Law Contracts in the Midlands

Law
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 66 89
Rank change year-on-year +11 +23 -45
Contract jobs citing Law 59 67 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.08% 2.43% 2.35%
As % of the General category 4.94% 4.43% 4.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 65 67
10th Percentile £355 £425 £218
25th Percentile £450 £463 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.63% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £750 £613
90th Percentile £699 £850 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £30.02 - -
25th Percentile £30.05 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.20 - £15.50
75th Percentile £30.30 - £19.49
90th Percentile - - £21.73
England median hourly rate £30.20 £13.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +132.31% -48.00% +42.86%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,194 1,513 1,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.38% 54.88% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,034 1,359
10th Percentile £190 £207 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 167 83
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.88 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.24 £53.80 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Law in the Midlands

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Law in the Midlands

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the Midlands

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Law in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands -7 39 £550 -8.33% 75
East Midlands +24 20 £500 - 44
Law
England

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.56%) Azure
2 6 (10.17%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.39%) AWS
4 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.69%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.69%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) Firewall
2 1 (1.69%) DNS
2 1 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (1.69%) HSRP
2 1 (1.69%) Internet
2 1 (1.69%) IPsec
2 1 (1.69%) LAN
2 1 (1.69%) OSPF
2 1 (1.69%) VLAN
2 1 (1.69%) WAN
2 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) Power BI
2 4 (6.78%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.69%) Pentaho
General
1 25 (42.37%) Finance
2 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.78%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.08%) Police
6 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Local Government
6 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (16.95%) Analyst
2 8 (13.56%) Lead
3 6 (10.17%) Architect
3 6 (10.17%) PMO Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) Programme Manager
5 4 (6.78%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (6.78%) Developer
5 4 (6.78%) IT Support
5 4 (6.78%) Network Architect
5 4 (6.78%) Senior
6 3 (5.08%) Change Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Consultant
6 3 (5.08%) Data Steward
6 3 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Senior PMO
6 3 (5.08%) Senior PMO Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) .NET
1 4 (6.78%) .NET Core
2 3 (5.08%) ADO
2 3 (5.08%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.39%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.39%) Entity Framework
4 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.69%) CSS
4 1 (1.69%) HTML
4 1 (1.69%) JSON
4 1 (1.69%) SOAP
4 1 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) Data Centre
1 5 (8.47%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.39%) CMDB
2 2 (3.39%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.69%) AS400
3 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.69%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.69%) iSeries
3 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.69%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.34%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (18.64%) Agile
3 8 (13.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (11.86%) Change Management
4 7 (11.86%) Migration
5 6 (10.17%) Customer Service
6 5 (8.47%) Biometrics
6 5 (8.47%) ITIL
6 5 (8.47%) Resource Management
7 4 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (6.78%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.78%) Project Management
7 4 (6.78%) Roadmaps
7 4 (6.78%) Use Case
8 3 (5.08%) Analytics
8 3 (5.08%) Change Control
8 3 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (5.08%) DevOps
8 3 (5.08%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) SQL
2 3 (5.08%) C#
3 2 (3.39%) PHP
4 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.69%) Python
4 1 (1.69%) RPG
4 1 (1.69%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 6 (10.17%) SC Cleared
1 6 (10.17%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.39%) Degree
3 1 (1.69%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) PMO
2 1 (1.69%) GDPR
2 1 (1.69%) GRC
2 1 (1.69%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.69%) NEBOSH
2 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (6.78%) F5
1 4 (6.78%) SolarWinds
2 2 (3.39%) CyberArk
2 2 (3.39%) Oracle
2 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.69%) Cisco
3 1 (1.69%) Databricks
3 1 (1.69%) Google
3 1 (1.69%) Guidewire
3 1 (1.69%) IBM
3 1 (1.69%) Juniper
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.69%) VMware