Law Contracts in Scotland

Law
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Law over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 161 153
Rank change year-on-year +42 -8 -5
Contract jobs citing Law 9 2 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 0.070% 0.77%
As % of the General category 0.63% 0.11% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £324 £277 £295
25th Percentile £400 £301 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £360 £553
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -34.84% +28.49%
75th Percentile £650 £426 £603
90th Percentile £670 £456 £654
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.25
Median hourly rate - - £40.50
75th Percentile - - £40.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £14.32 £25.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -42.74% +42.86% -58.82%

All General Skills
Scotland

Law is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,440 1,887 2,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.86% 65.93% 71.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,390 1,834
10th Percentile £182 £236 £216
25th Percentile £363 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 28 39
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.75 £12.81
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £17.38
Median hourly rate £19.17 £19.88 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -23.54% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £47.98
90th Percentile £69.00 £66.84 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.92
% change year-on-year -14.29% +59.71% -2.60%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Law in Scotland

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Law in Scotland

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Law in Scotland

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Law in Scotland

Law
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Glasgow +4 4 £400 -11.11% 13
South Lanarkshire +1 3 £650 +140.74%
Edinburgh - 2 £343 - 9
Law
UK

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
1 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) CircleCI
1 2 (22.22%) GitLab
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Business Relationship Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Relationships Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Communications Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Communications Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Java Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 2 (22.22%) Domain-Driven Design
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) Microservices
2 2 (22.22%) OOP
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Refactoring
2 2 (22.22%) Scrum
2 2 (22.22%) SOLID
2 2 (22.22%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
3 1 (11.11%) Focus Group
3 1 (11.11%) Journey Map
3 1 (11.11%) Storytelling
3 1 (11.11%) User Journey Map
3 1 (11.11%) User Research
3 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Greenplum
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft