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 3 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 81 66
Rank change year-on-year -34 -15 -11
Contract jobs citing Law 19 14 14
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.88% 1.15% 1.17%
As % of the General category 1.75% 1.83% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 8
10th Percentile £250 - £230
25th Percentile £273 £363 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £800 £519 £463
90th Percentile - £598 £549
England median daily rate £550 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £12.21 -
England median hourly rate £20.39 £15.96 £21.00
% change year-on-year +27.73% -24.00% +10.53%

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 1,088 764 679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.21% 62.52% 56.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 512 369
10th Percentile £254 £270 £258
25th Percentile £403 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £499
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.01% -0.20%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £694 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 56 47
10th Percentile £14.35 £13.16 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.75 £17.30 £18.00
Median hourly rate £31.90 £28.72 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.09% -17.96% +45.53%
75th Percentile £45.96 £41.02 £44.38
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.63 £52.14
England median hourly rate £30.73 £25.15 £30.94
% change year-on-year +22.19% -18.71% +6.68%

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 3 months to 27 August 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

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 3 months to 27 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -24 16 £750 +100.00% 187
Cheshire - 2 £344 - 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 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Acrobat
1 3 (8.82%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (11.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.76%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.94%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (2.94%) Google Sheets
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) VPN
1 3 (8.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Power BI
2 4 (11.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 4 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (8.82%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (8.82%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (2.94%) Metadata
4 1 (2.94%) Star Schema
4 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (35.29%) Legal
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Manufacturing
3 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Electronics
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Legal Technology
5 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (17.65%) Development Manager
1 6 (17.65%) Software Development Manager
1 6 (17.65%) Software Manager
2 5 (14.71%) Administrator
2 5 (14.71%) Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Technical Administrator
3 4 (11.76%) Oracle Specialist
4 3 (8.82%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Service Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) CRM Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Developer
5 2 (5.88%) Lead
6 1 (2.94%) Data Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Incident Response Lead
6 1 (2.94%) Innovation Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Senior
6 1 (2.94%) SQL Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.82%) Blackberry
2 3 (8.82%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.94%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.94%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (2.94%) EPoS
3 1 (2.94%) LIMS
3 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
1 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.59%) Case Management
2 7 (20.59%) Migration
3 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (17.65%) Data Visualisation
3 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
3 6 (17.65%) ERP
3 6 (17.65%) Visualisation
4 5 (14.71%) Data Governance
4 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
4 5 (14.71%) ETL
5 4 (11.76%) Analytics
5 4 (11.76%) Dashboard Development
5 4 (11.76%) Data Protection
5 4 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (11.76%) Validation
5 4 (11.76%) Workflow
6 3 (8.82%) AI
6 3 (8.82%) Data Analysis
6 3 (8.82%) ETL Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) SQL
2 4 (11.76%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.94%) C#
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) CISSP
2 1 (2.94%) CREST Certified
2 1 (2.94%) GCFA
2 1 (2.94%) GCIA
2 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.94%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) SAP
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle
3 3 (8.82%) Adobe
3 3 (8.82%) Cisco
3 3 (8.82%) iManage
3 3 (8.82%) Intapp
3 3 (8.82%) Litera
3 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.94%) Google
4 1 (2.94%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft