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 12 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 223 160
Rank change year-on-year -26 -63 +36
Contract jobs citing Law 325 351 665
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.14% 1.68%
As % of the General category 1.71% 1.92% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 154 452
10th Percentile £263 £240 £233
25th Percentile £413 £364 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £491 £535
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% -8.18% +1.90%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £495 £536
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 15
10th Percentile £12.21 £18.20 £13.31
25th Percentile £13.46 £20.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.45 £38.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.08% +100.00% -1.55%
75th Percentile £39.73 £65.00 £26.25
90th Percentile £66.10 £73.68 £56.92
UK median hourly rate £40.46 £38.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +6.47% +105.41% -5.13%

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,051 18,277 23,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.65% 59.28% 59.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,083 10,971 16,098
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £631 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,222 692 1,026
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £31.80 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -21.37% +4.33% +18.53%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.95 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.15 £70.57
UK median hourly rate £24.34 £29.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.07% -3.33% +20.00%

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 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
London +42 171 £575 +16.16% 572
Midlands -49 39 £550 -4.35% 87
West Midlands -36 38 £550 -2.22% 51
East of England +2 32 £375 - 40
South East -15 31 £490 -16.88% 211
North of England -60 29 £400 - 135
North West -23 22 £390 -2.50% 78
South West -5 17 £565 +151.11% 56
Yorkshire -47 7 £456 +7.35% 39
East Midlands -27 1 £288 -52.08% 35
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 12 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.92%) CMS
2 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.62%) Confluence
3 2 (0.62%) JBoss
3 2 (0.62%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.31%) Resin
Applications
1 20 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.54%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.46%) Simulink
4 6 (1.85%) Windchill
5 5 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.62%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.77%) Elite 3E
2 4 (1.23%) SAP PLM
3 3 (0.92%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.31%) Primavera
4 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.31%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.31%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 55 (16.92%) Azure
2 23 (7.08%) AWS
3 20 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.23%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.62%) SaaS
6 12 (3.69%) Azure Logic Apps
6 12 (3.69%) Entra ID
7 10 (3.08%) GCP
8 9 (2.77%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (2.15%) Azure API Management
10 7 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.15%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.54%) Azure Storage
12 4 (1.23%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.38%) Firewall
2 10 (3.08%) Network Security
3 9 (2.77%) VPN
4 7 (2.15%) DNS
4 7 (2.15%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.54%) Internet
5 5 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (1.23%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.23%) WAN
7 3 (0.92%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.92%) Intranet
7 3 (0.92%) LAN
7 3 (0.92%) SMTP
7 3 (0.92%) WebEx
8 2 (0.62%) DMARC
8 2 (0.62%) Skype
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.31%) MPLS
9 1 (0.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.31%) Power BI
2 5 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.23%) Tableau
4 3 (0.92%) Metadata
5 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.62%) Power Query
5 2 (0.62%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.31%) DTS
6 1 (0.31%) HBase
6 1 (0.31%) KDB
6 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.31%) MySQL
6 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (4.62%) JIRA
2 7 (2.15%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.54%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (1.23%) Git
5 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.62%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.31%) GitLab
7 1 (0.31%) Gradle
7 1 (0.31%) Maven
7 1 (0.31%) PVCS
7 1 (0.31%) QUnit
General
1 116 (35.69%) Social Skills
2 83 (25.54%) Finance
3 72 (22.15%) Legal
4 42 (12.92%) Public Sector
5 32 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.85%) Police
7 13 (4.00%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.38%) Marketing
9 10 (3.08%) Local Government
10 9 (2.77%) Electronics
10 9 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.77%) Retail
11 8 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.15%) Billing
12 7 (2.15%) General Ledger
12 7 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.85%) Front Office
13 6 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (12.00%) Analyst
2 27 (8.31%) Project Manager
3 23 (7.08%) Consultant
3 23 (7.08%) Lead
4 21 (6.46%) Business Analyst
5 20 (6.15%) Senior
6 17 (5.23%) Developer
7 15 (4.62%) Software Engineer
8 10 (3.08%) Support Officer
9 9 (2.77%) Architect
9 9 (2.77%) IT Support
10 8 (2.46%) Administrator
10 8 (2.46%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (2.46%) Telecoms Manager
11 7 (2.15%) Support Engineer
12 6 (1.85%) Commercial Manager
12 6 (1.85%) Product Owner
12 6 (1.85%) Security Analyst
13 5 (1.54%) Service Desk Officer
13 5 (1.54%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.46%) ARM Templates
2 7 (2.15%) Node.js
2 7 (2.15%) YAML
3 6 (1.85%) ADO
3 6 (1.85%) React
4 4 (1.23%) Express.js
4 4 (1.23%) Next.js
4 4 (1.23%) REST
4 4 (1.23%) SOAP
5 3 (0.92%) Flash
5 3 (0.92%) Kafka
5 3 (0.92%) Middleware
5 3 (0.92%) Web Services
6 2 (0.62%) .NET
6 2 (0.62%) CSS
6 2 (0.62%) HTML
6 2 (0.62%) JSON
6 2 (0.62%) Spring
7 1 (0.31%) SAP ALE
7 1 (0.31%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.15%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.85%) Cloud Native
4 6 (1.85%) Freedom of Information Act
5 5 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.54%) Cybercrime
5 5 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.54%) Data Structures
5 5 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
5 5 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.23%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.23%) FPGA
6 4 (1.23%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.23%) VHDL
7 3 (0.92%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.92%) Windows
2 14 (4.31%) Linux
3 7 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.85%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.92%) Unix
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.31%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 43 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (12.00%) Agile
4 36 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 31 (9.54%) Migration
6 29 (8.92%) Change Management
7 28 (8.62%) DevOps
8 23 (7.08%) Data Protection
9 22 (6.77%) Software Engineering
10 21 (6.46%) Analytics
10 21 (6.46%) CI/CD
10 21 (6.46%) Project Management
11 18 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (5.23%) ITIL
13 16 (4.92%) Infrastructure as Code
13 16 (4.92%) Project Delivery
13 16 (4.92%) Workflow
14 15 (4.62%) CRM
14 15 (4.62%) PRINCE2
14 15 (4.62%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.46%) Python
2 19 (5.85%) C++
3 15 (4.62%) SQL
4 11 (3.38%) Bicep
4 11 (3.38%) C
4 11 (3.38%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.46%) MATLAB
6 7 (2.15%) Bash
6 7 (2.15%) Java
6 7 (2.15%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.85%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.54%) C#
9 3 (0.92%) Ada
9 3 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.31%) Clojure
11 1 (0.31%) Groovy
11 1 (0.31%) Perl
11 1 (0.31%) Scala
11 1 (0.31%) X++
Qualifications
1 69 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 48 (14.77%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.46%) Degree
4 22 (6.77%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.46%) CIPD
6 6 (1.85%) ACCA
6 6 (1.85%) CIMA
6 6 (1.85%) CISSP
6 6 (1.85%) PMP
7 5 (1.54%) CEH
7 5 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
7 5 (1.54%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.54%) GIAC
8 4 (1.23%) GREM
8 4 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.23%) OSCP
9 3 (0.92%) CISM
9 3 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.92%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.62%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.38%) GDPR
2 16 (4.92%) QA
3 11 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.15%) NCSC
5 6 (1.85%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.85%) SLA
6 5 (1.54%) NIST
6 5 (1.54%) PMO
7 4 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.92%) PERC
9 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.62%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.62%) GRC
9 2 (0.62%) HL7
9 2 (0.62%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.62%) MISRA
10 1 (0.31%) COBIT
10 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (5.54%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.46%) Firmware
2 8 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.15%) Docker
4 6 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.54%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (2.15%) Terraform
2 6 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.23%) Kibana
4 3 (0.92%) Ansible
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.31%) EnCase
6 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.31%) FTK
6 1 (0.31%) Nmap
6 1 (0.31%) QRadar
6 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 39 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.54%) SAP
3 10 (3.08%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.46%) Workday
5 7 (2.15%) VMware
6 6 (1.85%) Cisco
6 6 (1.85%) iManage
6 6 (1.85%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.54%) Aderant
7 5 (1.54%) Citrix
7 5 (1.54%) Intapp
8 4 (1.23%) Google
8 4 (1.23%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.23%) Xero
9 3 (0.92%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.92%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.62%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.62%) IBM
10 2 (0.62%) OpenText
10 2 (0.62%) Oracle