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 11 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 202 154
Rank change year-on-year -57 -48 +40
Contract jobs citing Law 313 372 635
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.23% 1.65%
As % of the General category 1.62% 2.02% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 172 434
10th Percentile £213 £238 £233
25th Percentile £415 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £656 £625 £638
90th Percentile £728 £714 £733
UK median daily rate £570 £502 £548
% change year-on-year +13.55% -8.31% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 9
10th Percentile £12.21 £18.65 £13.48
25th Percentile £15.48 £20.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.45 £41.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.95% +151.52% -14.51%
75th Percentile £39.00 £65.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £40.46 £73.80 £52.31
UK median hourly rate £40.46 £41.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year -2.51% +159.38% -17.95%

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 common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,379 18,404 22,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 62.58% 60.70% 59.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,319 11,118 15,590
10th Percentile £275 £300 £290
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £667
90th Percentile £738 £775 £769
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,255 665 1,041
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.80 £18.00 £17.22
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -6.31% +26.41%
75th Percentile £46.00 £58.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.50 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -13.36% -13.28% +26.84%

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 11 December 2025.

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 11 December 2025.

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 11 December 2025. 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 +12 163 £575 +9.52% 299
Midlands -64 36 £550 +4.76% 259
East of England +6 35 £375 - 187
South East -39 32 £483 -10.48% 415
West Midlands -41 32 £550 +4.76% 138
North of England -58 25 £400 -5.88% 312
North West -17 19 £483 +13.53% 163
South West -21 18 £675 +200.00% 141
Yorkshire -56 6 £400 -3.03% 128
East Midlands -36 4 £231 -53.75% 107
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 13 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.28%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.96%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.32%) Resin
4 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.88%) Simulink
4 7 (2.24%) Windchill
5 5 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.96%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.88%) Elite 3E
2 4 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (1.28%) SAP PLM
3 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.64%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.29%) Azure
2 23 (7.35%) AWS
3 20 (6.39%) Power Platform
4 16 (5.11%) SaaS
5 15 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.51%) GCP
7 10 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (2.88%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.88%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.28%) Azure AKS
9 4 (1.28%) Azure API Management
9 4 (1.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.96%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.19%) VPN
2 9 (2.88%) Firewall
3 8 (2.56%) DNS
3 8 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.60%) Internet
4 5 (1.60%) Network Security
4 5 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (1.28%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.96%) Intranet
6 3 (0.96%) LAN
6 3 (0.96%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.96%) WAN
7 2 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.64%) SMTP
8 1 (0.32%) DHCP
8 1 (0.32%) FTP
8 1 (0.32%) HTTP
8 1 (0.32%) IGRP
8 1 (0.32%) SSL
8 1 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.11%) Power BI
2 5 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.96%) Tableau
5 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.64%) Metadata
5 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.64%) Power Query
5 2 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.32%) Kdb+
6 1 (0.32%) Looker
6 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.32%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 15 (4.79%) JIRA
2 7 (2.24%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.92%) Git
4 5 (1.60%) Rational Rhapsody
5 4 (1.28%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.96%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.64%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.32%) GitLab
8 1 (0.32%) Gradle
8 1 (0.32%) Maven
8 1 (0.32%) PVCS
8 1 (0.32%) QUnit
8 1 (0.32%) TestRail
General
1 116 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.52%) Finance
3 72 (23.00%) Legal
4 34 (10.86%) Public Sector
5 30 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.47%) Police
7 13 (4.15%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.83%) Marketing
9 10 (3.19%) Billing
10 9 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.56%) Electronics
11 8 (2.56%) Front Office
11 8 (2.56%) General Ledger
12 7 (2.24%) Military
12 7 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.24%) Retail
13 6 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.92%) Local Government
14 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (10.86%) Analyst
2 24 (7.67%) Consultant
3 23 (7.35%) Project Manager
4 21 (6.71%) Lead
5 20 (6.39%) Developer
6 17 (5.43%) Senior
6 17 (5.43%) Software Engineer
7 15 (4.79%) Business Analyst
8 12 (3.83%) Architect
9 11 (3.51%) IT Support
10 9 (2.88%) Support Engineer
11 8 (2.56%) Commercial Manager
11 8 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.56%) Support Officer
11 8 (2.56%) Telecoms Manager
12 6 (1.92%) Administrator
12 6 (1.92%) Design Engineer
12 6 (1.92%) Java Developer
12 6 (1.92%) Product Owner
12 6 (1.92%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.56%) Node.js
1 8 (2.56%) REST
2 7 (2.24%) Middleware
2 7 (2.24%) SOAP
3 6 (1.92%) React
4 4 (1.28%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.28%) Express.js
4 4 (1.28%) Next.js
4 4 (1.28%) Web Services
5 3 (0.96%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.96%) Flash
5 3 (0.96%) Kafka
5 3 (0.96%) Spring
5 3 (0.96%) YAML
6 2 (0.64%) ADO
6 2 (0.64%) JSON
6 2 (0.64%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.64%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.64%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.83%) Management Information System
1 12 (3.83%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 6 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (1.92%) Freedom of Information Act
4 5 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (1.60%) Cybercrime
4 5 (1.60%) Data Structures
4 5 (1.60%) FPGA
4 5 (1.60%) Freedom of Information
4 5 (1.60%) VHDL
5 4 (1.28%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.28%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.28%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (1.28%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.39%) Windows
2 13 (4.15%) Linux
3 10 (3.19%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.96%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.32%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (18.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 37 (11.82%) Agile
2 37 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 27 (8.63%) Change Management
4 27 (8.63%) Migration
5 25 (7.99%) Software Engineering
6 23 (7.35%) DevOps
7 22 (7.03%) Data Protection
8 21 (6.71%) CI/CD
9 18 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (5.75%) ITIL
9 18 (5.75%) Project Delivery
9 18 (5.75%) Workflow
10 17 (5.43%) Analytics
10 17 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (5.43%) Risk Management
11 16 (5.11%) CRM
12 15 (4.79%) Actionable Insight
12 15 (4.79%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.39%) C++
2 19 (6.07%) SQL
3 17 (5.43%) Python
4 12 (3.83%) C
5 10 (3.19%) Java
6 9 (2.88%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.56%) MATLAB
8 7 (2.24%) Bicep
9 6 (1.92%) C#
9 6 (1.92%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.60%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.96%) Ada
12 3 (0.96%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.64%) Bash
13 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.32%) Clojure
14 1 (0.32%) Groovy
14 1 (0.32%) Scala
14 1 (0.32%) X++
Qualifications
1 67 (21.41%) Security Cleared
2 43 (13.74%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.82%) Degree
4 24 (7.67%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.56%) CIPD
6 6 (1.92%) ACCA
6 6 (1.92%) CIMA
6 6 (1.92%) CISSP
7 5 (1.60%) CEH
7 5 (1.60%) CompTIA CySA+
7 5 (1.60%) GIAC
7 5 (1.60%) PMP
8 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.28%) GREM
8 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.28%) OSCP
9 3 (0.96%) CISM
9 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.64%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.63%) GDPR
2 16 (5.11%) QA
3 11 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.92%) NCSC
5 6 (1.92%) NIST
5 6 (1.92%) SLA
6 4 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.28%) GRC
6 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (0.96%) PERC
7 3 (0.96%) PMO
8 2 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.64%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.64%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.64%) MISRA
9 1 (0.32%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.32%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 19 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.56%) Docker
2 8 (2.56%) Firmware
3 6 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.60%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.60%) Terminal Services
5 4 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (2.24%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.92%) Terraform
3 4 (1.28%) Kibana
3 4 (1.28%) SCCM
4 3 (0.96%) Ansible
5 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.32%) EnCase
6 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.32%) FTK
6 1 (0.32%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.32%) Nmap
6 1 (0.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 37 (11.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.43%) SAP
3 13 (4.15%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.24%) Intapp
4 7 (2.24%) VMware
4 7 (2.24%) Workday
5 5 (1.60%) Aderant
5 5 (1.60%) Citrix
5 5 (1.60%) Oracle
5 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.28%) Databricks
6 4 (1.28%) Google
6 4 (1.28%) Guidewire
6 4 (1.28%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.28%) iManage
6 4 (1.28%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.28%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.28%) Xero
7 3 (0.96%) Cisco
7 3 (0.96%) IBM