Law Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Law
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 42 47
Rank change year-on-year -41 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Law 5 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.69% 1.75% 2.25%
As % of the General category 0.99% 2.73% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile £269 - £230
25th Percentile £353 - £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £567 - -
90th Percentile £632 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £413 £400
% change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £18.65
25th Percentile - £20.50 £18.88
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile - £21.50 £19.88
90th Percentile - - £19.95
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +2.63%

All General Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 505 256 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 69.37% 64.16% 65.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 137 166
10th Percentile £313 £211 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -6.36% +9.95%
75th Percentile £550 £598 £650
90th Percentile £675 £658 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £14.08 £13.14 £18.80
25th Percentile £14.43 £15.22 £19.25
Median hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile - £21.50 £35.00
90th Percentile - - £44.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £21.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% +14.47% +1.33%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Law job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Law
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in South Yorkshire

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Law

Law
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Sheffield -39 5 £456 - 8
Law
Yorkshire

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Legal Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (20.00%) DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) ERP
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) ITSM
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (20.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) RBAC
1 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Google