Law Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Law
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 61 63
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Law 8 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.10% 1.02% 0.83%
As % of the General category 1.79% 1.55% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £419 £404 £410
25th Percentile £509 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +63.93%
75th Percentile £607 £513 £648
90th Percentile £653 £550 £649
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +6.80%

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 448 451 379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 61.54% 65.74% 52.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 305 266
10th Percentile £200 £200 £258
25th Percentile £363 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £496
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +3.27% +4.47%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £643 £738 £699
West Midlands median daily rate £493 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -3.31% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 12
10th Percentile £15.74 £14.70 £12.58
25th Percentile £16.88 £20.88 £13.91
Median hourly rate £21.26 £30.23 £15.31
Median % change year-on-year -29.68% +97.42% -4.12%
75th Percentile £23.58 £51.88 £49.38
90th Percentile £25.00 £56.65 £67.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.01 £23.82 £18.25
% change year-on-year -7.60% +30.52% +3.58%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Law relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Law job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Law
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Law.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in Birmingham

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Law.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Law

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Elite 3E
2 1 (12.50%) Aareon QL
2 1 (12.50%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (12.50%) NEC Housing
2 1 (12.50%) OPENHousing
2 1 (12.50%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Figma
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 5 (62.50%) Legal
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Legal Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (12.50%) Master Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Aareon
1 1 (12.50%) Capita
1 1 (12.50%) Civica
1 1 (12.50%) Intapp
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) NEC
1 1 (12.50%) Northgate
1 1 (12.50%) Oneserve
1 1 (12.50%) Orchard
1 1 (12.50%) SAP