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 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 92 81
Rank change year-on-year -25 -11 +57
Contract jobs citing Law 21 26 66
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.89% 1.11% 2.37%
As % of the General category 1.44% 1.94% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 54
10th Percentile - £193 £255
25th Percentile £363 £263 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £375 £438
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -14.29% -10.26%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £542
90th Percentile £600 £568 £560
England median daily rate £550 £478 £538
% change year-on-year +15.18% -11.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile - - £12.57
25th Percentile - £65.00 £13.91
Median hourly rate £12.21 £68.69 £16.56
Median % change year-on-year -82.22% +314.78% -16.15%
75th Percentile £33.85 £73.86 £22.00
90th Percentile £62.80 £74.39 £43.38
England median hourly rate £17.21 £38.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -54.72% +117.14% -9.33%

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 1,457 1,341 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 61.48% 57.50% 54.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 724 1,014
10th Percentile £250 £265 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -4.50% +4.71%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £675 £671 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 84 115
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.41 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.62 £20.83 £16.70
Median hourly rate £24.83 £35.00 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -29.07% +55.35% -3.68%
75th Percentile £47.12 £44.06 £44.38
90th Percentile £70.11 £65.00 £60.19
England median hourly rate £24.81 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -23.68% +8.33% +16.69%

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 29 October 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 29 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Law in the North West

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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 29 October 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 -7 11 £383 -10.00% 43
Merseyside +1 7 £650 +266.07% 2
Lancashire -3 1 - - 21
Cheshire -26 1 - - 3
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 (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
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (4.76%) dbt
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Power BI
2 3 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.76%) BigQuery
3 1 (4.76%) Looker
3 1 (4.76%) Power Query
3 1 (4.76%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 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 4 (19.05%) Finance
5 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.76%) Electronics
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%) Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Change Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse Developer
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 Support
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) 3D Printing
1 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Customer Service
3 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (19.05%) Change Management
4 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (14.29%) Coaching
4 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.52%) Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Budgeting
5 2 (9.52%) Contract Management
5 2 (9.52%) Defect Management
5 2 (9.52%) ERP
5 2 (9.52%) ETL
5 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.52%) Performance Measurement
5 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
5 2 (9.52%) Test Planning
5 2 (9.52%) Test Scripting
5 2 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
2 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
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Google
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft