Law Contracts in the South East

Law
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Law over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 124 190
Rank change year-on-year -20 +66 -32
Contract jobs citing Law 55 95 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.00% 1.67% 0.91%
As % of the General category 1.98% 2.85% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 82 43
10th Percentile £463 £201 £260
25th Percentile £515 £240 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £420 £442
Median % change year-on-year +42.94% -4.93% +12.13%
75th Percentile £675 £591 £538
90th Percentile £688 £746 £579
England median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £18.00 -
25th Percentile £27.50 £20.63 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £11.62
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +115.15% -72.98%
75th Percentile £32.50 £41.38 -
90th Percentile - £51.21 -
England median hourly rate £13.00 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -35.00% +14.29% -58.82%

All General Skills
South East

Law is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,776 3,328 4,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.30% 58.48% 55.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,535 2,269 2,788
10th Percentile £205 £236 £213
25th Percentile £356 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £719 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 169 212
10th Percentile £12.88 £17.95 £12.26
25th Percentile £18.35 £22.23 £14.19
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -23.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £30.65
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.80 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.44%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Law in the South East

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Law in the South East

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the South East

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Law in the South East

Law
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Thames Valley -7 43 £650 +30.72% 45
Berkshire +7 42 £650 -3.70% 29
Hampshire -30 5 £548 +130.53% 19
Surrey +16 4 £525 -4.55% 13
Oxfordshire +2 1 £450 -16.28% 8
Law
England

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.64%) Azure
2 9 (16.36%) AWS
3 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.82%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.82%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) 5G
2 2 (3.64%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (3.64%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (3.64%) LAN
2 2 (3.64%) Network Security
2 2 (3.64%) VPN
2 2 (3.64%) WAN
2 2 (3.64%) Wireless
3 1 (1.82%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (36.36%) Cucumber
1 20 (36.36%) Jenkins
1 20 (36.36%) Selenium
2 19 (34.55%) REST Assured
2 19 (34.55%) SonarQube
3 9 (16.36%) GitLab
3 9 (16.36%) JIRA
General
1 40 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 20 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (34.55%) Legal
4 13 (23.64%) Police
5 12 (21.82%) Finance
6 9 (16.36%) Telecoms
7 6 (10.91%) Marketing
8 5 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (5.45%) Local Government
10 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (29.09%) Java Engineer
2 7 (12.73%) Senior
3 6 (10.91%) Network Manager
3 6 (10.91%) Procurement Manager
4 5 (9.09%) Development Manager
4 5 (9.09%) Java Software Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Operations Manager
4 5 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Systems Development Manager
4 5 (9.09%) Telecoms Manager
5 4 (7.27%) Developer
5 4 (7.27%) Java Developer
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Java Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Java Software Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Migration Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Senior Developer
6 3 (5.45%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (36.36%) Java EE
1 20 (36.36%) REST
2 8 (14.55%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (10.91%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.82%) Life Science
3 1 (1.82%) NHS
3 1 (1.82%) PMI
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
1 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (49.09%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (38.18%) Decision-Making
2 21 (38.18%) DevOps
2 21 (38.18%) Test Automation
3 20 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
3 20 (36.36%) Software Architecture
3 20 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 20 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
4 11 (20.00%) Information Security
5 9 (16.36%) Configuration Management
5 9 (16.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 9 (16.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 9 (16.36%) Project Management
6 8 (14.55%) Containerisation
6 8 (14.55%) Contract Management
7 6 (10.91%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (10.91%) Customer Experience
7 6 (10.91%) Data Sharing
7 6 (10.91%) Edge Computing
7 6 (10.91%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 20 (36.36%) Java
2 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (43.64%) SC Cleared
1 24 (43.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.73%) Degree
3 6 (10.91%) ISEB
4 2 (3.64%) CCNP
4 2 (3.64%) CCSA
4 2 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.64%) JNCIA
5 1 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.82%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.91%) GDPR
2 5 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.64%) SLA
4 1 (1.82%) HL7
4 1 (1.82%) PMO
4 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 8 (14.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (34.55%) Ansible
2 9 (16.36%) Terraform
3 8 (14.55%) Docker Swarm
3 8 (14.55%) Kubernetes
3 8 (14.55%) Podman
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) Reuters
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.64%) Blue Coat
3 2 (3.64%) CheckPoint
3 2 (3.64%) Cisco
3 2 (3.64%) Juniper
3 2 (3.64%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.82%) F5
4 1 (1.82%) SolarWinds