Law Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 131 107
Rank change year-on-year +35 -24 +28
Contract jobs citing Law 15 26 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.89% 0.81% 1.65%
As % of the General category 1.56% 1.57% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 43
10th Percentile - £451 £195
25th Percentile £213 £545 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £590 £650
Median % change year-on-year -61.86% -9.23% +24.64%
75th Percentile £238 £638 £686
90th Percentile - - £787
England median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £27.78 - £55.50
25th Percentile £27.98 - £61.88
Median hourly rate £28.32 £11.87 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.58% -84.17% -
75th Percentile £28.66 - £126.25
90th Percentile £28.86 - £155.50
England median hourly rate £30.20 £13.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +132.31% -48.00% +42.86%

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 961 1,651 1,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.27% 51.61% 49.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 989 1,321
10th Percentile £218 £213 £275
25th Percentile £399 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £678 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 269 128
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £23.63 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
Median % change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.50 £87.58
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Law in the South West

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in the South West.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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 +21 12 £225 -64.00% 33
Devon +15 2 - - 23
Somerset -2 1 - - 8
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:

Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
1 1 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (6.67%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 6 (40.00%) Legal
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Local Government
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Data Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Governance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Information Governance Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Information Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Products Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Software Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (6.67%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (13.33%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (13.33%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
1 5 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) ITIL
1 5 (33.33%) ITSM
1 5 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (26.67%) Ticket Management
3 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (13.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) SysML
4 1 (6.67%) Agile
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (6.67%) Ergonomics
4 1 (6.67%) Human Factors
4 1 (6.67%) Investment Management
4 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (6.67%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) UML
4 1 (6.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Ada
2 3 (20.00%) C++
3 2 (13.33%) Java
4 1 (6.67%) C
4 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Def Stans
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
1 2 (13.33%) IEC 61508
2 1 (6.67%) MISRA
2 1 (6.67%) MISRA C
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) iManage
3 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) IBM
4 1 (6.67%) Oracle
4 1 (6.67%) Red Hat