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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 211 164
Rank change year-on-year -63 -47 +4
Contract jobs citing Law 324 327 552
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.27% 1.45%
As % of the General category 1.61% 2.03% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 174 339
10th Percentile £285 £249 £248
25th Percentile £421 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £653 £622 £625
90th Percentile £727 £715 £730
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 24
10th Percentile £22.37 £31.13 £10.42
25th Percentile £30.49 £40.44 £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 £71.42 £16.00
90th Percentile - £74.16 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £46.00 £65.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year -29.23% +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 20,161 16,138 22,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 59.27% 62.56% 58.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,773 9,826 14,752
10th Percentile £300 £297 £265
25th Percentile £405 £411 £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 1,270 507 1,509
10th Percentile £14.02 £15.62 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.86 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £30.40 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -24.36% +18.24% -11.04%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £72.05 £75.00 £67.40
UK median hourly rate £22.83 £29.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -21.28% +13.73% -4.60%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -14 177 £575 +9.52% 165
Midlands -65 44 £531 +1.19% 47
South East -38 34 £550 +3.92% 98
West Midlands -47 34 £550 - 27
East of England -10 25 £375 - 26
North of England -64 22 £447 -4.64% 92
South West -29 17 £563 +150.00% 17
North West -30 13 £463 +5.71% 61
East Midlands -35 10 £175 -65.00% 20
Yorkshire -60 9 £424 -9.60% 19
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 9 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.54%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.93%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.93%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.31%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.62%) Simulink
4 2 (0.62%) Windchill
5 1 (0.31%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 9 (2.78%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.62%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.31%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.31%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.31%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.31%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.31%) Orchard Housing
4 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.31%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 50 (15.43%) Azure
2 27 (8.33%) AWS
3 19 (5.86%) SaaS
4 14 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (4.32%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.40%) GCP
7 8 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (2.47%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.54%) GitHub
9 5 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.23%) Serverless
10 4 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.93%) AWS KMS
11 3 (0.93%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.85%) Firewall
2 5 (1.54%) DNS
2 5 (1.54%) Internet
2 5 (1.54%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.54%) VPN
2 5 (1.54%) WAN
3 4 (1.23%) Intranet
3 4 (1.23%) LAN
3 4 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.62%) DHCP
5 2 (0.62%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.62%) MPLS
5 2 (0.62%) VLAN
6 1 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.31%) Network Security
6 1 (0.31%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.31%) VoIP
6 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.40%) Power BI
2 6 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.54%) Metadata
4 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.23%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.62%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.62%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.31%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.31%) HBase
7 1 (0.31%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.94%) JIRA
2 10 (3.09%) Git
3 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.93%) CircleCI
4 3 (0.93%) GitLab
5 2 (0.62%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.31%) Gradle
6 1 (0.31%) Maven
6 1 (0.31%) MLflow
6 1 (0.31%) PVCS
6 1 (0.31%) QUnit
6 1 (0.31%) Selenium
6 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.31%) TestRail
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 119 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 86 (26.54%) Finance
3 83 (25.62%) Legal
4 40 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (11.42%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.56%) Marketing
7 11 (3.40%) Billing
8 10 (3.09%) Banking
9 9 (2.78%) Police
10 8 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.47%) Electronics
10 8 (2.47%) Front Office
10 8 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.47%) Publishing
11 6 (1.85%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.85%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.23%) Military
13 4 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (12.96%) Analyst
2 27 (8.33%) Consultant
2 27 (8.33%) Senior
3 24 (7.41%) Developer
3 24 (7.41%) Project Manager
4 23 (7.10%) Architect
5 22 (6.79%) Software Engineer
6 17 (5.25%) Lead
7 14 (4.32%) Support Engineer
8 13 (4.01%) Business Analyst
9 10 (3.09%) Commercial Manager
9 10 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (2.47%) Business Manager
11 7 (2.16%) Embedded Engineer
11 7 (2.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 7 (2.16%) Senior Manager
12 6 (1.85%) Desktop Support
12 6 (1.85%) Java Developer
12 6 (1.85%) Product Owner
13 5 (1.54%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.09%) Middleware
2 8 (2.47%) REST
3 7 (2.16%) SOAP
4 5 (1.54%) Kafka
5 4 (1.23%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.23%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (0.93%) Node.js
6 3 (0.93%) PySpark
6 3 (0.93%) React
6 3 (0.93%) Spring
7 2 (0.62%) Express.js
7 2 (0.62%) Flash
7 2 (0.62%) IDoc
7 2 (0.62%) JSON
7 2 (0.62%) Next.js
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.62%) Qt
7 2 (0.62%) SAP ALE
7 2 (0.62%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.70%) Management Information System
1 12 (3.70%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.40%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (1.85%) AI Agents
4 6 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (1.85%) Cybercrime
4 6 (1.85%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (1.85%) Smartphone
5 5 (1.54%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.23%) FPGA
6 4 (1.23%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.23%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.23%) Taxonomies
6 4 (1.23%) VHDL
7 3 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.17%) Windows
2 14 (4.32%) Linux
3 9 (2.78%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.54%) Unix
5 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.31%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 48 (14.81%) Agile
3 45 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (9.88%) Migration
5 30 (9.26%) Software Engineering
6 29 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 25 (7.72%) DevOps
7 25 (7.72%) Workflow
8 24 (7.41%) CI/CD
9 23 (7.10%) Data Modelling
9 23 (7.10%) ITIL
10 22 (6.79%) Change Management
11 21 (6.48%) AI
12 20 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (5.56%) Project Delivery
14 17 (5.25%) Customer Service
15 16 (4.94%) Actionable Insight
15 16 (4.94%) Process Improvement
15 16 (4.94%) Risk Management
15 16 (4.94%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.26%) SQL
2 17 (5.25%) Python
3 15 (4.63%) C++
3 15 (4.63%) Java
4 14 (4.32%) C
5 11 (3.40%) Ada
6 8 (2.47%) C#
7 7 (2.16%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.16%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.23%) Bicep
8 4 (1.23%) Rust
8 4 (1.23%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.23%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.93%) Bash
9 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.93%) Go
9 3 (0.93%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.62%) ABAP
10 2 (0.62%) Perl
10 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (20.68%) Security Cleared
2 42 (12.96%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.11%) Degree
4 17 (5.25%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.09%) CIPD
6 7 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.85%) ACCA
7 6 (1.85%) CIMA
8 5 (1.54%) CEH
8 5 (1.54%) CISSP
8 5 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (1.54%) PMP
9 4 (1.23%) GIAC
9 4 (1.23%) GREM
9 4 (1.23%) OSCP
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.62%) CISM
10 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.62%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.31%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.25%) GDPR
2 12 (3.70%) QA
3 11 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.78%) NCSC
6 6 (1.85%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.85%) Def Stans
6 6 (1.85%) SLA
7 5 (1.54%) GRC
7 5 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 5 (1.54%) NIST
8 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (1.23%) MISRA
9 3 (0.93%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.93%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.93%) PSD2
10 2 (0.62%) DO-178B
10 2 (0.62%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.62%) PMO
11 1 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 16 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.47%) Docker
3 4 (1.23%) Firmware
4 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.40%) Terraform
2 7 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.16%) SCCM
3 5 (1.54%) Ansible
4 3 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (0.93%) Grafana
5 2 (0.62%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.62%) Kibana
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.31%) EnCase
6 1 (0.31%) FTK
6 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.31%) Nmap
Vendors
1 37 (11.42%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.94%) SAP
2 16 (4.94%) ServiceNow
3 12 (3.70%) Oracle
4 10 (3.09%) Intapp
5 8 (2.47%) Databricks
6 6 (1.85%) iManage
7 5 (1.54%) Aderant
7 5 (1.54%) Aruba
7 5 (1.54%) Cisco
7 5 (1.54%) HubSpot
7 5 (1.54%) IBM
7 5 (1.54%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.54%) Workday
8 4 (1.23%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.23%) Splunk
8 4 (1.23%) Xero
9 3 (0.93%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.93%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.93%) SolarWinds