Law Contract Job Trends in the North West

Law
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 113 98
Rank change year-on-year -36 -15 -16
Contract jobs citing Law 31 20 24
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.78% 0.92% 1.00%
As % of the General category 1.52% 1.49% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 12
10th Percentile £250 £363 £184
25th Percentile £281 £394 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% +26.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £800 £522 £463
90th Percentile - £575 £571
England median daily rate £550 £535 £498
% change year-on-year +2.80% +7.54% -7.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £16.50 £12.21 £68.69
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -82.22% +314.78%
75th Percentile £16.75 £33.85 £73.86
90th Percentile - £62.80 £74.39
England median hourly rate £17.73 £16.71 £26.97
% change year-on-year +6.11% -38.06% +49.83%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,037 1,344 1,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 51.23% 61.59% 57.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 875 744
10th Percentile £234 £265 £294
25th Percentile £400 £375 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £559 £575
90th Percentile £688 £684 £674
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 111 83
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.50 £18.03
Median hourly rate £35.05 £24.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.07% -30.00% +55.56%
75th Percentile £63.75 £48.56 £46.18
90th Percentile £79.13 £65.25 £62.50
England median hourly rate £29.03 £25.15 £35.36
% change year-on-year +15.41% -28.87% +17.87%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Law relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Law job vacancy trend in the North West

Law
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Law.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the North West over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the North West

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Law.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Law

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Manchester -22 26 £750 +66.67% 217
Cheshire - 2 £344 - 29
Merseyside -24 1 £700 +20.43% 13
Cumbria - 1 - - 5
Law
England

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
3 3 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (9.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (3.23%) Google Sheets
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) VPN
1 3 (9.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Power BI
2 3 (9.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 3 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.23%) Metadata
4 1 (3.23%) Star Schema
4 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (35.48%) Legal
2 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Marketing
5 2 (6.45%) Electronics
6 1 (3.23%) Finance
6 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Analyst
1 6 (19.35%) Development Manager
1 6 (19.35%) Software Development Manager
1 6 (19.35%) Software Manager
2 3 (9.68%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (9.68%) Administrator
2 3 (9.68%) Azure Developer
2 3 (9.68%) Developer
2 3 (9.68%) Lead
2 3 (9.68%) Service Analyst
2 3 (9.68%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (9.68%) Technical Administrator
3 2 (6.45%) CRM Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Data Analyst
3 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (3.23%) Data Governance Specialist
4 1 (3.23%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Data Scientist
4 1 (3.23%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Blackberry
1 3 (9.68%) Smartphone
2 2 (6.45%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.23%) EPoS
3 1 (3.23%) LIMS
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
1 3 (9.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Migration
2 6 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (19.35%) Case Management
2 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.13%) Data Modelling
4 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
4 4 (12.90%) ERP
4 4 (12.90%) ETL
4 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.68%) AI
5 3 (9.68%) Analytics
5 3 (9.68%) Data Engineering
5 3 (9.68%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.45%) Data Governance
6 2 (6.45%) DevOps
6 2 (6.45%) Machine Learning
6 2 (6.45%) Project Governance
6 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) CISSP
2 1 (3.23%) CREST Certified
2 1 (3.23%) GCFA
2 1 (3.23%) GCIA
2 1 (3.23%) HNC
2 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.23%) ITGC
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) SAP
2 3 (9.68%) Adobe
2 3 (9.68%) Cisco
2 3 (9.68%) iManage
2 3 (9.68%) Intapp
2 3 (9.68%) Litera
2 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.45%) Databricks
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) Google
4 1 (3.23%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle