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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 227 164
Rank change year-on-year +6 -63 +23
Contract jobs citing Law 157 146 276
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.09% 0.98% 1.50%
As % of the General category 1.64% 1.51% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 78 224
10th Percentile £325 £279 £225
25th Percentile £494 £416 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £784 £811 £763
England median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 £37.00 £65.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -43.08% +306.25% -17.10%

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 9,589 9,647 11,922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.36% 64.45% 64.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,236 6,138 8,561
10th Percentile £348 £325 £344
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £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 184 119 162
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £34.62
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +1.11% +2.08%
75th Percentile £44.75 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.13 £78.40 £76.13
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -13.04% +34.69%

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 25 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 25 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 +4 34 £613 +53.13% 108
East London - 2 £900 - 5
West London -14 1 £188 - 2
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 5 (3.18%) Oracle Workflow
1 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.27%) CMS
4 1 (0.64%) Apache
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.64%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.46%) Elite 3E
2 5 (3.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.27%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.64%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.64%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.64%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.64%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.64%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.74%) Azure
2 11 (7.01%) AWS
3 8 (5.10%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (3.18%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.18%) GCP
5 5 (3.18%) SaaS
6 3 (1.91%) Azure Key Vault
6 3 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (1.91%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.91%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.27%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.27%) OCI
7 2 (1.27%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.18%) Internet
2 3 (1.91%) Network Security
3 2 (1.27%) Intranet
3 2 (1.27%) LAN
3 2 (1.27%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.27%) WAN
4 1 (0.64%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.64%) DHCP
4 1 (0.64%) DNS
4 1 (0.64%) Firewall
4 1 (0.64%) Skype
4 1 (0.64%) VLAN
4 1 (0.64%) VoIP
4 1 (0.64%) VPN
4 1 (0.64%) WebEx
4 1 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.82%) Power BI
2 3 (1.91%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (1.27%) Tableau
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.64%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.64%) HBase
4 1 (0.64%) KDB
4 1 (0.64%) Kdb+
4 1 (0.64%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.64%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.64%) MySQL
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Git
1 4 (2.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) Gradle
2 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.64%) Maven
2 1 (0.64%) MLflow
2 1 (0.64%) QUnit
2 1 (0.64%) TestRail
General
1 56 (35.67%) Finance
2 49 (31.21%) Social Skills
3 39 (24.84%) Legal
4 18 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.28%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.01%) Billing
7 8 (5.10%) Front Office
7 8 (5.10%) Marketing
8 7 (4.46%) General Ledger
9 6 (3.82%) Police
10 5 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.18%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.55%) Publishing
12 3 (1.91%) Banking
12 3 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.91%) Retail
13 2 (1.27%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.27%) Military
13 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (12.74%) Analyst
2 19 (12.10%) Consultant
3 17 (10.83%) Developer
4 14 (8.92%) Project Manager
5 11 (7.01%) Senior
6 10 (6.37%) Architect
7 8 (5.10%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.82%) Java Developer
8 6 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.18%) Change Manager
9 5 (3.18%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.18%) IT Support
9 5 (3.18%) Lead
9 5 (3.18%) Senior Consultant
10 4 (2.55%) Financial Controller
10 4 (2.55%) Functional Consultant
10 4 (2.55%) Oracle Architect
10 4 (2.55%) Oracle Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.55%) Senior Developer
10 4 (2.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.82%) Middleware
2 5 (3.18%) REST
3 4 (2.55%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (2.55%) SOAP
4 3 (1.91%) Kafka
4 3 (1.91%) React
4 3 (1.91%) Spring
5 2 (1.27%) Express.js
5 2 (1.27%) JSON
5 2 (1.27%) Next.js
5 2 (1.27%) Node.js
5 2 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.27%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.27%) YAML
6 1 (0.64%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.64%) IDoc
6 1 (0.64%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.64%) PySpark
6 1 (0.64%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.10%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (4.46%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.55%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.55%) Cybercrime
6 3 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.91%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.64%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.64%) iPhone
8 1 (0.64%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.46%) Windows
2 3 (1.91%) Linux
2 3 (1.91%) Unix
3 2 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.64%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (17.83%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (12.10%) Agile
3 18 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (10.19%) Migration
4 16 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (9.55%) Workflow
6 13 (8.28%) Change Management
6 13 (8.28%) ITIL
7 11 (7.01%) CI/CD
8 10 (6.37%) DevOps
8 10 (6.37%) Project Management
8 10 (6.37%) Risk Management
9 9 (5.73%) Accounts Receivable
9 9 (5.73%) Asset Management
9 9 (5.73%) Customer Service
9 9 (5.73%) Data Modelling
9 9 (5.73%) Decision-Making
9 9 (5.73%) Project Delivery
9 9 (5.73%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (5.73%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.19%) SQL
2 9 (5.73%) Java
3 8 (5.10%) Python
4 5 (3.18%) C++
5 4 (2.55%) Bicep
6 3 (1.91%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.27%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.27%) C#
7 2 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.64%) ABAP
8 1 (0.64%) Bash
8 1 (0.64%) Clojure
8 1 (0.64%) Groovy
8 1 (0.64%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.64%) PHP
8 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.64%) Rust
8 1 (0.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 30 (19.11%) Security Cleared
2 21 (13.38%) SC Cleared
3 16 (10.19%) Degree
4 7 (4.46%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.82%) ACCA
5 6 (3.82%) CIMA
6 5 (3.18%) CISSP
6 5 (3.18%) GIAC
7 4 (2.55%) CEH
7 4 (2.55%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (2.55%) GREM
7 4 (2.55%) OSCP
7 4 (2.55%) PMP
8 3 (1.91%) CIPD
8 3 (1.91%) CISM
9 2 (1.27%) CISA
9 2 (1.27%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (1.27%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.82%) GDPR
3 5 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.55%) GRC
4 4 (2.55%) NCSC
4 4 (2.55%) NIST
4 4 (2.55%) QA
5 3 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.64%) EMIR
6 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.64%) IFRS
6 1 (0.64%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.64%) Solvency II
System Software
1 7 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.18%) Docker
3 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.55%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.91%) Terraform
3 2 (1.27%) Kibana
3 2 (1.27%) SCCM
4 1 (0.64%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.64%) EnCase
4 1 (0.64%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.64%) FTK
4 1 (0.64%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (10.19%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.10%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.46%) Intapp
3 7 (4.46%) Workday
4 6 (3.82%) Oracle
4 6 (3.82%) SAP
5 5 (3.18%) Aderant
6 4 (2.55%) Databricks
6 4 (2.55%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.55%) iManage
6 4 (2.55%) Xero
7 3 (1.91%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.27%) Aruba
8 2 (1.27%) Cisco
8 2 (1.27%) OpenText
8 2 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.64%) Cellebrite
9 1 (0.64%) Nuix
9 1 (0.64%) Polycom
9 1 (0.64%) SolarWinds