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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 210 171
Rank change year-on-year -62 -39 -3
Contract jobs citing Law 345 315 531
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 1.26% 1.39%
As % of the General category 1.65% 2.01% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 191 310
10th Percentile £313 £238 £248
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £675 £603 £636
90th Percentile £750 £715 £731
UK median daily rate £564 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +12.75% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 24
10th Percentile £21.68 £31.58 £10.42
25th Percentile £28.75 £56.81 £11.87
Median hourly rate £37.00 £68.69 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.13% +428.37% -33.33%
75th Percentile £39.00 £76.32 £23.69
90th Percentile - £81.01 £35.13
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £65.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year -46.54% +400.00% -33.33%

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 20,929 15,709 22,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.13% 63.07% 58.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,261 10,035 14,572
10th Percentile £300 £300 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,303 570 1,672
10th Percentile £14.15 £15.06 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.55 £19.93 £15.29
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.41 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% +16.94% -19.38%
75th Percentile £57.25 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.03 £29.23 £25.71
% change year-on-year -17.79% +13.69% -19.66%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -8 186 £588 +13.53% 255
Midlands -80 42 £525 +5.00% 74
South East -32 36 £525 +5.58% 123
West Midlands -61 32 £550 +7.32% 40
North of England -56 29 £425 +3.03% 127
East of England -23 24 £375 - 39
South West -28 22 £588 +161.11% 27
North West -27 17 £450 +12.50% 78
Yorkshire -55 12 £412 -12.13% 42
East Midlands -46 10 £175 -65.00% 33
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 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.87%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Confluence
5 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 17 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.29%) Simulink
5 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.61%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.58%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.29%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.29%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.29%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.29%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.29%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 55 (15.94%) Azure
2 26 (7.54%) AWS
3 20 (5.80%) SaaS
4 19 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.51%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.19%) GCP
7 9 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (2.32%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.32%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (2.03%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.74%) GitHub
11 5 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.87%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.87%) Serverless
12 3 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.03%) Firewall
1 7 (2.03%) VPN
2 6 (1.74%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.74%) WAN
3 5 (1.45%) DNS
3 5 (1.45%) LAN
3 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.16%) Cisco IPT
4 4 (1.16%) Intranet
4 4 (1.16%) MPLS
5 3 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.58%) DHCP
6 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.29%) Internet
7 1 (0.29%) Network Security
7 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.29%) VLAN
7 1 (0.29%) VoIP
7 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.06%) Power BI
2 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.45%) Metadata
4 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.16%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.58%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.29%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.29%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.29%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.29%) Power Query
7 1 (0.29%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 17 (4.93%) JIRA
2 10 (2.90%) Git
3 5 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.16%) GitLab
4 4 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.87%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.58%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.58%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.29%) Gradle
7 1 (0.29%) Maven
7 1 (0.29%) MLflow
7 1 (0.29%) PVCS
7 1 (0.29%) QUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.29%) TestRail
7 1 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 124 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 93 (26.96%) Legal
3 90 (26.09%) Finance
4 39 (11.30%) Public Sector
5 38 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.93%) Marketing
7 11 (3.19%) Billing
7 11 (3.19%) Police
8 10 (2.90%) Banking
8 10 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.61%) Electronics
9 9 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.32%) Front Office
10 8 (2.32%) Publishing
11 7 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.74%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.74%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (12.17%) Analyst
2 33 (9.57%) Senior
3 29 (8.41%) Project Manager
4 28 (8.12%) Architect
5 26 (7.54%) Consultant
6 25 (7.25%) Software Engineer
7 22 (6.38%) Developer
8 18 (5.22%) Lead
9 15 (4.35%) Business Analyst
10 11 (3.19%) Support Engineer
11 10 (2.90%) Commercial Manager
11 10 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (2.61%) Senior Manager
13 8 (2.32%) Business Manager
14 7 (2.03%) Embedded Engineer
14 7 (2.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 6 (1.74%) Desktop Engineer
15 6 (1.74%) Java Developer
15 6 (1.74%) Product Owner
15 6 (1.74%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.19%) Middleware
2 7 (2.03%) REST
3 6 (1.74%) SOAP
4 5 (1.45%) Kafka
5 4 (1.16%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (1.16%) Node.js
6 3 (0.87%) JSON
6 3 (0.87%) PySpark
6 3 (0.87%) React
6 3 (0.87%) Spring
6 3 (0.87%) Web Services
7 2 (0.58%) Express.js
7 2 (0.58%) Flash
7 2 (0.58%) IDoc
7 2 (0.58%) Next.js
7 2 (0.58%) Qt
7 2 (0.58%) SAP ALE
7 2 (0.58%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.48%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (1.74%) AI Agents
5 6 (1.74%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.74%) Security Posture
5 6 (1.74%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.45%) Taxonomies
7 4 (1.16%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.16%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.87%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (0.87%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.96%) Windows
2 19 (5.51%) Linux
3 11 (3.19%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.45%) Unix
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (15.65%) Agile
3 44 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 35 (10.14%) Migration
6 33 (9.57%) Software Engineering
7 31 (8.99%) AI
8 29 (8.41%) Change Management
9 25 (7.25%) CI/CD
9 25 (7.25%) DevOps
10 24 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (6.67%) Data Modelling
11 23 (6.67%) Workflow
12 22 (6.38%) ITIL
13 21 (6.09%) User Acceptance Testing
14 19 (5.51%) Data Protection
15 18 (5.22%) Project Delivery
16 17 (4.93%) Project Management
17 16 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
17 16 (4.64%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.41%) SQL
2 17 (4.93%) Python
3 16 (4.64%) C++
3 16 (4.64%) Java
4 15 (4.35%) Ada
5 14 (4.06%) C
6 9 (2.61%) C#
7 8 (2.32%) JavaScript
8 7 (2.03%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.16%) Bicep
9 4 (1.16%) Rust
9 4 (1.16%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.87%) Bash
10 3 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.87%) Go
10 3 (0.87%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.58%) ABAP
11 2 (0.58%) Perl
11 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (20.58%) Security Cleared
2 46 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.04%) Degree
4 17 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.32%) CIPD
7 6 (1.74%) ACCA
7 6 (1.74%) CIMA
8 5 (1.45%) CISSP
8 5 (1.45%) PMP
9 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CISM
10 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CEH
11 1 (0.29%) IIBA
11 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.80%) GDPR
2 13 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (3.77%) QA
3 11 (3.19%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.90%) NCSC
5 8 (2.32%) NIST
6 7 (2.03%) Def Stans
7 6 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.74%) GRC
7 6 (1.74%) SLA
8 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 4 (1.16%) IEC 61508
9 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.16%) MISRA
10 3 (0.87%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.87%) PSD2
11 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.58%) DO-178B
11 2 (0.58%) MISRA C
11 2 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.32%) Docker
3 4 (1.16%) Firmware
4 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.19%) Terraform
2 7 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.03%) SCCM
3 5 (1.45%) Ansible
4 3 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (0.87%) Grafana
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.58%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.29%) Nmap
Vendors
1 50 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.64%) SAP
3 15 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.48%) Oracle
5 10 (2.90%) Intapp
6 8 (2.32%) Databricks
7 6 (1.74%) Aruba
7 6 (1.74%) Cisco
7 6 (1.74%) iManage
8 5 (1.45%) Aderant
8 5 (1.45%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.45%) IBM
8 5 (1.45%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.45%) Workday
9 4 (1.16%) Splunk
9 4 (1.16%) Xero
10 3 (0.87%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.87%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.87%) SolarWinds