Law Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 104 106
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +40
Contract jobs citing Law 28 26 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.33% 0.94% 1.43%
As % of the General category 2.27% 1.74% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 32
10th Percentile £331 £263 £325
25th Percentile £372 £363 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £495 £525 £551
90th Percentile £531 £543 £723
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 4
10th Percentile - - £13.39
25th Percentile - £12.50 £15.47
Median hourly rate £12.21 £13.00 £19.56
Median % change year-on-year -6.08% -33.54% +11.77%
75th Percentile - £13.50 £33.56
90th Percentile £33.85 £27.15 £51.23
England median hourly rate £27.46 £19.74 £20.00
% change year-on-year +39.14% -1.33% +14.29%

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 1,232 1,494 1,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 58.58% 54.07% 52.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 788 881 1,106
10th Percentile £299 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £588
90th Percentile £675 £663 £675
England median daily rate £518 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.27% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 192 88
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.00 £14.62
25th Percentile £14.55 £15.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £29.27 £23.48 £24.08
Median % change year-on-year +24.69% -2.49% +2.93%
75th Percentile £58.42 £42.93 £35.21
90th Percentile £76.25 £51.90 £55.60
England median hourly rate £27.17 £33.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -17.67% +10.00% +28.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Law in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the North West over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Law in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in the North West over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 +12 17 £400 -20.00% 240
Merseyside +3 7 £513 +230.38% 23
Cheshire -8 1 £550 +46.67% 59
Lancashire - 1 - - 82
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 (3.57%) CMS
1 1 (3.57%) Resin
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.57%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Primavera
1 2 (7.14%) SAP PS
2 1 (3.57%) Elite 3E
2 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
1 2 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (3.57%) dbt
2 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) MPLS
1 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) Looker
2 1 (3.57%) Power Query
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Legal
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 5 (17.86%) Local Government
3 5 (17.86%) Police
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) French Language
5 1 (3.57%) German Language
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Developer
1 5 (17.86%) Support Officer
2 4 (14.29%) Integration Developer
2 4 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (7.14%) Project Controller
3 2 (7.14%) Project Planner
3 2 (7.14%) Test Leader
4 1 (3.57%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (3.57%) Administrator
4 1 (3.57%) Business Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Change Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Data Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Developer
4 1 (3.57%) SAP Trainer
4 1 (3.57%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) BAPI
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Smart Forms
1 1 (3.57%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) 3D Printing
1 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.57%) NHS
1 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
2 5 (17.86%) Data Transformation
3 3 (10.71%) Change Management
4 2 (7.14%) Business Analysis
4 2 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.14%) Business Performance Management
4 2 (7.14%) Critical Path Analysis
4 2 (7.14%) Data Governance
4 2 (7.14%) Performance Management
4 2 (7.14%) Practice Management
4 2 (7.14%) Project Management
4 2 (7.14%) Project Planning
4 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
4 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.14%) Test Planning
4 2 (7.14%) Test Scripting
4 2 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) ABAP
2 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (3.57%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.57%) APMG
2 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) HL7
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.57%) Aruba
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds