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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 57 47
Rank change year-on-year -35 -10 +24
Contract jobs citing Law 29 56 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.60% 2.97% 3.63%
As % of the General category 2.53% 5.21% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 49 63
10th Percentile £453 £406 £353
25th Percentile £525 £475 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +5.75%
75th Percentile £625 £725 £725
90th Percentile £638 £850 £750
England median daily rate £530 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -3.64% +2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £23.52
25th Percentile - - £23.98
Median hourly rate £40.46 £18.97 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +113.28% -25.20% +102.88%
75th Percentile - - £27.37
90th Percentile - - £28.20
England median hourly rate £25.14 £22.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +14.27% +22.22% -5.26%

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 common skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,144 1,075 1,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 63.10% 56.94% 51.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 680 733
10th Percentile £220 £213 £250
25th Percentile £386 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% -2.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £639 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 57 45
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.82 £20.97
Median % change year-on-year +25.94% +13.59% +28.02%
75th Percentile £40.46 £32.25 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £46.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.68 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.97% +40.64% +10.93%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Law 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 16 September 2025.

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

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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 16 September 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
Warwickshire -26 21 £575 -4.17% 6
Birmingham 0 7 £550 +22.22% 16
Law
England

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.90%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (6.90%) Tableau
3 1 (3.45%) Metadata
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (37.93%) Finance
3 8 (27.59%) Legal
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Automotive
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Project Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Analytics Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Compliance Specialist
4 2 (6.90%) Coordinator
4 2 (6.90%) Data Analytics Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Legal Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Migration Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Migration Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Project Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) Change Coordinator
5 1 (3.45%) Lead
5 1 (3.45%) Programme Coordinator
5 1 (3.45%) Senior
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) ADO
1 1 (3.45%) JSON
1 1 (3.45%) SOAP
1 1 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.90%) Infotainment
3 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.45%) CMDB
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Migration
2 4 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (13.79%) Change Management
2 4 (13.79%) Data Migration
2 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
2 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (10.34%) Analytics
3 3 (10.34%) Data Privacy
3 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
3 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.90%) Agile
4 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (6.90%) ITIL
4 2 (6.90%) Master Data Management
4 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.90%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (6.90%) Risk Management
4 2 (6.90%) Security Management
4 2 (6.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) PMO
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 2 (6.90%) PERC
3 1 (3.45%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) Guidewire
3 1 (3.45%) iManage
3 1 (3.45%) Intapp
3 1 (3.45%) SAP