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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 116 121
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +24
Contract jobs citing Law 18 20 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.93% 0.76% 1.34%
As % of the General category 1.59% 1.41% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 30
10th Percentile £330 £370 £325
25th Percentile £375 £407 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +15.38%
75th Percentile £516 £628 £550
90th Percentile £533 £638 £725
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.05% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.48 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.99 £13.00 £16.62
Median % change year-on-year +292.19% -21.78% +0.73%
75th Percentile £55.49 £13.50 -
90th Percentile - £27.15 -
England median hourly rate £40.59 £13.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +212.25% -35.00% +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 1,135 1,419 1,610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 58.51% 53.63% 52.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 866 1,107
10th Percentile £268 £300 £313
25th Percentile £380 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 189 77
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £14.90
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £29.27 £17.72 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.18% -31.85% +8.58%
75th Percentile £58.27 £37.18 £35.03
90th Percentile £76.25 £51.91 £53.13
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -6.25% +46.17%

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

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the North West over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the North West

Law
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

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 22 May 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 +11 14 £400 -20.00% 117
Merseyside +3 2 £513 - 14
Cheshire 0 1 £550 +46.67% 25
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 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Primavera
1 2 (11.11%) SAP PS
2 1 (5.56%) Elite 3E
2 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
1 1 (5.56%) LAN
1 1 (5.56%) MPLS
1 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) EDRMS
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Legal
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) French Language
5 1 (5.56%) German Language
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Italian Language
5 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Integration Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Project Controller
3 2 (11.11%) Project Planner
4 1 (5.56%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Procurement Officer
4 1 (5.56%) SAP Developer
4 1 (5.56%) SAP Trainer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) SharePoint Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) BAPI
1 1 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (5.56%) SAP Smart Forms
1 1 (5.56%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) NHS
1 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (27.78%) Data Transformation
3 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Business Performance Management
4 2 (11.11%) Change Management
4 2 (11.11%) Coaching
4 2 (11.11%) Critical Path Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Data Management
4 2 (11.11%) Earned Value Management
4 2 (11.11%) Performance Management
4 2 (11.11%) Performance Measurement
4 2 (11.11%) Practice Management
4 2 (11.11%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.56%) Records Management
5 1 (5.56%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) APMG
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) ISEB
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) HL7
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) SAP
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Aruba
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds