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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 120 102
Rank change year-on-year -26 -18 +55
Contract jobs citing Law 36 46 102
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.84% 1.37% 2.03%
As % of the General category 1.54% 2.34% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 15
10th Percentile £213 £467 £255
25th Percentile £463 £507 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £539 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% +26.82% -
75th Percentile £588 £643 £545
90th Percentile £675 £688 £645
England median daily rate £550 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £25.55 - -
25th Percentile £31.63 - -
Median hourly rate £37.00 - -
75th Percentile £39.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £13.27
% change year-on-year -43.08% +390.01% -31.27%

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 2,331 1,964 2,803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 54.10% 58.49% 55.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,550 1,157 1,719
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 74 180
10th Percentile £13.20 £18.56 £16.20
25th Percentile £16.43 £23.67 £24.00
Median hourly rate £21.25 £39.93 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.78% -20.15% +39.27%
75th Percentile £51.53 £62.06 £62.50
90th Percentile £77.16 £66.94 £72.03
England median hourly rate £23.19 £29.12 £30.48
% change year-on-year -20.35% -4.46% +18.53%

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

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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 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the South East

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in the South East over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 12 January 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 -24 19 £505 +0.20% 48
Buckinghamshire +9 11 £500 -14.16% 9
Berkshire -31 8 £650 +39.94% 33
Hampshire -20 7 £575 -5.27% 19
Kent - 7 £155 - 9
Surrey - 1 £425 - 9
West Sussex - 1 - - 9
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 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) AWS
1 3 (8.33%) SaaS
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.78%) GCP
3 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) DNS
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
1 2 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
1 2 (5.56%) VPN
2 1 (2.78%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Metadata
2 1 (2.78%) DTS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.78%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.78%) Selenium
2 1 (2.78%) WebDriver
General
1 23 (63.89%) Social Skills
2 15 (41.67%) Legal
3 8 (22.22%) Finance
3 8 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Advertising
6 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.78%) Local Government
6 1 (2.78%) Police
6 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Commercial Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Lead
3 3 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (5.56%) Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Architect
4 2 (5.56%) Data Architect
4 2 (5.56%) Help Desk Officer
4 2 (5.56%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (5.56%) IT Support
4 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Officer
4 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Support
4 2 (5.56%) Support Officer
5 1 (2.78%) AWS Software Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) HR Consultant
5 1 (2.78%) Information Governance Officer
5 1 (2.78%) Information Officer
5 1 (2.78%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Security Incident Analyst
5 1 (2.78%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Freedom of Information Act
2 5 (13.89%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
1 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
1 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
1 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.78%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Data Protection
2 11 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (22.22%) Contract Management
4 7 (19.44%) Agile
4 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (19.44%) Contract Negotiation
5 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (13.89%) Community of Practice
6 5 (13.89%) Data Privacy
6 5 (13.89%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 3 (8.33%) Change Management
8 3 (8.33%) Data Architecture
8 3 (8.33%) DevOps
8 3 (8.33%) Machine Learning
8 3 (8.33%) PRINCE2
8 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
8 3 (8.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) C#
1 1 (2.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 12 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 7 (19.44%) Degree
5 5 (13.89%) CIPD
6 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.78%) CEH
6 1 (2.78%) CISSP
6 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.78%) PgMP
6 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (36.11%) GDPR
2 3 (8.33%) QA
3 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.78%) EU AI Act
3 1 (2.78%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.78%) NIST
3 1 (2.78%) PERC
3 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.56%) Terminal Services
2 2 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Citrix
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.56%) VMware
2 1 (2.78%) Databricks
2 1 (2.78%) Foundry
2 1 (2.78%) Google
2 1 (2.78%) iManage
2 1 (2.78%) Palantir
2 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.78%) Splunk