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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 98 129
Rank change year-on-year -44 +31 -8
Contract jobs citing Law 13 16 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.36% 0.82% 0.59%
As % of the General category 0.78% 1.43% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile - £393 £296
25th Percentile - £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £528 £456
Median % change year-on-year -33.65% +15.62% -32.56%
75th Percentile £450 £618 £497
90th Percentile £510 £664 £542
England median daily rate £525 £511 £550
% change year-on-year +2.69% -7.05% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 0
10th Percentile - £13.46 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £14.98 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £15.96 -
Median % change year-on-year +369.92% - -
75th Percentile £77.50 £27.37 -
90th Percentile - £28.05 -
England median hourly rate £17.73 £27.46 £22.00
% change year-on-year -35.45% +24.82% +22.22%

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 general skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,662 1,117 1,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 45.41% 57.43% 51.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 660 829
10th Percentile £305 £205 £213
25th Percentile £413 £354 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -4.74%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £638
90th Percentile £725 £695 £725
England median daily rate £525 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 105 161
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.40 £12.79
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.25 £28.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £22.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.11% -65.38% +21.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.90 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.47% -34.02% +38.62%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Law job vacancy trend 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 31 August 2026.

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
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 31 August 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
Bristol -23 10 - - 18
Somerset -29 1 £550 - 4
Law
England

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

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (15.38%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (7.69%) GitLab
3 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Police
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) IT Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) IT Systems Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Ada Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Ada Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Algorithm Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Commercial Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Test Leader
3 1 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) Windows
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.69%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
2 3 (23.08%) Validation
3 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Patch Management
3 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
3 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 2 (15.38%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (15.38%) Workflow
3 2 (15.38%) Workflow Management
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Malware Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Open Source
4 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Test Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C++
2 3 (23.08%) Ada
2 3 (23.08%) C
3 2 (15.38%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) MATLAB
4 1 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Def Stans
1 1 (7.69%) MISRA
1 1 (7.69%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) IBM
2 1 (7.69%) MathWorks