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 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 250 160
Rank change year-on-year +33 -90 +46
Contract jobs citing Law 159 130 301
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 0.82% 1.48%
As % of the General category 1.71% 1.32% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 58 240
10th Percentile £263 £243 £225
25th Percentile £425 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.16% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £675 £638 £625
90th Percentile £775 £708 £738
England median daily rate £550 £478 £538
% change year-on-year +15.18% -11.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £13.35 £22.35
25th Percentile - £16.50 £28.88
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £39.77
Median % change year-on-year - -40.90% +106.04%
75th Percentile - £31.00 £50.65
90th Percentile - £34.45 £57.18
England median hourly rate £17.21 £38.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -54.72% +117.14% -9.33%

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 9,325 9,880 13,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.34% 62.70% 64.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,104 6,323 9,586
10th Percentile £330 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £801
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 112 165
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.55 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.33 £26.57 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £67.34 £74.63 £77.00
England median hourly rate £24.81 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -23.68% +8.33% +16.69%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 +13 32 £588 +46.88% 197
East London - 2 £900 - 7
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 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.89%) SharePoint
1 3 (1.89%) Skype for Business
2 2 (1.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.63%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.63%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.63%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.63%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.63%) SAP R/3
2 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.35%) Azure
2 13 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.92%) AWS
4 10 (6.29%) Azure Logic Apps
5 8 (5.03%) Azure Key Vault
5 8 (5.03%) Azure Service Bus
5 8 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (5.03%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.40%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.77%) Azure API Management
7 6 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (3.77%) SaaS
8 5 (3.14%) Azure Storage
9 4 (2.52%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.89%) GCP
10 3 (1.89%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.26%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.26%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.66%) Network Security
2 5 (3.14%) Firewall
2 5 (3.14%) Internet
3 4 (2.52%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (2.52%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.52%) VPN
3 4 (2.52%) WAN
3 4 (2.52%) WebEx
4 3 (1.89%) LAN
4 3 (1.89%) Skype
5 2 (1.26%) DMARC
5 2 (1.26%) SMTP
6 1 (0.63%) BGP
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.63%) DNS
6 1 (0.63%) IGRP
6 1 (0.63%) MPLS
6 1 (0.63%) OSPF
6 1 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.14%) Power BI
2 2 (1.26%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.26%) Metadata
2 2 (1.26%) Tableau
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.63%) HBase
3 1 (0.63%) KDB
3 1 (0.63%) Kdb+
3 1 (0.63%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.63%) MySQL
3 1 (0.63%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.63%) Pinecone
3 1 (0.63%) Power Query
3 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.63%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 4 (2.52%) JIRA
2 2 (1.26%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) Gradle
3 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.63%) Maven
3 1 (0.63%) QUnit
General
1 51 (32.08%) Finance
2 44 (27.67%) Social Skills
3 39 (24.53%) Legal
4 21 (13.21%) Public Sector
5 15 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.29%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.66%) Police
8 8 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.40%) Billing
10 6 (3.77%) Front Office
10 6 (3.77%) General Ledger
10 6 (3.77%) Marketing
11 5 (3.14%) Banking
11 5 (3.14%) Publishing
12 3 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.89%) Military
13 2 (1.26%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (13.21%) Analyst
2 19 (11.95%) Consultant
3 17 (10.69%) Project Manager
4 14 (8.81%) Business Analyst
5 12 (7.55%) Developer
5 12 (7.55%) Senior
6 11 (6.92%) Lead
7 8 (5.03%) Telecoms Manager
8 6 (3.77%) Architect
8 6 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (3.14%) Support Engineer
10 4 (2.52%) CRM Consultant
10 4 (2.52%) Engagement Manager
10 4 (2.52%) Financial Controller
10 4 (2.52%) Functional Consultant
10 4 (2.52%) Network Engineer
10 4 (2.52%) Product Owner
10 4 (2.52%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
10 4 (2.52%) Security Engineer
10 4 (2.52%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.77%) ADO
1 6 (3.77%) ARM Templates
1 6 (3.77%) YAML
2 4 (2.52%) React
3 3 (1.89%) Kafka
3 3 (1.89%) REST
3 3 (1.89%) SOAP
4 2 (1.26%) Express.js
4 2 (1.26%) JSON
4 2 (1.26%) Middleware
4 2 (1.26%) Next.js
4 2 (1.26%) Node.js
4 2 (1.26%) Spring
5 1 (0.63%) Faiss
5 1 (0.63%) LangChain
5 1 (0.63%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.63%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.63%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.63%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.66%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (4.40%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.52%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (2.52%) Cybercrime
3 4 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.89%) Derivative
4 3 (1.89%) Equities
4 3 (1.89%) Fixed Income
4 3 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.89%) Legacy Code
4 3 (1.89%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.89%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.26%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.26%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.52%) Windows
2 3 (1.89%) Linux
2 3 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (15.72%) Agile
3 21 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 17 (10.69%) Change Management
4 17 (10.69%) DevOps
5 16 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (8.81%) Project Management
7 13 (8.18%) Analytics
8 12 (7.55%) CI/CD
9 11 (6.92%) Migration
10 10 (6.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (6.29%) Data Protection
10 10 (6.29%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (5.66%) API Management
11 9 (5.66%) Project Delivery
11 9 (5.66%) Regulatory Compliance
11 9 (5.66%) Workflow
12 8 (5.03%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (5.03%) Decision-Making
12 8 (5.03%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.81%) Python
2 9 (5.66%) Bicep
2 9 (5.66%) PowerShell
3 7 (4.40%) Bash
3 7 (4.40%) SQL
4 5 (3.14%) C++
5 4 (2.52%) Java
6 2 (1.26%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.26%) C#
6 2 (1.26%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.26%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.63%) Clojure
7 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.63%) Groovy
7 1 (0.63%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.63%) Perl
7 1 (0.63%) PHP
7 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.63%) Rust
7 1 (0.63%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.09%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.69%) Degree
4 13 (8.18%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.14%) ACCA
5 5 (3.14%) CIMA
5 5 (3.14%) GIAC
5 5 (3.14%) PMP
6 4 (2.52%) CEH
6 4 (2.52%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (2.52%) GREM
6 4 (2.52%) OSCP
7 3 (1.89%) CISSP
8 2 (1.26%) CISA
8 2 (1.26%) CISM
8 2 (1.26%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.26%) GSEC
8 2 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.26%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.03%) GDPR
3 6 (3.77%) QA
4 5 (3.14%) NCSC
5 3 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.26%) NIST
6 2 (1.26%) PSD2
6 2 (1.26%) SEPA
7 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.63%) EMIR
7 1 (0.63%) GRC
7 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.63%) IFRS
7 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.63%) PMO
7 1 (0.63%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.89%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.89%) Terraform
2 2 (1.26%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (1.26%) Kibana
3 1 (0.63%) EnCase
3 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.63%) FTK
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.63%) QRadar
Vendors
1 17 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.77%) Cisco
2 6 (3.77%) Palo Alto
2 6 (3.77%) SAP
2 6 (3.77%) Workday
3 4 (2.52%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.52%) Xero
4 3 (1.89%) Polycom
4 3 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.26%) Aderant
5 2 (1.26%) Aruba
5 2 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.26%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.26%) iManage
5 2 (1.26%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.26%) SolarWinds
5 2 (1.26%) Veeam
6 1 (0.63%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.63%) Databricks
6 1 (0.63%) Tagetik