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 4 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 200 222
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 -67
Contract jobs citing Law 233 152 176
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 1.26% 1.01%
As % of the General category 2.11% 1.86% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 93 113
10th Percentile £422 £276 £231
25th Percentile £500 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £663 £638 £688
90th Percentile £728 £773 £795
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +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% -33.61%
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% -38.82%

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 11,025 8,191 10,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.96% 67.82% 62.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,091 5,452 7,791
10th Percentile £350 £344 £331
25th Percentile £433 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -4.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £515 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -1.90% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 149 241
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.48 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £44.03 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £68.38 £63.35 £66.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.68% -2.88%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +12 58 £625 +31.58% 129
West London - 3 - - 2
South London -12 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 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.29%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 6 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (0.86%) SAP ERP
1 2 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.43%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.43%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (0.43%) Magento
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 39 (16.74%) Power Platform
2 32 (13.73%) Dynamics 365
3 21 (9.01%) Azure
4 16 (6.87%) AWS
5 11 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.00%) SaaS
7 6 (2.58%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (2.15%) GCP
8 5 (2.15%) GitHub
8 5 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.15%) IaaS
8 5 (2.15%) PaaS
9 4 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.72%) Serverless
10 3 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.29%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.29%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.29%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.00%) Firewall
1 7 (3.00%) SD-WAN
1 7 (3.00%) WAN
2 5 (2.15%) LAN
2 5 (2.15%) MPLS
2 5 (2.15%) VPN
3 3 (1.29%) Cisco IPT
3 3 (1.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (1.29%) Network Security
4 2 (0.86%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.86%) Internet
4 2 (0.86%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.43%) DNS
5 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.88%) Power BI
2 5 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.86%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.43%) KDB
5 1 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (4.29%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.00%) JUnit
2 7 (3.00%) Mockito
3 5 (2.15%) GitLab
3 5 (2.15%) Gradle
3 5 (2.15%) JIRA
3 5 (2.15%) Liquibase
4 4 (1.72%) Git
5 2 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.43%) JMeter
6 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.43%) MLflow
6 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.43%) Vite
General
1 84 (36.05%) Finance
2 55 (23.61%) Legal
3 46 (19.74%) Social Skills
4 27 (11.59%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.44%) Police
6 13 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.15%) Banking
8 10 (4.29%) Marketing
9 7 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.58%) Front Office
11 5 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.29%) Billing
12 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.29%) German Language
12 3 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.29%) Retail
13 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.86%) Military
13 2 (0.86%) Publishing
13 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (21.89%) Architect
2 48 (20.60%) Senior
3 44 (18.88%) Lead
4 31 (13.30%) Functional Architect
4 31 (13.30%) Lead Architect
5 22 (9.44%) Project Manager
6 17 (7.30%) Analyst
7 15 (6.44%) Senior Manager
8 12 (5.15%) IT Trainer
8 12 (5.15%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 12 (5.15%) Trainer
9 11 (4.72%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
9 11 (4.72%) Consultant
9 11 (4.72%) Senior IT Trainer
10 10 (4.29%) Business Manager
10 10 (4.29%) Developer
11 9 (3.86%) Java Engineer
11 9 (3.86%) Java Software Engineer
11 9 (3.86%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.43%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.43%) Kafka
2 7 (3.00%) React
2 7 (3.00%) Spring
2 7 (3.00%) Spring Boot
3 5 (2.15%) OpenAPI
3 5 (2.15%) Swagger
4 4 (1.72%) Middleware
5 3 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.29%) RESTful
6 2 (0.86%) ADO
6 2 (0.86%) CSS
6 2 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.86%) HTML
6 2 (0.86%) JSON
6 2 (0.86%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.86%) Spring Cloud
7 1 (0.43%) IDoc
7 1 (0.43%) Jest
7 1 (0.43%) Next.js
7 1 (0.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.29%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (3.43%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.43%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.00%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.58%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.72%) AI Agents
5 4 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.72%) Taxonomies
6 3 (1.29%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.29%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.29%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.29%) FMCG
6 3 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.86%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.86%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.86%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.29%) Windows
2 7 (3.00%) Linux
3 4 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.86%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (23.61%) Migration
2 52 (22.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 44 (18.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (17.60%) Data Migration
4 41 (17.60%) User Acceptance Testing
5 38 (16.31%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (15.88%) ERP
7 36 (15.45%) Architectural Design
7 36 (15.45%) Procure-to-Pay
8 35 (15.02%) Agile
8 35 (15.02%) Order to Cash
8 35 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (14.59%) Record to Report
9 34 (14.59%) Translating Business Requirements
10 33 (14.16%) End-to-End Testing
11 28 (12.02%) AI
12 20 (8.58%) Change Management
12 20 (8.58%) CI/CD
13 18 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (6.01%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.01%) Java
2 13 (5.58%) SQL
3 11 (4.72%) Python
4 8 (3.43%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.58%) Bash
5 6 (2.58%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.29%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.86%) Bicep
8 1 (0.43%) ABAP
8 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.43%) C#
8 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) SOQL
8 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (14.16%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.02%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.87%) Degree
4 7 (3.00%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.15%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.29%) CISM
7 3 (1.29%) CISSP
8 2 (0.86%) CEH
8 2 (0.86%) PMP
9 1 (0.43%) ACCA
9 1 (0.43%) CCNA
9 1 (0.43%) CIMA
9 1 (0.43%) CIPD
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.43%) GCIA
9 1 (0.43%) GIAC
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.43%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.58%) GRC
3 5 (2.15%) NIST
3 5 (2.15%) QA
4 4 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.72%) GDPR
5 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.29%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.29%) NCSC
5 3 (1.29%) PMO
5 3 (1.29%) PSD2
6 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.43%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.43%) P3O
6 1 (0.43%) RMADS
6 1 (0.43%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (5.15%) Docker
2 5 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (3.43%) Terraform
2 7 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.15%) Ansible
3 5 (2.15%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.72%) Grafana
5 3 (1.29%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.86%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.86%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.86%) Puppet
6 2 (0.86%) Salt
7 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 62 (26.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.44%) SAP
3 9 (3.86%) Cisco
4 7 (3.00%) Aruba
5 6 (2.58%) Fortinet
5 6 (2.58%) iManage
6 5 (2.15%) Intapp
6 5 (2.15%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.15%) Splunk
7 4 (1.72%) Juniper
7 4 (1.72%) Oracle
7 4 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.72%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.29%) Databricks
8 3 (1.29%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.86%) Aderant
9 2 (0.86%) Solace
9 2 (0.86%) Sybase
9 2 (0.86%) Workday
9 2 (0.86%) Zscaler