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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 76 45
Rank change year-on-year -21 -31 +40
Contract jobs citing Law 34 42 77
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.71% 2.25% 3.86%
As % of the General category 2.72% 3.95% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 35 69
10th Percentile £413 £375 £346
25th Percentile £513 £431 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +4.35% +5.75%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £725
90th Percentile £638 £744 £765
England median daily rate £556 £488 £538
% change year-on-year +14.10% -9.30% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate £40.46 £18.97 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +113.28% -31.02% +120.00%
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.96 £34.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -50.84% +97.14% -9.33%

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 1,248 1,063 1,023
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.84% 56.94% 51.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 661 693
10th Percentile £249 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% -0.10% +0.10%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £635
90th Percentile £645 £725 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 51 47
10th Percentile £14.95 £13.00 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.00 £15.38 £17.13
Median hourly rate £27.21 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.23% +19.10% +15.76%
75th Percentile £40.02 £30.41 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £43.75 £56.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -24.24% +10.00% +20.00%

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 24 October 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

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 24 October 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 -12 24 £575 -4.17% 14
Birmingham 0 9 £550 +22.22% 19
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) SaaS
3 4 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.94%) Azure API Management
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Power BI
2 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.88%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (5.88%) Tableau
3 1 (2.94%) Metadata
General
1 20 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 14 (41.18%) Finance
3 10 (29.41%) Legal
4 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Automotive
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Marketing
6 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Analyst
2 8 (23.53%) Project Manager
3 5 (14.71%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) IT Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Legal Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Analytics Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Compliance Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) Coordinator
5 2 (5.88%) Data Analytics Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Migration Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (5.88%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Project Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Service Continuity Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) Telephony Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Lead
6 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.88%) Infotainment
3 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.94%) CMDB
4 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.94%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Migration
2 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (11.76%) Analytics
3 4 (11.76%) Change Management
3 4 (11.76%) Data Migration
3 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
3 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (8.82%) Agile
4 3 (8.82%) AI
4 3 (8.82%) Data Privacy
4 3 (8.82%) Data Protection
4 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
4 3 (8.82%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
5 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.88%) Data Analysis
5 2 (5.88%) ITIL
5 2 (5.88%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (5.88%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) PMO
2 2 (5.88%) GDPR
2 2 (5.88%) PERC
3 1 (2.94%) COBIT
3 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Guidewire
2 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.94%) IBM
3 1 (2.94%) iManage
3 1 (2.94%) Intapp
3 1 (2.94%) SAP