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 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 218 159
Rank change year-on-year -35 -59 +42
Contract jobs citing Law 329 358 663
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.15% 1.67%
As % of the General category 1.71% 1.94% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 156 452
10th Percentile £263 £242 £233
25th Percentile £413 £367 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £536
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.14%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £694 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £545
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.26% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 14
10th Percentile £12.21 £18.20 £13.26
25th Percentile £13.46 £20.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.45 £38.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.08% +105.41% -4.15%
75th Percentile £39.73 £65.00 £27.50
90th Percentile £66.10 £73.68 £58.07
UK median hourly rate £40.46 £38.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +6.47% +111.11% -7.69%

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 19,242 18,487 23,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.69% 59.30% 59.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,199 11,103 16,190
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £628 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £773
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,249 700 1,032
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.85 £17.25 £17.14
Median hourly rate £24.34 £31.97 £31.40
Median % change year-on-year -23.87% +1.82% +23.14%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £29.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.34% -1.67% +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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +29 174 £575 +10.58% 552
Midlands -52 39 £550 -4.35% 84
West Midlands -36 38 £550 -2.22% 48
East of England -3 33 £375 - 39
South East -18 31 £490 -16.88% 193
North of England -58 29 £400 - 125
North West -22 22 £390 -2.50% 73
South West -8 17 £565 +151.11% 48
Yorkshire -47 7 £456 +7.35% 38
East Midlands -29 1 £288 -52.08% 35
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 12 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.91%) CMS
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
3 2 (0.61%) JBoss
3 2 (0.61%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.30%) Resin
Applications
1 20 (6.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.43%) Simulink
4 6 (1.82%) Windchill
5 5 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.61%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.74%) Elite 3E
2 4 (1.22%) SAP PLM
3 3 (0.91%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Primavera
4 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.30%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.30%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 58 (17.63%) Azure
2 25 (7.60%) AWS
3 20 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.17%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.86%) SaaS
6 15 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
8 12 (3.65%) Entra ID
9 11 (3.34%) GCP
10 9 (2.74%) Azure Key Vault
11 8 (2.43%) Azure API Management
11 8 (2.43%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.13%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.52%) Azure Storage
14 4 (1.22%) Azure AKS
14 4 (1.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (0.91%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.34%) Firewall
2 10 (3.04%) Network Security
3 9 (2.74%) VPN
4 8 (2.43%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.13%) DNS
6 5 (1.52%) Internet
6 5 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (1.22%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.22%) Ethernet
7 4 (1.22%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.22%) WAN
8 3 (0.91%) Intranet
8 3 (0.91%) LAN
8 3 (0.91%) SMTP
9 2 (0.61%) DMARC
9 2 (0.61%) Skype
9 2 (0.61%) WebEx
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.26%) Power BI
2 5 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.22%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.22%) Tableau
4 3 (0.91%) Metadata
5 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.61%) Power Query
5 2 (0.61%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.30%) DTS
6 1 (0.30%) HBase
6 1 (0.30%) KDB
6 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (4.56%) JIRA
2 7 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.52%) Git
3 5 (1.52%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.91%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.30%) GitLab
7 1 (0.30%) Gradle
7 1 (0.30%) Maven
7 1 (0.30%) PVCS
7 1 (0.30%) QUnit
General
1 118 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 83 (25.23%) Finance
3 72 (21.88%) Legal
4 42 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 32 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (5.78%) Police
7 13 (3.95%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.34%) Marketing
9 10 (3.04%) Local Government
10 9 (2.74%) Electronics
10 9 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.74%) Retail
11 8 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.13%) Billing
12 7 (2.13%) Front Office
12 7 (2.13%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (11.85%) Analyst
2 27 (8.21%) Project Manager
3 24 (7.29%) Lead
4 23 (6.99%) Consultant
5 20 (6.08%) Senior
6 19 (5.78%) Business Analyst
7 18 (5.47%) Developer
8 17 (5.17%) Software Engineer
9 10 (3.04%) Support Officer
10 9 (2.74%) Architect
10 9 (2.74%) IT Support
11 8 (2.43%) Administrator
11 8 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.43%) Telecoms Manager
12 7 (2.13%) Support Engineer
13 6 (1.82%) Commercial Manager
13 6 (1.82%) Product Owner
13 6 (1.82%) Security Analyst
14 5 (1.52%) Service Desk Officer
14 5 (1.52%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.43%) ARM Templates
1 8 (2.43%) Node.js
2 7 (2.13%) YAML
3 6 (1.82%) ADO
3 6 (1.82%) React
4 5 (1.52%) REST
5 4 (1.22%) Express.js
5 4 (1.22%) Next.js
5 4 (1.22%) SOAP
5 4 (1.22%) Web Services
6 3 (0.91%) Flash
6 3 (0.91%) Kafka
6 3 (0.91%) Middleware
6 3 (0.91%) Spring
7 2 (0.61%) .NET
7 2 (0.61%) CSS
7 2 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.61%) HTML
7 2 (0.61%) JSON
7 2 (0.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.95%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.34%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.82%) Freedom of Information Act
6 5 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.52%) Cybercrime
6 5 (1.52%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.52%) Freedom of Information
6 5 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.22%) Analogue Electronics
7 4 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.22%) FPGA
7 4 (1.22%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.22%) Synthetic Data
7 4 (1.22%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.17%) Windows
2 15 (4.56%) Linux
3 7 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.82%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.91%) Unix
7 1 (0.30%) Android
7 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.30%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 44 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (12.77%) Agile
4 36 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 30 (9.12%) Migration
6 29 (8.81%) Change Management
7 28 (8.51%) DevOps
8 24 (7.29%) CI/CD
8 24 (7.29%) Software Engineering
9 23 (6.99%) Data Protection
10 21 (6.38%) Analytics
10 21 (6.38%) Project Management
11 18 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (5.17%) ITIL
13 16 (4.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 16 (4.86%) Project Delivery
13 16 (4.86%) Risk Management
13 16 (4.86%) Workflow
14 15 (4.56%) CRM
14 15 (4.56%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.69%) Python
2 20 (6.08%) C++
3 17 (5.17%) SQL
4 11 (3.34%) Bicep
4 11 (3.34%) C
4 11 (3.34%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.74%) Java
6 8 (2.43%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.43%) MATLAB
7 7 (2.13%) Bash
8 6 (1.82%) C#
8 6 (1.82%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.91%) Ada
9 3 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.30%) Clojure
11 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.30%) Rust
11 1 (0.30%) Scala
11 1 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 68 (20.67%) Security Cleared
2 47 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.33%) Degree
4 22 (6.69%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.43%) CIPD
6 7 (2.13%) CISSP
7 6 (1.82%) ACCA
7 6 (1.82%) CIMA
7 6 (1.82%) PMP
8 5 (1.52%) CEH
8 5 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (1.52%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.52%) GIAC
9 4 (1.22%) GREM
9 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.22%) OSCP
10 3 (0.91%) CISM
10 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.91%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.61%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.29%) GDPR
2 17 (5.17%) QA
3 12 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.13%) NCSC
5 6 (1.82%) NIST
5 6 (1.82%) SLA
6 5 (1.52%) PMO
7 4 (1.22%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.91%) GRC
8 3 (0.91%) PERC
9 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.61%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.61%) HL7
9 2 (0.61%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.61%) MISRA
10 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.30%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 19 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.43%) Docker
2 8 (2.43%) Firmware
2 8 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.52%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (2.13%) Kubernetes
1 7 (2.13%) Terraform
2 4 (1.22%) Kibana
3 3 (0.91%) Ansible
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.30%) EnCase
5 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.30%) FTK
5 1 (0.30%) Nmap
5 1 (0.30%) QRadar
5 1 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 40 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.47%) SAP
3 11 (3.34%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.43%) Workday
5 7 (2.13%) VMware
6 6 (1.82%) iManage
6 6 (1.82%) Intapp
6 6 (1.82%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.52%) Aderant
7 5 (1.52%) Cisco
7 5 (1.52%) Citrix
8 4 (1.22%) Google
8 4 (1.22%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.22%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.22%) Xero
9 3 (0.91%) Databricks
9 3 (0.91%) IBM
9 3 (0.91%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.61%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.61%) Oracle