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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 205 217
Rank change year-on-year -35 +12 -61
Contract jobs citing Law 430 300 397
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 1.23% 1.08%
As % of the General category 1.93% 1.91% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 178 257
10th Percentile £333 £289 £263
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -9.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £721 £755 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 27
10th Percentile £16.68 £28.73 £10.42
25th Percentile £17.11 £30.00 £11.91
Median hourly rate £17.73 £30.20 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.31% +132.31% -27.78%
75th Percentile £27.70 £81.01 £27.96
90th Percentile £48.13 £81.08 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £17.73 £55.00 £14.32
% change year-on-year -67.77% +284.21% -20.47%

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 22,273 15,692 21,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.58% 64.12% 58.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,825 10,192 13,799
10th Percentile £306 £300 £280
25th Percentile £409 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,468 667 1,790
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.16 £17.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.27
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -9.14% -6.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £56.58 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.30
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.96%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +17 224 £525 - 411
North of England -42 48 £436 -5.73% 108
South East -49 48 £485 -3.10% 106
Midlands -77 44 £438 -16.67% 57
East of England -12 31 £488 -7.14% 26
West Midlands -65 27 £600 +9.09% 36
North West -29 26 £463 +8.82% 67
South West -31 21 £500 +122.22% 22
Yorkshire -49 19 £412 -20.60% 32
East Midlands -39 16 £175 -65.00% 21
North East -16 3 - - 9
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 17 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
6 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 15 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.47%) Simulink
6 1 (0.23%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.47%) Maximo
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.23%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.23%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.23%) Orchard Housing
4 1 (0.23%) Primavera
4 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (14.19%) Azure
2 55 (12.79%) Power Platform
3 34 (7.91%) Dynamics 365
4 27 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (5.58%) AWS
6 16 (3.72%) SaaS
7 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 10 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.33%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (1.86%) GCP
10 7 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.40%) GitHub
12 5 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.16%) IaaS
12 5 (1.16%) PaaS
12 5 (1.16%) Serverless
13 4 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.56%) Firewall
2 10 (2.33%) DNS
3 8 (1.86%) SD-WAN
3 8 (1.86%) VPN
3 8 (1.86%) WAN
4 7 (1.63%) LAN
4 7 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.40%) DHCP
5 6 (1.40%) Ethernet
5 6 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.16%) MPLS
6 5 (1.16%) Network Security
6 5 (1.16%) Wireless
7 4 (0.93%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.70%) Cisco IPT
8 3 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.47%) Internet
9 2 (0.47%) Intranet
9 2 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (10.70%) Power BI
2 6 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.40%) Metadata
2 6 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
4 4 (0.93%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.47%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.47%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (3.95%) JIRA
2 11 (2.56%) Git
3 9 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.86%) GitLab
5 7 (1.63%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (1.16%) JUnit
6 5 (1.16%) Mockito
7 3 (0.70%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.70%) Gradle
7 3 (0.70%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.47%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.47%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.23%) PVCS
9 1 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.23%) TestRail
9 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 117 (27.21%) Finance
2 114 (26.51%) Social Skills
3 93 (21.63%) Legal
4 53 (12.33%) Public Sector
5 52 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (6.51%) Police
7 15 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.26%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.26%) Marketing
9 13 (3.02%) Banking
10 9 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.40%) Billing
11 6 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.16%) Aviation
12 5 (1.16%) Front Office
12 5 (1.16%) Military
12 5 (1.16%) Publishing
13 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (13.95%) Analyst
1 60 (13.95%) Architect
2 53 (12.33%) Lead
3 49 (11.40%) Senior
4 31 (7.21%) Functional Architect
4 31 (7.21%) Lead Architect
5 30 (6.98%) Software Engineer
6 26 (6.05%) Project Manager
7 22 (5.12%) Developer
8 21 (4.88%) Business Analyst
9 18 (4.19%) Consultant
10 16 (3.72%) Senior Manager
10 16 (3.72%) Support Engineer
11 13 (3.02%) IT Analyst
12 12 (2.79%) Business Manager
13 11 (2.56%) Commercial Manager
14 10 (2.33%) Administrator
14 10 (2.33%) IT Support
14 10 (2.33%) Support Analyst
15 9 (2.09%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.56%) Middleware
2 9 (2.09%) Kafka
3 7 (1.63%) REST
4 6 (1.40%) SOAP
4 6 (1.40%) Spring
4 6 (1.40%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.16%) React
6 3 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (0.70%) JSON
6 3 (0.70%) OpenAPI
6 3 (0.70%) PySpark
6 3 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (0.70%) RESTful
6 3 (0.70%) Swagger
7 2 (0.47%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.47%) CSS
7 2 (0.47%) HTML
7 2 (0.47%) Spring Cloud
7 2 (0.47%) Web Services
7 2 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.19%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.26%) Onboarding
3 10 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.09%) AI Agents
4 9 (2.09%) Security Posture
5 8 (1.86%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.86%) Smartphone
6 7 (1.63%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.40%) CCTV
7 6 (1.40%) FPGA
7 6 (1.40%) Social Media
8 5 (1.16%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.16%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.16%) Robotics
9 4 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.93%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.93%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.84%) Windows
2 19 (4.42%) Linux
3 14 (3.26%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.09%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.16%) Unix
6 4 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (16.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 66 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (14.88%) Migration
4 57 (13.26%) Agile
4 57 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 51 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
6 46 (10.70%) ERP
6 46 (10.70%) Translating Business Requirements
7 45 (10.47%) User Acceptance Testing
8 44 (10.23%) AI
9 43 (10.00%) Data Migration
10 40 (9.30%) Software Engineering
11 39 (9.07%) Order to Cash
12 38 (8.84%) Architectural Design
13 36 (8.37%) Procure-to-Pay
14 35 (8.14%) Record to Report
15 34 (7.91%) End-to-End Testing
16 33 (7.67%) Change Management
17 29 (6.74%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.67%) SQL
2 22 (5.12%) Java
3 17 (3.95%) Python
4 14 (3.26%) C
5 13 (3.02%) Ada
6 10 (2.33%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.09%) C#
7 9 (2.09%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.63%) C++
8 7 (1.63%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.16%) Bash
10 4 (0.93%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.93%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.70%) Go
11 3 (0.70%) Rust
11 3 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.47%) Perl
12 2 (0.47%) SystemVerilog
13 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (19.77%) Security Cleared
2 57 (13.26%) SC Cleared
3 51 (11.86%) Degree
4 21 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.40%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.40%) CISSP
7 5 (1.16%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.70%) CIPD
8 3 (0.70%) CISM
9 2 (0.47%) CCNA
9 2 (0.47%) CEH
9 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.47%) GCIA
9 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.47%) PMP
10 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.42%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.95%) GDPR
3 12 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.79%) QA
4 9 (2.09%) NCSC
4 9 (2.09%) NIST
5 7 (1.63%) GRC
6 5 (1.16%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.70%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.70%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.70%) PSD2
8 3 (0.70%) SLA
9 2 (0.47%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.47%) MISRA
9 2 (0.47%) PMO
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.23%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 29 (6.74%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.02%) Docker
3 6 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.33%) Terraform
2 9 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.09%) SCCM
3 8 (1.86%) Ansible
4 5 (1.16%) Grafana
5 3 (0.70%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.47%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.47%) Puppet
6 2 (0.47%) Salt
7 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 93 (21.63%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.12%) SAP
3 16 (3.72%) Oracle
4 11 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.09%) Cisco
5 9 (2.09%) Intapp
6 7 (1.63%) Aruba
6 7 (1.63%) Fortinet
6 7 (1.63%) IBM
6 7 (1.63%) Workday
7 6 (1.40%) Databricks
7 6 (1.40%) iManage
7 6 (1.40%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.40%) Splunk
7 6 (1.40%) VMware
8 5 (1.16%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.93%) Juniper
9 4 (0.93%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.70%) Intel