%) Project Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Content Designer
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (10.34%) UX Designer
4 2 (6.90%) Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.90%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) NOC Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Test Leader
5 1 (3.45%) Finance Business Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Change Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Social Media Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Social Media
2 3 (10.34%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) CMDB
4 1 (3.45%) Graphic Design
4 1 (3.45%) Photography
4 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Decision-Making
1 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (20.69%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (17.24%) Business Strategy
2 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
2 5 (17.24%) Project Management
2 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (13.79%) Agile
3 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
3 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
3 4 (13.79%) Conversational UI
3 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (13.79%) User Experience
3 4 (13.79%) UX Design
4 3 (10.34%) Content Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Customer Insight
4 3 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (10.34%) Product Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) AWS Certification
2 3 (10.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
2 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.90%) CCNA
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.90%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (3.45%) APMG
4 1 (3.45%) CISM
4 1 (3.45%) CISSP
4 1 (3.45%) CRISC
4 1 (3.45%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
2 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) GRC
3 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.45%) NIST
3 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe
3 1 (3.45%) Aruba
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco
3 1 (3.45%) F5
3 1 (3.45%) Facebook
3 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.45%) Genesys
3 1 (3.45%) Intapp
3 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.45%) Twitter
3 1 (3.45%) YouTube
3 1 (3.45%) Zscaler
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