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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 213 226
Rank change year-on-year -27 +13 -67
Contract jobs citing Law 470 335 383
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 1.23% 1.04%
As % of the General category 1.90% 1.94% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 170 224
10th Percentile £362 £216 £263
25th Percentile £463 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £688
90th Percentile £714 £703 £814
UK median daily rate £508 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.50% -9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 25 24
10th Percentile - £12.21 £11.95
25th Percentile £17.11 £13.46 £12.50
Median hourly rate £24.29 £27.64 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% +33.20% +3.75%
75th Percentile £25.77 £55.49 £27.96
90th Percentile £55.83 £76.11 £35.13
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £30.20 £21.50
% change year-on-year -14.67% +40.47% +10.26%

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 24,681 17,301 21,065
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.17% 63.77% 57.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,862 11,088 13,439
10th Percentile £313 £285 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £533
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -3.85% -3.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 896 1,708
10th Percentile £14.36 £13.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £19.24 £16.48 £16.06
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.75 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +27.08% -21.16% +11.10%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.20 £56.49
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £26.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +24.53% -19.44% +7.71%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -3 243 £550 +4.76% 751
North of England -50 64 £425 - 250
South East -42 50 £525 +61.54% 263
Midlands -62 40 £527 -4.14% 132
East of England -5 36 £494 +9.72% 126
Yorkshire -32 34 £495 -12.09% 100
West Midlands -71 30 £625 +12.11% 67
North West -46 26 £413 +3.19% 124
South West -28 20 £425 +88.89% 70
East Midlands -13 9 £200 -58.97% 65
North East -36 4 - - 28
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 18 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.43%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.64%) Maximo
2 3 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.43%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.21%) Primavera
4 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (14.68%) Azure
2 63 (13.40%) Power Platform
3 38 (8.09%) Dynamics 365
4 29 (6.17%) AWS
5 22 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (3.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 15 (3.19%) GitHub
7 15 (3.19%) SaaS
8 12 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.55%) Power Automate
8 12 (2.55%) Serverless
9 11 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (2.13%) Entra ID
10 10 (2.13%) GCP
10 10 (2.13%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.70%) Copilot Studio
12 7 (1.49%) Azure AI
12 7 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (1.49%) Firewall
3 6 (1.28%) Network Security
3 6 (1.28%) VPN
3 6 (1.28%) Wireless
4 5 (1.06%) DNS
4 5 (1.06%) Ethernet
4 5 (1.06%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.06%) WAN
5 4 (0.85%) Cisco IPT
5 4 (0.85%) DHCP
5 4 (0.85%) LAN
5 4 (0.85%) MPLS
5 4 (0.85%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.43%) Internet
6 2 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.85%) Power BI
2 7 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.85%) Metadata
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.43%) Redis
7 2 (0.43%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.21%) KDB
8 1 (0.21%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 17 (3.62%) JIRA
3 14 (2.98%) GitLab
4 10 (2.13%) JUnit
4 10 (2.13%) Mockito
5 7 (1.49%) Git
5 7 (1.49%) Liquibase
6 6 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (1.06%) Gradle
7 5 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.43%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.43%) Flyway
8 2 (0.43%) git-flow
9 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.21%) Vite
General
1 126 (26.81%) Finance
2 117 (24.89%) Social Skills
3 94 (20.00%) Legal
4 61 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (9.79%) Public Sector
6 34 (7.23%) Police
7 24 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (3.83%) Banking
9 14 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.98%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.55%) Marketing
11 9 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.70%) Legal Technology
13 7 (1.49%) Social Science
14 6 (1.28%) Aviation
14 6 (1.28%) Front Office
15 5 (1.06%) Electronics
15 5 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.64%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (13.62%) Senior
2 63 (13.40%) Lead
3 57 (12.13%) Analyst
4 45 (9.57%) Architect
5 35 (7.45%) Developer
5 35 (7.45%) Project Manager
6 32 (6.81%) Software Engineer
7 31 (6.60%) Functional Architect
7 31 (6.60%) Lead Architect
8 22 (4.68%) Consultant
9 17 (3.62%) IT Trainer
9 17 (3.62%) Senior Manager
9 17 (3.62%) Trainer
10 16 (3.40%) Business Analyst
11 15 (3.19%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 14 (2.98%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
12 14 (2.98%) Senior IT Trainer
13 13 (2.77%) IT Analyst
13 13 (2.77%) Support Analyst
13 13 (2.77%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.98%) REST
2 13 (2.77%) Kafka
3 10 (2.13%) React
3 10 (2.13%) Spring
3 10 (2.13%) Spring Boot
4 8 (1.70%) RESTful
5 7 (1.49%) Middleware
5 7 (1.49%) OpenAPI
5 7 (1.49%) Swagger
6 6 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
6 6 (1.28%) SOAP
7 5 (1.06%) Spring Cloud
8 4 (0.85%) JSON
8 4 (0.85%) PySpark
9 3 (0.64%) ADO
9 3 (0.64%) LangChain
10 2 (0.43%) .NET
10 2 (0.43%) CSS
10 2 (0.43%) HTML
10 2 (0.43%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.83%) Onboarding
2 15 (3.19%) Cloud Native
3 13 (2.77%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.91%) AI Agents
5 9 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.70%) CCTV
6 8 (1.70%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.49%) Robotics
7 7 (1.49%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.49%) Social Media
8 6 (1.28%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.28%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.28%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.06%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.06%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.60%) Windows
2 21 (4.47%) Linux
3 12 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.43%) Unix
6 2 (0.43%) VMS
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (17.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 71 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (14.68%) Migration
4 68 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (14.04%) Agile
6 61 (12.98%) AI
7 58 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (12.13%) Business Intelligence
9 47 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 46 (9.79%) Data Migration
10 46 (9.79%) ERP
10 46 (9.79%) Software Engineering
11 44 (9.36%) CI/CD
12 43 (9.15%) Translating Business Requirements
13 38 (8.09%) Change Management
13 38 (8.09%) DevOps
14 37 (7.87%) Architectural Design
14 37 (7.87%) Procure-to-Pay
15 35 (7.45%) End-to-End Testing
16 34 (7.23%) Order to Cash
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.17%) SQL
2 24 (5.11%) Java
3 23 (4.89%) Python
4 18 (3.83%) C
5 14 (2.98%) Ada
6 13 (2.77%) C++
7 11 (2.34%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.70%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.49%) Bash
11 6 (1.28%) C#
12 4 (0.85%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.85%) SOQL
13 3 (0.64%) Rust
13 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.43%) Bicep
14 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.43%) PromQL
14 2 (0.43%) VBA
15 1 (0.21%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 93 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 64 (13.62%) SC Cleared
3 53 (11.28%) Degree
4 25 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.28%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.28%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.85%) CISSP
10 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.64%) CISM
11 2 (0.43%) CCNA
11 2 (0.43%) CEH
11 2 (0.43%) CIPD
11 2 (0.43%) GCIA
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.04%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.40%) QA
3 13 (2.77%) GDPR
4 8 (1.70%) Def Stans
4 8 (1.70%) NCSC
5 7 (1.49%) GRC
5 7 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.49%) NIST
6 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (1.06%) MISRA
8 4 (0.85%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.64%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.64%) PMO
10 2 (0.43%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.21%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.21%) PERC
11 1 (0.21%) PSD2
11 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (4.47%) Active Directory
1 21 (4.47%) Docker
2 6 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.06%) Firmware
4 4 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.19%) Terraform
3 11 (2.34%) Ansible
4 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.70%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.28%) Grafana
6 4 (0.85%) SCCM
7 2 (0.43%) Consul
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 (0.21%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 100 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.68%) SAP
3 11 (2.34%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.13%) Cisco
5 9 (1.91%) Workday
6 8 (1.70%) Oracle
7 7 (1.49%) Google
7 7 (1.49%) iManage
7 7 (1.49%) Intapp
8 6 (1.28%) Foundry
8 6 (1.28%) UiPath
8 6 (1.28%) VMware
9 5 (1.06%) Databricks
9 5 (1.06%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.06%) IBM
9 5 (1.06%) Litera
9 5 (1.06%) Solace
9 5 (1.06%) Splunk
10 4 (0.85%) Aruba
10 4 (0.85%) Black Duck