Law Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Law
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 57 48
Rank change year-on-year -66 -9 +29
Contract jobs citing Law 31 43 67
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.07% 3.23% 3.38%
As % of the General category 2.00% 5.28% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 65
10th Percentile £273 £359 £421
25th Percentile £456 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -8.70% +6.98%
75th Percentile £638 £616 £750
90th Percentile £656 £645 £850
England median daily rate £513 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% +5.57%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 general skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,549 814 1,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 53.40% 61.20% 55.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 547 763
10th Percentile £300 £198 £251
25th Percentile £400 £350 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £624
90th Percentile £675 £678 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 38 112
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.48 £11.07
25th Percentile £16.21 £14.00 £13.90
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.16 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% -9.71% +5.56%
75th Percentile £30.00 £23.67 £37.81
90th Percentile £59.50 £31.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £25.50 £30.00 £26.03
% change year-on-year -15.00% +15.25% -25.63%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Law job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Law
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Law.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Law

Law
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the West Midlands

Law
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Law.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Law

Law
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 March 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
Warwickshire -29 15 £575 +6.98% 1
Birmingham -10 14 £550 +15.79% 17
Coventry -22 1 £450 +20.00%
Law
England

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (6.45%) Elite 3E
2 1 (3.23%) Aareon QL
2 1 (3.23%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (3.23%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.23%) OPENHousing
2 1 (3.23%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (12.90%) SaaS
4 3 (9.68%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.45%) Azure API Management
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.23%) Figma
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
1 1 (3.23%) SAP Data Services
General
1 12 (38.71%) Legal
2 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Finance
5 3 (9.68%) Police
6 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) Business Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Transformation Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Business Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Lead
5 3 (9.68%) Data Business Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Data Steward
6 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Legal Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Architect
7 1 (3.23%) IAM Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) SaaS Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) SailPoint Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) AI Agents
2 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) AI
1 7 (22.58%) Data Modelling
2 5 (16.13%) Agile
2 5 (16.13%) Business Transformation
3 4 (12.90%) CRM
3 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (9.68%) Business Case
4 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
5 2 (6.45%) Analytics
5 2 (6.45%) Change Control
5 2 (6.45%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (6.45%) ETL
5 2 (6.45%) Migration
5 2 (6.45%) RBAC
5 2 (6.45%) Records Management
5 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (6.45%) Validation
5 2 (6.45%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.23%) CISM
2 1 (3.23%) CISSP
2 1 (3.23%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.45%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) SLA
3 1 (3.23%) GDPR
3 1 (3.23%) GRC
3 1 (3.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Guidewire
2 2 (6.45%) IBM
3 1 (3.23%) Aareon
3 1 (3.23%) Capita
3 1 (3.23%) Civica
3 1 (3.23%) Cognos
3 1 (3.23%) NEC
3 1 (3.23%) Northgate
3 1 (3.23%) Oneserve
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Orchard
3 1 (3.23%) SAP