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 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 204 257
Rank change year-on-year -4 +53 -85
Contract jobs citing Law 265 162 129
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.32% 1.21% 0.79%
As % of the General category 2.16% 1.76% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 87 62
10th Percentile £453 £260 £220
25th Percentile £500 £389 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £659 £698 £714
90th Percentile £748 £760 £814
England median daily rate £525 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.27% +2.56%
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 £17.73 £27.46 £22.00
% change year-on-year -35.45% +24.82% +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 12,267 9,228 10,115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.87% 69.03% 62.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,798 6,135 6,970
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 184 140
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.50 £24.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.10% -12.51% +3.99%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £65.13
England median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.94% -34.02% +33.38%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +15 69 £600 +9.09% 176
South London - 2 £593 - 4
West London - 1 - - 109
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 11 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.89%) Confluence
4 2 (0.75%) 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 7 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.13%) Oracle SCM
2 3 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.75%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.75%) 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 43 (16.23%) Power Platform
2 34 (12.83%) Dynamics 365
3 33 (12.45%) Azure
4 28 (10.57%) AWS
5 13 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (4.53%) GitHub
6 12 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (3.77%) GCP
8 8 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.02%) Serverless
9 7 (2.64%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.26%) SaaS
11 5 (1.89%) PaaS
11 5 (1.89%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.89%) Firewall
2 4 (1.51%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (1.13%) MPLS
3 3 (1.13%) VPN
3 3 (1.13%) WAN
4 2 (0.75%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.75%) LAN
4 2 (0.75%) Network Security
4 2 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.38%) BGP
5 1 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.38%) DNS
5 1 (0.38%) Internet
5 1 (0.38%) Multicast
5 1 (0.38%) OSPF
5 1 (0.38%) TACACS
5 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (15.47%) Power BI
2 6 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.13%) Metadata
3 3 (1.13%) Redis
3 3 (1.13%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.75%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.75%) 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
Development Applications
1 16 (6.04%) Jenkins
2 11 (4.15%) GitLab
2 11 (4.15%) JIRA
3 8 (3.02%) JUnit
3 8 (3.02%) Mockito
4 5 (1.89%) Gradle
4 5 (1.89%) Liquibase
5 3 (1.13%) Git
6 2 (0.75%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.38%) JMeter
7 1 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 86 (32.45%) Finance
2 59 (22.26%) Legal
3 57 (21.51%) Social Skills
4 31 (11.70%) Public Sector
5 23 (8.68%) Police
6 20 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.15%) Banking
8 9 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.26%) Front Office
11 4 (1.51%) Legal Technology
12 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.13%) German Language
12 3 (1.13%) Marketing
12 3 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.75%) Billing
13 2 (0.75%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.75%) Military
13 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 53 (20.00%) Lead
2 46 (17.36%) Senior
3 43 (16.23%) Architect
4 31 (11.70%) Functional Architect
4 31 (11.70%) Lead Architect
5 24 (9.06%) Analyst
6 22 (8.30%) Project Manager
7 19 (7.17%) Developer
8 18 (6.79%) Consultant
9 17 (6.42%) IT Trainer
9 17 (6.42%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 17 (6.42%) Trainer
10 16 (6.04%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
10 16 (6.04%) Senior IT Trainer
11 10 (3.77%) Senior Manager
12 9 (3.40%) HR Advisor
12 9 (3.40%) Java Engineer
12 9 (3.40%) Java Software Engineer
12 9 (3.40%) Software Engineer
13 7 (2.64%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.53%) Kafka
2 11 (4.15%) Terraform
3 8 (3.02%) Spring
3 8 (3.02%) Spring Boot
4 7 (2.64%) React
4 7 (2.64%) REST
5 6 (2.26%) RESTful
6 5 (1.89%) OpenAPI
6 5 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (1.89%) Swagger
7 4 (1.51%) JSON
8 3 (1.13%) LangChain
8 3 (1.13%) Middleware
8 3 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.13%) Spring Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.75%) Hugging Face
9 2 (0.75%) PyTorch
9 2 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.79%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.91%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.89%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.51%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.51%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.51%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.13%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.13%) FMCG
8 3 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.13%) PMI
9 2 (0.75%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.75%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.53%) Windows
2 8 (3.02%) Linux
3 4 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.75%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.38%) VMS
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (21.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 57 (21.51%) Migration
3 56 (21.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (15.85%) Agile
4 42 (15.85%) Business Intelligence
4 42 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 41 (15.47%) User Acceptance Testing
6 40 (15.09%) Data Migration
7 38 (14.34%) ERP
8 36 (13.58%) Architectural Design
8 36 (13.58%) Procure-to-Pay
9 34 (12.83%) Translating Business Requirements
10 33 (12.45%) Order to Cash
10 33 (12.45%) Record to Report
11 32 (12.08%) End-to-End Testing
12 31 (11.70%) AI
12 31 (11.70%) CI/CD
13 26 (9.81%) DevOps
14 25 (9.43%) Change Management
15 22 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.68%) Python
2 19 (7.17%) SQL
3 17 (6.42%) Java
4 9 (3.40%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.64%) Bash
5 7 (2.64%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.51%) SOQL
7 1 (0.38%) Bicep
7 1 (0.38%) C#
7 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.38%) Scala
7 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 53 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 46 (17.36%) SC Cleared
3 27 (10.19%) Degree
4 21 (7.92%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.64%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.26%) CISM
6 6 (2.26%) CISSP
7 4 (1.51%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.51%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.51%) PMP
8 3 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.75%) CEH
9 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.38%) CIPD
10 1 (0.38%) GCIA
10 1 (0.38%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.53%) QA
2 7 (2.64%) GDPR
2 7 (2.64%) GRC
3 5 (1.89%) NIST
4 4 (1.51%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.51%) Government Security Classifications
4 4 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.51%) NCSC
5 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.38%) PERC
6 1 (0.38%) PMO
6 1 (0.38%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (6.42%) Docker
2 5 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.75%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (4.91%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.64%) Ansible
3 6 (2.26%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.51%) Grafana
5 3 (1.13%) SCCM
6 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.75%) Kibana
6 2 (0.75%) Puppet
6 2 (0.75%) Salt
6 2 (0.75%) SCOM
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 69 (26.04%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.77%) SAP
3 9 (3.40%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.02%) Aderant
5 6 (2.26%) Google
5 6 (2.26%) Intapp
5 6 (2.26%) Oracle
6 5 (1.89%) Cisco
6 5 (1.89%) iManage
6 5 (1.89%) Splunk
7 4 (1.51%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.51%) UiPath
8 3 (1.13%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.13%) Juniper
8 3 (1.13%) Litera
8 3 (1.13%) NEC
8 3 (1.13%) Solace
9 2 (0.75%) Aruba
9 2 (0.75%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.75%) Red Hat