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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 71 93
Rank change year-on-year -10 +22 +15
Contract jobs citing Law 15 48 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.22% 2.46% 1.12%
As % of the General category 2.00% 4.53% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 13
10th Percentile £455 £571 £625
25th Percentile £500 £581 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £650 £825
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% -21.21% +117.11%
75th Percentile £501 £688 £875
90th Percentile £523 - £885
South East median daily rate £325 £600 £425
% change year-on-year -45.83% +41.18% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.13
25th Percentile £66.25 - £18.44
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £21.25
75th Percentile £68.75 - £23.44
90th Percentile - - £24.38
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £30.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +125.00% +41.18% +82.87%

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 751 1,059 1,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 61.31% 54.20% 60.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 511 650
10th Percentile £301 £215 £315
25th Percentile £407 £376 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% -2.24% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £631
90th Percentile £700 £675 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 82 35
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.70 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.00 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.31 £60.76 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.82% +35.02% +100.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £70.39 £66.33
90th Percentile £87.50 £87.50 £73.33
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -60.27% -5.00% +138.10%

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 16 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
Reading +2 10 £525 -19.23% 21
Bracknell - 1 £450 - 1
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 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) AWS
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Cucumber
1 8 (53.33%) GitLab
1 8 (53.33%) Jenkins
1 8 (53.33%) JIRA
1 8 (53.33%) REST Assured
1 8 (53.33%) Selenium
1 8 (53.33%) SonarQube
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Police
4 3 (20.00%) Legal
5 2 (13.33%) Local Government
5 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
6 1 (6.67%) Automotive
6 1 (6.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Developer
1 4 (26.67%) Java Developer
1 4 (26.67%) Java Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Java Software Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Commercial Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Compliance Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Information Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Procurement Officer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) ARM Templates
1 8 (53.33%) Java EE
1 8 (53.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Configuration Management
1 8 (53.33%) Containerisation
1 8 (53.33%) Continuous Integration
1 8 (53.33%) DevOps
1 8 (53.33%) Infrastructure as Code
1 8 (53.33%) Software Architecture
1 8 (53.33%) Software Engineering
1 8 (53.33%) Technical Leadership
1 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
2 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Contract Management
4 2 (13.33%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (13.33%) Information Management
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.67%) Project Management
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GRC
1 1 (6.67%) HIPAA
1 1 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) Ansible
1 8 (53.33%) Docker Swarm
1 8 (53.33%) Kubernetes
1 8 (53.33%) Podman
1 8 (53.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle