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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 213 257
Rank change year-on-year -40 +44 -93
Contract jobs citing Law 223 156 127
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.10% 1.16% 0.78%
As % of the General category 1.78% 1.69% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 94 53
10th Percentile £425 £263 £231
25th Percentile £500 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £575 £495
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% +16.16% -9.17%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £638
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
England median daily rate £550 £550 £495
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £15.67
25th Percentile - - £22.30
Median hourly rate £15.84 - £26.97
75th Percentile - - £27.96
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.73 £16.96 £26.97
% change year-on-year +4.51% -37.12% +49.83%

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 12,513 9,208 10,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.92% 68.54% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,975 6,052 6,560
10th Percentile £350 £330 £331
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £779 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.03% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 178 121
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.84 £17.50
25th Percentile £20.01 £24.50 £25.23
Median hourly rate £28.47 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% -10.03% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.18 £66.90 £68.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +2 51 £593 -2.27% 367
South London - 3 £550 - 6
West London - 1 - - 39
North London - 1 - -
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 6 (2.69%) Confluence
2 3 (1.35%) nginx
2 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Apache
3 2 (0.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) Mendix
4 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Elite 3E
1 3 (1.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (1.35%) Oracle SCM
1 3 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.45%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.25%) Azure
2 29 (13.00%) AWS
3 14 (6.28%) GitHub
4 13 (5.83%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (4.48%) GCP
7 9 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.59%) Serverless
9 7 (3.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (3.14%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.24%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.79%) VPN
2 3 (1.35%) Firewall
2 3 (1.35%) Network Security
2 3 (1.35%) WAN
3 2 (0.90%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.90%) LAN
3 2 (0.90%) OpenVPN
3 2 (0.90%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.45%) BGP
4 1 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.45%) DHCP
4 1 (0.45%) DNS
4 1 (0.45%) MPLS
4 1 (0.45%) OSPF
4 1 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.45%) TACACS
4 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.45%) VLAN
4 1 (0.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.59%) Power BI
2 5 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.35%) KDB
3 3 (1.35%) Metadata
3 3 (1.35%) Redis
3 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.90%) Kdb+
4 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.45%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.45%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.45%) Power Query
5 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (6.73%) Jenkins
2 12 (5.38%) JIRA
3 11 (4.93%) GitLab
4 4 (1.79%) JUnit
4 4 (1.79%) Mockito
5 2 (0.90%) Gradle
5 2 (0.90%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.45%) Git
6 1 (0.45%) JMeter
6 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
General
1 60 (26.91%) Finance
2 59 (26.46%) Social Skills
3 56 (25.11%) Legal
4 33 (14.80%) Public Sector
5 24 (10.76%) Police
6 19 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (6.73%) Banking
8 9 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.59%) Front Office
10 7 (3.14%) Legal Technology
11 5 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.79%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.90%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.45%) French Language
15 1 (0.45%) Local Government
15 1 (0.45%) Marketing
15 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (17.94%) Senior
2 24 (10.76%) Analyst
3 23 (10.31%) Consultant
4 22 (9.87%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
4 22 (9.87%) Developer
4 22 (9.87%) IT Trainer
4 22 (9.87%) Lead
4 22 (9.87%) Project Manager
4 22 (9.87%) Trainer
5 21 (9.42%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 21 (9.42%) Senior IT Trainer
6 12 (5.38%) Architect
7 10 (4.48%) Financial Analyst
7 10 (4.48%) Systems Analyst
8 9 (4.04%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 9 (4.04%) HR Advisor
9 6 (2.69%) Business Analyst
9 6 (2.69%) Security Architect
9 6 (2.69%) Senior Developer
9 6 (2.69%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.28%) Terraform
2 10 (4.48%) REST
3 8 (3.59%) Kafka
4 7 (3.14%) React
5 5 (2.24%) HTML
5 5 (2.24%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (1.79%) .NET
6 4 (1.79%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (1.79%) RESTful
6 4 (1.79%) Spring
6 4 (1.79%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.35%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.35%) JSON
7 3 (1.35%) Middleware
7 3 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.35%) Vue
7 3 (1.35%) WPF
8 2 (0.90%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.90%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.62%) Cloud Native
2 15 (6.73%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.24%) Fixed Income
5 5 (2.24%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.35%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.35%) FMCG
7 3 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.28%) Windows
2 12 (5.38%) Linux
3 4 (1.79%) Unix
3 4 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (22.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (20.18%) Agile
3 31 (13.90%) CI/CD
4 28 (12.56%) AI
5 27 (12.11%) DevOps
6 24 (10.76%) Change Management
6 24 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (9.87%) Roadmaps
7 22 (9.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (9.42%) Migration
8 21 (9.42%) Risk Management
9 17 (7.62%) Software Engineering
10 16 (7.17%) Workshop Facilitation
11 15 (6.73%) Case Management
11 15 (6.73%) Project Delivery
12 14 (6.28%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (6.28%) Microservices
13 13 (5.83%) Data Modelling
13 13 (5.83%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 29 (13.00%) Python
2 19 (8.52%) SQL
3 12 (5.38%) Java
4 9 (4.04%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.59%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.69%) Bash
6 6 (2.69%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.79%) SOQL
8 3 (1.35%) C#
9 2 (0.90%) Groovy
10 1 (0.45%) Bicep
10 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.45%) Go
10 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.45%) Scala
10 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (26.01%) Security Cleared
2 52 (23.32%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.76%) Degree
4 21 (9.42%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.14%) CISM
5 7 (3.14%) CISSP
6 6 (2.69%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.24%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (2.24%) PMP
8 4 (1.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.90%) CEH
10 2 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.45%) APMG
11 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.38%) QA
2 7 (3.14%) NCSC
3 6 (2.69%) GDPR
4 5 (2.24%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.24%) GRC
5 4 (1.79%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.90%) NIST
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.45%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.45%) PERC
7 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (6.28%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (5.83%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.24%) Prometheus
3 4 (1.79%) Ansible
3 4 (1.79%) Kibana
4 3 (1.35%) Grafana
4 3 (1.35%) SCCM
5 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.90%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.90%) SCOM
6 1 (0.45%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 37 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.07%) Aderant
3 11 (4.93%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.14%) Google
4 7 (3.14%) SAP
5 5 (2.24%) Intapp
5 5 (2.24%) Splunk
6 4 (1.79%) Cisco
6 4 (1.79%) Oracle
6 4 (1.79%) UiPath
7 3 (1.35%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.35%) NEC
7 3 (1.35%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.35%) Solace
8 2 (0.90%) Databricks
8 2 (0.90%) iManage
8 2 (0.90%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.90%) Snow
8 2 (0.90%) Sybase