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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 245 233
Rank change year-on-year -21 -12 -64
Contract jobs citing Law 468 301 334
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.08% 1.04%
As % of the General category 1.78% 1.69% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 156 138
10th Percentile £358 £239 £243
25th Percentile £461 £413 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £498
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +9.05% -7.01%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £629
90th Percentile £750 £725 £729
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 13
10th Percentile £13.10 £12.21 £19.28
25th Percentile £15.58 £13.46 £20.50
Median hourly rate £17.73 £16.96 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -37.12% +49.83%
75th Percentile £25.77 £40.46 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.75 £71.85
UK median hourly rate £17.73 £50.00 £26.97
% change year-on-year -64.55% +85.39% +54.11%

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 26,286 17,862 18,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.47% 63.91% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,330 11,337 11,341
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,416 1,048 851
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.51 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.62 £16.29 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.01 £25.15 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -29.15% +19.33%
75th Percentile £56.00 £45.19 £61.52
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £25.08 £33.52
% change year-on-year +11.07% -25.19% +21.89%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -24 226 £600 +4.35% 3,840
North of England -12 86 £495 +6.92% 470
East of England +1 51 £450 +5.88% 201
Yorkshire +4 48 £441 -8.36% 131
South East -55 40 £525 +7.14% 501
North West -27 33 £525 +13.51% 278
Midlands -47 32 £530 -5.02% 242
West Midlands -53 23 £575 +1.77% 136
South West -45 16 £350 -38.05% 243
East Midlands -14 9 £270 -29.87% 106
North East - 5 - - 62
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 10 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.28%) Confluence
2 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.64%) CMS
3 3 (0.64%) nginx
4 2 (0.43%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) Mendix
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 20 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.64%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Simulink
5 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.64%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.64%) Maximo
2 3 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (0.64%) Oracle SCM
3 2 (0.43%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.43%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.21%) Primavera
4 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 63 (13.46%) Azure
2 43 (9.19%) AWS
3 30 (6.41%) Power Platform
4 28 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.63%) GitHub
6 16 (3.42%) Entra ID
7 14 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
7 14 (2.99%) SaaS
8 13 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.78%) PowerApps
8 13 (2.78%) Serverless
9 11 (2.35%) Copilot Studio
9 11 (2.35%) GCP
9 11 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (1.92%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (1.50%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.71%) Firewall
3 7 (1.50%) DHCP
3 7 (1.50%) DNS
3 7 (1.50%) VPN
4 6 (1.28%) Wireless
5 5 (1.07%) Network Security
6 4 (0.85%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.64%) Broadband
7 3 (0.64%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.64%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.64%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.64%) WAN
8 2 (0.43%) BGP
8 2 (0.43%) HTTP
8 2 (0.43%) LAN
8 2 (0.43%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.43%) OSPF
8 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.49%) Power BI
2 10 (2.14%) Metadata
3 7 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.50%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.50%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.64%) KDB
5 3 (0.64%) Redis
6 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.43%) Kdb+
6 2 (0.43%) Pentaho
6 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.27%) JIRA
2 18 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.21%) GitLab
4 10 (2.14%) Git
5 8 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (1.28%) JUnit
6 6 (1.28%) Mockito
7 4 (0.85%) Liquibase
7 4 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.64%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.43%) Flyway
9 2 (0.43%) git-flow
9 2 (0.43%) Gradle
9 2 (0.43%) JMeter
10 1 (0.21%) CppUnit
10 1 (0.21%) Postman
10 1 (0.21%) PVCS
10 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (26.50%) Social Skills
2 103 (22.01%) Finance
3 87 (18.59%) Legal
4 64 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (13.68%) Public Sector
5 37 (7.91%) Police
6 22 (4.70%) Influencing Skills
7 20 (4.27%) Banking
8 17 (3.63%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.92%) Marketing
11 8 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.71%) Front Office
11 8 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.50%) Legal Technology
13 6 (1.28%) Electronics
14 5 (1.07%) Aviation
14 5 (1.07%) Military
15 4 (0.85%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.85%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 57 (12.18%) Senior
2 56 (11.97%) Analyst
3 46 (9.83%) Lead
4 40 (8.55%) Developer
5 32 (6.84%) Project Manager
6 24 (5.13%) Consultant
6 24 (5.13%) IT Trainer
6 24 (5.13%) Trainer
7 22 (4.70%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
8 21 (4.49%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 21 (4.49%) Senior IT Trainer
9 18 (3.85%) Software Engineer
10 17 (3.63%) Architect
10 17 (3.63%) IT Manager
11 14 (2.99%) Business Analyst
11 14 (2.99%) Support Engineer
12 13 (2.78%) Support Analyst
13 12 (2.56%) Technical Support
14 11 (2.35%) Technical Engineer
14 11 (2.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.13%) REST
2 20 (4.27%) Terraform
3 12 (2.56%) React
4 9 (1.92%) Kafka
5 6 (1.28%) JSON
5 6 (1.28%) Middleware
5 6 (1.28%) RESTful
5 6 (1.28%) SOAP
5 6 (1.28%) Spring
5 6 (1.28%) Spring Boot
6 5 (1.07%) .NET
6 5 (1.07%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.85%) HTML
7 4 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (0.85%) OpenAPI
7 4 (0.85%) Spring Cloud
7 4 (0.85%) Swagger
7 4 (0.85%) XML
7 4 (0.85%) YAML
8 3 (0.64%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.27%) Cloud Native
1 20 (4.27%) Onboarding
2 15 (3.21%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.35%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.14%) Social Media
5 9 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.92%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.50%) Robotics
7 6 (1.28%) CCTV
7 6 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.07%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.07%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.07%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.07%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.07%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.76%) Windows
2 24 (5.13%) Linux
3 20 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.07%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (1.07%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.85%) Unix
6 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.43%) VMS
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (19.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 78 (16.67%) Agile
3 59 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (11.11%) AI
5 50 (10.68%) CI/CD
5 50 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 48 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (10.04%) Software Engineering
8 43 (9.19%) DevOps
8 43 (9.19%) Migration
9 39 (8.33%) Change Management
10 34 (7.26%) Risk Management
11 33 (7.05%) Validation
12 32 (6.84%) Roadmaps
13 29 (6.20%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 27 (5.77%) Decision-Making
14 27 (5.77%) Project Delivery
15 26 (5.56%) Data Protection
16 24 (5.13%) Data Modelling
17 23 (4.91%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.47%) Python
2 36 (7.69%) SQL
3 16 (3.42%) C++
3 16 (3.42%) Java
3 16 (3.42%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.78%) C
5 12 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.56%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.35%) Bash
7 7 (1.50%) Ada
7 7 (1.50%) C#
8 4 (0.85%) SOQL
9 3 (0.64%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.43%) Groovy
10 2 (0.43%) PHP
10 2 (0.43%) PromQL
11 1 (0.21%) Bicep
11 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.21%) Go
11 1 (0.21%) Rust
Qualifications
1 113 (24.15%) Security Cleared
2 88 (18.80%) SC Cleared
3 49 (10.47%) Degree
4 31 (6.62%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.92%) CISSP
5 9 (1.92%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.71%) CISM
7 6 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.07%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.07%) PMP
9 4 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.64%) IIBA
10 3 (0.64%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.34%) QA
2 21 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.56%) GDPR
4 10 (2.14%) NCSC
5 9 (1.92%) GRC
6 6 (1.28%) Def Stans
7 5 (1.07%) MISRA
8 4 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.85%) NIST
9 3 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.64%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.64%) PERC
9 3 (0.64%) SLA
10 2 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.43%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.43%) PMO
11 1 (0.21%) ITGC
System Software
1 21 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.27%) Docker
3 8 (1.71%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.85%) Firmware
4 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.21%) NFS
6 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (4.70%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.78%) Ansible
3 9 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.50%) Grafana
4 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.28%) SCCM
6 4 (0.85%) Kibana
7 2 (0.43%) Consul
7 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
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%) SCOM
7 2 (0.43%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.21%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.21%) Nagios
8 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 76 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.27%) SAP
3 19 (4.06%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.63%) Aderant
5 12 (2.56%) Cisco
6 9 (1.92%) Intapp
6 9 (1.92%) VMware
7 8 (1.71%) Google
7 8 (1.71%) Workday
8 5 (1.07%) Databricks
8 5 (1.07%) IBM
8 5 (1.07%) iManage
8 5 (1.07%) Litera
8 5 (1.07%) Oracle
8 5 (1.07%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.07%) Planon
8 5 (1.07%) Solace
8 5 (1.07%) Splunk
8 5 (1.07%) UiPath
9 4 (0.85%) Salesforce