Law Contracts in Reading

Law
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 53 82
Rank change year-on-year +9 +29 -8
Contract jobs citing Law 16 38 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.68% 3.19% 0.48%
As % of the General category 3.96% 5.26% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 -
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -23.00% -3.70% +67.70%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 404 722 649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 67.67% 60.57% 62.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 341 397
10th Percentile £319 £205 £363
25th Percentile £450 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £675
90th Percentile £700 £675 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +0.70% -2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 41 9
10th Percentile - £42.00 £39.70
25th Percentile - £52.90 £52.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £61.60 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -52.92% -4.75% +130.98%
75th Percentile - £76.99 £66.21
90th Percentile - £87.53 £70.80
Berkshire median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +161.59%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Law in Reading

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Law in Reading

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Law in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Cucumber
1 5 (31.25%) GitLab
1 5 (31.25%) Jenkins
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
1 5 (31.25%) REST Assured
1 5 (31.25%) Selenium
1 5 (31.25%) SonarQube
General
1 10 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 8 (50.00%) Legal
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Police
5 3 (18.75%) Marketing
6 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Commercial Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Java Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Compliance Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Officer
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) HR Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Java Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) ARM Templates
1 5 (31.25%) Java EE
1 5 (31.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management
1 5 (31.25%) Containerisation
1 5 (31.25%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (31.25%) Contract Management
1 5 (31.25%) DevOps
1 5 (31.25%) Infrastructure as Code
1 5 (31.25%) Software Architecture
1 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
1 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
1 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
2 3 (18.75%) B2C
2 3 (18.75%) Change Control
2 3 (18.75%) Data Privacy
2 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
2 3 (18.75%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
3 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) ISEB
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) GRC
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) Ansible
1 5 (31.25%) Docker Swarm
1 5 (31.25%) Kubernetes
1 5 (31.25%) Podman
1 5 (31.25%) Terraform