Law Contract Job Trends in England

Law
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 220 237
Rank change year-on-year -18 +17 -78
Contract jobs citing Law 473 327 357
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 1.20% 1.01%
As % of the General category 1.91% 1.88% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 162 209
10th Percentile £363 £214 £263
25th Percentile £463 £366 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £688
90th Percentile £706 £723 £813
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +3.90% -9.09% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 25 17
10th Percentile - £12.21 £12.28
25th Percentile £17.11 £13.46 £18.97
Median hourly rate £24.29 £27.64 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +25.64% +12.82%
75th Percentile £25.77 £55.49 £27.96
90th Percentile £55.83 £76.11 £38.65
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £30.20 £26.97
% change year-on-year -14.67% +11.98% +41.95%

All General Skills
England

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 general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 24,783 17,367 20,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.24% 63.62% 57.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,882 11,099 13,036
10th Percentile £313 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £749 £756 £775
UK median daily rate £524 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.80% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,811 903 1,498
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.03 £16.34 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.04 £35.86
Median % change year-on-year +30.53% -27.37% +19.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.14 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.81 £25.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.65% -27.14% +14.60%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Law job vacancy trend in England

Law
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in England over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Law in England

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Law

Law
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in England over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Law in England

Law
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the England region over the 6 months to 22 July 2026. 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
London +3 254 £550 +4.76% 790
North of England -51 63 £450 +5.88% 104
South East -43 48 £505 +12.22% 112
Midlands -57 39 £530 -1.49% 52
East of England -6 34 £494 +9.72% 28
Yorkshire -25 34 £495 -12.09% 34
West Midlands -60 29 £588 +6.82% 31
North West -50 25 £425 +6.25% 57
South West -35 18 £425 +88.89% 26
East Midlands -11 9 £200 -48.05% 21
North East -33 4 - - 13
Law
UK

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.42%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) Maximo
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.42%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.21%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.21%) Primavera
5 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (14.59%) Azure
2 64 (13.53%) Power Platform
3 39 (8.25%) Dynamics 365
4 28 (5.92%) AWS
5 23 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (3.38%) Microsoft Copilot
7 15 (3.17%) GitHub
7 15 (3.17%) SaaS
8 12 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.54%) Power Automate
9 11 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (2.33%) Serverless
10 10 (2.11%) Entra ID
10 10 (2.11%) GCP
10 10 (2.11%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (1.90%) SuccessFactors
12 8 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (1.69%) Copilot Studio
13 7 (1.48%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.69%) Firewall
3 7 (1.48%) VPN
4 6 (1.27%) Network Security
4 6 (1.27%) WAN
4 6 (1.27%) Wireless
5 5 (1.06%) DNS
5 5 (1.06%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.06%) LAN
5 5 (1.06%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.85%) Cisco IPT
6 4 (0.85%) DHCP
6 4 (0.85%) MPLS
6 4 (0.85%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.42%) BGP
7 2 (0.42%) Internet
7 2 (0.42%) OSPF
7 2 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (10.99%) Power BI
2 8 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.85%) Metadata
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.63%) Redis
5 3 (0.63%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.42%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.42%) Spark SQL
6 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.21%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.21%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (4.23%) Jenkins
2 18 (3.81%) JIRA
3 14 (2.96%) GitLab
4 10 (2.11%) JUnit
4 10 (2.11%) Mockito
5 7 (1.48%) Git
5 7 (1.48%) Liquibase
6 5 (1.06%) Gradle
6 5 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.42%) Flyway
7 2 (0.42%) git-flow
8 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.21%) JMeter
8 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 131 (27.70%) Finance
2 114 (24.10%) Social Skills
3 98 (20.72%) Legal
4 60 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (10.15%) Public Sector
6 35 (7.40%) Police
7 24 (5.07%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (3.81%) Banking
9 14 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.96%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.33%) Marketing
11 8 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.48%) Legal Technology
12 7 (1.48%) Social Science
13 6 (1.27%) Aviation
13 6 (1.27%) Front Office
14 5 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.85%) Electronics
16 3 (0.63%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (13.53%) Lead
1 64 (13.53%) Senior
2 60 (12.68%) Analyst
3 45 (9.51%) Architect
4 37 (7.82%) Project Manager
5 36 (7.61%) Developer
6 31 (6.55%) Functional Architect
6 31 (6.55%) Lead Architect
7 29 (6.13%) Software Engineer
8 21 (4.44%) Consultant
9 18 (3.81%) Business Analyst
10 17 (3.59%) IT Trainer
10 17 (3.59%) Senior Manager
10 17 (3.59%) Trainer
11 15 (3.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 14 (2.96%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
12 14 (2.96%) IT Analyst
12 14 (2.96%) Senior IT Trainer
12 14 (2.96%) Support Analyst
13 13 (2.75%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.75%) Kafka
1 13 (2.75%) REST
2 10 (2.11%) React
2 10 (2.11%) Spring
2 10 (2.11%) Spring Boot
3 8 (1.69%) RESTful
4 7 (1.48%) OpenAPI
4 7 (1.48%) Swagger
5 6 (1.27%) Middleware
5 6 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.06%) SOAP
6 5 (1.06%) Spring Cloud
7 4 (0.85%) JSON
7 4 (0.85%) PySpark
8 3 (0.63%) ADO
8 3 (0.63%) LangChain
9 2 (0.42%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.42%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.42%) Hugging Face
9 2 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.86%) Onboarding
2 15 (3.17%) Cloud Native
3 14 (2.96%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.11%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.69%) CCTV
6 8 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.48%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.48%) Robotics
7 7 (1.48%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.48%) Social Media
8 6 (1.27%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.27%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.27%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.06%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.06%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.77%) Windows
2 21 (4.44%) Linux
3 12 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.48%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.42%) Unix
6 2 (0.42%) VMS
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 72 (15.22%) Agile
2 72 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (14.59%) Migration
4 68 (14.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (12.47%) AI
6 57 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (11.84%) Business Intelligence
8 48 (10.15%) User Acceptance Testing
9 47 (9.94%) Data Migration
10 46 (9.73%) ERP
11 44 (9.30%) CI/CD
12 43 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
13 42 (8.88%) Software Engineering
14 39 (8.25%) Change Management
15 38 (8.03%) DevOps
16 37 (7.82%) Architectural Design
16 37 (7.82%) Procure-to-Pay
17 35 (7.40%) End-to-End Testing
18 34 (7.19%) Order to Cash
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.34%) SQL
2 24 (5.07%) Python
3 23 (4.86%) Java
4 16 (3.38%) C
5 12 (2.54%) Ada
5 12 (2.54%) C++
6 10 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.11%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.48%) Bash
7 7 (1.48%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.06%) C#
9 4 (0.85%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.85%) SOQL
10 3 (0.63%) Rust
10 3 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.42%) Bicep
11 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.42%) PromQL
12 1 (0.21%) ABAP
12 1 (0.21%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 92 (19.45%) Security Cleared
2 63 (13.32%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.99%) Degree
4 25 (5.29%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.48%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.27%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.06%) CISSP
10 4 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.85%) CISM
11 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.63%) IIBA
11 3 (0.63%) PMP
12 2 (0.42%) CBAP
12 2 (0.42%) CEH
12 2 (0.42%) CIPD
12 2 (0.42%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.02%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.38%) QA
3 13 (2.75%) GDPR
4 8 (1.69%) NCSC
5 7 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.48%) NIST
6 6 (1.27%) GRC
6 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (1.06%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.85%) MISRA
9 3 (0.63%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.63%) PMO
10 2 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.42%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.21%) MISRA C
11 1 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (4.44%) Active Directory
1 21 (4.44%) Docker
2 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.85%) Firmware
3 4 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.17%) Terraform
3 11 (2.33%) Ansible
4 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.69%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.27%) Grafana
6 4 (0.85%) SCCM
7 2 (0.42%) Consul
7 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.42%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.42%) Puppet
7 2 (0.42%) Salt
7 2 (0.42%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.21%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 102 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.07%) SAP
3 11 (2.33%) Cisco
3 11 (2.33%) ServiceNow
4 9 (1.90%) Intapp
4 9 (1.90%) Workday
5 8 (1.69%) Oracle
6 7 (1.48%) iManage
7 6 (1.27%) Fortinet
7 6 (1.27%) Foundry
7 6 (1.27%) Google
7 6 (1.27%) UiPath
7 6 (1.27%) VMware
8 5 (1.06%) Databricks
8 5 (1.06%) IBM
8 5 (1.06%) Litera
8 5 (1.06%) Solace
8 5 (1.06%) Splunk
9 4 (0.85%) Black Duck
9 4 (0.85%) Palo Alto