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 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 100 108
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing Law 15 27 38
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.63% 1.31% 1.29%
As % of the General category 1.22% 2.33% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 28
10th Percentile £398 £190 £470
25th Percentile £450 £207 £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £225 £625
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -64.00% +8.79%
75th Percentile £695 £238 £691
90th Percentile £706 £318 £737
England median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.48 - -
Median hourly rate £15.96 - £11.87
75th Percentile £16.44 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £49.75 £15.50
% change year-on-year -25.63% +220.97% -19.69%

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 1,234 1,160 1,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.72% 56.34% 47.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 662 910
10th Percentile £213 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -9.09% +3.77%
75th Percentile £636 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £710
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 68 173
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £15.61
25th Percentile £17.69 £29.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +11.03% -8.49%
75th Percentile £56.00 £70.25 £69.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £78.09
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +28.35%

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 28 December 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
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 28 December 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 -8 12 £565 +151.11% 28
Wiltshire -12 3 £675 - 16
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure AKS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (13.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Electronics
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Commercial Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Procurement Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Algorithm Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Contracts Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Officer
3 1 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) HR Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Product Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Products Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) QA Officer
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Security Technical Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Software Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Express.js
1 2 (13.33%) Next.js
1 2 (13.33%) Node.js
1 2 (13.33%) React
2 1 (6.67%) Middleware
2 1 (6.67%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) CUDA
2 1 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (13.33%) Agile
2 2 (13.33%) API Management
2 2 (13.33%) DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (13.33%) Project Management
2 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (6.67%) Business Case
3 1 (6.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (6.67%) Contract Management
3 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (6.67%) Key Management
3 1 (6.67%) Operational Stability
3 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (6.67%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (6.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Ada
1 3 (20.00%) C++
2 2 (13.33%) Bicep
2 2 (13.33%) C
2 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Def Stans
1 2 (13.33%) MISRA
2 1 (6.67%) DO-178B
2 1 (6.67%) IEC 61508
2 1 (6.67%) MISRA C
2 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kibana
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) IBM
2 1 (6.67%) Intapp
2 1 (6.67%) MathWorks
2 1 (6.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (6.67%) SAP