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 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 247 227
Rank change year-on-year -23 -20 -60
Contract jobs citing Law 462 302 343
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.08% 1.06%
As % of the General category 1.76% 1.68% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 156 145
10th Percentile £358 £239 £253
25th Percentile £463 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +8.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £638
90th Percentile £753 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 13
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.21 £19.28
25th Percentile £16.05 £13.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £17.73 £16.71 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +6.11% -38.06% +56.35%
75th Percentile £25.77 £44.22 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.25 £71.85
UK median hourly rate £17.73 £50.00 £26.97
% change year-on-year -64.55% +85.39% +57.49%

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 26,193 17,941 19,065
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.30% 64.02% 58.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,300 11,368 11,469
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
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 2,374 1,041 878
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.70 £16.17 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% -30.14% +25.22%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.51 £69.65 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.26 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.68% -28.36% +27.27%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -22 225 £600 +4.35% 3,960
North of England -21 82 £513 +7.89% 519
East of England +3 51 £450 +5.88% 236
Yorkshire +1 47 £441 -8.36% 150
South East -52 40 £525 +7.14% 531
Midlands -53 31 £530 -6.28% 288
North West -40 30 £700 +47.37% 309
West Midlands -46 23 £575 +0.88% 156
South West -40 16 £350 -38.05% 397
East Midlands -15 8 £270 -29.87% 132
North East - 5 - - 62
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 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.30%) Confluence
2 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.65%) CMS
4 2 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Mendix
5 1 (0.22%) nginx
5 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.65%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.22%) Simulink
5 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.65%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.65%) Maximo
2 3 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (0.65%) Oracle SCM
3 2 (0.43%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.43%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.22%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.22%) Primavera
4 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 61 (13.20%) Azure
2 41 (8.87%) AWS
3 29 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 27 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.68%) GitHub
6 16 (3.46%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
7 14 (3.03%) SaaS
8 13 (2.81%) Serverless
9 12 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (2.60%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.38%) Copilot Studio
10 11 (2.38%) GCP
10 11 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (1.95%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
14 7 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.73%) Firewall
3 7 (1.52%) DHCP
3 7 (1.52%) DNS
4 6 (1.30%) Wireless
5 5 (1.08%) Network Security
5 5 (1.08%) VPN
6 4 (0.87%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.65%) Broadband
7 3 (0.65%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.65%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.65%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.65%) WAN
8 2 (0.43%) BGP
8 2 (0.43%) HTTP
8 2 (0.43%) LAN
8 2 (0.43%) OSPF
8 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.22%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.33%) Power BI
2 9 (1.95%) Metadata
3 7 (1.52%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.65%) KDB
6 3 (0.65%) Redis
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.43%) Kdb+
7 2 (0.43%) Pentaho
7 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (4.33%) JIRA
2 16 (3.46%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.81%) GitLab
4 10 (2.16%) Git
5 8 (1.73%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (1.30%) JUnit
6 6 (1.30%) Mockito
7 4 (0.87%) Liquibase
7 4 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.65%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.43%) Flyway
9 2 (0.43%) git-flow
9 2 (0.43%) Gradle
9 2 (0.43%) JMeter
10 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.22%) PVCS
10 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 102 (22.08%) Finance
3 86 (18.61%) Legal
4 63 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 61 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (7.36%) Police
7 22 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.33%) Banking
9 17 (3.68%) Manufacturing
10 14 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.95%) Marketing
12 8 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.73%) Front Office
13 7 (1.52%) Legal Technology
13 7 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.30%) Electronics
15 5 (1.08%) Aviation
15 5 (1.08%) Military
16 4 (0.87%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (12.55%) Senior
2 54 (11.69%) Analyst
3 44 (9.52%) Lead
4 39 (8.44%) Developer
5 32 (6.93%) Project Manager
6 25 (5.41%) IT Trainer
6 25 (5.41%) Trainer
7 24 (5.19%) Consultant
8 23 (4.98%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 22 (4.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 22 (4.76%) Senior IT Trainer
10 18 (3.90%) Software Engineer
11 17 (3.68%) IT Manager
12 16 (3.46%) Architect
13 14 (3.03%) Support Engineer
14 13 (2.81%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.81%) Support Analyst
15 12 (2.60%) Technical Support
16 11 (2.38%) Technical Engineer
16 11 (2.38%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.76%) REST
2 18 (3.90%) Terraform
3 10 (2.16%) React
4 9 (1.95%) Kafka
5 6 (1.30%) JSON
5 6 (1.30%) Middleware
5 6 (1.30%) RESTful
5 6 (1.30%) SOAP
5 6 (1.30%) Spring
5 6 (1.30%) Spring Boot
6 5 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.87%) HTML
7 4 (0.87%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (0.87%) OpenAPI
7 4 (0.87%) Spring Cloud
7 4 (0.87%) Swagger
7 4 (0.87%) XML
8 3 (0.65%) .NET
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.33%) Cloud Native
1 20 (4.33%) Onboarding
2 14 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.16%) Social Media
5 8 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.52%) Robotics
6 7 (1.52%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.30%) CCTV
7 6 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.08%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.08%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.08%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.08%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.08%) Smartphone
9 4 (0.87%) PKI
9 4 (0.87%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 39 (8.44%) Windows
2 22 (4.76%) Linux
3 20 (4.33%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.08%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.87%) Unix
6 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.43%) VMS
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (19.70%) Stakeholder Management
2 76 (16.45%) Agile
3 59 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (10.82%) AI
4 50 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (10.17%) CI/CD
6 46 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (9.96%) Software Engineering
7 43 (9.31%) Migration
8 40 (8.66%) DevOps
9 38 (8.23%) Change Management
10 33 (7.14%) Validation
11 32 (6.93%) Risk Management
12 30 (6.49%) Roadmaps
13 28 (6.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 27 (5.84%) Project Delivery
15 25 (5.41%) Data Protection
15 25 (5.41%) Decision-Making
16 23 (4.98%) Data Modelling
17 22 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 47 (10.17%) Python
2 35 (7.58%) SQL
3 16 (3.46%) C++
3 16 (3.46%) Java
3 16 (3.46%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.81%) C
5 12 (2.60%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.38%) Bash
7 10 (2.16%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.52%) Ada
9 5 (1.08%) C#
10 4 (0.87%) SOQL
11 3 (0.65%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.43%) PHP
12 2 (0.43%) PromQL
13 1 (0.22%) Bicep
13 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.22%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 111 (24.03%) Security Cleared
2 86 (18.61%) SC Cleared
3 48 (10.39%) Degree
4 31 (6.71%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.95%) CISSP
5 9 (1.95%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.73%) CISM
7 6 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.08%) PMP
9 4 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.65%) IIBA
10 3 (0.65%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.41%) QA
2 21 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.60%) GDPR
4 10 (2.16%) NCSC
5 9 (1.95%) GRC
6 6 (1.30%) Def Stans
7 5 (1.08%) MISRA
8 4 (0.87%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.87%) NIST
9 3 (0.65%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.65%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.65%) PERC
9 3 (0.65%) SLA
10 2 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.43%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.43%) PMO
11 1 (0.22%) ITGC
System Software
1 21 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.90%) Docker
3 8 (1.73%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.87%) Firmware
4 4 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.22%) NFS
6 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.81%) Ansible
3 9 (1.95%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.52%) Grafana
4 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.30%) SCCM
6 2 (0.43%) Consul
6 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.43%) Kibana
6 2 (0.43%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.43%) Puppet
6 2 (0.43%) Salt
6 2 (0.43%) SCOM
6 2 (0.43%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.22%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.22%) Nagios
7 1 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 74 (16.02%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.11%) SAP
3 17 (3.68%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.46%) Aderant
5 12 (2.60%) Cisco
6 9 (1.95%) Intapp
6 9 (1.95%) VMware
7 8 (1.73%) Google
7 8 (1.73%) Workday
8 5 (1.08%) Databricks
8 5 (1.08%) IBM
8 5 (1.08%) iManage
8 5 (1.08%) Litera
8 5 (1.08%) Oracle
8 5 (1.08%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.08%) Planon
8 5 (1.08%) Solace
8 5 (1.08%) Splunk
8 5 (1.08%) UiPath
9 4 (0.87%) Black Duck