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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 213 164
Rank change year-on-year -58 -49 +3
Contract jobs citing Law 333 320 546
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 1.24% 1.45%
As % of the General category 1.59% 1.99% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 178 335
10th Percentile £311 £243 £254
25th Percentile £425 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £654 £611 £631
90th Percentile £735 £715 £719
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £516
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.01% -1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 24
10th Percentile £21.68 £31.35 £10.42
25th Percentile £28.75 £48.63 £11.87
Median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.08% +400.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £39.00 £74.16 £17.75
90th Percentile - £77.26 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year -43.08% +400.00% -33.33%

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 20,882 16,098 22,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.93% 62.62% 59.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,242 9,963 14,547
10th Percentile £300 £300 £265
25th Percentile £406 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,296 535 1,587
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.62 £13.21
25th Percentile £17.12 £20.15 £15.21
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +17.12% -15.09%
75th Percentile £55.00 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £29.90 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.15% +15.00% -10.34%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -19 177 £575 +10.05% 102
Midlands -66 43 £525 - 36
South East -32 35 £550 +5.87% 66
West Midlands -48 33 £550 +2.33% 20
North of England -64 27 £436 -1.75% 88
East of England -20 24 £375 - 20
South West -27 21 £588 +161.11% 12
North West -27 17 £450 +9.09% 55
East Midlands -38 10 £175 -65.00% 16
Yorkshire -66 10 £424 -9.60% 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 10 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.50%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 16 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.30%) Simulink
5 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.70%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.60%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.30%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.30%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.30%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.30%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.30%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.30%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 54 (16.22%) Azure
2 27 (8.11%) AWS
3 19 (5.71%) SaaS
4 18 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (5.11%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.30%) GCP
8 9 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.80%) GitHub
10 6 (1.80%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.20%) Serverless
13 3 (0.90%) AWS KMS
13 3 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.40%) Firewall
2 7 (2.10%) SD-WAN
2 7 (2.10%) VPN
2 7 (2.10%) WAN
3 6 (1.80%) LAN
4 5 (1.50%) DNS
4 5 (1.50%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.20%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (1.20%) Intranet
6 3 (0.90%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.90%) MPLS
7 2 (0.60%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.60%) DHCP
7 2 (0.60%) Internet
7 2 (0.60%) Network Security
7 2 (0.60%) VLAN
7 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.30%) VoIP
8 1 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.60%) Power BI
2 6 (1.80%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.50%) Metadata
4 4 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.60%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.30%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.30%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (4.80%) JIRA
2 10 (3.00%) Git
3 5 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.20%) GitLab
4 4 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.90%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.60%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.60%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.30%) Gradle
7 1 (0.30%) Maven
7 1 (0.30%) MLflow
7 1 (0.30%) PVCS
7 1 (0.30%) QUnit
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
7 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.30%) TestRail
7 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 122 (36.64%) Social Skills
2 88 (26.43%) Legal
3 86 (25.83%) Finance
4 39 (11.71%) Public Sector
5 37 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.11%) Marketing
7 11 (3.30%) Billing
8 10 (3.00%) Banking
8 10 (3.00%) Police
9 9 (2.70%) Electronics
9 9 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.40%) Front Office
10 8 (2.40%) Publishing
11 6 (1.80%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.80%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (11.71%) Analyst
2 31 (9.31%) Senior
3 28 (8.41%) Project Manager
4 25 (7.51%) Consultant
4 25 (7.51%) Software Engineer
5 24 (7.21%) Architect
5 24 (7.21%) Developer
6 15 (4.50%) Lead
7 14 (4.20%) Business Analyst
8 11 (3.30%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.00%) Commercial Manager
9 10 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.40%) Business Manager
10 8 (2.40%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.10%) Embedded Engineer
11 7 (2.10%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 6 (1.80%) Desktop Engineer
12 6 (1.80%) Desktop Support
12 6 (1.80%) Java Developer
12 6 (1.80%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.30%) Middleware
2 8 (2.40%) REST
3 7 (2.10%) SOAP
4 5 (1.50%) Kafka
5 4 (1.20%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (1.20%) Node.js
6 3 (0.90%) JSON
6 3 (0.90%) PySpark
6 3 (0.90%) React
6 3 (0.90%) Spring
6 3 (0.90%) Web Services
7 2 (0.60%) Express.js
7 2 (0.60%) Flash
7 2 (0.60%) IDoc
7 2 (0.60%) Next.js
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.60%) Qt
7 2 (0.60%) SAP ALE
7 2 (0.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.20%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.60%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.80%) AI Agents
5 6 (1.80%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.80%) Security Posture
5 6 (1.80%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.50%) Taxonomies
7 4 (1.20%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.20%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.20%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.90%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.90%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.91%) Windows
2 17 (5.11%) Linux
3 10 (3.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.50%) Unix
5 2 (0.60%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.30%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (15.92%) Agile
3 44 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (9.91%) Software Engineering
5 32 (9.61%) Migration
6 31 (9.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (8.71%) AI
8 28 (8.41%) Change Management
9 25 (7.51%) CI/CD
9 25 (7.51%) DevOps
10 24 (7.21%) Workflow
11 22 (6.61%) Data Modelling
11 22 (6.61%) ITIL
12 21 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (5.41%) Project Delivery
14 17 (5.11%) User Acceptance Testing
15 16 (4.80%) Data Protection
15 16 (4.80%) Project Management
15 16 (4.80%) Risk Management
16 15 (4.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.31%) SQL
2 17 (5.11%) Python
3 16 (4.80%) Java
4 15 (4.50%) C++
5 14 (4.20%) Ada
6 13 (3.90%) C
7 9 (2.70%) C#
8 8 (2.40%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.10%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.20%) Bicep
10 4 (1.20%) Rust
10 4 (1.20%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.20%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.90%) Bash
11 3 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.90%) Go
12 2 (0.60%) ABAP
12 2 (0.60%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.60%) Perl
12 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (20.72%) Security Cleared
2 45 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 40 (12.01%) Degree
4 16 (4.80%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.40%) CIPD
6 7 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.80%) ACCA
7 6 (1.80%) CIMA
8 5 (1.50%) CISSP
8 5 (1.50%) PMP
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CISM
9 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.30%) APMG
10 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.30%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.30%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.41%) GDPR
2 12 (3.60%) QA
3 11 (3.30%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.00%) NCSC
5 7 (2.10%) Def Stans
6 6 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.80%) NIST
6 6 (1.80%) SLA
7 5 (1.50%) GRC
7 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (1.20%) IEC 61508
8 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (1.20%) MISRA
9 3 (0.90%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.90%) PSD2
10 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.60%) DO-178B
10 2 (0.60%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.40%) Docker
3 4 (1.20%) Firmware
4 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.30%) Terraform
2 7 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.10%) SCCM
3 5 (1.50%) Ansible
4 4 (1.20%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.90%) Grafana
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.60%) Kibana
7 1 (0.30%) EnCase
7 1 (0.30%) FTK
7 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.30%) Nmap
Vendors
1 47 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.80%) SAP
3 15 (4.50%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.60%) Oracle
5 10 (3.00%) Intapp
6 8 (2.40%) Databricks
7 7 (2.10%) Aruba
7 7 (2.10%) Cisco
8 6 (1.80%) iManage
8 6 (1.80%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.50%) Aderant
9 5 (1.50%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.50%) IBM
9 5 (1.50%) Workday
10 4 (1.20%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.20%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.20%) Splunk
10 4 (1.20%) Xero
11 3 (0.90%) MuleSoft