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 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 218 229
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 -74
Contract jobs citing Law 461 296 373
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 1.23% 1.01%
As % of the General category 2.02% 1.91% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 168 233
10th Percentile £356 £266 £263
25th Percentile £431 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £688
90th Percentile £707 £725 £810
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 28
10th Percentile £17.03 £12.59 £10.42
25th Percentile £17.11 £27.98 £11.93
Median hourly rate £20.27 £30.20 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.89% +132.31% -38.82%
75th Percentile £25.77 £67.50 £27.96
90th Percentile £38.63 £81.01 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £22.81 £40.59 £16.64
% change year-on-year -43.81% +143.91% -21.68%

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 22,811 15,463 21,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.38% 64.21% 57.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,957 9,953 13,561
10th Percentile £313 £281 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £630 £648 £650
90th Percentile £740 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +0.36% -2.73% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,569 713 1,811
10th Percentile £14.10 £13.27 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.68% -2.88%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £52.20
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £27.94 £30.16
% change year-on-year +10.06% -7.36% -7.20%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -2 233 £518 -0.96% 803
North of England -47 66 £449 -0.33% 119
South East -36 54 £500 +5.26% 129
Midlands -55 44 £500 -4.76% 87
Yorkshire -28 36 £435 -22.60% 45
East of England -9 30 £469 -10.71% 47
West Midlands -57 29 £600 +9.09% 65
North West -31 26 £463 +12.12% 65
South West -24 20 £425 +88.89% 39
East Midlands -27 14 £175 -65.00% 22
North East -25 4 - - 9
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 17 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) Apache
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 16 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.65%) Maximo
1 3 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.22%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.22%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.22%) Magento
3 1 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.22%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.22%) Orchard Housing
3 1 (0.22%) Primavera
3 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (13.23%) Azure
2 59 (12.80%) Power Platform
3 34 (7.38%) Dynamics 365
4 28 (6.07%) AWS
5 24 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.69%) Microsoft Copilot
7 16 (3.47%) SaaS
8 12 (2.60%) GitHub
9 11 (2.39%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.17%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.95%) GCP
11 9 (1.95%) Serverless
12 8 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.74%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.39%) Firewall
1 11 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (1.95%) DNS
3 8 (1.74%) SD-WAN
3 8 (1.74%) WAN
4 6 (1.30%) LAN
4 6 (1.30%) Network Security
4 6 (1.30%) VPN
5 5 (1.08%) DHCP
5 5 (1.08%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.08%) MPLS
5 5 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.87%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (0.87%) Wireless
7 3 (0.65%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (0.65%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.43%) Internet
8 2 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (10.41%) Power BI
2 10 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.74%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.52%) Metadata
5 5 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.65%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.43%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.22%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.22%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.22%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (3.90%) JIRA
2 17 (3.69%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.39%) Git
4 10 (2.17%) GitLab
5 9 (1.95%) JUnit
5 9 (1.95%) Mockito
6 7 (1.52%) Liquibase
7 6 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (1.08%) Gradle
8 5 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.65%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.43%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.43%) Flyway
10 2 (0.43%) git-flow
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.22%) Selenium
11 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 128 (27.77%) Finance
2 123 (26.68%) Social Skills
3 98 (21.26%) Legal
4 57 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (11.93%) Public Sector
6 30 (6.51%) Police
7 21 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.34%) Banking
9 14 (3.04%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.82%) Marketing
11 11 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.30%) Aviation
13 6 (1.30%) Front Office
13 6 (1.30%) Social Science
14 5 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Publishing
15 4 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 60 (13.02%) Senior
2 59 (12.80%) Lead
3 58 (12.58%) Analyst
4 57 (12.36%) Architect
5 33 (7.16%) Project Manager
6 31 (6.72%) Functional Architect
6 31 (6.72%) Lead Architect
7 29 (6.29%) Software Engineer
8 28 (6.07%) Developer
9 20 (4.34%) Business Analyst
10 19 (4.12%) Consultant
11 18 (3.90%) Support Engineer
12 17 (3.69%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.82%) IT Analyst
14 12 (2.60%) IT Trainer
14 12 (2.60%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 12 (2.60%) Trainer
15 11 (2.39%) Business Manager
15 11 (2.39%) Java Engineer
15 11 (2.39%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.60%) Kafka
2 10 (2.17%) React
3 9 (1.95%) REST
3 9 (1.95%) Spring
3 9 (1.95%) Spring Boot
4 7 (1.52%) OpenAPI
4 7 (1.52%) Swagger
5 6 (1.30%) Middleware
6 5 (1.08%) RESTful
7 4 (0.87%) SOAP
7 4 (0.87%) Spring Cloud
8 3 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.65%) JSON
8 3 (0.65%) PySpark
8 3 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.43%) Drools
9 2 (0.43%) JPA
9 2 (0.43%) OAuth
9 2 (0.43%) Spring MVC
9 2 (0.43%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.25%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.04%) Onboarding
3 10 (2.17%) AI Agents
3 10 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 9 (1.95%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.95%) Security Posture
5 8 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.52%) CCTV
6 7 (1.52%) Robotics
6 7 (1.52%) Social Media
7 6 (1.30%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.08%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.08%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.08%) FPGA
8 5 (1.08%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.08%) NHS
9 4 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.87%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.87%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.03%) Windows
2 22 (4.77%) Linux
3 11 (2.39%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.95%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.08%) Unix
6 4 (0.87%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) VMS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (17.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 70 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 68 (14.75%) Migration
4 67 (14.53%) Agile
5 63 (13.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 61 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (11.71%) AI
8 53 (11.50%) Business Intelligence
9 46 (9.98%) ERP
10 45 (9.76%) Data Migration
10 45 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
11 43 (9.33%) Translating Business Requirements
12 39 (8.46%) Software Engineering
13 38 (8.24%) Architectural Design
14 37 (8.03%) Change Management
15 36 (7.81%) Procure-to-Pay
16 35 (7.59%) CI/CD
16 35 (7.59%) Order to Cash
17 34 (7.38%) End-to-End Testing
17 34 (7.38%) Record to Report
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.94%) SQL
2 24 (5.21%) Java
3 18 (3.90%) Python
4 15 (3.25%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.82%) Ada
6 12 (2.60%) C
7 11 (2.39%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.95%) Bash
8 9 (1.95%) C#
9 8 (1.74%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.08%) C++
11 4 (0.87%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.87%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.65%) Go
12 3 (0.65%) Rust
12 3 (0.65%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.43%) Bicep
13 2 (0.43%) Perl
13 2 (0.43%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 92 (19.96%) Security Cleared
2 61 (13.23%) SC Cleared
3 53 (11.50%) Degree
4 21 (4.56%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.30%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.30%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.87%) CISSP
9 3 (0.65%) CIPD
9 3 (0.65%) CISM
9 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.65%) PMP
10 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.43%) CCNA
10 2 (0.43%) CEH
10 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.43%) GCIA
10 2 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.22%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.12%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.69%) GDPR
3 13 (2.82%) QA
4 9 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.95%) NCSC
5 8 (1.74%) GRC
6 6 (1.30%) NIST
7 5 (1.08%) Def Stans
7 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.87%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.65%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.65%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.65%) PMO
9 3 (0.65%) PSD2
9 3 (0.65%) SLA
10 2 (0.43%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.43%) MISRA
11 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.22%) MISRA C
System Software
1 24 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.12%) Docker
3 7 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.43%) Firmware
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (3.04%) Kubernetes
1 14 (3.04%) Terraform
2 12 (2.60%) Ansible
3 9 (1.95%) Grafana
4 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.30%) SCCM
6 3 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.43%) Consul
7 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.43%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.43%) Puppet
7 2 (0.43%) Salt
7 2 (0.43%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.22%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 97 (21.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.21%) SAP
3 14 (3.04%) Oracle
4 11 (2.39%) Cisco
5 10 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.95%) Workday
7 8 (1.74%) Splunk
8 7 (1.52%) Aruba
8 7 (1.52%) Fortinet
8 7 (1.52%) VMware
9 6 (1.30%) IBM
9 6 (1.30%) iManage
9 6 (1.30%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.08%) Databricks
10 5 (1.08%) Foundry
10 5 (1.08%) Intapp
11 4 (0.87%) Black Duck
11 4 (0.87%) Juniper
11 4 (0.87%) Solace
11 4 (0.87%) SolarWinds