Law Contracts 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 44 53
Rank change year-on-year -26 +9 -15
Contract jobs citing Law 35 73 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.34% 3.55% 3.42%
As % of the General category 3.76% 6.62% 6.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 69 63
10th Percentile £360 £425 £313
25th Percentile £413 £475 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £756 £725
90th Percentile £644 £850 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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% +115.83%
75th Percentile - - £27.37
90th Percentile - - £28.20
England median hourly rate £27.64 £18.97 £21.25
% change year-on-year +45.70% -10.73% +21.43%

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 930 1,102 1,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.25% 53.65% 55.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 579 747 866
10th Percentile £192 £250 £256
25th Percentile £350 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -2.34% +3.43%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £638
90th Percentile £663 £750 £725
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 122 46
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.46 £13.60 £14.58
Median hourly rate £24.67 £19.00 £22.46
Median % change year-on-year +29.84% -15.39% +32.09%
75th Percentile £34.71 £33.52 £33.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.13 £53.13
England median hourly rate £27.45 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.55% +9.65% +25.23%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Law in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Law in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Law in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Law in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Law in the West Midlands

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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 2 July 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 25 £563 -6.25% 20
Birmingham +11 6 £565 +18.95% 149
Coventry - 1 £375 - 13
Staffordshire - 1 - - 39
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 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.86%) Azure API Management
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.86%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Internet
1 1 (2.86%) Intranet
1 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Power BI
2 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.71%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.86%) Metadata
4 1 (2.86%) Pentaho
4 1 (2.86%) Tableau
General
1 21 (60.00%) Finance
2 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Legal
4 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Automotive
5 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) PMO Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) C# Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Coordinator
5 2 (5.71%) Developer
5 2 (5.71%) PHP Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Resource Management Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Senior PMO
5 2 (5.71%) Senior PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Software Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Analytics Manager
6 1 (2.86%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Migration Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Migration Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Rollout Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) ADO
2 1 (2.86%) JSON
2 1 (2.86%) SOAP
2 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) CMDB
2 2 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.86%) AS400
3 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.86%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.86%) Infotainment
3 1 (2.86%) iSeries
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.86%) Smart Meter
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Migration
2 6 (17.14%) Agile
2 6 (17.14%) Resource Management
3 5 (14.29%) Project Management
3 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.43%) Analytics
4 4 (11.43%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (11.43%) Data Analysis
4 4 (11.43%) ITIL
4 4 (11.43%) Risk Management
4 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (8.57%) Change Control
5 3 (8.57%) Change Management
5 3 (8.57%) Data Migration
5 3 (8.57%) DevOps
5 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement
6 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (5.71%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) C#
1 2 (5.71%) PHP
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) RPG
2 1 (2.86%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.86%) COBIT
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) PERC
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (5.71%) CyberArk
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle
2 1 (2.86%) Google
2 1 (2.86%) Guidewire
2 1 (2.86%) IBM
2 1 (2.86%) iManage
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow