Legal Technology Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Legal Technology (Legal Tech)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal Technology in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Legal Technology over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 443 345 396
Rank change year-on-year -98 +51 +40
Contract jobs citing Legal Technology 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.023% 0.024%
As % of the General category 0.016% 0.036% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £488 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £350
% change year-on-year -4.29% +50.00% -30.00%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Legal Technology 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 12,827 8,278 11,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 50.42% 62.58% 53.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,355 5,075 6,386
10th Percentile £265 £210 £205
25th Percentile £400 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £594
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,536 648 1,717
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.08 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.11 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.98 £24.34 £28.42
Median % change year-on-year +27.29% -14.36% +3.35%
75th Percentile £63.38 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.05 £74.13 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £27.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.72% -7.67% -6.25%

Legal Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Legal Technology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Legal Technology job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Legal Technology
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Legal Technology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Legal Technology

Legal Technology
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 Legal Technology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 2026. 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
North West - 1 £475 - 3
South West - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 £475 - 4
Legal Technology
UK

Legal Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Innovation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Case Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Practice Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft