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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 221 228
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 -63
Contract jobs citing Law 495 332 340
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 1.19% 1.02%
As % of the General category 1.95% 1.86% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 164 181
10th Percentile £358 £229 £263
25th Percentile £463 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.43% -8.59% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £688
90th Percentile £725 £725 £815
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 27 12
10th Percentile £15.24 £12.21 £19.12
25th Percentile £17.11 £14.47 £20.50
Median hourly rate £20.27 £27.64 £24.49
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +12.89% +32.35%
75th Percentile £25.77 £59.62 £29.09
90th Percentile £51.48 £76.66 £35.88
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £40.46 £26.97
% change year-on-year -43.62% +50.02% +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 25,402 17,860 19,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.39% 64.26% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,152 11,345 12,286
10th Percentile £313 £276 £300
25th Percentile £419 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.20% -2.18%
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 2,011 974 1,219
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.85 £16.36 £18.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £62.00 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £70.56
UK median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.47% -34.02% +38.62%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -2 254 £550 +1.38% 1,434
North of England -37 80 £425 -2.86% 164
South East -62 49 £525 +10.53% 169
East of England +2 45 £450 - 66
Yorkshire -11 44 £388 -31.11% 47
Midlands -51 36 £525 -5.83% 78
North West -38 32 £450 +5.88% 93
West Midlands -59 25 £568 +0.44% 55
South West -49 17 £425 -37.50% 55
East Midlands -15 10 £200 -48.05% 23
North East -37 4 - - 24
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 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.01%) 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 20 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.61%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Simulink
5 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.61%) Maximo
3 3 (0.61%) Oracle SCM
4 2 (0.40%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.20%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.20%) Primavera
5 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (14.55%) Azure
2 68 (13.74%) Power Platform
3 42 (8.48%) AWS
4 39 (7.88%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (3.23%) GitHub
6 16 (3.23%) SaaS
7 15 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
7 15 (3.03%) Power Automate
8 13 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.63%) Entra ID
9 12 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (2.42%) Serverless
10 11 (2.22%) GCP
10 11 (2.22%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.82%) Copilot Studio
11 9 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
12 8 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (2.22%) Firewall
3 8 (1.62%) VPN
4 7 (1.41%) Wireless
5 6 (1.21%) DNS
5 6 (1.21%) Network Security
5 6 (1.21%) WAN
6 5 (1.01%) DHCP
6 5 (1.01%) Ethernet
6 5 (1.01%) LAN
6 5 (1.01%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.81%) Cisco IPT
7 4 (0.81%) MPLS
7 4 (0.81%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (0.40%) BGP
8 2 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.40%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.40%) OSPF
8 2 (0.40%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.31%) Power BI
2 8 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.41%) Metadata
4 6 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.21%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.61%) Redis
6 3 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.40%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.20%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.20%) KDB
8 1 (0.20%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (4.04%) Jenkins
2 17 (3.43%) JIRA
3 14 (2.83%) GitLab
4 10 (2.02%) Git
4 10 (2.02%) JUnit
4 10 (2.02%) Mockito
5 7 (1.41%) Liquibase
6 6 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (1.01%) Gradle
8 4 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.40%) Flyway
9 2 (0.40%) git-flow
10 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.20%) Postman
10 1 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 132 (26.67%) Finance
2 124 (25.05%) Social Skills
3 95 (19.19%) Legal
4 64 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 34 (6.87%) Police
7 27 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (3.43%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.23%) Banking
10 14 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.62%) Marketing
13 7 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.41%) Social Science
14 6 (1.21%) Aviation
14 6 (1.21%) Front Office
15 5 (1.01%) Electronics
15 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.81%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.81%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (13.94%) Lead
2 61 (12.32%) Senior
3 59 (11.92%) Analyst
4 46 (9.29%) Architect
5 39 (7.88%) Developer
6 33 (6.67%) Project Manager
7 31 (6.26%) Functional Architect
7 31 (6.26%) Lead Architect
8 27 (5.45%) Software Engineer
9 19 (3.84%) Consultant
9 19 (3.84%) IT Trainer
9 19 (3.84%) Trainer
10 17 (3.43%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 16 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
11 16 (3.23%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.23%) Senior IT Trainer
12 15 (3.03%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.83%) IT Analyst
13 14 (2.83%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.83%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.84%) REST
2 13 (2.63%) Kafka
3 12 (2.42%) React
4 10 (2.02%) Spring
4 10 (2.02%) Spring Boot
5 8 (1.62%) RESTful
6 7 (1.41%) OpenAPI
6 7 (1.41%) Swagger
7 6 (1.21%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (1.21%) SOAP
8 5 (1.01%) Middleware
8 5 (1.01%) Spring Cloud
9 4 (0.81%) JSON
9 4 (0.81%) Next.js
10 3 (0.61%) .NET
10 3 (0.61%) LangChain
10 3 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.61%) PySpark
11 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.40%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.24%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.43%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.22%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.82%) Social Media
6 8 (1.62%) CCTV
6 8 (1.62%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.41%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.41%) Robotics
7 7 (1.41%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.01%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.01%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.01%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.01%) FPGA
8 5 (1.01%) Smartphone
9 4 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.27%) Windows
2 21 (4.24%) Linux
3 15 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.81%) 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%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (17.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 79 (15.96%) Migration
3 78 (15.76%) Agile
4 77 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 68 (13.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 60 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (11.92%) Business Intelligence
8 57 (11.52%) AI
9 51 (10.30%) Data Migration
10 47 (9.49%) CI/CD
10 47 (9.49%) ERP
11 45 (9.09%) Software Engineering
11 45 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
12 41 (8.28%) Translating Business Requirements
13 40 (8.08%) Change Management
13 40 (8.08%) DevOps
14 37 (7.47%) Validation
15 36 (7.27%) Architectural Design
15 36 (7.27%) Procure-to-Pay
16 34 (6.87%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.07%) SQL
2 34 (6.87%) Python
3 22 (4.44%) Java
4 14 (2.83%) C
5 13 (2.63%) C++
5 13 (2.63%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.02%) Bash
8 9 (1.82%) Ada
9 8 (1.62%) JavaScript
10 6 (1.21%) C#
11 4 (0.81%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.81%) SOQL
11 4 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.40%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.40%) PromQL
13 1 (0.20%) Bicep
13 1 (0.20%) Ruby
13 1 (0.20%) Rust
13 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 103 (20.81%) Security Cleared
2 78 (15.76%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.90%) Degree
4 29 (5.86%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.41%) CISSP
6 7 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.41%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.21%) CISM
8 5 (1.01%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.61%) IIBA
10 3 (0.61%) PMP
11 2 (0.40%) CBAP
11 2 (0.40%) CEH
11 2 (0.40%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.25%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.85%) QA
3 14 (2.83%) GDPR
4 7 (1.41%) GRC
4 7 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.41%) NCSC
4 7 (1.41%) NIST
5 6 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 5 (1.01%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.81%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (0.61%) DO-178B
8 3 (0.61%) MISRA
8 3 (0.61%) PMO
9 2 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.20%) P3O
10 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (4.24%) Active Directory
1 21 (4.24%) Docker
2 7 (1.41%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.81%) Firmware
5 2 (0.40%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 20 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.03%) Terraform
3 14 (2.83%) Ansible
4 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.21%) Grafana
7 4 (0.81%) SCCM
8 2 (0.40%) Consul
8 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.40%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.40%) Puppet
8 2 (0.40%) Salt
8 2 (0.40%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.20%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.20%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 107 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.44%) SAP
3 16 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.03%) Cisco
5 10 (2.02%) Intapp
5 10 (2.02%) Oracle
6 9 (1.82%) Workday
7 8 (1.62%) iManage
8 7 (1.41%) Google
8 7 (1.41%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.21%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.21%) Foundry
9 6 (1.21%) Litera
9 6 (1.21%) UiPath
9 6 (1.21%) VMware
10 5 (1.01%) IBM
10 5 (1.01%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.01%) Solace
10 5 (1.01%) Splunk
11 4 (0.81%) Juniper