Law Contracts in the Thames Valley

Law
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 75 100
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 +29
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Law 22 51 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.32% 2.25% 1.43%
As % of the General category 2.10% 4.28% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 35
10th Percentile £432 £535 £328
25th Percentile £490 £600 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £650 £524
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +24.16% +17.71%
75th Percentile £517 £688 £700
90th Percentile £594 - £875
South East median daily rate £475 £650 £425
% change year-on-year -26.92% +52.94% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.84
25th Percentile £66.25 - £14.24
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £15.54
75th Percentile £68.75 - £17.46
90th Percentile - - £18.23
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £30.00 £15.54
% change year-on-year +125.00% +93.11% +33.69%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,048 1,192 1,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.09% 52.51% 60.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 624 1,081
10th Percentile £250 £234 £263
25th Percentile £400 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £615
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 86 53
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.75 £14.45
25th Percentile £14.25 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £58.30 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -67.41% +80.50% +53.81%
75th Percentile £53.63 £69.51 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.50 £87.46 £69.95
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +137.53%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Law in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Law.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the Thames Valley

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Law.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Law

Law
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -19 15 £501 -23.00% 109
Buckinghamshire - 6 £490 - 17
Oxfordshire -10 1 - - 34
Law
South East

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) AWS
1 8 (36.36%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) DTS
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Cucumber
1 8 (36.36%) GitLab
1 8 (36.36%) Jenkins
1 8 (36.36%) JIRA
1 8 (36.36%) REST Assured
1 8 (36.36%) Selenium
1 8 (36.36%) SonarQube
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Legal
3 4 (18.18%) Police
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Local Government
5 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.55%) Automotive
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Lead
2 4 (18.18%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Java Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Java Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Java Software Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Commercial Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (4.55%) Digital Transformation Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Information Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Procurement Officer
4 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) ARM Templates
1 8 (36.36%) Java EE
1 8 (36.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Freedom of Information Act
2 4 (18.18%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Configuration Management
1 8 (36.36%) Containerisation
1 8 (36.36%) Continuous Integration
1 8 (36.36%) DevOps
1 8 (36.36%) Infrastructure as Code
1 8 (36.36%) Software Architecture
1 8 (36.36%) Software Engineering
1 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
1 8 (36.36%) Test Automation
2 6 (27.27%) Data Protection
2 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 5 (22.73%) Data Privacy
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Change Management
6 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.09%) Information Management
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 12 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) CISMP
4 1 (4.55%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) PgMP
4 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.55%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) Ansible
1 8 (36.36%) Docker Swarm
1 8 (36.36%) Kubernetes
1 8 (36.36%) Podman
1 8 (36.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle