Law Contract Job Trends in London

Law
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 204 181
Rank change year-on-year -22 -23 -6
Contract jobs citing Law 181 151 237
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.13% 1.15% 1.30%
As % of the General category 1.78% 1.74% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 97 178
10th Percentile £375 £345 £326
25th Percentile £484 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £638 £638
90th Percentile £773 £800 £722
England median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £10.42
25th Percentile - £32.25 -
Median hourly rate - £34.50 £11.95
Median % change year-on-year - +188.70% -38.08%
75th Percentile - £36.75 £15.50
90th Percentile - - £28.91
England median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year -43.08% +400.00% -33.33%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,195 8,672 11,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.46% 65.91% 63.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,643 5,633 8,231
10th Percentile £350 £330 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £665 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 118 260
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.32 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £26.01 £18.31
Median hourly rate £28.55 £35.00 £29.36
Median % change year-on-year -18.43% +19.21% -8.25%
75th Percentile £48.50 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.51 £72.84
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £25.90
% change year-on-year -21.76% +17.59% -20.32%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Law relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Law job vacancy trend in London

Law
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Law.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in London over the 6 months to 4 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Law in London

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Law.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Law

Law
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London -3 36 £625 +28.21% 86
West London -20 3 £188 - 2
East London - 2 £900 - 9
South London -17 1 - - 5
Law
England

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 8 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.76%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.10%) CMS
5 1 (0.55%) Apache
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.55%) Confluence
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.31%) Elite 3E
2 5 (2.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.10%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.10%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.55%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.55%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.55%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.71%) Azure
2 11 (6.08%) AWS
3 8 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.87%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.87%) SaaS
5 6 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.21%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.21%) GCP
7 3 (1.66%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.66%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.10%) IaaS
8 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.10%) OCI
8 2 (1.10%) PaaS
8 2 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.31%) SD-WAN
1 6 (3.31%) WAN
2 5 (2.76%) LAN
2 5 (2.76%) VPN
3 4 (2.21%) Firewall
3 4 (2.21%) MPLS
4 3 (1.66%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (1.66%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.10%) Intranet
6 1 (0.55%) DHCP
6 1 (0.55%) DNS
6 1 (0.55%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.55%) Internet
6 1 (0.55%) Network Security
6 1 (0.55%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.55%) VoIP
6 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.31%) Power BI
2 3 (1.66%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.10%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.55%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.55%) HBase
4 1 (0.55%) KDB
4 1 (0.55%) Kdb+
4 1 (0.55%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.55%) Metadata
4 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.55%) MySQL
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.76%) JIRA
2 4 (2.21%) Git
3 1 (0.55%) Gradle
3 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.55%) Maven
3 1 (0.55%) MLflow
3 1 (0.55%) QUnit
3 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.55%) TestRail
General
1 62 (34.25%) Finance
2 57 (31.49%) Legal
3 56 (30.94%) Social Skills
4 20 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (10.50%) Public Sector
6 14 (7.73%) Marketing
7 11 (6.08%) Billing
8 8 (4.42%) Front Office
9 7 (3.87%) Banking
10 6 (3.31%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.76%) Police
11 5 (2.76%) Publishing
11 5 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.66%) Retail
13 2 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.55%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (14.36%) Senior
2 23 (12.71%) Architect
3 19 (10.50%) Analyst
3 19 (10.50%) Project Manager
4 17 (9.39%) Developer
5 15 (8.29%) Consultant
6 10 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (4.42%) Senior Manager
8 7 (3.87%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.87%) Business Manager
9 6 (3.31%) Java Developer
9 6 (3.31%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (2.76%) Functional Consultant
10 5 (2.76%) Lead
10 5 (2.76%) Senior Developer
11 4 (2.21%) Business Development Manager
11 4 (2.21%) Change Manager
11 4 (2.21%) Payments Analyst
11 4 (2.21%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (2.21%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.87%) Middleware
2 5 (2.76%) REST
3 4 (2.21%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (2.21%) SOAP
4 3 (1.66%) Spring
5 2 (1.10%) IDoc
5 2 (1.10%) JSON
5 2 (1.10%) Kafka
5 2 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.10%) React
5 2 (1.10%) SAP ALE
5 2 (1.10%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.55%) Faiss
6 1 (0.55%) LangChain
6 1 (0.55%) LangGraph
6 1 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.55%) Next.js
6 1 (0.55%) PySpark
6 1 (0.55%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.52%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.42%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.31%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.76%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.76%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.66%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.66%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.66%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.10%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.10%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.10%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.55%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.42%) Windows
2 3 (1.66%) Linux
3 2 (1.10%) Unix
3 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (14.92%) Agile
3 21 (11.60%) Change Management
3 21 (11.60%) Migration
4 19 (10.50%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (8.84%) ITIL
6 15 (8.29%) AI
6 15 (8.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 14 (7.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (7.73%) Workflow
8 12 (6.63%) CI/CD
8 12 (6.63%) Project Management
8 12 (6.63%) Risk Management
9 11 (6.08%) Decision-Making
10 10 (5.52%) Data Migration
11 9 (4.97%) Accounts Receivable
11 9 (4.97%) Asset Management
11 9 (4.97%) Data Modelling
11 9 (4.97%) DevOps
11 9 (4.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.84%) SQL
2 9 (4.97%) Java
3 7 (3.87%) Python
4 5 (2.76%) C++
5 3 (1.66%) Bicep
5 3 (1.66%) C#
6 2 (1.10%) ABAP
6 2 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.10%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.55%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.55%) Clojure
7 1 (0.55%) Groovy
7 1 (0.55%) PHP
7 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.55%) Rust
7 1 (0.55%) Scala
7 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (18.78%) Security Cleared
2 28 (15.47%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.50%) Degree
4 6 (3.31%) ACCA
4 6 (3.31%) CIMA
5 5 (2.76%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.21%) PMP
7 3 (1.66%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.66%) CISSP
7 3 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.10%) CIPD
9 1 (0.55%) CISM
9 1 (0.55%) IIBA
9 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.55%) PhD
9 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.31%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.31%) GDPR
2 6 (3.31%) NCSC
2 6 (3.31%) NIST
3 5 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.76%) GRC
4 4 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (1.66%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (1.66%) PSD2
5 3 (1.66%) QA
6 2 (1.10%) PMO
7 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.55%) EMIR
7 1 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.55%) P3O
7 1 (0.55%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (3.31%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.21%) Terraform
2 3 (1.66%) Cisco Prime
2 3 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.10%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.10%) SCCM
4 1 (0.55%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.55%) Kibana
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.52%) SAP
3 8 (4.42%) Intapp
4 7 (3.87%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.31%) Aruba
5 6 (3.31%) Cisco
5 6 (3.31%) Oracle
6 5 (2.76%) Aderant
6 5 (2.76%) Databricks
6 5 (2.76%) iManage
6 5 (2.76%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.76%) Workday
7 4 (2.21%) HubSpot
7 4 (2.21%) Xero
8 3 (1.66%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.66%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.10%) Juniper
9 2 (1.10%) OpenText
9 2 (1.10%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.55%) HP