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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 212 223
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 -69
Contract jobs citing Law 437 288 385
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.06% 1.20% 1.06%
As % of the General category 1.96% 1.87% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 170 244
10th Percentile £350 £267 £264
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -9.05% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £675
90th Percentile £725 £750 £809
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 27
10th Percentile £16.85 £28.86 £10.42
25th Percentile £17.11 £30.03 £11.91
Median hourly rate £17.73 £40.59 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.33% +212.25% -35.00%
75th Percentile £25.77 £76.70 £27.96
90th Percentile £43.38 £81.05 £32.50
UK median hourly rate £17.73 £52.99 £14.32
% change year-on-year -66.55% +270.19% -28.43%

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 22,317 15,380 21,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.04% 64.14% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,762 9,956 13,647
10th Percentile £310 £287 £281
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £510 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,495 664 1,773
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.80 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.22 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £61.34 £55.06 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £66.25
UK median hourly rate £30.08 £27.57 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.10% -7.69%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +9 221 £525 - 464
North of England -46 54 £449 -1.70% 83
South East -37 51 £500 -0.10% 96
Midlands -76 45 £425 -19.05% 53
East of England -7 32 £469 -10.71% 31
West Midlands -62 27 £600 +9.09% 36
North West -35 26 £463 +8.82% 48
Yorkshire -39 24 £435 -22.60% 26
South West -21 20 £500 +122.22% 28
East Midlands -27 17 £175 -65.00% 17
North East -25 4 - - 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 16 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.46%) Confluence
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 15 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.46%) Simulink
5 1 (0.23%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.69%) Maximo
2 3 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.23%) Magento
4 1 (0.23%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
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 57 (13.04%) Azure
1 57 (13.04%) Power Platform
2 34 (7.78%) Dynamics 365
3 26 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (5.49%) AWS
5 15 (3.43%) SaaS
6 14 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
7 11 (2.52%) Power Automate
8 8 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (1.83%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.83%) GCP
8 8 (1.83%) GitHub
9 7 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (1.60%) Serverless
10 6 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.14%) IaaS
11 5 (1.14%) PaaS
12 4 (0.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.52%) Firewall
2 9 (2.06%) DNS
3 8 (1.83%) SD-WAN
3 8 (1.83%) WAN
3 8 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (1.37%) LAN
4 6 (1.37%) Network Security
4 6 (1.37%) VPN
5 5 (1.14%) DHCP
5 5 (1.14%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.14%) MPLS
5 5 (1.14%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.92%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (0.92%) Wireless
7 3 (0.69%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.46%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (0.46%) Internet
8 2 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.46%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (10.98%) Power BI
2 9 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.37%) Metadata
4 5 (1.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
5 4 (0.92%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.69%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.46%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.23%) KDB
8 1 (0.23%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.23%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (4.12%) JIRA
2 12 (2.75%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.29%) Git
4 8 (1.83%) GitLab
4 8 (1.83%) JUnit
4 8 (1.83%) Mockito
5 6 (1.37%) Liquibase
5 6 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
6 4 (0.92%) Gradle
7 3 (0.69%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.46%) Flyway
8 2 (0.46%) git-flow
9 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 119 (27.23%) Finance
2 112 (25.63%) Social Skills
3 93 (21.28%) Legal
4 54 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (12.13%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.41%) Police
7 18 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (3.66%) Banking
9 15 (3.43%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.97%) Marketing
11 7 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.37%) Aviation
12 6 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.14%) Billing
13 5 (1.14%) Front Office
13 5 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.14%) Publishing
14 4 (0.92%) Military
14 4 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (13.27%) Architect
2 57 (13.04%) Senior
3 56 (12.81%) Analyst
4 55 (12.59%) Lead
5 31 (7.09%) Functional Architect
5 31 (7.09%) Lead Architect
6 28 (6.41%) Software Engineer
7 27 (6.18%) Project Manager
8 26 (5.95%) Developer
9 20 (4.58%) Business Analyst
9 20 (4.58%) Consultant
10 17 (3.89%) Senior Manager
10 17 (3.89%) Support Engineer
11 13 (2.97%) IT Analyst
12 12 (2.75%) Business Manager
13 10 (2.29%) Administrator
13 10 (2.29%) Commercial Manager
13 10 (2.29%) IT Support
13 10 (2.29%) Java Engineer
13 10 (2.29%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.52%) Kafka
2 9 (2.06%) Middleware
3 8 (1.83%) REST
3 8 (1.83%) Spring
3 8 (1.83%) Spring Boot
4 7 (1.60%) React
5 6 (1.37%) OpenAPI
5 6 (1.37%) Swagger
6 5 (1.14%) RESTful
6 5 (1.14%) SOAP
7 4 (0.92%) Spring Cloud
8 3 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.69%) JSON
8 3 (0.69%) PySpark
8 3 (0.69%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.46%) Drools
9 2 (0.46%) JPA
9 2 (0.46%) OAuth
9 2 (0.46%) Spring MVC
9 2 (0.46%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.66%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.97%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.06%) AI Agents
3 9 (2.06%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.06%) Security Posture
4 8 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (1.83%) Smartphone
5 7 (1.60%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.60%) Robotics
5 7 (1.60%) Social Media
6 6 (1.37%) CCTV
6 6 (1.37%) FPGA
7 5 (1.14%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.14%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.92%) PCIe
8 4 (0.92%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.01%) Windows
2 19 (4.35%) Linux
3 13 (2.97%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.14%) Unix
6 4 (0.92%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (17.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 67 (15.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 67 (15.33%) Migration
3 61 (13.96%) Agile
4 60 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
7 47 (10.76%) AI
7 47 (10.76%) Translating Business Requirements
8 46 (10.53%) ERP
9 44 (10.07%) Data Migration
9 44 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
10 38 (8.70%) Architectural Design
10 38 (8.70%) Software Engineering
11 37 (8.47%) Order to Cash
12 36 (8.24%) Procure-to-Pay
13 35 (8.01%) Change Management
14 34 (7.78%) End-to-End Testing
14 34 (7.78%) Record to Report
15 29 (6.64%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.32%) SQL
2 23 (5.26%) Java
3 15 (3.43%) Python
4 13 (2.97%) Ada
4 13 (2.97%) C
5 11 (2.52%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.06%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.83%) C#
8 7 (1.60%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.14%) Bash
9 5 (1.14%) C++
10 4 (0.92%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.92%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.69%) Go
11 3 (0.69%) Rust
11 3 (0.69%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.46%) Perl
12 2 (0.46%) PromQL
12 2 (0.46%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 87 (19.91%) Security Cleared
2 58 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 52 (11.90%) Degree
4 22 (5.03%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.14%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.92%) CISSP
10 3 (0.69%) CIPD
10 3 (0.69%) CISM
10 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.46%) CCNA
11 2 (0.46%) CEH
11 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.46%) GCIA
11 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.46%) PMP
12 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.12%) Data Quality
1 18 (4.12%) GDPR
2 10 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.29%) QA
3 9 (2.06%) NCSC
4 8 (1.83%) GRC
5 7 (1.60%) NIST
6 5 (1.14%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.69%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.69%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.69%) PSD2
8 3 (0.69%) SLA
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.46%) MISRA
9 2 (0.46%) 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 27 (6.18%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.66%) Docker
3 5 (1.14%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.52%) Ansible
1 11 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.29%) Terraform
3 8 (1.83%) SCCM
4 7 (1.60%) Grafana
4 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.46%) Consul
7 2 (0.46%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.46%) Puppet
7 2 (0.46%) Salt
7 2 (0.46%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 92 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.81%) SAP
3 14 (3.20%) Oracle
4 9 (2.06%) Cisco
4 9 (2.06%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.06%) Workday
5 7 (1.60%) Aruba
5 7 (1.60%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.37%) IBM
6 6 (1.37%) iManage
6 6 (1.37%) Palo Alto
6 6 (1.37%) Splunk
7 5 (1.14%) Databricks
7 5 (1.14%) Intapp
7 5 (1.14%) VMware
8 4 (0.92%) Juniper
8 4 (0.92%) MuleSoft
8 4 (0.92%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.92%) Solace
8 4 (0.92%) SolarWinds