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 11 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 220 261
Rank change year-on-year +3 +41 -94
Contract jobs citing Law 261 159 131
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.28% 1.18% 0.81%
As % of the General category 2.09% 1.70% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 84 59
10th Percentile £447 £230 £219
25th Percentile £500 £422 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £653 £696 £694
90th Percentile £740 £750 £803
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £15.67
25th Percentile - £61.25 £22.30
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year - +131.74% -5.37%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £27.96
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.27 £27.28 £22.00
% change year-on-year -25.71% +24.00% +22.22%

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 12,473 9,335 10,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.33% 69.13% 62.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,938 6,152 6,815
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -4.78% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 188 125
10th Percentile £16.76 £16.85 £17.70
25th Percentile £20.92 £24.65 £24.18
Median hourly rate £27.75 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% -7.14% +10.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.61
England median hourly rate £31.13 £25.15 £38.31
% change year-on-year +23.77% -34.35% +39.31%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +11 66 £600 +6.67% 153
South London - 2 £593 - 2
North London - 1 - -
West London - 1 - - 89
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 9 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.30%) Confluence
3 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.77%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) Mendix
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle SCM
2 3 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.77%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.77%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.38%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.38%) Magento
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 39 (14.94%) Power Platform
2 33 (12.64%) Azure
3 30 (11.49%) Dynamics 365
4 28 (10.73%) AWS
5 13 (4.98%) GitHub
6 12 (4.60%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.21%) GCP
8 9 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (3.45%) Serverless
9 8 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.68%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.68%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.92%) SaaS
12 5 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.92%) Firewall
2 3 (1.15%) VPN
2 3 (1.15%) WAN
3 2 (0.77%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.77%) LAN
3 2 (0.77%) MPLS
3 2 (0.77%) Network Security
3 2 (0.77%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.77%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.38%) BGP
4 1 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.38%) DNS
4 1 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.38%) Internet
4 1 (0.38%) Multicast
4 1 (0.38%) OSPF
4 1 (0.38%) TACACS
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (14.56%) Power BI
2 5 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.15%) Metadata
3 3 (1.15%) Redis
3 3 (1.15%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.77%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.38%) KDB
5 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (5.75%) Jenkins
2 12 (4.60%) JIRA
3 11 (4.21%) GitLab
4 7 (2.68%) JUnit
4 7 (2.68%) Mockito
5 4 (1.53%) Git
5 4 (1.53%) Gradle
5 4 (1.53%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.77%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.38%) JMeter
7 1 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 84 (32.18%) Finance
2 57 (21.84%) Social Skills
3 55 (21.07%) Legal
4 34 (13.03%) Public Sector
5 23 (8.81%) Police
6 18 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.60%) Banking
8 9 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.68%) Front Office
10 6 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Legal Technology
12 3 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.15%) German Language
12 3 (1.15%) Marketing
12 3 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.77%) Military
13 2 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (18.77%) Lead
2 47 (18.01%) Senior
3 38 (14.56%) Architect
4 27 (10.34%) Functional Architect
4 27 (10.34%) Lead Architect
5 22 (8.43%) Analyst
5 22 (8.43%) Consultant
5 22 (8.43%) Project Manager
6 20 (7.66%) Developer
6 20 (7.66%) IT Trainer
6 20 (7.66%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 20 (7.66%) Trainer
7 19 (7.28%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
7 19 (7.28%) Senior IT Trainer
8 9 (3.45%) HR Advisor
8 9 (3.45%) Senior Manager
8 9 (3.45%) Software Engineer
9 8 (3.07%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.07%) Java Engineer
9 8 (3.07%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.60%) Terraform
2 11 (4.21%) Kafka
3 8 (3.07%) REST
4 7 (2.68%) React
4 7 (2.68%) Spring
4 7 (2.68%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.30%) RESTful
6 5 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (1.53%) JSON
7 4 (1.53%) OpenAPI
7 4 (1.53%) Swagger
8 3 (1.15%) LangChain
8 3 (1.15%) Middleware
8 3 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.15%) Spring Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Ehcache
9 2 (0.77%) HTML
9 2 (0.77%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.77%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.77%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.13%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.36%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.21%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.92%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.53%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.53%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.15%) FMCG
10 3 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.15%) PMI
10 3 (1.15%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.77%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.60%) Windows
2 9 (3.45%) Linux
3 4 (1.53%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.77%) Unix
6 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) VMS
6 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 53 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 50 (19.16%) Migration
4 45 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (16.86%) Agile
6 39 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
7 36 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 35 (13.41%) Data Migration
9 33 (12.64%) ERP
10 32 (12.26%) CI/CD
11 31 (11.88%) Architectural Design
11 31 (11.88%) Procure-to-Pay
12 30 (11.49%) Translating Business Requirements
13 29 (11.11%) AI
14 28 (10.73%) End-to-End Testing
14 28 (10.73%) Order to Cash
14 28 (10.73%) Record to Report
15 27 (10.34%) DevOps
16 24 (9.20%) Change Management
17 22 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.34%) Python
2 20 (7.66%) SQL
3 17 (6.51%) Java
4 9 (3.45%) TypeScript
5 8 (3.07%) Bash
6 7 (2.68%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.53%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.53%) SOQL
8 1 (0.38%) Bicep
8 1 (0.38%) C#
8 1 (0.38%) Go
8 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.38%) Scala
8 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (21.84%) Security Cleared
2 50 (19.16%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.20%) DV Cleared
4 23 (8.81%) Degree
5 8 (3.07%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.30%) CISM
6 6 (2.30%) CISSP
7 5 (1.92%) PMP
8 4 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.15%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.77%) CEH
10 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.38%) CIPD
11 1 (0.38%) GCIA
11 1 (0.38%) ISEB
11 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.98%) QA
2 6 (2.30%) GRC
3 5 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.92%) GDPR
4 4 (1.53%) Government Security Classifications
4 4 (1.53%) NCSC
5 3 (1.15%) NIST
6 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.38%) PERC
7 1 (0.38%) PMO
7 1 (0.38%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (6.51%) Docker
2 4 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.77%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.68%) Ansible
3 6 (2.30%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.53%) Grafana
5 3 (1.15%) SCCM
6 2 (0.77%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.77%) Kibana
6 2 (0.77%) Puppet
6 2 (0.77%) Salt
6 2 (0.77%) SCOM
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 62 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.60%) Aderant
3 9 (3.45%) SAP
3 9 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.68%) Google
5 6 (2.30%) Intapp
6 5 (1.92%) Cisco
6 5 (1.92%) iManage
6 5 (1.92%) Oracle
6 5 (1.92%) Splunk
7 4 (1.53%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.53%) UiPath
8 3 (1.15%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.15%) Litera
8 3 (1.15%) NEC
8 3 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.15%) Solace
9 2 (0.77%) Aruba
9 2 (0.77%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.77%) Salesforce