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 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 113 100
Rank change year-on-year -30 -13 -17
Contract jobs citing Law 34 20 22
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.87% 0.92% 0.91%
As % of the General category 1.70% 1.49% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 13
10th Percentile £250 £363 £263
25th Percentile £311 £394 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +28.95% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £800 £522 £538
90th Percentile - £575 £570
England median daily rate £550 £525 £523
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.48% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £16.50 £12.21 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -81.22% +292.51%
75th Percentile £16.75 £33.85 £69.88
90th Percentile - £62.80 £72.80
England median hourly rate £17.73 £20.23 £26.97
% change year-on-year -12.36% -25.01% +54.11%

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 1,996 1,340 1,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 51.04% 61.38% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 865 756
10th Percentile £230 £270 £294
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £490
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -6.63% -2.00%
75th Percentile £595 £575 £576
90th Percentile £680 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 110 78
10th Percentile £14.32 £12.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.65 £15.50 £18.01
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.94 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.94% -25.89% +57.30%
75th Percentile £55.00 £49.28 £47.17
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.23 £62.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.75
% change year-on-year +19.28% -33.38% +32.46%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -10 28 £750 +66.67% 231
Cheshire - 3 £344 - 24
Merseyside -22 1 £700 +20.43% 8
Cumbria - 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 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Acrobat
2 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Azure
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (11.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (8.82%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.94%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (2.94%) Google Sheets
4 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 2 (5.88%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.94%) Metadata
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.94%) Star Schema
4 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (32.35%) Legal
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Manufacturing
3 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Electronics
6 1 (2.94%) Finance
6 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (17.65%) Analyst
1 6 (17.65%) Development Manager
1 6 (17.65%) Software Development Manager
1 6 (17.65%) Software Manager
2 4 (11.76%) Administrator
2 4 (11.76%) Technical Administrator
3 3 (8.82%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (8.82%) Lead
3 3 (8.82%) Service Analyst
3 3 (8.82%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Developer
4 2 (5.88%) CRM Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Data Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Data Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Developer
4 2 (5.88%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (2.94%) Project Leader
5 1 (2.94%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Blackberry
1 3 (8.82%) Smartphone
2 2 (5.88%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.94%) EPoS
3 1 (2.94%) LIMS
3 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
1 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (20.59%) Migration
3 6 (17.65%) Case Management
3 6 (17.65%) Data Modelling
4 5 (14.71%) Analytics
4 5 (14.71%) Decision-Making
4 5 (14.71%) ERP
4 5 (14.71%) ETL
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.82%) AI
6 3 (8.82%) Data Governance
6 3 (8.82%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (8.82%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (8.82%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (8.82%) Validation
6 3 (8.82%) Visualisation
7 2 (5.88%) Data Protection
7 2 (5.88%) Machine Learning
7 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 3 (8.82%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.88%) Python
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%) HNC
2 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.94%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.94%) ITGC
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) SAP
2 3 (8.82%) Adobe
2 3 (8.82%) Cisco
2 3 (8.82%) iManage
2 3 (8.82%) Intapp
2 3 (8.82%) Litera
2 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.88%) Databricks
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) Oracle
4 1 (2.94%) Google
4 1 (2.94%) HubSpot