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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 209 184
Rank change year-on-year +14 -25 -12
Contract jobs citing Law 223 151 234
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.28% 1.19% 1.31%
As % of the General category 2.10% 1.76% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 101 166
10th Percentile £419 £350 £231
25th Percentile £500 £426 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £656 £700 £650
90th Percentile £731 £800 £744
England median daily rate £500 £501 £550
% change year-on-year -0.10% -9.00% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 10
10th Percentile - - £10.42
25th Percentile - £61.25 -
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £11.95
Median % change year-on-year - +423.01% -43.50%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £19.44
90th Percentile - - £27.96
England median hourly rate £32.50 £30.20 £13.00
% change year-on-year +7.62% +132.31% -43.48%

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 10,627 8,575 11,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.01% 67.46% 63.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,929 5,810 8,052
10th Percentile £347 £338 £331
25th Percentile £425 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £574 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% -0.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 137 249
10th Percentile £18.27 £15.84 £15.90
25th Percentile £22.87 £23.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +15.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.00 £68.90
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £28.71
% change year-on-year +4.35% +0.14% -15.56%

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 20 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 20 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 +8 51 £625 +35.14% 164
West London -23 3 £188 - 1
South London -15 1 - - 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 14 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.79%) 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 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Elite 3E
1 5 (2.24%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Magento
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.45%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 41 (18.39%) Power Platform
2 33 (14.80%) Dynamics 365
3 24 (10.76%) Azure
4 12 (5.38%) AWS
4 12 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.69%) SaaS
6 5 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.79%) GCP
7 4 (1.79%) IaaS
7 4 (1.79%) PaaS
7 4 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.35%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.35%) Serverless
8 3 (1.35%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.14%) Firewall
1 7 (3.14%) SD-WAN
1 7 (3.14%) WAN
2 6 (2.69%) LAN
2 6 (2.69%) VPN
3 5 (2.24%) MPLS
4 3 (1.35%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (1.35%) 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%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.45%) VoIP
6 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (17.49%) Power BI
2 3 (1.35%) 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 6 (2.69%) Git
2 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.79%) JIRA
2 4 (1.79%) JUnit
2 4 (1.79%) Mockito
3 3 (1.35%) GitLab
3 3 (1.35%) Gradle
3 3 (1.35%) 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 86 (38.57%) Finance
2 54 (24.22%) Legal
3 45 (20.18%) Social Skills
4 24 (10.76%) Public Sector
5 18 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.83%) Marketing
7 10 (4.48%) Police
8 7 (3.14%) Billing
9 6 (2.69%) Banking
10 5 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.79%) Retail
12 3 (1.35%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.35%) German Language
12 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.35%) Publishing
13 2 (0.90%) Front Office
13 2 (0.90%) Military
13 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (24.66%) Architect
2 39 (17.49%) Senior
3 36 (16.14%) Lead
4 31 (13.90%) Functional Architect
4 31 (13.90%) Lead Architect
5 21 (9.42%) Analyst
6 16 (7.17%) Project Manager
7 15 (6.73%) Senior Manager
8 13 (5.83%) Developer
9 10 (4.48%) Business Manager
9 10 (4.48%) Consultant
9 10 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.59%) Business Analyst
11 6 (2.69%) Business Development Manager
11 6 (2.69%) Development Manager
11 6 (2.69%) Senior Business Development Manager
11 6 (2.69%) Senior Business Manager
11 6 (2.69%) Senior Development Manager
11 6 (2.69%) Software Engineer
12 5 (2.24%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.14%) Middleware
2 5 (2.24%) Spring
2 5 (2.24%) Spring Boot
3 4 (1.79%) Kafka
3 4 (1.79%) React
4 3 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (1.35%) OpenAPI
4 3 (1.35%) REST
4 3 (1.35%) Swagger
5 2 (0.90%) IDoc
5 2 (0.90%) RESTful
5 2 (0.90%) SAP ALE
5 2 (0.90%) SOAP
6 1 (0.45%) HTML5
6 1 (0.45%) OAuth
6 1 (0.45%) OpenID
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.45%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.45%) Visualforce
6 1 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
1 10 (4.48%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.04%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.14%) Security Posture
4 6 (2.69%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.79%) Taxonomies
6 3 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.35%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (0.90%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.90%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.48%) Windows
2 3 (1.35%) Windows 10
2 3 (1.35%) 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 56 (25.11%) Migration
2 48 (21.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 46 (20.63%) User Acceptance Testing
4 40 (17.94%) Business Intelligence
4 40 (17.94%) Data Migration
5 39 (17.49%) Order to Cash
6 38 (17.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (16.59%) Architectural Design
7 37 (16.59%) ERP
7 37 (16.59%) Translating Business Requirements
8 36 (16.14%) Procure-to-Pay
9 35 (15.70%) Record to Report
10 34 (15.25%) End-to-End Testing
11 32 (14.35%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (12.11%) Agile
13 21 (9.42%) AI
14 20 (8.97%) Change Management
15 18 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
16 16 (7.17%) CI/CD
16 16 (7.17%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.17%) SQL
2 12 (5.38%) Java
3 6 (2.69%) Python
4 5 (2.24%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.90%) ABAP
5 2 (0.90%) Bash
5 2 (0.90%) Bicep
5 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.45%) C#
6 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.45%) Ruby
6 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (16.14%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.45%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.97%) Degree
4 6 (2.69%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.35%) ACCA
6 3 (1.35%) CIMA
6 3 (1.35%) CISSP
6 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.90%) CIPD
7 2 (0.90%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.45%) CCNA
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.45%) CISM
8 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.59%) NIST
3 6 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.69%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.69%) GRC
4 5 (2.24%) GDPR
5 3 (1.35%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.35%) NCSC
5 3 (1.35%) PSD2
6 2 (0.90%) PMO
6 2 (0.90%) QA
7 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
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 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.24%) Terraform
2 4 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.35%) Ansible
3 3 (1.35%) 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 (27.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.38%) SAP
3 10 (4.48%) Intapp
4 8 (3.59%) Cisco
4 8 (3.59%) iManage
5 7 (3.14%) Aruba
5 7 (3.14%) Oracle
6 6 (2.69%) Fortinet
6 6 (2.69%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.24%) Aderant
7 5 (2.24%) Databricks
7 5 (2.24%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.79%) Juniper
8 4 (1.79%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.79%) 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%) Xero