Law Contract Job Trends in the South West

Law
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 117 115
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Law 16 18 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.82% 0.68% 1.22%
As % of the General category 1.44% 1.31% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 32
10th Percentile £423 £270 £458
25th Percentile £514 £430 £612
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £450 £676
Median % change year-on-year +51.11% -33.41% +17.62%
75th Percentile £695 £469 £730
90th Percentile - £491 £800
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £13.46 - £61.50
25th Percentile £14.47 - £78.75
Median hourly rate £15.96 - £110.00
75th Percentile £21.86 - £143.75
90th Percentile £27.97 - £162.50
England median hourly rate £25.14 £22.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +14.27% +22.22% -5.26%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,114 1,372 1,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.28% 51.89% 47.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 789 1,058
10th Percentile £205 £210 £287
25th Percentile £354 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £602 £638 £650
90th Percentile £695 £725 £723
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 144 141
10th Percentile £13.46 £13.90 £15.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £30.00 £33.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £65.00 £53.67
Median % change year-on-year -65.18% +21.12% +2.95%
75th Percentile £33.75 £72.50 £69.50
90th Percentile £72.25 £75.00 £80.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Law in the South West

Law
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the South West over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the South West

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Law
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in the South West over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Law in the South West

Law
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bristol +12 11 £680 +47.03% 20
Wiltshire +13 2 - - 6
Gloucestershire +17 1 - - 12
Devon +10 1 - - 4
Somerset - 1 - - 7
Law
England

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Azure AKS
1 2 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 2 (12.50%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
General
1 7 (43.75%) Legal
1 7 (43.75%) Public Sector
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Retail
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Local Government
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) QA Officer
2 2 (12.50%) Commercial Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Procurement Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Data Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Product Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Products Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Regulatory Change Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Software Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Software Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Express.js
1 2 (12.50%) Next.js
1 2 (12.50%) Node.js
1 2 (12.50%) Qt
1 2 (12.50%) React
2 1 (6.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (6.25%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
2 2 (12.50%) Agile
2 2 (12.50%) API Management
2 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 2 (12.50%) DevOps
2 2 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (12.50%) Information Governance
2 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
2 2 (12.50%) Security Operations
3 1 (6.25%) Business Case
3 1 (6.25%) Contract Management
3 1 (6.25%) Data Governance
3 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.25%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (6.25%) Operational Stability
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
3 1 (6.25%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Ada
1 3 (18.75%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) Bicep
2 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
3 1 (6.25%) C
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) Def Stans
2 2 (12.50%) IEC 61508
2 2 (12.50%) MISRA
2 2 (12.50%) MISRA C
3 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kibana
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Red Hat