Law Contracts in the Thames Valley

Law
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Law over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 87 113
Rank change year-on-year -5 +26 +9
Contract jobs citing Law 45 57 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.70% 1.98% 1.51%
As % of the General category 3.08% 3.23% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 47 30
10th Percentile £543 £261 £260
25th Percentile £575 £412 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £520 £433
Median % change year-on-year +25.12% +19.91% +8.31%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £525
90th Percentile - £853 £590
South East median daily rate £600 £420 £449
% change year-on-year +42.86% -6.41% +12.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £21.25 £11.62
Median % change year-on-year - +82.87% -61.27%
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £11.62
% change year-on-year +20.00% +115.15% -73.44%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,463 1,765 2,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.21% 61.31% 60.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 769 1,134 1,403
10th Percentile £205 £270 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £491 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.42% +3.26%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 43 65
10th Percentile £17.63 £14.45 £11.42
25th Percentile £22.52 £20.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £51.25 £28.16 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.00% +60.91% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.38 £62.56 £23.75
90th Percentile £77.14 £75.40 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Law in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Law in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Law in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 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
Berkshire +17 43 £650 -7.14% 16
Oxfordshire 0 2 £450 -10.00% 7
Law
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) Azure
2 9 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.22%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (44.44%) Cucumber
1 20 (44.44%) Jenkins
1 20 (44.44%) Selenium
2 19 (42.22%) REST Assured
2 19 (42.22%) SonarQube
3 9 (20.00%) GitLab
3 9 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 34 (75.56%) Social Skills
2 20 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (44.44%) Legal
3 13 (28.89%) Police
4 12 (26.67%) Finance
5 10 (22.22%) Telecoms
6 6 (13.33%) Marketing
7 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 16 (35.56%) Java Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Senior
3 6 (13.33%) Network Manager
3 6 (13.33%) Procurement Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Development Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Operations Manager
4 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Systems Development Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Telecoms Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Java Developer
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Java Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Java Software Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (4.44%) Commercial Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (44.44%) Java EE
1 20 (44.44%) REST
2 8 (17.78%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.22%) PMI
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
1 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) DevOps
1 21 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
2 20 (44.44%) Decision-Making
2 20 (44.44%) Software Architecture
2 20 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 20 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
2 20 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 11 (24.44%) Information Security
4 9 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 9 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 9 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (17.78%) Containerisation
5 8 (17.78%) Contract Management
6 7 (15.56%) Project Management
7 6 (13.33%) B2C
7 6 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (13.33%) Data Management
7 6 (13.33%) Data Privacy
7 6 (13.33%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (44.44%) Java
2 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 20 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.33%) Degree
2 6 (13.33%) ISEB
3 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) GDPR
2 5 (11.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (17.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (42.22%) Ansible
2 9 (20.00%) Terraform
3 8 (17.78%) Docker Swarm
3 8 (17.78%) Kubernetes
3 8 (17.78%) Podman
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Reuters
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft