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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 97 81
Rank change year-on-year -15 -16 +61
Contract jobs citing Law 21 21 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.96% 0.88% 2.19%
As % of the General category 1.56% 1.57% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 48
10th Percentile £363 £263 £248
25th Percentile £409 £313 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £598 £570 £667
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile - - £12.45
25th Percentile - - £13.13
Median hourly rate £12.21 £65.00 £16.62
Median % change year-on-year -81.22% +291.10% -5.03%
75th Percentile £33.85 - £23.75
90th Percentile £62.80 - £47.30
England median hourly rate £25.14 £22.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year +14.27% +23.94% -6.58%

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 common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,346 1,336 1,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.63% 55.88% 53.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 762 979
10th Percentile £271 £275 £249
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -1.70% +2.56%
75th Percentile £573 £585 £594
90th Percentile £688 £680 £683
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 79 104
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.98 £15.72
25th Percentile £14.75 £18.00 £16.81
Median hourly rate £23.57 £35.00 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -32.67% +55.35% +5.70%
75th Percentile £49.28 £46.18 £39.06
90th Percentile £70.02 £54.70 £62.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Law 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 18 September 2025.

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

Law
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in the North West over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Law in the North West

Law
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 18 September 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
Manchester -1 10 £450 +2.86% 57
Merseyside +6 8 £581 +274.70% 7
Lancashire 0 1 - - 37
Cheshire -23 1 £550 +46.67% 6
Law
England

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (4.76%) CMS
1 1 (4.76%) Resin
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.76%) PTC Creo
2 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Primavera
1 1 (4.76%) SAP PS
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) dbt
2 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) LAN
1 1 (4.76%) MPLS
1 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
1 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) BigQuery
2 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.76%) Looker
2 1 (4.76%) Power Query
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Local Government
3 5 (23.81%) Legal
3 5 (23.81%) Police
4 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.76%) French Language
6 1 (4.76%) German Language
6 1 (4.76%) Italian Language
6 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Support Officer
2 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Contracts Manager
3 2 (9.52%) ERP Implementation Manager
3 2 (9.52%) ERP Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Senior
3 2 (9.52%) Test Leader
4 1 (4.76%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Project Controller
4 1 (4.76%) Project Planner
4 1 (4.76%) Risk Manager
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Developer
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Support
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Trainer
4 1 (4.76%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) BAPI
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Smart Forms
1 1 (4.76%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) 3D Printing
1 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
1 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Change Management
2 5 (23.81%) Customer Service
3 3 (14.29%) Coaching
3 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.52%) Budgeting
4 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.52%) Change Control
4 2 (9.52%) Contract Management
4 2 (9.52%) Defect Management
4 2 (9.52%) ERP
4 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
4 2 (9.52%) Test Planning
4 2 (9.52%) Test Scripting
4 2 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.76%) CI/CD
5 1 (4.76%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.76%) ITIL
5 1 (4.76%) OO
5 1 (4.76%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) ABAP
1 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
1 1 (4.76%) X++
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) DBS Check
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.76%) APMG
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) SLA
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Aruba
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco
2 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
2 1 (4.76%) Google
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds