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 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 207 190
Rank change year-on-year +10 -17 -27
Contract jobs citing Law 221 149 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.25% 1.19% 1.24%
As % of the General category 2.06% 1.76% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 100 153
10th Percentile £419 £363 £231
25th Percentile £500 £461 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £653 £700 £653
90th Percentile £739 £804 £762
England median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £10.42
25th Percentile - £61.25 -
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £11.95
Median % change year-on-year - +423.01% -61.30%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £24.35
90th Percentile - - £27.96
England median hourly rate £20.27 £30.20 £13.00
% change year-on-year -32.89% +132.31% -48.00%

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 10,716 8,479 11,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.56% 67.56% 63.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,976 5,730 8,058
10th Percentile £343 £340 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £813
England median daily rate £501 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.67% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 141 245
10th Percentile £18.32 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.90 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +21.05% -10.94%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £65.00 £65.45
England median hourly rate £30.38 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.50% -6.67% -11.53%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +11 50 £625 +31.58% 79
West London - 3 £188 - 2
South London -14 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 14 (6.33%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.81%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.90%) CMS
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) Confluence
5 1 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.36%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.45%) Magento
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 40 (18.10%) Power Platform
2 32 (14.48%) Dynamics 365
3 23 (10.41%) Azure
4 12 (5.43%) AWS
4 12 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.26%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.26%) SaaS
6 4 (1.81%) GCP
6 4 (1.81%) IaaS
6 4 (1.81%) PaaS
6 4 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.36%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.36%) Serverless
8 2 (0.90%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.17%) Firewall
1 7 (3.17%) SD-WAN
1 7 (3.17%) WAN
2 6 (2.71%) LAN
2 6 (2.71%) VPN
3 5 (2.26%) MPLS
4 3 (1.36%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (1.36%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.90%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.90%) Internet
5 2 (0.90%) Intranet
5 2 (0.90%) Network Security
5 2 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.45%) DHCP
6 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.45%) VoIP
6 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (17.65%) Power BI
2 3 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (0.90%) Amazon QuickSight
3 2 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.45%) Metadata
4 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.26%) Git
1 5 (2.26%) Jenkins
1 5 (2.26%) JUnit
1 5 (2.26%) Mockito
2 4 (1.81%) GitLab
2 4 (1.81%) JIRA
3 3 (1.36%) Gradle
3 3 (1.36%) Liquibase
4 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.45%) MLflow
5 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.45%) TestRail
5 1 (0.45%) Vite
General
1 83 (37.56%) Finance
2 54 (24.43%) Legal
3 43 (19.46%) Social Skills
4 24 (10.86%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.88%) Marketing
7 11 (4.98%) Police
8 7 (3.17%) Banking
9 6 (2.71%) Billing
10 5 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.81%) Retail
12 3 (1.36%) German Language
12 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.90%) Front Office
13 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.90%) Publishing
13 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (24.89%) Architect
2 38 (17.19%) Senior
3 36 (16.29%) Lead
4 31 (14.03%) Functional Architect
4 31 (14.03%) Lead Architect
5 22 (9.95%) Analyst
6 15 (6.79%) Project Manager
6 15 (6.79%) Senior Manager
7 14 (6.33%) Developer
8 10 (4.52%) Business Manager
8 10 (4.52%) Consultant
8 10 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.62%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.62%) Software Engineer
10 7 (3.17%) Java Engineer
10 7 (3.17%) Java Software Engineer
11 6 (2.71%) Business Development Manager
11 6 (2.71%) Senior Business Development Manager
11 6 (2.71%) Senior Business Manager
11 6 (2.71%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.62%) Middleware
2 6 (2.71%) Spring
2 6 (2.71%) Spring Boot
3 5 (2.26%) Kafka
4 4 (1.81%) React
5 3 (1.36%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.36%) OpenAPI
5 3 (1.36%) REST
5 3 (1.36%) RESTful
5 3 (1.36%) Swagger
6 2 (0.90%) IDoc
6 2 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.90%) SAP ALE
6 2 (0.90%) SOAP
6 2 (0.90%) Spring Cloud
7 1 (0.45%) CSS3
7 1 (0.45%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.45%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
1 10 (4.52%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.62%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.62%) Security Posture
3 6 (2.71%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.71%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (1.81%) Taxonomies
5 3 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.36%) Digital Wallet
5 3 (1.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (0.90%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.90%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.52%) Windows
2 3 (1.36%) Windows 10
2 3 (1.36%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (24.89%) Migration
2 48 (21.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 44 (19.91%) User Acceptance Testing
4 40 (18.10%) Business Intelligence
4 40 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (18.10%) Data Migration
5 39 (17.65%) Order to Cash
6 37 (16.74%) ERP
6 37 (16.74%) Translating Business Requirements
7 36 (16.29%) Architectural Design
7 36 (16.29%) Procure-to-Pay
8 35 (15.84%) Record to Report
9 33 (14.93%) End-to-End Testing
10 32 (14.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (12.22%) Agile
12 21 (9.50%) AI
12 21 (9.50%) Change Management
13 17 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (7.24%) Workflow
15 15 (6.79%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.79%) Java
1 15 (6.79%) SQL
2 6 (2.71%) Python
3 5 (2.26%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.90%) ABAP
4 2 (0.90%) Bash
4 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.45%) Bicep
5 1 (0.45%) C#
5 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.45%) Ruby
5 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (16.29%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.57%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.50%) Degree
4 6 (2.71%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.26%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.81%) CISSP
7 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.90%) ACCA
8 2 (0.90%) CIMA
8 2 (0.90%) CIPD
8 2 (0.90%) CISM
8 2 (0.90%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.45%) CCNA
9 1 (0.45%) CEH
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.62%) NIST
3 6 (2.71%) GRC
4 5 (2.26%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.26%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.26%) GDPR
5 3 (1.36%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.36%) NCSC
5 3 (1.36%) PSD2
6 2 (0.90%) PMO
6 2 (0.90%) QA
7 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.45%) P3O
7 1 (0.45%) RMADS
7 1 (0.45%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (4.07%) Active Directory
1 9 (4.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.26%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.26%) Terraform
2 4 (1.81%) Ansible
3 3 (1.36%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.90%) Grafana
4 2 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.90%) Puppet
4 2 (0.90%) Salt
4 2 (0.90%) SCCM
5 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 61 (27.60%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.43%) SAP
3 10 (4.52%) Intapp
4 8 (3.62%) Cisco
4 8 (3.62%) iManage
5 7 (3.17%) Aruba
5 7 (3.17%) Oracle
6 6 (2.71%) Fortinet
6 6 (2.71%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.26%) Aderant
7 5 (2.26%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.81%) Databricks
8 4 (1.81%) Juniper
8 4 (1.81%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.81%) Workday
9 2 (0.90%) OpenText
9 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.90%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.45%) Instagram
10 1 (0.45%) Tenable