Law Contracts 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 218 157
Rank change year-on-year -3 -61 +46
Contract jobs citing Law 292 387 812
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.21% 1.06% 1.68%
As % of the General category 1.88% 1.83% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 246 565
10th Percentile £265 £264 £213
25th Percentile £413 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £603 £669 £667
90th Percentile £740 £806 £757
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 27 25
10th Percentile £28.73 £10.42 £13.30
25th Percentile £30.00 £11.91 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.20 £13.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.31% -35.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £81.01 £27.96 £57.00
90th Percentile £81.08 £32.50 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £14.32 £20.00
% change year-on-year +284.21% -28.43% +14.29%

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 15,524 21,189 28,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 64.08% 58.21% 59.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,041 13,665 20,155
10th Percentile £290 £281 £315
25th Percentile £408 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 685 1,774 931
10th Percentile £13.76 £13.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £27.13 £30.16 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% -5.75% +46.91%
75th Percentile £54.01 £52.35 £60.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.59 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.39 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.71% -7.69% +44.44%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Law in England

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in England.

Daily rate trend for Law in England

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in England

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in England.

Hourly rate trend for Law in England

Law
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in England over the 6 months to 21 May 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 21 May 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 -3 141 £525 -2.33% 1,577
Midlands +5 55 £525 -12.50% 221
West Midlands -15 35 £550 -8.33% 123
South East +20 32 £501 -16.58% 435
North of England +15 30 £463 -7.50% 312
East Midlands +25 20 £500 - 88
North West +6 17 £425 -15.00% 177
South West +28 15 £225 -61.04% 151
Yorkshire +11 12 £519 +173.03% 111
East of England +24 11 £525 +23.53% 144
North East -3 1 - - 27
Law
UK

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.37%) CMS
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.03%) Apache
3 3 (1.03%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.68%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Trello
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.03%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.34%) Primavera
4 1 (0.34%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.34%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.34%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 50 (17.12%) Azure
2 27 (9.25%) AWS
3 16 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.11%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.05%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.71%) SaaS
7 3 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.03%) IaaS
7 3 (1.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 3 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.68%) Boomi
8 2 (0.68%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.68%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon Macie
9 1 (0.34%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.34%) GitHub
9 1 (0.34%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.34%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.42%) DNS
2 8 (2.74%) Firewall
3 5 (1.71%) LAN
3 5 (1.71%) Network Security
3 5 (1.71%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.71%) VPN
3 5 (1.71%) WAN
4 4 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (1.37%) FTP
4 4 (1.37%) HTTP
4 4 (1.37%) Intranet
4 4 (1.37%) MPLS
4 4 (1.37%) SMTP
4 4 (1.37%) SSL
5 3 (1.03%) SAN
6 2 (0.68%) DMZ
6 2 (0.68%) Internet
6 2 (0.68%) OSPF
6 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.42%) Power BI
1 10 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.03%) Big Data
3 3 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.68%) DB2
4 2 (0.68%) Metadata
5 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.34%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.34%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.34%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (6.16%) JIRA
2 13 (4.45%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.77%) SonarQube
4 9 (3.08%) GitLab
5 8 (2.74%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.74%) REST Assured
5 8 (2.74%) Selenium
6 5 (1.71%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.71%) JMeter
7 3 (1.03%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 78 (26.71%) Finance
1 78 (26.71%) Social Skills
2 60 (20.55%) Legal
3 43 (14.73%) Public Sector
4 30 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.88%) Police
6 10 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.08%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Marketing
10 5 (1.71%) Banking
10 5 (1.71%) Local Government
10 5 (1.71%) Publishing
11 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Military
11 4 (1.37%) Retail
12 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (18.15%) Analyst
2 27 (9.25%) Architect
3 25 (8.56%) Senior
4 24 (8.22%) Consultant
4 24 (8.22%) Developer
5 20 (6.85%) Lead
6 19 (6.51%) Project Manager
7 13 (4.45%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.42%) Information Manager
8 10 (3.42%) IT Analyst
8 10 (3.42%) IT Support
8 10 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (3.08%) Senior Manager
10 8 (2.74%) Programme Manager
10 8 (2.74%) Service Analyst
10 8 (2.74%) Software Engineer
11 7 (2.40%) Compliance Specialist
11 7 (2.40%) PMO Analyst
11 7 (2.40%) Service Desk Analyst
12 6 (2.05%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.08%) REST
2 8 (2.74%) .NET
2 8 (2.74%) ARM Templates
2 8 (2.74%) Java EE
3 7 (2.40%) CSS
4 6 (2.05%) HTML
5 5 (1.71%) Middleware
6 4 (1.37%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.37%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.37%) LDAP
6 4 (1.37%) React
7 3 (1.03%) ADO
7 3 (1.03%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.03%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (1.03%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.03%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.68%) SOAP
8 2 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.77%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.40%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.05%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.05%) Freedom of Information
4 6 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.37%) Cyberattack
6 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.03%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.03%) CSOC
7 3 (1.03%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.03%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (1.03%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.56%) Windows
2 19 (6.51%) Linux
3 11 (3.77%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.74%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.03%) CentOS
5 3 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.68%) Unix
7 1 (0.34%) Android
7 1 (0.34%) VMS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (13.01%) Change Management
2 36 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (9.59%) DevOps
3 28 (9.59%) ITIL
4 27 (9.25%) Migration
4 27 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (8.90%) Agile
5 26 (8.90%) Risk Management
6 25 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (8.56%) Data Protection
7 23 (7.88%) Project Management
7 23 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (6.16%) Artificial Intelligence
8 18 (6.16%) Software Engineering
9 16 (5.48%) Customer Service
9 16 (5.48%) Information Security
9 16 (5.48%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (4.79%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (4.79%) ERP
11 13 (4.45%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.85%) SQL
2 10 (3.42%) Java
3 8 (2.74%) C#
3 8 (2.74%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.74%) Python
4 6 (2.05%) C++
5 5 (1.71%) Ada
6 4 (1.37%) ABAP
7 3 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.68%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.68%) Bash
8 2 (0.68%) C
8 2 (0.68%) PHP
8 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.34%) RPG
9 1 (0.34%) RPG/400
9 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (20.55%) Security Cleared
2 56 (19.18%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.88%) Degree
4 6 (2.05%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.71%) CISM
6 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.37%) CISSP
6 4 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.03%) EnCE
7 3 (1.03%) ISEB
7 3 (1.03%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.03%) PMP
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.34%) ACCA
9 1 (0.34%) CCAB
9 1 (0.34%) CIMA
9 1 (0.34%) CIPFA
9 1 (0.34%) CISMP
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.48%) GDPR
2 8 (2.74%) HL7
2 8 (2.74%) PMO
3 5 (1.71%) NIST
3 5 (1.71%) PSD2
4 4 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.37%) NCSC
5 3 (1.03%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.03%) GRC
5 3 (1.03%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.68%) DO-254
6 2 (0.68%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.68%) MISRA
6 2 (0.68%) MISRA C
6 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.68%) QA
6 2 (0.68%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.14%) Docker
3 8 (2.74%) vSphere
4 5 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.03%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.03%) vCloud
6 3 (1.03%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (5.48%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.79%) Terraform
3 12 (4.11%) Ansible
4 8 (2.74%) Docker Swarm
4 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.74%) Podman
5 3 (1.03%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (1.03%) EnCase
5 3 (1.03%) FTK
5 3 (1.03%) Kibana
6 2 (0.68%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.68%) SCCM
6 2 (0.68%) SCOM
6 2 (0.68%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.34%) Grafana
7 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.79%) SAP
2 14 (4.79%) ServiceNow
3 10 (3.42%) Oracle
4 9 (3.08%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.40%) Cisco
6 6 (2.05%) iManage
6 6 (2.05%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.71%) Dell
7 5 (1.71%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.71%) VMware
7 5 (1.71%) Workday
8 4 (1.37%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.37%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.03%) Aruba
9 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.03%) Cellebrite
9 3 (1.03%) F5
9 3 (1.03%) Nuix
9 3 (1.03%) Red Hat