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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 57 48
Rank change year-on-year -69 -9 +27
Contract jobs citing Law 30 43 62
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.98% 3.14% 3.21%
As % of the General category 1.92% 5.00% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 38 61
10th Percentile £338 £359 £425
25th Percentile £470 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% -12.50% +11.63%
75th Percentile £638 £616 £763
90th Percentile - £666 £850
England median daily rate £500 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%

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 1,564 860 1,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 51.16% 62.82% 56.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 565 752
10th Percentile £300 £185 £263
25th Percentile £400 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -6.86% -0.29%
75th Percentile £581 £580 £625
90th Percentile £675 £678 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 46 111
10th Percentile £14.00 - £11.06
25th Percentile £16.46 £14.00 £13.90
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -8.12% +10.55%
75th Percentile £34.42 £28.18 £39.34
90th Percentile £62.27 £35.58 £56.25
England median hourly rate £30.15 £28.18 £28.75
% change year-on-year +6.99% -1.98% -17.86%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -32 14 £600 +11.63% 2
Birmingham -18 13 £550 +15.79% 14
Coventry -20 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 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.33%) Aareon QL
2 1 (3.33%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (3.33%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.33%) OPENHousing
2 1 (3.33%) Orchard Housing
2 1 (3.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.67%) SaaS
4 1 (3.33%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) Figma
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) SAP Data Services
General
1 10 (33.33%) Legal
2 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 4 (13.33%) Finance
5 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Police
6 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Consultant
3 5 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
3 5 (16.67%) Transformation Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Business Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Lead
6 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Project Planner
7 1 (3.33%) Configuration Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Contracts Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Software Project Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Business Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) AI Agents
2 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.33%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
1 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) AI
1 7 (23.33%) Data Modelling
2 5 (16.67%) Agile
2 5 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 4 (13.33%) Business Case
4 3 (10.00%) Change Control
4 3 (10.00%) CRM
4 3 (10.00%) Migration
4 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.00%) Validation
5 2 (6.67%) Analytics
5 2 (6.67%) Asset Management
5 2 (6.67%) ETL
5 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
5 2 (6.67%) Programme Governance
5 2 (6.67%) Scrum
5 2 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) CISM
2 1 (3.33%) CISSP
2 1 (3.33%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.67%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) GRC
3 1 (3.33%) ISO 22301
3 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Aareon
2 1 (3.33%) Capita
2 1 (3.33%) Civica
2 1 (3.33%) Cognos
2 1 (3.33%) Guidewire
2 1 (3.33%) IBM
2 1 (3.33%) Kronos
2 1 (3.33%) NEC
2 1 (3.33%) Northgate
2 1 (3.33%) Oneserve
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle
2 1 (3.33%) Orchard
2 1 (3.33%) SAP
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.33%) Workday