Law Contract Job Trends in the South East

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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 26 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	194	139	129
Rank change year-on-year	-55	-10	-1
Contract jobs citing Law	42	31	52
As % of all contract jobs in the South East	0.64%	0.85%	1.23%
As % of the General category	1.13%	1.46%	2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	19	18	11
10^th Percentile	£361	£153	£313
25^th Percentile	£513	£168	£458
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£537	£490	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+9.59%	-6.67%	+23.53%
75^th Percentile	£638	£566	£688
90^th Percentile	£718	£631	-
England median daily rate	£550	£550	£484
% change year-on-year	-	+13.70%	-10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	5	0
10^th Percentile	£14.90	£26.90	-
25^th Percentile	£15.50	£35.00	-
Median hourly rate	£16.76	£37.00	-
Median % change year-on-year	-54.72%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£17.76	£68.75	-
90^th Percentile	£18.21	-	-
England median hourly rate	£18.12	£17.21	£38.00
% change year-on-year	+5.30%	-54.72%	+117.14%

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 citing general skills in the South East.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing general skills	3,708	2,124	2,267
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East	56.35%	57.91%	53.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,839	1,344	1,296
10^th Percentile	£261	£200	£225
25^th Percentile	£401	£350	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£513	£482	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+6.44%	-3.70%	-0.10%
75^th Percentile	£619	£578	£608
90^th Percentile	£720	£663	£687
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	645	222	122
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£13.00	£14.50
25^th Percentile	£16.75	£15.50	£26.25
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£20.00	£54.00
Median % change year-on-year	+62.50%	-62.96%	+8.00%
75^th Percentile	£69.75	£29.61	£70.00
90^th Percentile	£88.00	£69.65	£75.00
England median hourly rate	£27.50	£25.00	£32.75
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-23.66%	+9.17%

Law Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Law Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the South East over the 6 months to 26 October 2026.

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.

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 26 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Thames Valley	-42	21	£525	+2.94%	28
Berkshire	-14	15	£575	+4.50%	23
Hampshire	-28	7	£625	+8.70%	8
West Sussex	-17	6	-	-	1
Buckinghamshire	-28	4	£525	+7.14%	3
Sussex	-	3	-	-
Middlesex	-	3	-	-
Oxfordshire	-23	2	£375	-	2
Surrey	-	2	£568	-	3
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Law Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Law also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region citing Law.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	33.3%	14
2	Security Cleared	23.8%	10
2	Stakeholder Management	23.8%	10
4	Degree	21.4%	9
5	Contract Negotiation	16.7%	7
5	Decision-Making	16.7%	7
5	SaaS	16.7%	7
5	Stakeholder Engagement	16.7%	7
5	Supplier Management	16.7%	7
10	AI	14.3%	6
10	Business Strategy	14.3%	6
12	Agile	11.9%	5
12	Data Protection	11.9%	5
12	GDPR	11.9%	5
12	People Management	11.9%	5
16	Business Case	9.5%	4
16	Continuous Improvement	9.5%	4
16	Contract Management	9.5%	4
16	Cybersecurity	9.5%	4
16	Demand Management	9.5%	4
16	Digital Transformation Programme	9.5%	4
16	Focus Group	9.5%	4
16	Microsoft Office	9.5%	4
16	Regulatory Compliance	9.5%	4
16	SC Cleared	9.5%	4
16	Security Management	9.5%	4
27	AI Transformation	7.1%	3
27	Analytics	7.1%	3
27	Broadband	7.1%	3
27	Change Management	7.1%	3

Law Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Finance	38.1%	16
2	Analytical Skills	35.7%	15
3	Legal	31.0%	13
4	Social Skills	26.2%	11
5	Influencing Skills	19.0%	8
6	Public Sector	14.3%	6
7	Marketing	9.5%	4
8	Aviation	7.1%	3
8	Manufacturing	7.1%	3
8	Telecoms	7.1%	3
11	Organisational Skills	4.8%	2
11	Police	4.8%	2
13	Banking	2.4%	1
13	Local Government	2.4%	1