Legal Technology Contract Job Trends in England

Legal Technology (Legal Tech)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal Technology in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal Technology over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 469 527
Rank change year-on-year -107 +58 +104
Contract jobs citing Legal Technology 16 14 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.038% 0.057% 0.032%
As % of the General category 0.069% 0.089% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 6
10th Percentile £463 £387 -
25th Percentile £475 £509 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £350
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +50.00% -30.00%
75th Percentile £725 £694 £581
90th Percentile £756 £838 £650
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £350
% change year-on-year -4.29% +50.00% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £40.62 - -
25th Percentile £40.84 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £41.44 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.07% - -
75th Percentile £41.80 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £41.87 - -
UK median hourly rate £41.44 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year -21.07% - -

All General Skills
England

Legal Technology 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 23,184 15,739 21,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.44% 64.32% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,170 10,135 13,770
10th Percentile £313 £281 £281
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £631 £644 £650
90th Percentile £749 £770 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,600 736 1,832
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.30 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.85 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.70% -11.59% +2.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £27.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.72% -7.67% -6.25%

Legal Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legal Technology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Legal Technology job vacancy trend in England

Legal Technology
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Legal Technology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Legal Technology

Legal Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal Technology in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal Technology in England

Legal Technology
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Legal Technology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Legal Technology

Legal Technology
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 Legal Technology within the England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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 -70 14 £590 +7.27% 52
North West - 1 £475 - 3
South West - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 £475 - 4
Legal Technology
UK

Legal Technology
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 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
2 4 (25.00%) WordPress
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Harvey AI
2 2 (12.50%) IaaS
2 2 (12.50%) PaaS
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
2 2 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub
3 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
1 1 (6.25%) Gatling
1 1 (6.25%) JMeter
1 1 (6.25%) Postman
1 1 (6.25%) REST Assured
1 1 (6.25%) Selenium
1 1 (6.25%) TestRail
General
1 16 (100.00%) Legal
2 8 (50.00%) Law
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Military
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Architect
1 4 (25.00%) Systems Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Knowledge Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Applications Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Innovation Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) Middleware
1 1 (6.25%) Playwright
1 1 (6.25%) Vuetify.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.25%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (6.25%) FMCG
3 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) AI
2 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (25.00%) Line Management
4 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 2 (12.50%) Data Management
5 2 (12.50%) Information Management
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) LLM
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
5 2 (12.50%) Predictive Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) Prompt Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
5 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 2 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Sitecore
3 2 (12.50%) iManage
3 2 (12.50%) Intapp
3 2 (12.50%) Litera
3 2 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (6.25%) Aderant
4 1 (6.25%) Ariba
4 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) Workday