Law Contracts 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 212 160
Rank change year-on-year -3 -52 +60
Contract jobs citing Law 139 191 434
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.14% 1.10% 1.68%
As % of the General category 1.68% 1.73% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 121 297
10th Percentile £346 £231 £261
25th Percentile £425 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £650
90th Percentile £800 £800 £752
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.05% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 7
10th Percentile - £10.42 £16.27
25th Percentile £61.25 - £17.31
Median hourly rate £62.50 £11.95 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +423.01% -33.61% -53.55%
75th Percentile £63.75 £24.35 £43.75
90th Percentile - £27.96 £53.80
England median hourly rate £40.59 £13.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +212.25% -35.00% +14.29%

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 8,290 11,010 16,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.73% 63.14% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,549 7,863 11,832
10th Percentile £346 £338 £380
25th Percentile £440 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £706 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 232 209
10th Percentile £16.20 £15.55 £16.51
25th Percentile £24.66 £18.13 £21.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.92 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.78% -6.93% -20.00%
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £52.97
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.25% +46.17%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Law in London

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in London.

Daily rate trend for Law in London

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in London

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in London.

Hourly rate trend for Law in London

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 22 May 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 -14 29 £463 -26.00% 83
South London - 1 £625 - 8
Law
England

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.16%) Apache
3 3 (2.16%) CMS
3 3 (2.16%) Confluence
4 2 (1.44%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.72%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.44%) Trello
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.16%) SAP GTS
3 2 (1.44%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.72%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.72%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.72%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 31 (22.30%) Azure
2 16 (11.51%) AWS
3 10 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.88%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.16%) IaaS
5 3 (2.16%) SaaS
5 3 (2.16%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 3 (2.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (1.44%) Boomi
6 2 (1.44%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.44%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.72%) Amazon Macie
7 1 (0.72%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.72%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.88%) Firewall
2 3 (2.16%) DNS
2 3 (2.16%) LAN
2 3 (2.16%) SAN
2 3 (2.16%) SD-WAN
2 3 (2.16%) VPN
3 2 (1.44%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.44%) DMZ
3 2 (1.44%) Intranet
3 2 (1.44%) MPLS
3 2 (1.44%) Skype
3 2 (1.44%) WAN
3 2 (1.44%) WebEx
4 1 (0.72%) Network Security
4 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.16%) Big Data
2 3 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (2.16%) Power BI
3 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.72%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (6.47%) JIRA
2 5 (3.60%) Cypress.io
2 5 (3.60%) JMeter
3 4 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.16%) Bitbucket
4 3 (2.16%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.16%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.72%) GitLab
5 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 45 (32.37%) Finance
2 36 (25.90%) Legal
3 24 (17.27%) Public Sector
4 23 (16.55%) Social Skills
5 16 (11.51%) Police
6 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.60%) Banking
7 5 (3.60%) Publishing
8 4 (2.88%) Marketing
9 3 (2.16%) Retail
10 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Military
10 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.72%) French Language
11 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (14.39%) Analyst
2 17 (12.23%) Architect
3 15 (10.79%) Consultant
4 13 (9.35%) Project Manager
5 12 (8.63%) Senior
6 11 (7.91%) Lead
7 8 (5.76%) Business Analyst
7 8 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (5.04%) Developer
9 6 (4.32%) Migration Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Compliance Specialist
10 5 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Process Analyst
10 5 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
10 5 (3.60%) Security Architect
11 4 (2.88%) AWS DevOps
11 4 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
11 4 (2.88%) IT Analyst
11 4 (2.88%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.60%) CSS
1 5 (3.60%) HTML
2 3 (2.16%) .NET
2 3 (2.16%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (2.16%) ASP.NET
2 3 (2.16%) ASP.NET Core
2 3 (2.16%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (2.16%) React
3 2 (1.44%) DCOM
3 2 (1.44%) Middleware
3 2 (1.44%) NumPy
3 2 (1.44%) Pandas
3 2 (1.44%) PySpark
3 2 (1.44%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.72%) Django
4 1 (0.72%) MIDP
4 1 (0.72%) REST
4 1 (0.72%) SOAP
4 1 (0.72%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (2.16%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.16%) Digital Media
2 3 (2.16%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (2.16%) Hedge funds
2 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.16%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.16%) Private Cloud
2 3 (2.16%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.44%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.44%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.72%) Blockchain
4 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.72%) Hackathon
4 1 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.72%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.72%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.07%) Windows
2 5 (3.60%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.88%) Linux
3 4 (2.88%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.16%) CentOS
4 3 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.72%) Android
6 1 (0.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (20.14%) Change Management
2 20 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (12.23%) Migration
4 16 (11.51%) Risk Management
5 15 (10.79%) DevOps
6 14 (10.07%) Project Management
7 13 (9.35%) ITIL
7 13 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (8.63%) Artificial Intelligence
8 12 (8.63%) Data Protection
8 12 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (7.91%) Information Security
10 10 (7.19%) CI/CD
11 8 (5.76%) Agile
11 8 (5.76%) Roadmaps
12 7 (5.04%) ERP
12 7 (5.04%) Regulatory Compliance
13 6 (4.32%) Decision-Making
13 6 (4.32%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.04%) Python
2 4 (2.88%) SQL
3 3 (2.16%) ABAP
3 3 (2.16%) C#
3 3 (2.16%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.16%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.44%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (25.18%) Security Cleared
2 34 (24.46%) SC Cleared
3 16 (11.51%) Degree
4 5 (3.60%) CISM
5 4 (2.88%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.88%) CISSP
5 4 (2.88%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.16%) EnCE
6 3 (2.16%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.16%) PMP
7 1 (0.72%) ACCA
7 1 (0.72%) APMP
7 1 (0.72%) CCAB
7 1 (0.72%) CCNP
7 1 (0.72%) CIMA
7 1 (0.72%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.72%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) GDPR
2 5 (3.60%) PSD2
3 4 (2.88%) NIST
4 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.16%) NCSC
4 3 (2.16%) PMO
5 2 (1.44%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.44%) QA
5 2 (1.44%) SEPA
6 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.72%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.76%) vSphere
3 7 (5.04%) Docker
4 3 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.16%) vCloud
4 3 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.16%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (5.76%) Kubernetes
1 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.32%) Terraform
3 4 (2.88%) Ansible
4 3 (2.16%) EnCase
4 3 (2.16%) FTK
4 3 (2.16%) Kibana
5 2 (1.44%) AirWatch
5 2 (1.44%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.44%) SCCM
5 2 (1.44%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (0.72%) Grafana
6 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (13.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.76%) Salesforce
2 8 (5.76%) SAP
3 5 (3.60%) Dell
4 4 (2.88%) MuleSoft
4 4 (2.88%) Workday
5 3 (2.16%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.16%) Cellebrite
5 3 (2.16%) Cisco
5 3 (2.16%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.16%) Nuix
5 3 (2.16%) VMware
6 2 (1.44%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.44%) HP
6 2 (1.44%) Oracle
6 2 (1.44%) Pure Storage
6 2 (1.44%) Refinitiv
6 2 (1.44%) Reuters
6 2 (1.44%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.44%) Symantec