Law Contracts 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 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 126 125 123
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +71
Contract jobs citing Law 33 81 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.10% 1.46% 1.76%
As % of the General category 1.79% 2.88% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 88
10th Percentile £175 £429 £201
25th Percentile £313 £519 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £613 £421
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% +45.57% -2.43%
75th Percentile £515 £675 £603
90th Percentile £539 £688 £750
England median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - £27.50 £20.63
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +115.15%
75th Percentile - £32.50 £41.38
90th Percentile - - £51.21
England median hourly rate £30.20 £13.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +132.31% -48.00% +42.86%

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 1,848 2,816 3,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.40% 50.67% 58.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,546 2,305
10th Percentile £228 £205 £242
25th Percentile £389 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 327 167
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.93 £18.40
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £59.69 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.07 £72.98
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Law in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Law in the South East

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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 1 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
Thames Valley +1 22 £501 -23.00% 107
Berkshire -12 21 £501 -23.00% 75
Hampshire +24 7 £347 -37.99% 79
Surrey +14 1 - - 25
Home Counties - 1 - -
Kent - 1 £200 - 19
Buckinghamshire - 1 £583 - 17
East Sussex - 1 £475 - 11
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:

Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) AWS
1 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) BGP
1 1 (3.03%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (3.03%) DNS
1 1 (3.03%) MPLS
1 1 (3.03%) NGFW
1 1 (3.03%) OSPF
1 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.03%) VLAN
1 1 (3.03%) VPN
1 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Cucumber
1 8 (24.24%) GitLab
1 8 (24.24%) Jenkins
1 8 (24.24%) JIRA
1 8 (24.24%) REST Assured
1 8 (24.24%) Selenium
1 8 (24.24%) SonarQube
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Legal
3 10 (30.30%) Telecoms
4 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
6 4 (12.12%) Police
7 3 (9.09%) Marketing
8 2 (6.06%) Finance
9 1 (3.03%) Automotive
9 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 1 (3.03%) Military
9 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Information Manager
1 6 (18.18%) Senior
2 5 (15.15%) Commercial Manager
2 5 (15.15%) Developer
2 5 (15.15%) Senior Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Java Developer
3 4 (12.12%) Java Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Java Software Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Software Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Compliance Specialist
5 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Officer
6 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Manager
6 1 (3.03%) HR Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Information Governance Officer
6 1 (3.03%) Information Officer
6 1 (3.03%) Procurement Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (24.24%) ARM Templates
1 8 (24.24%) Java EE
1 8 (24.24%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.06%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.03%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.03%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) NHS
3 1 (3.03%) PKI
3 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
1 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Data Protection
2 8 (24.24%) Configuration Management
2 8 (24.24%) Containerisation
2 8 (24.24%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (24.24%) DevOps
2 8 (24.24%) Impact Assessments
2 8 (24.24%) Infrastructure as Code
2 8 (24.24%) Software Architecture
2 8 (24.24%) Software Engineering
2 8 (24.24%) Technical Leadership
2 8 (24.24%) Test Automation
3 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.15%) Contract Management
4 5 (15.15%) Data Sharing
4 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.15%) Project Management
5 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
6 3 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (9.09%) B2C
6 3 (9.09%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) ISEB
3 2 (6.06%) Degree
4 1 (3.03%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) GRC
2 2 (6.06%) GDPR
2 2 (6.06%) SLA
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.03%) NCSC
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (24.24%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (24.24%) Ansible
1 8 (24.24%) Docker Swarm
1 8 (24.24%) Kubernetes
1 8 (24.24%) Podman
1 8 (24.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle
1 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.03%) SAP
2 1 (3.03%) VMware
2 1 (3.03%) Workday