Law Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Law
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 45 50
Rank change year-on-year -28 +5 +27
Contract jobs citing Law 2 17 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.23% 2.34% 2.36%
As % of the General category 0.37% 3.96% 4.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - £417 £254
25th Percentile £281 £458 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £599 £350
Median % change year-on-year -51.98% +71.07% -9.15%
75th Percentile £294 £715 £494
90th Percentile - £717 £640
England median daily rate £550 £484 £535
% change year-on-year +13.70% -9.58% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.25
Median hourly rate - - £15.50
75th Percentile - - £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.45 £38.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -54.08% +100.00% -1.55%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 544 429 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 63.48% 58.93% 49.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 258 278
10th Percentile £213 £259 £199
25th Percentile £350 £343 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £445 £470
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% -5.37% -1.00%
75th Percentile £500 £533 £600
90th Percentile £625 £624 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 21 33
10th Percentile £15.67 £14.65 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.10 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.66 £17.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.43% -38.18% +62.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 £39.68 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.45 £55.00 £69.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £31.97 £30.05
% change year-on-year -21.80% +6.39% +16.88%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Law job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Law.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Law

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Law.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Law

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Nottinghamshire -1 2 £288 -39.47% 14
Law
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) UI Designer
1 1 (50.00%) UI Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service