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 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 202 164
Rank change year-on-year -64 -38 +12
Contract jobs citing Law 309 326 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.23% 1.56%
As % of the General category 1.63% 1.98% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 152 373
10th Percentile £282 £238 £248
25th Percentile £425 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% +1.90%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £720 £729
UK median daily rate £550 £516 £525
% change year-on-year +6.59% -1.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 12
10th Percentile £19.23 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £24.88 £31.13 £10.42
Median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £14.38
Median % change year-on-year -43.08% +351.94% -25.48%
75th Percentile £39.00 £69.28 £17.56
90th Percentile £56.38 £74.04 £31.25
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £14.38
% change year-on-year -23.08% +351.94% -25.86%

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 general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 18,999 16,495 21,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 60.65% 62.05% 59.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,066 9,934 14,437
10th Percentile £284 £294 £270
25th Percentile £402 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% -3.59% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,182 542 1,085
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.37 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.64 £18.50 £16.19
Median hourly rate £23.02 £29.00 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -20.64% -4.84% +18.53%
75th Percentile £46.00 £55.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.65 £70.04
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.13 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.21% -9.58% +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 13 January 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 13 January 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 13 January 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 -15 165 £575 +10.31% 147
Midlands -59 40 £550 +4.76% 52
South East -27 37 £500 -7.24% 157
West Midlands -35 30 £550 - 26
East of England -5 25 £400 +6.67% 55
North of England -58 25 £447 -10.60% 91
South West -32 15 £675 +200.00% 44
North West -23 14 £475 -5.00% 54
Yorkshire -47 11 £412 -18.64% 25
East Midlands -36 10 £175 -65.00% 26
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 10 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.62%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.65%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) Apache
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.29%) Simulink
4 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.97%) Windchill
5 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 8 (2.59%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.62%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.65%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.32%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.32%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.32%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.32%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.32%) Orchard Housing
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.32%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 50 (16.18%) Azure
2 28 (9.06%) AWS
3 18 (5.83%) SaaS
4 17 (5.50%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.53%) GCP
7 9 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (2.91%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.59%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.62%) GitHub
10 5 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.29%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.97%) AWS KMS
12 3 (0.97%) OCI
12 3 (0.97%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.59%) Firewall
2 7 (2.27%) DNS
2 7 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.27%) VPN
3 5 (1.62%) Internet
3 5 (1.62%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.62%) WAN
4 4 (1.29%) Intranet
4 4 (1.29%) LAN
5 3 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.97%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.65%) DHCP
6 2 (0.65%) MPLS
6 2 (0.65%) Network Security
6 2 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.65%) VLAN
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.32%) VoIP
7 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.21%) Power BI
2 5 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.62%) Metadata
2 5 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.29%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.65%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (0.65%) Tableau
6 1 (0.32%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.32%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.32%) Power Query
6 1 (0.32%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 14 (4.53%) JIRA
2 10 (3.24%) Git
3 5 (1.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.29%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.97%) CircleCI
5 3 (0.97%) GitLab
6 2 (0.65%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.65%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.32%) Gradle
7 1 (0.32%) Maven
7 1 (0.32%) MLflow
7 1 (0.32%) PVCS
7 1 (0.32%) QUnit
7 1 (0.32%) Selenium
7 1 (0.32%) TestRail
7 1 (0.32%) WebDriver
General
1 115 (37.22%) Social Skills
2 84 (27.18%) Finance
3 69 (22.33%) Legal
4 38 (12.30%) Public Sector
5 33 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.56%) Billing
6 11 (3.56%) Marketing
7 10 (3.24%) Police
8 8 (2.59%) Front Office
8 8 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.27%) Banking
9 7 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.27%) Electronics
9 7 (2.27%) Publishing
10 6 (1.94%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.62%) Military
11 5 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 37 (11.97%) Analyst
2 23 (7.44%) Consultant
3 21 (6.80%) Developer
3 21 (6.80%) Project Manager
4 20 (6.47%) Architect
4 20 (6.47%) Senior
5 19 (6.15%) Lead
5 19 (6.15%) Software Engineer
6 14 (4.53%) Business Analyst
6 14 (4.53%) Support Engineer
7 10 (3.24%) Commercial Manager
8 9 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (2.27%) Change Manager
9 7 (2.27%) IT Support
10 6 (1.94%) Desktop Support
10 6 (1.94%) Java Developer
10 6 (1.94%) Product Owner
10 6 (1.94%) Security Analyst
11 5 (1.62%) IT Engineer
11 5 (1.62%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.27%) Middleware
1 7 (2.27%) REST
2 6 (1.94%) Node.js
2 6 (1.94%) SOAP
3 5 (1.62%) Kafka
3 5 (1.62%) React
4 4 (1.29%) Express.js
4 4 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (1.29%) Next.js
5 3 (0.97%) Spring
5 3 (0.97%) Web Services
6 2 (0.65%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.65%) Flash
6 2 (0.65%) JSON
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.65%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.32%) Akka
7 1 (0.32%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.32%) ReactiveX
7 1 (0.32%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.21%) Management Information System
2 10 (3.24%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.91%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.94%) Freedom of Information Act
6 6 (1.94%) Smartphone
7 5 (1.62%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (1.62%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.29%) Cybercrime
8 4 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.29%) FPGA
8 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.29%) VHDL
9 3 (0.97%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.97%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.44%) Windows
2 11 (3.56%) Linux
2 11 (3.56%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.62%) Unix
4 4 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.32%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (18.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 46 (14.89%) Agile
3 38 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (10.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 29 (9.39%) Migration
6 26 (8.41%) Software Engineering
7 25 (8.09%) Change Management
8 24 (7.77%) DevOps
9 23 (7.44%) ITIL
10 22 (7.12%) Workflow
11 21 (6.80%) Data Protection
12 20 (6.47%) CI/CD
12 20 (6.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (6.47%) Risk Management
13 19 (6.15%) Project Delivery
14 17 (5.50%) Customer Service
14 17 (5.50%) Data Modelling
15 16 (5.18%) Decision-Making
16 15 (4.85%) Actionable Insight
16 15 (4.85%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.77%) SQL
2 16 (5.18%) Python
3 15 (4.85%) C++
3 15 (4.85%) Java
4 9 (2.91%) C
5 8 (2.59%) C#
5 8 (2.59%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.27%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.62%) Ada
7 5 (1.62%) Bicep
7 5 (1.62%) MATLAB
7 5 (1.62%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.29%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.97%) Bash
9 3 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.97%) Go
10 2 (0.65%) Perl
10 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.32%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 68 (22.01%) Security Cleared
2 47 (15.21%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.65%) Degree
4 18 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.91%) CIPD
6 7 (2.27%) CISSP
7 6 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.94%) PMP
8 5 (1.62%) ACCA
8 5 (1.62%) CEH
8 5 (1.62%) CIMA
8 5 (1.62%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (1.62%) GIAC
9 4 (1.29%) CISM
9 4 (1.29%) GREM
9 4 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.29%) OSCP
10 3 (0.97%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.65%) CISA
11 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.77%) GDPR
2 13 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (4.21%) QA
3 9 (2.91%) NCSC
4 8 (2.59%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.59%) SLA
5 7 (2.27%) NIST
6 6 (1.94%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (1.29%) GRC
8 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.65%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.65%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.65%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.65%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.65%) MISRA
9 2 (0.65%) PMO
9 2 (0.65%) PSD2
10 1 (0.32%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.32%) RMADS
System Software
1 19 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.24%) Docker
3 4 (1.29%) Firmware
3 4 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.65%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.91%) Kubernetes
1 9 (2.91%) Terraform
2 7 (2.27%) SCCM
3 6 (1.94%) Ansible
4 4 (1.29%) Kibana
5 3 (0.97%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.97%) Grafana
6 2 (0.65%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) EnCase
7 1 (0.32%) FTK
7 1 (0.32%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.32%) Nmap
Vendors
1 36 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.50%) ServiceNow
3 13 (4.21%) SAP
4 12 (3.88%) Oracle
5 9 (2.91%) Intapp
6 6 (1.94%) Workday
7 5 (1.62%) Aruba
7 5 (1.62%) Cisco
7 5 (1.62%) Databricks
7 5 (1.62%) IBM
7 5 (1.62%) iManage
7 5 (1.62%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.29%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.29%) Splunk
8 4 (1.29%) VMware
8 4 (1.29%) Xero
9 3 (0.97%) Aderant
9 3 (0.97%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.97%) MuleSoft