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 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 232 158
Rank change year-on-year +12 -74 +44
Contract jobs citing Law 163 147 292
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.14% 0.94% 1.50%
As % of the General category 1.69% 1.48% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 75 239
10th Percentile £314 £253 £225
25th Percentile £500 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £785 £733 £754
England median daily rate £565 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £61.53
Median % change year-on-year - -61.81% +167.52%
England median hourly rate £17.45 £41.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -57.95% +151.52% -14.51%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,625 9,963 12,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.33% 63.86% 64.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,302 6,385 9,132
10th Percentile £331 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 113 168
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.00 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% +7.14% +2.94%
75th Percentile £45.00 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.49 £77.72 £76.63
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £32.50
% change year-on-year -22.58% -6.31% +26.41%

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 13 December 2025.

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 13 December 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
Central London +11 31 £625 +38.89% 34
East London - 2 £900 - 10
West London -11 1 £188 - 4
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 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.45%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.61%) Confluence
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.61%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.29%) Elite 3E
2 4 (2.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.23%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.61%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.61%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.61%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.61%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.11%) Azure
2 11 (6.75%) AWS
3 10 (6.13%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.68%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (3.68%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.45%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (2.45%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (2.45%) GCP
7 4 (2.45%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.45%) SaaS
8 3 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.84%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.84%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.23%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.23%) Azure API Management
9 2 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.07%) Internet
2 4 (2.45%) Network Security
2 4 (2.45%) VPN
3 3 (1.84%) Firewall
3 3 (1.84%) LAN
3 3 (1.84%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.84%) WAN
4 2 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (1.23%) DNS
4 2 (1.23%) Intranet
5 1 (0.61%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.61%) DHCP
5 1 (0.61%) DMARC
5 1 (0.61%) OSPF
5 1 (0.61%) Skype
5 1 (0.61%) SMTP
5 1 (0.61%) VLAN
5 1 (0.61%) VoIP
5 1 (0.61%) WebEx
5 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.29%) Power BI
2 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.23%) Metadata
2 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.23%) Tableau
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.61%) HBase
3 1 (0.61%) KDB
3 1 (0.61%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.61%) Pinecone
3 1 (0.61%) Power Query
3 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.61%) Star Schema
3 1 (0.61%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 4 (2.45%) JIRA
2 3 (1.84%) Git
3 1 (0.61%) Gradle
3 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.61%) Maven
3 1 (0.61%) QUnit
3 1 (0.61%) TestRail
General
1 55 (33.74%) Finance
2 51 (31.29%) Social Skills
3 41 (25.15%) Legal
4 20 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (10.43%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.13%) Billing
6 10 (6.13%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.52%) Marketing
8 8 (4.91%) Front Office
8 8 (4.91%) General Ledger
9 7 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.07%) Police
11 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.45%) Publishing
12 3 (1.84%) Banking
12 3 (1.84%) Military
12 3 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (12.27%) Analyst
1 20 (12.27%) Consultant
2 16 (9.82%) Developer
3 15 (9.20%) Project Manager
4 11 (6.75%) Senior
5 10 (6.13%) Architect
5 10 (6.13%) Business Analyst
6 8 (4.91%) Lead
6 8 (4.91%) Telecoms Manager
7 6 (3.68%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (3.68%) Java Developer
7 6 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.07%) IT Support
8 5 (3.07%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (2.45%) CRM Consultant
9 4 (2.45%) Engagement Manager
9 4 (2.45%) Financial Controller
9 4 (2.45%) Functional Consultant
9 4 (2.45%) Product Owner
10 3 (1.84%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.68%) Middleware
1 6 (3.68%) REST
2 5 (3.07%) SOAP
3 3 (1.84%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (1.84%) Kafka
3 3 (1.84%) React
3 3 (1.84%) Spring
3 3 (1.84%) YAML
4 2 (1.23%) ADO
4 2 (1.23%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.23%) Express.js
4 2 (1.23%) JSON
4 2 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.23%) Next.js
4 2 (1.23%) Node.js
4 2 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.23%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.23%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.61%) LangChain
5 1 (0.61%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.13%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (3.68%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.45%) Cybercrime
6 3 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.84%) Derivative
6 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.84%) Equities
6 3 (1.84%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.84%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.23%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.23%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.68%) Windows
2 3 (1.84%) Linux
2 3 (1.84%) Unix
3 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (19.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (12.88%) Agile
2 21 (12.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 18 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (9.20%) Change Management
4 15 (9.20%) Migration
5 14 (8.59%) Workflow
6 12 (7.36%) DevOps
7 11 (6.75%) CI/CD
7 11 (6.75%) Decision-Making
7 11 (6.75%) ITIL
7 11 (6.75%) Project Delivery
8 10 (6.13%) Project Management
9 9 (5.52%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (5.52%) Data Modelling
9 9 (5.52%) Regulatory Compliance
9 9 (5.52%) Risk Management
9 9 (5.52%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (4.91%) Analytics
10 8 (4.91%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.20%) SQL
2 9 (5.52%) Python
3 8 (4.91%) Java
4 5 (3.07%) Bicep
4 5 (3.07%) C++
5 4 (2.45%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.84%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.23%) Bash
7 2 (1.23%) C#
7 2 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.23%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.61%) ABAP
8 1 (0.61%) Clojure
8 1 (0.61%) Groovy
8 1 (0.61%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.61%) PHP
8 1 (0.61%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.61%) Rust
8 1 (0.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (23.31%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.11%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.82%) Degree
4 13 (7.98%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.68%) ACCA
5 6 (3.68%) CIMA
6 5 (3.07%) GIAC
7 4 (2.45%) CEH
7 4 (2.45%) CISSP
7 4 (2.45%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (2.45%) GREM
7 4 (2.45%) OSCP
7 4 (2.45%) PMP
8 3 (1.84%) CIPD
9 2 (1.23%) CISA
9 2 (1.23%) CISM
9 2 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.61%) GSEC
10 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.68%) GDPR
3 4 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.45%) GRC
3 4 (2.45%) NCSC
3 4 (2.45%) NIST
3 4 (2.45%) QA
4 3 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.61%) EMIR
5 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.61%) IFRS
5 1 (0.61%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.61%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.07%) Docker
3 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.45%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.84%) Terraform
3 2 (1.23%) Kibana
3 2 (1.23%) SCCM
4 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.61%) EnCase
4 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.61%) FTK
4 1 (0.61%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (10.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.29%) ServiceNow
2 7 (4.29%) Workday
3 6 (3.68%) SAP
4 5 (3.07%) Aderant
4 5 (3.07%) Intapp
4 5 (3.07%) Oracle
5 4 (2.45%) HubSpot
5 4 (2.45%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.45%) Xero
6 3 (1.84%) Cisco
6 3 (1.84%) Databricks
6 3 (1.84%) iManage
6 3 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.23%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.23%) OpenText
8 1 (0.61%) Cellebrite
8 1 (0.61%) HP
8 1 (0.61%) Nuix
8 1 (0.61%) TIBCO