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 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 215 228
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 -61
Contract jobs citing Law 500 329 343
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 1.19% 1.03%
As % of the General category 1.98% 1.85% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 162 179
10th Percentile £358 £221 £263
25th Percentile £463 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.43% -8.59% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £688
90th Percentile £740 £725 £815
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 27 12
10th Percentile £14.62 £12.21 £19.12
25th Percentile £17.11 £14.47 £20.50
Median hourly rate £17.73 £27.64 £24.49
Median % change year-on-year -35.87% +12.89% +36.03%
75th Percentile £25.77 £59.62 £29.09
90th Percentile £49.30 £76.66 £35.88
UK median hourly rate £20.27 £45.23 £26.97
% change year-on-year -55.19% +67.70% +49.83%

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 25,257 17,757 19,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.33% 64.34% 57.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,056 11,291 12,230
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £420 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £540
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.02% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £660
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,011 962 1,173
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.30
25th Percentile £17.73 £16.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +25.25% -32.93% +36.36%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +4 259 £550 - 1,002
North of England -17 80 £425 -5.56% 158
South East -44 50 £525 +10.53% 189
East of England +5 45 £450 - 64
Yorkshire -9 43 £388 -31.11% 44
Midlands -60 35 £438 -21.52% 76
North West -31 33 £450 +2.86% 89
West Midlands -63 23 £600 +6.19% 56
South West -40 16 £425 -19.43% 76
East Midlands -14 11 £200 -48.05% 20
North East -35 4 - - 25
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 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.00%) Confluence
4 2 (0.40%) Apache
4 2 (0.40%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Mendix
5 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Simulink
4 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.60%) Maximo
2 3 (0.60%) Oracle SCM
3 2 (0.40%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.20%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (14.00%) Azure
2 66 (13.20%) Power Platform
3 43 (8.60%) AWS
4 37 (7.40%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (3.20%) GitHub
6 16 (3.20%) SaaS
7 15 (3.00%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.60%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
9 12 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (2.40%) Serverless
10 11 (2.20%) GCP
10 11 (2.20%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.80%) Copilot Studio
11 9 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
12 8 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (1.80%) Firewall
3 7 (1.40%) Wireless
4 6 (1.20%) Cisco IPT
4 6 (1.20%) DNS
4 6 (1.20%) VPN
5 5 (1.00%) DHCP
5 5 (1.00%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.00%) Network Security
6 4 (0.80%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (0.80%) WAN
7 3 (0.60%) LAN
7 3 (0.60%) MPLS
7 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.40%) BGP
8 2 (0.40%) Broadband
8 2 (0.40%) OSPF
8 2 (0.40%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.20%) Power BI
2 9 (1.80%) Metadata
3 8 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.60%) Redis
7 3 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.40%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.20%) KDB
9 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 19 (3.80%) JIRA
3 14 (2.80%) GitLab
4 10 (2.00%) Git
4 10 (2.00%) JUnit
4 10 (2.00%) Mockito
5 7 (1.40%) Liquibase
5 7 (1.40%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (1.00%) Gradle
7 4 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.40%) Flyway
8 2 (0.40%) git-flow
8 2 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 135 (27.00%) Finance
2 125 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 96 (19.20%) Legal
4 65 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (11.60%) Public Sector
6 38 (7.60%) Police
7 28 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.20%) Banking
10 14 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.80%) Marketing
12 8 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.40%) Social Science
14 6 (1.20%) Aviation
14 6 (1.20%) Electronics
14 6 (1.20%) Front Office
15 5 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.80%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 72 (14.40%) Lead
2 61 (12.20%) Analyst
3 58 (11.60%) Senior
4 47 (9.40%) Architect
5 39 (7.80%) Developer
6 33 (6.60%) Project Manager
7 31 (6.20%) Functional Architect
7 31 (6.20%) Lead Architect
8 26 (5.20%) Software Engineer
9 19 (3.80%) Consultant
9 19 (3.80%) IT Trainer
9 19 (3.80%) Trainer
10 17 (3.40%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 16 (3.20%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
11 16 (3.20%) Senior IT Trainer
12 14 (2.80%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.80%) IT Analyst
12 14 (2.80%) IT Manager
12 14 (2.80%) Support Analyst
12 14 (2.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.80%) REST
2 15 (3.00%) Terraform
3 13 (2.60%) Kafka
4 12 (2.40%) React
5 10 (2.00%) Spring
5 10 (2.00%) Spring Boot
6 8 (1.60%) RESTful
7 7 (1.40%) OpenAPI
7 7 (1.40%) Swagger
8 6 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (1.20%) SOAP
9 5 (1.00%) Middleware
9 5 (1.00%) Spring Cloud
10 4 (0.80%) JSON
10 4 (0.80%) Next.js
11 3 (0.60%) .NET
11 3 (0.60%) LangChain
11 3 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (0.60%) PySpark
12 2 (0.40%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.80%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.40%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.00%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.80%) Social Media
6 8 (1.60%) CCTV
6 8 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.40%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.40%) Robotics
8 6 (1.20%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.00%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.00%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.00%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.00%) FPGA
9 5 (1.00%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.20%) Windows
2 22 (4.40%) Linux
3 15 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.40%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.00%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.40%) Unix
6 2 (0.40%) VMS
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (17.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 78 (15.60%) Agile
2 78 (15.60%) Migration
3 77 (15.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (14.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (11.60%) Business Intelligence
7 57 (11.40%) AI
8 50 (10.00%) Data Migration
9 48 (9.60%) ERP
10 47 (9.40%) CI/CD
11 46 (9.20%) Software Engineering
12 45 (9.00%) User Acceptance Testing
13 41 (8.20%) Translating Business Requirements
14 40 (8.00%) DevOps
15 39 (7.80%) Change Management
16 37 (7.40%) Validation
17 36 (7.20%) Architectural Design
17 36 (7.20%) Procure-to-Pay
18 34 (6.80%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.00%) Python
1 35 (7.00%) SQL
2 22 (4.40%) Java
3 14 (2.80%) C
3 14 (2.80%) C++
4 13 (2.60%) TypeScript
5 11 (2.20%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.00%) Bash
7 9 (1.80%) Ada
8 8 (1.60%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.20%) C#
10 4 (0.80%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.80%) SOQL
10 4 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.40%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.40%) PromQL
12 1 (0.20%) Bicep
12 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.20%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (21.00%) Security Cleared
2 79 (15.80%) SC Cleared
3 50 (10.00%) Degree
4 30 (6.00%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.60%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.40%) CISSP
7 7 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.20%) CISM
9 5 (1.00%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.80%) PMP
11 3 (0.60%) IIBA
12 2 (0.40%) CBAP
12 2 (0.40%) CEH
12 2 (0.40%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.40%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.80%) QA
3 16 (3.20%) GDPR
4 9 (1.80%) NCSC
5 8 (1.60%) GRC
6 7 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.40%) NIST
7 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 5 (1.00%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.80%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.80%) MISRA
10 3 (0.60%) DO-178B
10 3 (0.60%) PMO
11 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.40%) PERC
12 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.20%) MISRA C
System Software
1 21 (4.20%) Docker
2 20 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.80%) Firmware
6 2 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 20 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.80%) Ansible
3 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.60%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.20%) Grafana
5 4 (0.80%) SCCM
6 2 (0.40%) Consul
6 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.40%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.40%) Puppet
6 2 (0.40%) Salt
6 2 (0.40%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.20%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 107 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.60%) SAP
3 16 (3.20%) ServiceNow
4 13 (2.60%) Cisco
5 10 (2.00%) Intapp
5 10 (2.00%) Oracle
6 9 (1.80%) Workday
7 8 (1.60%) iManage
8 7 (1.40%) Aderant
8 7 (1.40%) Google
9 6 (1.20%) Foundry
9 6 (1.20%) Litera
9 6 (1.20%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.20%) UiPath
9 6 (1.20%) VMware
10 5 (1.00%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.00%) IBM
10 5 (1.00%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.00%) Solace
10 5 (1.00%) Splunk