Law Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Law
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 105 121
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 +24
Contract jobs citing Law 6 7 19
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.39% 0.42% 0.80%
As % of the General category 0.60% 0.63% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 12
10th Percentile - £590 £400
25th Percentile £625 £669 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £800 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +68.42% +26.67%
75th Percentile £781 £804 £598
90th Percentile £793 £806 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £504 £548
% change year-on-year +9.13% -7.95% +4.29%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,005 1,114 1,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 65.90% 67.27% 67.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 668 979
10th Percentile £200 £192 £200
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £625 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 29 46
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.56 £12.13
25th Percentile £13.50 £19.59 £16.06
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.30% +17.95% +15.15%
75th Percentile £25.80 £24.18 £58.37
90th Percentile £59.25 £42.81 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.27% -15.38% +30.00%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Law relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Law job vacancy trend in Scotland

Law
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Law.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in Scotland

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Law.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Law

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 26 December 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
Glasgow -1 4 £700 +4.09% 21
Edinburgh +7 2 - - 14
Law
UK

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) E-Discovery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (33.33%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Case Management
1 2 (33.33%) E-Discovery
1 2 (33.33%) Ethnography
1 2 (33.33%) Focus Group
1 2 (33.33%) Journey Map
1 2 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (33.33%) Usability Testing
1 2 (33.33%) User Experience
1 2 (33.33%) User Journey Map
1 2 (33.33%) User Research
1 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Aruba
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto