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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 211 156
Rank change year-on-year -61 -55 +26
Contract jobs citing Law 301 343 589
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.21% 1.62%
As % of the General category 1.55% 1.96% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 160 395
10th Percentile £216 £245 £243
25th Percentile £414 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £653 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £715 £730
UK median daily rate £550 £508 £535
% change year-on-year +8.21% -5.00% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 10
10th Percentile £16.52 £17.73 £10.42
25th Percentile £20.37 £27.63 £12.19
Median hourly rate £37.00 £49.75 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.63% +220.97% -19.69%
75th Percentile £39.37 £67.14 £18.81
90th Percentile £50.45 £73.92 £24.15
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £49.75 £15.50
% change year-on-year +0.50% +220.97% -20.51%

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 19,413 17,486 21,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 61.32% 61.79% 59.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,309 10,584 14,509
10th Percentile £284 £300 £275
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £661
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,232 598 1,007
10th Percentile £14.13 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.42 £16.75
Median hourly rate £23.54 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% -9.09% +28.35%
75th Percentile £46.00 £57.90 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.42 £74.05 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.39 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.91% -17.02% +32.00%

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 31 December 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 31 December 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 31 December 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 -1 156 £575 +9.52% 304
Midlands -56 40 £538 +7.50% 244
South East -37 33 £490 -7.42% 378
East of England -1 30 £400 +6.67% 181
West Midlands -34 30 £550 +4.76% 121
North of England -54 25 £435 -8.34% 350
South West -14 15 £675 +200.00% 148
North West -17 14 £463 -7.50% 188
Yorkshire -53 11 £412 -0.15% 129
East Midlands -33 10 £175 -65.00% 109
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 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.66%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.00%) CMS
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.33%) Confluence
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.99%) Simulink
3 6 (1.99%) Windchill
4 4 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.66%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.66%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.66%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.00%) SAP PLM
4 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.66%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.33%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.33%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.33%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.33%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.33%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.33%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.33%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.94%) Azure
2 27 (8.97%) AWS
3 18 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.98%) SaaS
4 16 (5.32%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.65%) GCP
7 10 (3.32%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (2.99%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.66%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.66%) GitHub
11 5 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.33%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (1.00%) AWS KMS
13 3 (1.00%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.32%) DNS
2 9 (2.99%) Firewall
2 9 (2.99%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.66%) VPN
4 5 (1.66%) Internet
5 4 (1.33%) Network Security
5 4 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.00%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.00%) Intranet
6 3 (1.00%) LAN
6 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.00%) WAN
7 2 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.66%) DHCP
7 2 (0.66%) VLAN
8 1 (0.33%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.33%) MPLS
8 1 (0.33%) Skype
8 1 (0.33%) SSL
8 1 (0.33%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.99%) Power BI
2 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.33%) Metadata
3 4 (1.33%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.66%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (0.66%) Tableau
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.33%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.33%) Kdb+
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 18 (5.98%) JIRA
2 10 (3.32%) Git
3 6 (1.99%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (1.66%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.33%) GitLab
5 4 (1.33%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (1.00%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.00%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.66%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.33%) Gradle
8 1 (0.33%) Maven
8 1 (0.33%) MLflow
8 1 (0.33%) PVCS
8 1 (0.33%) QUnit
8 1 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 112 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 82 (27.24%) Finance
3 68 (22.59%) Legal
4 32 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 30 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.65%) Billing
6 11 (3.65%) Police
7 10 (3.32%) Marketing
8 8 (2.66%) Front Office
9 7 (2.33%) Electronics
9 7 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.33%) Publishing
9 7 (2.33%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.99%) Banking
10 6 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.99%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.66%) Military
11 5 (1.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (11.63%) Analyst
2 23 (7.64%) Consultant
2 23 (7.64%) Project Manager
3 22 (7.31%) Developer
4 20 (6.64%) Lead
5 18 (5.98%) Senior
5 18 (5.98%) Software Engineer
6 14 (4.65%) Support Engineer
7 12 (3.99%) Architect
7 12 (3.99%) Business Analyst
8 9 (2.99%) Commercial Manager
8 9 (2.99%) IT Support
9 7 (2.33%) Change Manager
9 7 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.99%) Desktop Support
10 6 (1.99%) Java Developer
10 6 (1.99%) Security Analyst
11 5 (1.66%) Design Engineer
11 5 (1.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 5 (1.66%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.33%) Middleware
1 7 (2.33%) Node.js
1 7 (2.33%) REST
2 6 (1.99%) Kafka
2 6 (1.99%) React
2 6 (1.99%) SOAP
3 4 (1.33%) Express.js
3 4 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (1.33%) Next.js
4 3 (1.00%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.00%) Spring
4 3 (1.00%) Web Services
5 2 (0.66%) .NET
5 2 (0.66%) CSS
5 2 (0.66%) Flash
5 2 (0.66%) HTML
5 2 (0.66%) JSON
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.66%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.99%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (2.66%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.99%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.99%) Freedom of Information Act
5 6 (1.99%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.66%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.33%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.33%) Cybercrime
7 4 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.33%) FPGA
7 4 (1.33%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.33%) VHDL
8 3 (1.00%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.00%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.97%) Windows
2 13 (4.32%) Linux
2 13 (4.32%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.99%) Unix
3 6 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.33%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (18.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 41 (13.62%) Agile
3 38 (12.62%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 29 (9.63%) Migration
6 26 (8.64%) DevOps
7 25 (8.31%) Software Engineering
8 23 (7.64%) Change Management
8 23 (7.64%) ITIL
9 22 (7.31%) CI/CD
10 20 (6.64%) Data Protection
10 20 (6.64%) Workflow
11 18 (5.98%) Risk Management
12 17 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (5.65%) Customer Service
12 17 (5.65%) Project Delivery
13 16 (5.32%) PRINCE2
14 15 (4.98%) Data Modelling
14 15 (4.98%) Project Management
15 14 (4.65%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.31%) SQL
2 17 (5.65%) Python
3 16 (5.32%) C++
3 16 (5.32%) Java
4 9 (2.99%) C
4 9 (2.99%) PowerShell
5 8 (2.66%) C#
5 8 (2.66%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.99%) Bicep
6 6 (1.99%) MATLAB
6 6 (1.99%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.33%) Ada
7 4 (1.33%) Bash
7 4 (1.33%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (1.00%) Go
9 2 (0.66%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.66%) Perl
9 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (20.60%) Security Cleared
2 41 (13.62%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.29%) Degree
4 19 (6.31%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.66%) CIPD
6 7 (2.33%) CISSP
7 6 (1.99%) PMP
8 5 (1.66%) ACCA
8 5 (1.66%) CEH
8 5 (1.66%) CIMA
8 5 (1.66%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.66%) GIAC
9 4 (1.33%) CISM
9 4 (1.33%) GREM
9 4 (1.33%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.33%) OSCP
10 3 (1.00%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.66%) CISA
11 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.97%) GDPR
2 13 (4.32%) QA
3 12 (3.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.66%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.66%) SLA
5 6 (1.99%) NCSC
5 6 (1.99%) NIST
6 4 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.33%) GRC
6 4 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (0.66%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.66%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.66%) MISRA
7 2 (0.66%) PERC
7 2 (0.66%) PMO
8 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (6.98%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.65%) Docker
3 6 (1.99%) Firmware
3 6 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.66%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.33%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.99%) Terraform
3 7 (2.33%) SCCM
4 6 (1.99%) Ansible
5 4 (1.33%) Kibana
6 3 (1.00%) Grafana
7 2 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.33%) EnCase
8 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.33%) FTK
8 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 37 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.65%) ServiceNow
3 14 (4.65%) SAP
4 11 (3.65%) Oracle
5 9 (2.99%) Intapp
6 6 (1.99%) VMware
6 6 (1.99%) Workday
7 5 (1.66%) Databricks
7 5 (1.66%) iManage
7 5 (1.66%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.33%) Citrix
8 4 (1.33%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.33%) IBM
8 4 (1.33%) Splunk
8 4 (1.33%) Xero
9 3 (1.00%) Aruba
9 3 (1.00%) Cisco
9 3 (1.00%) Google
9 3 (1.00%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.00%) Palo Alto