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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 133 114
Rank change year-on-year +30 -19 +6
Contract jobs citing Law 16 18 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.89% 0.55% 1.44%
As % of the General category 1.55% 1.07% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 39
10th Percentile - £350 £203
25th Percentile £213 £445 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £469 £650
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% -27.88% +24.64%
75th Percentile £238 £578 £694
90th Percentile - £578 £803
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £13.46 - £61.50
25th Percentile £14.47 - £78.75
Median hourly rate £15.96 £11.87 £110.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.46% -89.21% +48.50%
75th Percentile £27.46 - £143.75
90th Percentile £28.18 - £162.50
England median hourly rate £27.64 £19.74 £21.25
% change year-on-year +40.06% -7.13% +21.43%

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 1,033 1,683 1,617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 57.52% 51.17% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 1,009 1,165
10th Percentile £213 £260 £300
25th Percentile £355 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £645
90th Percentile £675 £714 £725
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 289 120
10th Percentile £14.41 £13.55 £16.48
25th Percentile £15.25 £23.63 £31.07
Median hourly rate £27.40 £45.00 £56.91
Median % change year-on-year -39.11% -20.93% +35.50%
75th Percentile £58.37 £70.66 £65.81
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £87.75
England median hourly rate £27.38 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.78% +9.65% +26.04%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in the South West over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 +24 12 £225 -50.68% 41
Devon +8 2 - - 12
Gloucestershire +26 1 - - 28
Somerset -1 1 - - 15
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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (6.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 8 (50.00%) Legal
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (25.00%) Retail
4 2 (12.50%) Local Government
5 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) QA Officer
2 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Product Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Products Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Software Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Data Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Officer
4 1 (6.25%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Governance Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Information Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Information Officer
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle Financials Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle Financials Functional Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Regulatory Change Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Middleware
1 2 (12.50%) Qt
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (12.50%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Ubuntu
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
2 3 (18.75%) Information Governance
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) ITSM
3 2 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (12.50%) Ticket Management
4 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.25%) Data Governance
4 1 (6.25%) Data Modelling
4 1 (6.25%) Ergonomics
4 1 (6.25%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (6.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (6.25%) Software Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Ada
1 4 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) C
2 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) Def Stans
2 2 (12.50%) GDPR
2 2 (12.50%) IEC 61508
2 2 (12.50%) MISRA
2 2 (12.50%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) iManage
2 2 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) IBM
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle