Law Contracts in the UK excluding London

Law
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 181 182 168
Rank change year-on-year +1 -14 -7
Contract jobs citing Law 163 238 377
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.28% 1.15% 1.57%
As % of the General category 2.05% 2.09% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 132 272
10th Percentile £213 £278 £205
25th Percentile £410 £425 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £555 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +5.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £650
90th Percentile £638 £821 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 15
10th Percentile £28.59 £11.15 £13.30
25th Percentile £29.75 £11.87 £15.75
Median hourly rate £30.20 £13.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.31% -48.00% +51.52%
75th Percentile £81.01 £32.50 £61.13
90th Percentile £81.11 £34.38 £72.30
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £14.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +284.21% -42.74% +42.86%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,944 11,365 13,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.23% 54.72% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,914 6,491 9,285
10th Percentile £213 £205 £228
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £597 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £693
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 1,652 782
10th Percentile £13.88 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £24.71 £28.42 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% -6.94% +65.08%
75th Percentile £55.76 £52.84 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £69.95
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Law in the UK excluding London

Law
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Law in the UK excluding London

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the UK excluding London

Law
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Law in the UK excluding London

Law
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Law in the UK excluding London

Law
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +11 59 £525 -12.50% 168
West Midlands -7 39 £550 -8.33% 100
South East -1 33 £501 -18.29% 396
North of England +10 30 £456 +1.39% 260
East Midlands +24 20 £500 - 62
North West +12 17 £425 -15.00% 147
South West +35 15 £225 -61.86% 113
Yorkshire +4 12 £475 +150.00% 94
East of England +23 11 £525 +66.67% 112
Scotland +10 6 £450 -5.26% 74
Northern Ireland -6 5 £410 - 44
Channel Islands - 4 £425 - 1
North East 0 1 - - 21
Law
UK

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.23%) Apache
1 2 (1.23%) Apache Spark
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (1.23%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.61%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.61%) Primavera
2 1 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.61%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.61%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.04%) Azure
2 15 (9.20%) AWS
3 7 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.68%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.84%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.23%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.23%) SaaS
7 1 (0.61%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.61%) GitHub
7 1 (0.61%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.68%) DNS
1 6 (3.68%) Firewall
2 4 (2.45%) FTP
2 4 (2.45%) HTTP
2 4 (2.45%) Network Security
2 4 (2.45%) SMTP
2 4 (2.45%) SSL
2 4 (2.45%) WAN
3 3 (1.84%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (1.84%) LAN
3 3 (1.84%) MPLS
3 3 (1.84%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.84%) VPN
4 2 (1.23%) Internet
4 2 (1.23%) OSPF
4 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.23%) VLAN
5 1 (0.61%) BGP
5 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.61%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.68%) Power BI
2 4 (2.45%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.84%) Flink
3 3 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.23%) Apache Hive
4 2 (1.23%) Big Data
4 2 (1.23%) DB2
4 2 (1.23%) HBase
4 2 (1.23%) Impala
4 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.61%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.61%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.61%) Metadata
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.61%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 9 (5.52%) Jenkins
1 9 (5.52%) JIRA
2 8 (4.91%) Cucumber
2 8 (4.91%) GitLab
2 8 (4.91%) REST Assured
2 8 (4.91%) Selenium
2 8 (4.91%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.61%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (40.49%) Social Skills
2 45 (27.61%) Finance
3 26 (15.95%) Legal
4 19 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (9.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (9.20%) Public Sector
7 10 (6.13%) Telecoms
8 7 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.29%) Police
9 4 (2.45%) Local Government
9 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.84%) Marketing
11 2 (1.23%) Automotive
11 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Military
11 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Back Office
12 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (20.86%) Analyst
2 19 (11.66%) Developer
3 11 (6.75%) Lead
3 11 (6.75%) Senior
4 10 (6.13%) Architect
4 10 (6.13%) Software Engineer
5 9 (5.52%) Java Developer
6 7 (4.29%) Information Manager
6 7 (4.29%) IT Support
6 7 (4.29%) Senior Manager
6 7 (4.29%) Service Analyst
7 6 (3.68%) Consultant
7 6 (3.68%) PMO Analyst
7 6 (3.68%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (3.07%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.07%) Commercial Manager
8 5 (3.07%) Java Engineer
8 5 (3.07%) Java Software Engineer
8 5 (3.07%) Programme Manager
8 5 (3.07%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.91%) ARM Templates
1 8 (4.91%) Java EE
1 8 (4.91%) REST
2 5 (3.07%) Kafka
3 4 (2.45%) .NET
3 4 (2.45%) .NET Core
3 4 (2.45%) LDAP
4 3 (1.84%) ADO
4 3 (1.84%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.84%) JSON
4 3 (1.84%) Middleware
4 3 (1.84%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.23%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.23%) Apache Avro
5 2 (1.23%) CSS
5 2 (1.23%) Entity Framework
5 2 (1.23%) Web Services
6 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.61%) SOAP
6 1 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.52%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.68%) Driving Licence
2 6 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.07%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.45%) Cyberattack
4 4 (2.45%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.84%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.84%) CSOC
5 3 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.84%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.84%) Equities
5 3 (1.84%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.84%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (1.84%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.23%) CMDB
6 2 (1.23%) NHS
6 2 (1.23%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.20%) Linux
1 15 (9.20%) Windows
2 7 (4.29%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.45%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (2.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (14.72%) ITIL
2 20 (12.27%) Agile
3 17 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (10.43%) Software Engineering
4 15 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (7.98%) Change Management
6 13 (7.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (7.36%) Data Protection
7 12 (7.36%) DevOps
8 11 (6.75%) Configuration Management
8 11 (6.75%) Customer Service
8 11 (6.75%) Project Management
8 11 (6.75%) Technical Leadership
9 10 (6.13%) Impact Assessments
9 10 (6.13%) Mentoring
10 9 (5.52%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (5.52%) Continuous Integration
10 9 (5.52%) ITSM
10 9 (5.52%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.04%) SQL
2 15 (9.20%) Java
3 4 (2.45%) Ada
3 4 (2.45%) C#
3 4 (2.45%) C++
3 4 (2.45%) Python
4 3 (1.84%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.23%) PHP
6 1 (0.61%) ABAP
6 1 (0.61%) C
6 1 (0.61%) RPG
6 1 (0.61%) RPG/400
6 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.11%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.75%) Degree
4 5 (3.07%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.45%) ISEB
6 3 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.61%) APMG
7 1 (0.61%) CIPD
7 1 (0.61%) CISMP
7 1 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) GDPR
2 6 (3.68%) PMO
3 5 (3.07%) HL7
4 4 (2.45%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.45%) GRC
5 3 (1.84%) SLA
6 2 (1.23%) Def Stans
6 2 (1.23%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.61%) GMP
7 1 (0.61%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.61%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.61%) MISRA
7 1 (0.61%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.61%) NCSC
7 1 (0.61%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (6.75%) Docker
2 10 (6.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.23%) HDFS
3 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (6.75%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.91%) Ansible
2 8 (4.91%) Docker Swarm
2 8 (4.91%) Podman
2 8 (4.91%) Terraform
3 2 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.13%) Oracle
2 10 (6.13%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.68%) SolarWinds
3 6 (3.68%) VMware
4 5 (3.07%) iManage
4 5 (3.07%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.07%) SAP
5 4 (2.45%) Cisco
5 4 (2.45%) F5
6 3 (1.84%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.23%) Aruba
7 2 (1.23%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.23%) IBM
8 1 (0.61%) BMC
8 1 (0.61%) Google
8 1 (0.61%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.61%) Juniper
8 1 (0.61%) Sage