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 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 117 98
Rank change year-on-year -34 -19 +41
Contract jobs citing Law 38 42 110
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.81% 1.33% 2.02%
As % of the General category 1.48% 2.25% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 16
10th Percentile £415 £458 £256
25th Percentile £490 £505 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £529 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +11.42% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £566
90th Percentile £693 £643 £650
England median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - £27.50
Median hourly rate £37.00 - £30.00
75th Percentile £39.00 - £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year -43.08% +400.00% -33.33%

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 general skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,562 1,864 2,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 54.29% 59.19% 54.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 1,101 1,741
10th Percentile £219 £219 £205
25th Percentile £367 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £674 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 69 259
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.15 £12.96
25th Percentile £16.45 £21.00 £18.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +16.44% -18.89%
75th Percentile £53.46 £62.50 £59.95
90th Percentile £80.08 £75.91 £68.25
England median hourly rate £22.85 £30.43 £25.25
% change year-on-year -24.91% +20.51% -8.18%

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 job vacancy trend 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 12 February 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.

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 12 February 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -28 20 £500 -0.79% 13
Buckinghamshire +7 11 £500 -14.16% 5
Hampshire -25 9 £575 +6.68% 7
Berkshire -38 9 £650 +39.94% 5
Kent - 4 - - 3
East Sussex +1 2 - -
Surrey - 2 £475 - 7
Sussex - 1 - - 1
Law
England

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) CMS
1 1 (2.63%) Palantir Foundry
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) AWS
2 3 (7.89%) SaaS
3 2 (5.26%) Serverless
4 1 (2.63%) Azure
4 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.63%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.63%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.63%) Selenium
2 1 (2.63%) WebDriver
General
1 23 (60.53%) Social Skills
2 13 (34.21%) Legal
3 9 (23.68%) Finance
4 7 (18.42%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Advertising
7 1 (2.63%) Automotive
7 1 (2.63%) Marketing
7 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Commercial Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Lead
2 5 (13.16%) Senior
2 5 (13.16%) Software Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Data Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.63%) Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) IT Trainer
6 1 (2.63%) Product Manager
6 1 (2.63%) QA Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Security Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.63%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Freedom of Information Act
2 4 (10.53%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (5.26%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (2.63%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (36.84%) Data Protection
2 10 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (23.68%) Contract Management
3 9 (23.68%) Contract Negotiation
3 9 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.05%) Agile
5 5 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (13.16%) Community of Practice
5 5 (13.16%) Data Privacy
5 5 (13.16%) Software Engineering
5 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (13.16%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (10.53%) DevOps
6 4 (10.53%) Machine Learning
6 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
7 3 (7.89%) Case Management
7 3 (7.89%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (7.89%) Data Architecture
7 3 (7.89%) Embedded Software Development
7 3 (7.89%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) Ada
1 3 (7.89%) C
1 3 (7.89%) Rust
2 2 (5.26%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 15 (39.47%) DV Cleared
3 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) Degree
5 5 (13.16%) CIPD
6 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.63%) CEH
6 1 (2.63%) CISSP
6 1 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) GDPR
2 2 (5.26%) QA
3 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.63%) EU AI Act
3 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.63%) NIST
3 1 (2.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (2.63%) Databricks
2 1 (2.63%) Foundry
2 1 (2.63%) iManage
2 1 (2.63%) Palantir
2 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.63%) Splunk