Law Contracts in the City of London

Law
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 84 121
Rank change year-on-year -8 +37 +15
Contract jobs citing Law 24 39 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.42% 1.80% 1.31%
As % of the General category 1.98% 2.71% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 35
10th Percentile £216 £338 £245
25th Percentile £323 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +38.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £616 £719 £563
90th Percentile £725 £810 £633
Central London median daily rate £463 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -26.00% +38.89% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - £16.61
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £17.25
75th Percentile £63.75 - £17.89
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 - £17.25

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,212 1,441 2,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.80% 66.56% 62.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 1,012 1,553
10th Percentile £331 £338 £363
25th Percentile £453 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £617
Median % change year-on-year - -6.83% +7.33%
75th Percentile £688 £696 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 14
10th Percentile £22.00 £18.74 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.15 £15.78
Median hourly rate £31.00 £22.41 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.35% +6.70% -48.15%
75th Percentile £53.75 £27.13 £50.14
90th Percentile £100.00 £34.33 £57.25
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -14.29% -30.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Law in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Law in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Law in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.33%) CMS
2 2 (8.33%) Confluence
2 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.17%) Anypoint
3 1 (4.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) SAP CO
1 1 (4.17%) SAP FI
1 1 (4.17%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) Network Security
1 1 (4.17%) Skype
1 1 (4.17%) VPN
1 1 (4.17%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Lake
1 2 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Legal
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Police
5 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.33%) Retail
7 1 (4.17%) Dutch Language
7 1 (4.17%) French Language
7 1 (4.17%) Marketing
7 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Consultant
2 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Business Information Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Business Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Data Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Information Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Service Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Leader
5 1 (4.17%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
1 1 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (4.17%) Middleware
1 1 (4.17%) REST
1 1 (4.17%) SOAP
1 1 (4.17%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.33%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Digital Media
3 1 (4.17%) Hackathon
3 1 (4.17%) Hedge funds
3 1 (4.17%) iPad
3 1 (4.17%) iPhone
3 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Data Protection
2 6 (25.00%) ITIL
2 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (16.67%) Change Management
5 3 (12.50%) Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 3 (12.50%) Service Management
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.33%) BCP
6 2 (8.33%) Business Case
6 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
6 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.33%) Project Management
6 2 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Apex Code
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.33%) PMP
3 1 (4.17%) CCNP
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) EnCE
3 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) GDPR
1 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) AirWatch
2 2 (8.33%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (4.17%) EnCase
3 1 (4.17%) FTK
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 3 (12.50%) SAP
4 2 (8.33%) Atlassian
4 2 (8.33%) Dell
4 2 (8.33%) HP
4 2 (8.33%) iManage
4 2 (8.33%) Intapp
4 2 (8.33%) Pure Storage
4 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (8.33%) Symantec
5 1 (4.17%) Apple
5 1 (4.17%) Cellebrite
5 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.17%) LexisNexis
5 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
5 1 (4.17%) Nuix
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle
5 1 (4.17%) Polycom
5 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud