Law Contract Job Trends in the South East

Law
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 115 143
Rank change year-on-year -12 +28 +37
Contract jobs citing Law 35 68 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.00% 1.47% 1.19%
As % of the General category 1.71% 2.88% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 60
10th Percentile £153 £393 £202
25th Percentile £188 £513 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £650 £437
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +48.78% -1.94%
75th Percentile £503 £688 £638
90th Percentile £578 £695 £838
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £30.45 - £13.84
25th Percentile £43.88 - £14.24
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £15.54
75th Percentile £68.75 - £17.46
90th Percentile - - £18.23
England median hourly rate £25.14 £22.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year +14.27% +23.94% -6.58%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,046 2,360 3,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 58.66% 51.04% 57.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,275 1,311 2,101
10th Percentile £200 £214 £213
25th Percentile £350 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £609 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 188 168
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.77 £15.15
25th Percentile £14.28 £29.44 £22.28
Median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.14% +9.24% +133.33%
75th Percentile £47.80 £70.00 £65.40
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.14 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Law in the South East

Law
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Law.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the South East

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Law.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Law

Law
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Law in the South East

Law
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Thames Valley -13 23 £501 -23.00% 92
Berkshire -19 16 £501 -23.00% 66
Kent +3 7 £155 -52.31% 4
Buckinghamshire - 6 £490 - 9
East Sussex 0 2 - - 7
Surrey +6 1 - - 13
Oxfordshire -7 1 - - 18
West Sussex - 1 - - 9
Law
England

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.71%) AWS
2 8 (22.86%) Azure
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) SaaS
4 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) DNS
1 5 (14.29%) Firewall
1 5 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
1 5 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 5 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) DTS
Development Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Cucumber
1 8 (22.86%) GitLab
1 8 (22.86%) Jenkins
1 8 (22.86%) JIRA
1 8 (22.86%) REST Assured
1 8 (22.86%) Selenium
1 8 (22.86%) SonarQube
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Legal
3 5 (14.29%) Police
4 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.57%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Local Government
6 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.86%) Automotive
7 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Senior
2 5 (14.29%) Developer
2 5 (14.29%) Help Desk Officer
2 5 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
2 5 (14.29%) IT Support
2 5 (14.29%) Lead
2 5 (14.29%) Service Desk Officer
2 5 (14.29%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (14.29%) Software Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Support Officer
3 4 (11.43%) Java Developer
3 4 (11.43%) Java Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Java Software Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Commercial Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Information Governance Officer
4 2 (5.71%) Information Officer
4 2 (5.71%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.86%) ARM Templates
1 8 (22.86%) Java EE
1 8 (22.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Freedom of Information Act
2 6 (17.14%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) ASIC
4 1 (2.86%) FPGA
4 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.86%) NHS
4 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.86%) State Machine
4 1 (2.86%) Verilog
4 1 (2.86%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
1 5 (14.29%) Windows 10
1 5 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
1 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) DevOps
1 9 (25.71%) Infrastructure as Code
1 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (25.71%) Software Engineering
2 8 (22.86%) Configuration Management
2 8 (22.86%) Containerisation
2 8 (22.86%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (22.86%) Data Protection
2 8 (22.86%) Software Architecture
2 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (22.86%) Technical Leadership
2 8 (22.86%) Test Automation
3 6 (17.14%) CRM
3 6 (17.14%) Decision-Making
3 6 (17.14%) PRINCE2
4 5 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 5 (14.29%) Data Privacy
4 5 (14.29%) ITIL
4 5 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
5 3 (8.57%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) Java
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (37.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) Degree
5 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.86%) CISMP
5 1 (2.86%) PgMP
5 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (34.29%) GDPR
2 2 (5.71%) DO-254
3 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.86%) PERC
3 1 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (22.86%) Docker
2 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 5 (14.29%) Terminal Services
2 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) Ansible
1 8 (22.86%) Docker Swarm
1 8 (22.86%) Kubernetes
1 8 (22.86%) Podman
1 8 (22.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Citrix
2 5 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (2.86%) EMC
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle