Legal Technology Contract Job Trends

Legal Technology (Legal Tech)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal Technology in contract job vacancies. 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 621 512 578
Rank change year-on-year -109 +66 +101
Contract jobs citing Legal Technology 19 14 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.048% 0.028%
As % of the General category 0.071% 0.075% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 6
10th Percentile £463 £387 -
25th Percentile £472 £509 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £350
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +50.00% -30.00%
75th Percentile £713 £694 £581
90th Percentile £756 £838 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 -
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £40.62 - -
25th Percentile £40.84 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £41.44 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.07% - -
75th Percentile £41.80 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £41.87 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 26,921 18,634 24,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 53.96% 63.44% 57.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,272 11,755 15,666
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,790 862 2,008
10th Percentile £13.95 £13.46 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.73 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.50 £27.70 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.72% -7.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £60.60 £53.95 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.88 £67.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.98 £24.34 £28.42
% change year-on-year +27.29% -14.36% +3.35%

Legal Technology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Legal Technology job vacancy trend in the UK

Legal Technology
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Legal Technology
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Legal Technology over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Legal Technology in the UK

Legal Technology
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Legal Technology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Legal Technology

Legal Technology
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

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 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
England -107 16 £505 -3.81% 70
London -70 14 £590 +7.27% 52
Work from Home -46 8 £475 -42.42% 36
UK excluding London -98 2 £475 -9.52% 27
North of England - 1 £475 - 5
North West - 1 £475 - 3
South West - 1 - - 3

Legal Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (21.05%) WordPress
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.53%) Harvey AI
2 2 (10.53%) IaaS
2 2 (10.53%) PaaS
2 2 (10.53%) SaaS
2 2 (10.53%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) GitHub
3 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Cypress.io
1 1 (5.26%) Gatling
1 1 (5.26%) JMeter
1 1 (5.26%) Postman
1 1 (5.26%) REST Assured
1 1 (5.26%) Selenium
1 1 (5.26%) TestRail
General
1 19 (100.00%) Legal
2 9 (47.37%) Law
3 5 (26.32%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Military
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Project Manager
1 4 (21.05%) Systems Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Knowledge Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Legal Technology Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Legal Technology Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Applications Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Legal Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Project Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
1 1 (5.26%) Playwright
1 1 (5.26%) Vuetify.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.26%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.26%) FMCG
3 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.26%) Low-Code
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) AI
2 7 (36.84%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) Knowledge Management
4 4 (21.05%) Line Management
4 4 (21.05%) Workflow
5 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) Case Management
5 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.79%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) Agile
6 2 (10.53%) Architectural Design
6 2 (10.53%) Data Management
6 2 (10.53%) Document Management
6 2 (10.53%) Information Management
6 2 (10.53%) Microservices
6 2 (10.53%) TOGAF
6 2 (10.53%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) C#
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
1 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) GMP
2 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Sitecore
3 3 (15.79%) iManage
3 3 (15.79%) Intapp
4 2 (10.53%) Aderant
4 2 (10.53%) Litera
4 2 (10.53%) SAP
5 1 (5.26%) Ariba
5 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.26%) Workday