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 6 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 212 165
Rank change year-on-year -57 -47 +5
Contract jobs citing Law 345 320 539
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.25% 1.43%
As % of the General category 1.62% 1.99% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 185 322
10th Percentile £313 £241 £248
25th Percentile £425 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £675 £606 £631
90th Percentile £750 £715 £729
UK median daily rate £564 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +12.75% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 25
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 £20.75
90th Percentile - £77.26 £34.75
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 21,296 16,062 22,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.52% 62.86% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,455 10,093 14,544
10th Percentile £300 £300 £265
25th Percentile £406 £413 £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 £757
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,331 548 1,626
10th Percentile £14.12 £15.25 £13.17
25th Percentile £17.42 £20.00 £15.30
Median hourly rate £24.03 £30.45 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.08% +17.12% -18.75%
75th Percentile £55.88 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £25.71
% change year-on-year -20.00% +16.69% -17.06%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -15 184 £581 +12.32% 287
Midlands -71 43 £525 +2.44% 64
South East -39 36 £525 +2.59% 119
West Midlands -53 33 £550 +4.76% 39
North of England -61 29 £425 -4.23% 130
East of England -15 24 £375 - 33
South West -25 23 £588 +161.11% 21
North West -23 17 £450 +9.09% 80
Yorkshire -58 12 £412 -12.13% 40
East Midlands -36 10 £175 -65.00% 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 12 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.45%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.87%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.29%) Confluence
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 17 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.29%) Simulink
5 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.61%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.58%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.29%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.29%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.29%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.29%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.29%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 56 (16.23%) Azure
2 26 (7.54%) AWS
3 20 (5.80%) SaaS
4 19 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (5.22%) Power Platform
6 14 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.19%) GCP
8 9 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (2.32%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.32%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (2.03%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.74%) GitHub
12 5 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.87%) AWS KMS
13 3 (0.87%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.03%) Firewall
1 7 (2.03%) VPN
2 6 (1.74%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.74%) WAN
3 5 (1.45%) DNS
3 5 (1.45%) LAN
3 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.16%) Intranet
4 4 (1.16%) MPLS
5 3 (0.87%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.58%) DHCP
6 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.29%) Internet
7 1 (0.29%) Network Security
7 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.29%) VLAN
7 1 (0.29%) VoIP
7 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.77%) Power BI
2 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.45%) Metadata
4 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.16%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.58%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.29%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.29%) HBase
7 1 (0.29%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 17 (4.93%) JIRA
2 10 (2.90%) Git
3 5 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.16%) GitLab
4 4 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.87%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.58%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.58%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.29%) Gradle
7 1 (0.29%) Maven
7 1 (0.29%) MLflow
7 1 (0.29%) PVCS
7 1 (0.29%) QUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.29%) TestRail
7 1 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 126 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 92 (26.67%) Legal
3 90 (26.09%) Finance
4 40 (11.59%) Public Sector
5 38 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.93%) Marketing
7 11 (3.19%) Billing
8 10 (2.90%) Banking
8 10 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.90%) Police
9 9 (2.61%) Electronics
9 9 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.32%) Front Office
10 8 (2.32%) Publishing
11 6 (1.74%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.74%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (11.88%) Analyst
2 33 (9.57%) Senior
3 29 (8.41%) Project Manager
4 27 (7.83%) Architect
5 26 (7.54%) Consultant
6 25 (7.25%) Software Engineer
7 23 (6.67%) Developer
8 17 (4.93%) Lead
9 15 (4.35%) Business Analyst
10 11 (3.19%) Commercial Manager
10 11 (3.19%) Support Engineer
11 10 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.61%) Senior Manager
13 8 (2.32%) Business Manager
14 7 (2.03%) Embedded Engineer
14 7 (2.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 6 (1.74%) Desktop Engineer
15 6 (1.74%) Java Developer
15 6 (1.74%) Product Owner
15 6 (1.74%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.19%) Middleware
2 8 (2.32%) REST
3 7 (2.03%) SOAP
4 5 (1.45%) Kafka
5 4 (1.16%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (1.16%) Node.js
6 3 (0.87%) JSON
6 3 (0.87%) PySpark
6 3 (0.87%) React
6 3 (0.87%) Spring
6 3 (0.87%) Web Services
7 2 (0.58%) Express.js
7 2 (0.58%) Flash
7 2 (0.58%) IDoc
7 2 (0.58%) Next.js
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.58%) Qt
7 2 (0.58%) SAP ALE
7 2 (0.58%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.48%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.03%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.74%) AI Agents
5 6 (1.74%) Security Posture
5 6 (1.74%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.45%) Taxonomies
7 4 (1.16%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.16%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.87%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (0.87%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.96%) Windows
2 19 (5.51%) Linux
3 11 (3.19%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.45%) Unix
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (17.68%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (15.65%) Agile
3 44 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 34 (9.86%) Migration
6 33 (9.57%) Software Engineering
7 30 (8.70%) AI
8 29 (8.41%) Change Management
9 25 (7.25%) CI/CD
9 25 (7.25%) DevOps
10 24 (6.96%) Workflow
11 23 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (6.38%) Data Modelling
12 22 (6.38%) ITIL
13 19 (5.51%) User Acceptance Testing
14 18 (5.22%) Data Protection
14 18 (5.22%) Project Delivery
15 17 (4.93%) Project Management
16 16 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
16 16 (4.64%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (8.70%) SQL
2 17 (4.93%) Python
3 16 (4.64%) C++
3 16 (4.64%) Java
4 15 (4.35%) Ada
5 14 (4.06%) C
6 9 (2.61%) C#
7 8 (2.32%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.03%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.16%) Bicep
9 4 (1.16%) Rust
9 4 (1.16%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.87%) Bash
10 3 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.87%) Go
10 3 (0.87%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.58%) ABAP
11 2 (0.58%) Perl
11 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (20.87%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.62%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.75%) Degree
4 17 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.32%) CIPD
7 6 (1.74%) ACCA
7 6 (1.74%) CIMA
8 5 (1.45%) CISSP
8 5 (1.45%) PMP
9 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CISM
10 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CEH
11 1 (0.29%) IIBA
11 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.51%) GDPR
2 13 (3.77%) QA
3 12 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.90%) NCSC
6 7 (2.03%) Def Stans
6 7 (2.03%) NIST
7 6 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.74%) GRC
7 6 (1.74%) SLA
8 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 4 (1.16%) IEC 61508
9 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.16%) MISRA
10 3 (0.87%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.87%) PSD2
11 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.58%) DO-178B
11 2 (0.58%) MISRA C
11 2 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.32%) Docker
3 4 (1.16%) Firmware
4 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.19%) Terraform
2 7 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.03%) SCCM
3 5 (1.45%) Ansible
4 3 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (0.87%) Grafana
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.58%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.29%) Nmap
Vendors
1 50 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.64%) SAP
3 15 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.48%) Oracle
5 10 (2.90%) Intapp
6 8 (2.32%) Databricks
7 6 (1.74%) Aruba
7 6 (1.74%) Cisco
7 6 (1.74%) iManage
8 5 (1.45%) Aderant
8 5 (1.45%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.45%) IBM
8 5 (1.45%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.45%) Workday
9 4 (1.16%) Splunk
9 4 (1.16%) Xero
10 3 (0.87%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.87%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.87%) SolarWinds