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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 239 225
Rank change year-on-year +1 -14 -57
Contract jobs citing Law 509 312 348
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.10% 1.12% 1.06%
As % of the General category 1.97% 1.74% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 153 165
10th Percentile £358 £226 £263
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £750 £725 £795
UK median daily rate £525 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 25 10
10th Percentile £14.01 £12.21 £18.20
25th Percentile £17.11 £13.46 £20.50
Median hourly rate £17.73 £27.28 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.03% +24.00% +22.22%
75th Percentile £25.77 £40.46 £27.96
90th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £29.38
UK median hourly rate £17.73 £45.23 £22.00
% change year-on-year -60.81% +105.59% +23.94%

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 25,803 17,901 18,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.72% 64.41% 58.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,244 11,321 11,735
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
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 2,146 1,001 1,014
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.11 £16.17 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.31 £25.15 £38.68
Median % change year-on-year +24.48% -34.97% +40.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.50 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +19.28% -32.93% +36.36%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +7 265 £550 -2.22% 1,450
North of England -25 82 £495 +4.11% 143
East of England -2 48 £450 - 65
South East -52 48 £525 +7.14% 189
Yorkshire -11 44 £441 -21.60% 34
Midlands -53 37 £438 -23.91% 72
North West -44 34 £525 +13.51% 86
West Midlands -46 25 £600 +4.35% 52
South West -45 13 £350 -33.65% 157
East Midlands -14 11 £200 -48.05% 20
North East -43 4 - - 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 14 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.18%) Confluence
4 2 (0.39%) Apache
4 2 (0.39%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Mendix
5 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.20%) Simulink
6 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.59%) Maximo
3 3 (0.59%) Oracle SCM
4 2 (0.39%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.39%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.20%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.20%) Primavera
5 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (13.56%) Azure
2 63 (12.38%) Power Platform
3 44 (8.64%) AWS
4 35 (6.88%) Dynamics 365
5 27 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.34%) SaaS
7 16 (3.14%) GitHub
8 15 (2.95%) Entra ID
9 13 (2.55%) Microsoft Copilot
9 13 (2.55%) Serverless
10 12 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.36%) GCP
10 12 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (2.36%) Power Automate
11 10 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.96%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.77%) Copilot Studio
12 9 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (1.38%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (1.77%) Firewall
3 7 (1.38%) DNS
3 7 (1.38%) Wireless
4 6 (1.18%) DHCP
4 6 (1.18%) VPN
5 5 (0.98%) Network Security
6 4 (0.79%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.79%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (0.79%) WAN
7 3 (0.59%) Broadband
7 3 (0.59%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (0.59%) LAN
7 3 (0.59%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.39%) BGP
8 2 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.39%) MPLS
8 2 (0.39%) OSPF
8 2 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (10.41%) Power BI
2 10 (1.96%) Metadata
3 8 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.38%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.98%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.59%) Redis
9 2 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.39%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.20%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.20%) Power Query
10 1 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (4.13%) JIRA
2 19 (3.73%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.55%) GitLab
4 11 (2.16%) Git
5 10 (1.96%) JUnit
5 10 (1.96%) Mockito
6 8 (1.57%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (1.38%) Liquibase
8 5 (0.98%) Gradle
9 4 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.39%) Flyway
10 2 (0.39%) git-flow
10 2 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.20%) CppUnit
11 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.20%) PVCS
General
1 135 (26.52%) Finance
2 127 (24.95%) Social Skills
3 93 (18.27%) Legal
4 67 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (12.18%) Public Sector
6 38 (7.47%) Police
7 25 (4.91%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (3.34%) Banking
8 17 (3.34%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.16%) Marketing
11 9 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.38%) Front Office
13 6 (1.18%) Aviation
13 6 (1.18%) Electronics
13 6 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.18%) Social Science
14 5 (0.98%) Legal Technology
15 3 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (13.75%) Lead
2 61 (11.98%) Senior
3 58 (11.39%) Analyst
4 45 (8.84%) Architect
5 39 (7.66%) Developer
6 30 (5.89%) Project Manager
7 29 (5.70%) Functional Architect
7 29 (5.70%) Lead Architect
8 24 (4.72%) Consultant
8 24 (4.72%) Software Engineer
9 22 (4.32%) IT Trainer
9 22 (4.32%) Trainer
10 20 (3.93%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 19 (3.73%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
11 19 (3.73%) Senior IT Trainer
12 15 (2.95%) Business Analyst
12 15 (2.95%) IT Manager
13 14 (2.75%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.75%) Support Engineer
14 13 (2.55%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.93%) REST
2 16 (3.14%) Terraform
3 13 (2.55%) Kafka
3 13 (2.55%) React
4 10 (1.96%) Spring
4 10 (1.96%) Spring Boot
5 8 (1.57%) RESTful
6 7 (1.38%) OpenAPI
6 7 (1.38%) Swagger
7 6 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (1.18%) SOAP
8 5 (0.98%) JSON
8 5 (0.98%) Spring Cloud
9 4 (0.79%) Middleware
9 4 (0.79%) Next.js
10 3 (0.59%) .NET
10 3 (0.59%) LangChain
10 3 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.59%) PySpark
11 2 (0.39%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.73%) Onboarding
2 18 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.14%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.36%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.96%) Social Media
6 9 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.57%) CCTV
7 8 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.38%) Robotics
9 6 (1.18%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.18%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.98%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.98%) Fixed Income
10 5 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.98%) FPGA
10 5 (0.98%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.98%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.47%) Windows
2 18 (3.54%) Linux
3 17 (3.34%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.98%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) Unix
7 2 (0.39%) VMS
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (16.70%) Stakeholder Management
2 84 (16.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 80 (15.72%) Agile
4 77 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (14.73%) Migration
6 62 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
8 53 (10.41%) AI
9 49 (9.63%) CI/CD
10 47 (9.23%) Software Engineering
11 46 (9.04%) Data Migration
12 44 (8.64%) ERP
13 41 (8.06%) DevOps
14 40 (7.86%) User Acceptance Testing
15 39 (7.66%) Change Management
15 39 (7.66%) Translating Business Requirements
16 36 (7.07%) Validation
17 33 (6.48%) Architectural Design
17 33 (6.48%) Procure-to-Pay
17 33 (6.48%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.25%) Python
2 35 (6.88%) SQL
3 22 (4.32%) Java
4 14 (2.75%) C
4 14 (2.75%) TypeScript
5 13 (2.55%) C++
5 13 (2.55%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.16%) Bash
7 7 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.18%) Ada
9 5 (0.98%) C#
10 4 (0.79%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.79%) SOQL
11 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.39%) PromQL
13 1 (0.20%) Bicep
13 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.20%) Rust
13 1 (0.20%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 113 (22.20%) Security Cleared
2 85 (16.70%) SC Cleared
3 48 (9.43%) Degree
4 35 (6.88%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (1.77%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.38%) CISSP
7 6 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.18%) CISM
8 5 (0.98%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.98%) PMP
9 4 (0.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.59%) IIBA
11 2 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.39%) CBAP
11 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.30%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.72%) QA
3 13 (2.55%) GDPR
4 9 (1.77%) GRC
5 8 (1.57%) NCSC
6 6 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (0.98%) NIST
8 4 (0.79%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.79%) MISRA
9 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.59%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.59%) PERC
10 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.39%) PMO
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 22 (4.32%) Docker
2 21 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.79%) Firmware
4 4 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.20%) NFS
Systems Management
1 21 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.75%) Ansible
3 9 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.57%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.18%) Grafana
5 6 (1.18%) SCCM
6 2 (0.39%) Consul
6 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.39%) Kibana
6 2 (0.39%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.39%) Puppet
6 2 (0.39%) Salt
6 2 (0.39%) SCOM
6 2 (0.39%) Zipkin
7 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.20%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.20%) QRadar
Vendors
1 100 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.13%) SAP
3 16 (3.14%) ServiceNow
4 13 (2.55%) Cisco
5 12 (2.36%) Aderant
6 10 (1.96%) Intapp
7 9 (1.77%) Oracle
7 9 (1.77%) Workday
8 8 (1.57%) Google
8 8 (1.57%) iManage
8 8 (1.57%) VMware
9 6 (1.18%) Foundry
9 6 (1.18%) IBM
9 6 (1.18%) Litera
9 6 (1.18%) Palo Alto
10 5 (0.98%) Fortinet
10 5 (0.98%) Solace
10 5 (0.98%) Splunk
10 5 (0.98%) UiPath
11 4 (0.79%) Black Duck