Law Contracts in England

Law
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Law over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 163 210
Rank change year-on-year -24 +47 -1
Contract jobs citing Law 463 818 1,006
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.25% 1.62% 1.41%
As % of the General category 2.14% 2.73% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 575 687
10th Percentile £257 £213 £262
25th Percentile £418 £373 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +19.32%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £774 £761 £711
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 27
10th Percentile £10.42 £15.25 £10.65
25th Percentile £11.91 £16.43 £15.13
Median hourly rate £13.00 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +42.86% -58.82%
75th Percentile £27.96 £57.38 £34.88
90th Percentile £32.50 £64.50 £43.45
UK median hourly rate £14.32 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -42.74% +42.86% -58.82%

All General Skills
England

Law is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,593 29,947 40,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.42% 59.25% 56.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,921 20,994 27,954
10th Percentile £275 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,773 988 1,324
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £18.44 £14.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%
75th Percentile £51.50 £61.25 £45.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.26 £57.97
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Law in England

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Law in England

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Law in England

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Law in England

Law
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -25 220 £550 +4.76% 445
South East +15 92 £625 +48.54% 108
Midlands +14 68 £600 +12.94% 88
West Midlands +24 61 £600 +9.09% 45
North of England -21 40 £450 -17.81% 158
South West -12 26 £590 -9.23% 69
North West +4 22 £500 -0.20% 92
East of England +6 18 £315 -26.23% 48
Yorkshire +2 16 £190 -62.00% 58
East Midlands +13 7 £500 +42.86% 43
North East -7 2 £341 -41.16% 9
Law
UK

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.43%) CMS
3 2 (0.43%) Confluence
3 2 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 22 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.08%) Simulink
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.43%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.51%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.30%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) Aareon QL
6 1 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.22%) Exstream
6 1 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
6 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.22%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.22%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 64 (13.82%) Azure
2 48 (10.37%) SaaS
3 44 (9.50%) IaaS
4 43 (9.29%) PaaS
5 31 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (6.48%) AWS
7 17 (3.67%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.59%) OCI
9 9 (1.94%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.51%) GitHub
11 6 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.86%) Tricentis Tosca
14 3 (0.65%) Google Docs
14 3 (0.65%) Google Sheets
14 3 (0.65%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 45 (9.72%) 5G
2 40 (8.64%) Broadband
3 8 (1.73%) Internet
4 7 (1.51%) Intranet
5 5 (1.08%) HTTP
6 4 (0.86%) Firewall
6 4 (0.86%) Network Security
6 4 (0.86%) VPN
7 3 (0.65%) LAN
7 3 (0.65%) Wireless
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.43%) WAN
8 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.22%) DHCP
9 1 (0.22%) DKIM
9 1 (0.22%) DMARC
9 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.02%) Power BI
2 7 (1.51%) NoSQL
2 7 (1.51%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.30%) Metadata
4 5 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.43%) Tableau
7 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.22%) Power Query
7 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (5.18%) Jenkins
2 20 (4.32%) Cucumber
2 20 (4.32%) Selenium
3 19 (4.10%) REST Assured
3 19 (4.10%) SonarQube
4 18 (3.89%) JIRA
5 17 (3.67%) GitLab
6 5 (1.08%) Gradle
6 5 (1.08%) Maven
7 4 (0.86%) LoadRunner
7 4 (0.86%) NeoLoad
7 4 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.86%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.43%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.43%) Git
9 2 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.43%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.43%) Rational Team Concert
9 2 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 130 (28.08%) Social Skills
2 102 (22.03%) Finance
3 89 (19.22%) Legal
4 45 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (6.05%) Police
7 25 (5.40%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (4.10%) Marketing
10 15 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.81%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.51%) Billing
12 7 (1.51%) Front Office
13 5 (1.08%) Local Government
14 4 (0.86%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.86%) Retail
15 3 (0.65%) Automotive
15 3 (0.65%) Back Office
16 2 (0.43%) Advertising
16 2 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 40 (8.64%) Developer
2 39 (8.42%) Penetration Tester
2 39 (8.42%) Security Penetration Tester
2 39 (8.42%) Security Specialist
2 39 (8.42%) Security Tester
2 39 (8.42%) Tester
2 39 (8.42%) Testing Specialist
3 35 (7.56%) Consultant
4 33 (7.13%) Analyst
5 26 (5.62%) Senior
6 25 (5.40%) Lead
7 24 (5.18%) Project Manager
8 22 (4.75%) Architect
9 17 (3.67%) Java Engineer
10 16 (3.46%) IT Manager
11 15 (3.24%) Commercial Manager
12 14 (3.02%) Administrator
12 14 (3.02%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (2.81%) Software Engineer
14 12 (2.59%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.64%) Web Services
2 27 (5.83%) REST
3 20 (4.32%) Java EE
4 14 (3.02%) .NET
5 11 (2.38%) ARM Templates
6 10 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (1.73%) Node.js
8 7 (1.51%) React
9 5 (1.08%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.08%) Spring
9 5 (1.08%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.86%) HTML
11 3 (0.65%) JSON
11 3 (0.65%) RESTful
12 2 (0.43%) CSS
12 2 (0.43%) Material-UI
12 2 (0.43%) Middleware
12 2 (0.43%) NumPy
12 2 (0.43%) Pandas
12 2 (0.43%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.07%) Mobile App
2 25 (5.40%) Data Centre
3 20 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.08%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.08%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (0.86%) Freedom of Information Act
8 4 (0.86%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.65%) Housing Association
9 3 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.65%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.43%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.43%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.43%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.83%) Windows
2 14 (3.02%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.51%) Linux
4 5 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.43%) Android
5 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.43%) Unix
5 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Phone
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
2 60 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (12.31%) Agile
4 55 (11.88%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (10.58%) DevOps
6 44 (9.50%) Project Management
7 41 (8.86%) Security Testing
8 40 (8.64%) OWASP
8 40 (8.64%) Penetration Testing
9 39 (8.42%) Application Security
9 39 (8.42%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 33 (7.13%) Customer Service
11 32 (6.91%) Migration
12 31 (6.70%) Test Automation
13 30 (6.48%) Software Engineering
14 29 (6.26%) CI/CD
14 29 (6.26%) Decision-Making
15 25 (5.40%) Information Security
16 23 (4.97%) Artificial Intelligence
16 23 (4.97%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.13%) Java
2 21 (4.54%) SQL
3 12 (2.59%) C#
3 12 (2.59%) Python
4 10 (2.16%) C
5 9 (1.94%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.73%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.51%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.86%) Bash
8 4 (0.86%) C++
8 4 (0.86%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.43%) Ada
9 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.43%) Fortran
9 2 (0.43%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.43%) R
10 1 (0.22%) Ada 95
10 1 (0.22%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.22%) Scala
10 1 (0.22%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 109 (23.54%) Security Cleared
2 68 (14.69%) SC Cleared
3 42 (9.07%) Degree
4 39 (8.42%) CREST Certified
4 39 (8.42%) GIAC
4 39 (8.42%) GPEN
4 39 (8.42%) OSCP
4 39 (8.42%) SANS
5 8 (1.73%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.51%) ISEB
7 6 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.86%) ACCA
9 3 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.65%) CCNP
9 3 (0.65%) CIPD
9 3 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.43%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.43%) PMP
10 2 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (15.77%) GDPR
2 39 (8.42%) NCSC
2 39 (8.42%) PCI DSS
3 19 (4.10%) PMO
4 10 (2.16%) QA
5 9 (1.94%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.86%) SLA
8 3 (0.65%) GRC
9 1 (0.22%) MISRA
9 1 (0.22%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) P3O
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (5.18%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.75%) Docker
3 3 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (6.48%) Terraform
2 27 (5.83%) Ansible
2 27 (5.83%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.73%) Docker Swarm
4 8 (1.73%) Podman
5 2 (0.43%) CEMLI
5 2 (0.43%) SCCM
6 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.42%) Virgin Media
3 30 (6.48%) Oracle
4 15 (3.24%) iManage
5 11 (2.38%) SAP
6 8 (1.73%) Intapp
6 8 (1.73%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.51%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.08%) Google
8 5 (1.08%) Reuters
9 4 (0.86%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (0.86%) Cisco
9 4 (0.86%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.65%) IBM
10 3 (0.65%) Juniper
11 2 (0.43%) BMC
11 2 (0.43%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.43%) MathWorks
11 2 (0.43%) VMware
11 2 (0.43%) Xilinx