Law Contracts in Central London

Law
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 104 107
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +52
Contract jobs citing Law 31 31 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.50% 1.36% 1.71%
As % of the General category 2.04% 2.02% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 51
10th Percentile £214 £273 £263
25th Percentile £263 £561 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +47.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £742 £618
90th Percentile £725 £808 £694
London median daily rate £543 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -5.65% +4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 £11.25 £16.61
Median hourly rate £62.50 £12.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +400.00% -27.54% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £13.75 £17.89
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £62.50 £26.97 £39.00
% change year-on-year +131.74% -30.85% +4.00%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,521 1,534 2,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 73.51% 67.22% 63.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 1,037 1,588
10th Percentile £328 £350 £313
25th Percentile £425 £458 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £805 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 14 13
10th Percentile £22.00 £17.27 -
25th Percentile £26.00 £24.49 £14.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +9.09% -34.52%
75th Percentile £51.46 £56.88 £35.00
90th Percentile £65.57 £88.38 £51.46
London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.89% +0.71% -1.41%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Law in Central London

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Law in Central London

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in Central London over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in Central London

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Law in Central London

Law
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
City of London +7 31 £550 -21.43% 99
Law
London

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.45%) CMS
2 2 (6.45%) Confluence
2 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (9.68%) Trello
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) SAP CO
1 1 (3.23%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.23%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Network Security
1 2 (6.45%) Skype
1 2 (6.45%) WebEx
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
General
1 9 (29.03%) Finance
1 9 (29.03%) Legal
2 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Police
3 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.68%) Retail
4 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.23%) Spanish Language
4 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Analyst
2 5 (16.13%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Business Manager
4 3 (9.68%) IT Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Audio Visual Support
5 2 (6.45%) Business Information Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Data Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Information Manager
5 2 (6.45%) IT Support
5 2 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Support Assistant
5 2 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (3.23%) REST
1 1 (3.23%) SOAP
1 1 (3.23%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.45%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.23%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.23%) Hackathon
3 1 (3.23%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.23%) iPad
3 1 (3.23%) iPhone
3 1 (3.23%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 3 (9.68%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.23%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) ITIL
2 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (19.35%) Data Protection
3 5 (16.13%) Agile
3 5 (16.13%) Change Management
3 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.90%) Migration
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (9.68%) Analytics
5 3 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (9.68%) Data Governance
5 3 (9.68%) PRINCE2
5 3 (9.68%) Project Management
5 3 (9.68%) Service Management
6 2 (6.45%) BCP
6 2 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.45%) UML
6 2 (6.45%) Use Case
6 2 (6.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Apex Code
1 1 (3.23%) Perl
1 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
1 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.45%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.45%) PMP
3 1 (3.23%) APMG
3 1 (3.23%) CCNP
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.23%) EnCE
3 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) GDPR
2 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
2 2 (6.45%) QA
3 1 (3.23%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.45%) AirWatch
2 2 (6.45%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (3.23%) EnCase
3 1 (3.23%) FTK
3 1 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Atlassian
2 2 (6.45%) Dell
2 2 (6.45%) HP
2 2 (6.45%) iManage
2 2 (6.45%) Intapp
2 2 (6.45%) Polycom
2 2 (6.45%) Pure Storage
2 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.45%) SAP
2 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.45%) Symantec
3 1 (3.23%) Aderant
3 1 (3.23%) Cellebrite
3 1 (3.23%) Exabeam
3 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.23%) Guidewire
3 1 (3.23%) LexisNexis
3 1 (3.23%) Nuix
3 1 (3.23%) Splunk