Law Contracts 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 190 158
Rank change year-on-year -19 -32 +58
Contract jobs citing Law 307 457 820
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.26% 1.23% 1.63%
As % of the General category 1.97% 2.10% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 284 577
10th Percentile £289 £258 £213
25th Percentile £413 £423 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £628 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £760
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -8.59% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 27 23
10th Percentile £28.73 £10.42 £15.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £11.91 £16.43
Median hourly rate £30.20 £13.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.31% -48.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £81.01 £27.96 £57.38
90th Percentile £81.08 £32.50 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £14.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +284.21% -42.74% +42.86%

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 15,582 21,742 29,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.02% 58.41% 59.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,120 14,023 20,959
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 674 1,785 974
10th Percentile £14.01 £13.00 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.27 £15.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £33.91
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -11.53% +57.72%
75th Percentile £58.34 £51.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -17 149 £525 -4.55% 1,213
Midlands +14 61 £525 -12.50% 117
West Midlands -4 41 £538 -10.42% 74
South East -7 33 £501 -18.29% 226
North of England +17 29 £450 - 204
East Midlands +23 20 £500 - 42
North West +5 16 £413 -17.50% 124
South West +34 15 £225 -61.86% 80
East of England +27 12 £525 +66.67% 64
Yorkshire +11 12 £475 +150.00% 68
North East -1 1 - - 14
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 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.30%) CMS
2 4 (1.30%) Confluence
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.98%) Apache
4 2 (0.65%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.65%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.65%) Trello
6 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.98%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.65%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.65%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.65%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.33%) Primavera
4 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.33%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (17.59%) Azure
2 29 (9.45%) AWS
3 20 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.91%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.63%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.98%) SaaS
6 3 (0.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 3 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (0.98%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.65%) Boomi
7 2 (0.65%) IaaS
7 2 (0.65%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.33%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.33%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.26%) DNS
1 10 (3.26%) Firewall
2 5 (1.63%) Intranet
2 5 (1.63%) LAN
2 5 (1.63%) Network Security
2 5 (1.63%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.63%) VPN
2 5 (1.63%) WAN
3 4 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (1.30%) FTP
3 4 (1.30%) HTTP
3 4 (1.30%) MPLS
3 4 (1.30%) SAN
3 4 (1.30%) SMTP
3 4 (1.30%) SSL
4 2 (0.65%) DMZ
4 2 (0.65%) Internet
4 2 (0.65%) OSPF
4 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.58%) Power BI
2 10 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.98%) Big Data
3 3 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.65%) DB2
4 2 (0.65%) Metadata
5 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.33%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.33%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 19 (6.19%) JIRA
2 13 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.58%) SonarQube
4 9 (2.93%) GitLab
5 8 (2.61%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.61%) REST Assured
5 8 (2.61%) Selenium
6 5 (1.63%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.63%) JMeter
7 3 (0.98%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.33%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 87 (28.34%) Finance
2 82 (26.71%) Social Skills
3 59 (19.22%) Legal
4 38 (12.38%) Public Sector
5 34 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (7.17%) Police
7 14 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.58%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.28%) Marketing
11 5 (1.63%) Banking
11 5 (1.63%) Local Government
11 5 (1.63%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.30%) Military
12 4 (1.30%) Publishing
12 4 (1.30%) Retail
13 3 (0.98%) French Language
14 2 (0.65%) Automotive
14 2 (0.65%) Dutch Language
14 2 (0.65%) German Language
Job Titles
1 56 (18.24%) Analyst
2 28 (9.12%) Architect
2 28 (9.12%) Consultant
3 25 (8.14%) Senior
4 23 (7.49%) Developer
5 22 (7.17%) Lead
6 19 (6.19%) Project Manager
7 13 (4.23%) Business Analyst
8 11 (3.58%) IT Analyst
9 10 (3.26%) Information Manager
9 10 (3.26%) Service Analyst
9 10 (3.26%) Software Engineer
10 9 (2.93%) IT Support
10 9 (2.93%) PMO Analyst
10 9 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (2.61%) Senior Manager
11 8 (2.61%) Service Desk Analyst
12 7 (2.28%) Migration Engineer
12 7 (2.28%) Programme Manager
12 7 (2.28%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.93%) REST
2 8 (2.61%) .NET
2 8 (2.61%) ARM Templates
2 8 (2.61%) Java EE
3 7 (2.28%) CSS
4 6 (1.95%) HTML
5 5 (1.63%) Middleware
6 4 (1.30%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.30%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.30%) LDAP
7 3 (0.98%) ADO
7 3 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (0.98%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (0.98%) DCOM
7 3 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.98%) NumPy
7 3 (0.98%) Pandas
7 3 (0.98%) PySpark
7 3 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (0.98%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.91%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.61%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (1.95%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.95%) Freedom of Information
4 6 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (1.95%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.30%) CMDB
6 4 (1.30%) Cyberattack
6 4 (1.30%) Hedge funds
6 4 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.30%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.98%) CSOC
7 3 (0.98%) Digital Media
7 3 (0.98%) e-Learning
7 3 (0.98%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (0.98%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.12%) Windows
2 18 (5.86%) Linux
3 13 (4.23%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.93%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.98%) CentOS
5 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.65%) Unix
6 2 (0.65%) VMS
7 1 (0.33%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (11.40%) Change Management
3 33 (10.75%) ITIL
4 30 (9.77%) DevOps
5 29 (9.45%) Agile
6 27 (8.79%) Migration
6 27 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (8.47%) Data Protection
7 26 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (8.14%) Risk Management
9 24 (7.82%) Project Management
10 20 (6.51%) Artificial Intelligence
11 18 (5.86%) Software Engineering
12 17 (5.54%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (5.54%) Information Security
12 17 (5.54%) Technical Leadership
13 16 (5.21%) Customer Service
14 15 (4.89%) Configuration Management
15 13 (4.23%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.14%) SQL
2 10 (3.26%) Java
3 8 (2.61%) Python
4 7 (2.28%) C#
5 6 (1.95%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.30%) ABAP
6 4 (1.30%) Ada
6 4 (1.30%) C++
6 4 (1.30%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.65%) PHP
8 1 (0.33%) Bash
8 1 (0.33%) C
8 1 (0.33%) RPG
8 1 (0.33%) RPG/400
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 60 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 56 (18.24%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.17%) Degree
4 6 (1.95%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.63%) CISM
6 4 (1.30%) CISSP
6 4 (1.30%) ISEB
6 4 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.98%) EnCE
8 2 (0.65%) CIPD
8 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.65%) PMP
9 1 (0.33%) ACCA
9 1 (0.33%) CCNA
9 1 (0.33%) CCNP
9 1 (0.33%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.21%) GDPR
2 11 (3.58%) PMO
3 7 (2.28%) HL7
4 5 (1.63%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.63%) NIST
5 4 (1.30%) GRC
5 4 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.30%) SLA
6 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.98%) NCSC
6 3 (0.98%) PSD2
7 2 (0.65%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.65%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.65%) QA
8 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 19 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.21%) Docker
3 8 (2.61%) vSphere
4 5 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.98%) vCloud
6 3 (0.98%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (5.54%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.89%) Terraform
3 13 (4.23%) Ansible
4 9 (2.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.61%) Docker Swarm
5 8 (2.61%) Podman
6 3 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.98%) EnCase
6 3 (0.98%) FTK
6 3 (0.98%) Kibana
6 3 (0.98%) SCCM
7 2 (0.65%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.65%) SCOM
7 2 (0.65%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.33%) Grafana
8 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.21%) ServiceNow
3 14 (4.56%) SAP
4 13 (4.23%) Oracle
5 9 (2.93%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.28%) iManage
6 7 (2.28%) SolarWinds
7 6 (1.95%) Cisco
8 5 (1.63%) Dell
8 5 (1.63%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.63%) VMware
8 5 (1.63%) Workday
9 4 (1.30%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.30%) F5
9 4 (1.30%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.30%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.98%) Aruba
10 3 (0.98%) Nuix
10 3 (0.98%) Reuters
10 3 (0.98%) Sage