Law Contracts in Berkshire

Law
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 65 88
Rank change year-on-year -9 +23 +5
Contract jobs citing Law 21 59 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.79% 2.98% 1.28%
As % of the General category 2.83% 5.26% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 15
10th Percentile £448 £571 £250
25th Percentile £481 £581 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% -3.70% +67.70%
75th Percentile £501 £688 £806
90th Percentile - - £860
South East median daily rate £501 £613 £421
% change year-on-year -18.29% +45.57% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.13
25th Percentile - - £18.44
Median hourly rate - - £21.25
75th Percentile - - £23.44
90th Percentile - - £24.38
South East median hourly rate - £30.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +115.15%

All General Skills
Berkshire

Law 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 741 1,121 1,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 63.01% 56.59% 62.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 552 700
10th Percentile £300 £205 £325
25th Percentile £409 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £627 £593 £631
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 86 27
10th Percentile £19.91 £22.38 £19.10
25th Percentile £30.25 £42.50 £22.33
Median hourly rate £57.50 £58.65 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +6.64% +161.59%
75th Percentile £65.62 £69.82 £68.11
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £24.18 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -46.27% -5.26% +137.50%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Law in Berkshire

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Law in Berkshire

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Law in Berkshire

Law
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Reading +16 16 - - 24
Bracknell +17 1 £450 - 2
Law
South East

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) AWS
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
Development Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Cucumber
1 8 (38.10%) GitLab
1 8 (38.10%) Jenkins
1 8 (38.10%) JIRA
1 8 (38.10%) REST Assured
1 8 (38.10%) Selenium
1 8 (38.10%) SonarQube
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Telecoms
3 9 (42.86%) Legal
4 8 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (19.05%) Police
6 3 (14.29%) Marketing
7 2 (9.52%) Finance
8 1 (4.76%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Commercial Manager
2 4 (19.05%) Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Java Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Java Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Java Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Software Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Compliance Specialist
4 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Officer
5 1 (4.76%) HR Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (38.10%) ARM Templates
1 8 (38.10%) Java EE
1 8 (38.10%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Configuration Management
1 8 (38.10%) Containerisation
1 8 (38.10%) Continuous Integration
1 8 (38.10%) DevOps
1 8 (38.10%) Infrastructure as Code
1 8 (38.10%) Software Architecture
1 8 (38.10%) Software Engineering
1 8 (38.10%) Technical Leadership
1 8 (38.10%) Test Automation
2 5 (23.81%) Contract Management
2 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) B2C
4 3 (14.29%) Change Control
4 3 (14.29%) Data Privacy
4 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 3 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) ISEB
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) GRC
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) Ansible
1 8 (38.10%) Docker Swarm
1 8 (38.10%) Kubernetes
1 8 (38.10%) Podman
1 8 (38.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft