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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 63 52
Rank change year-on-year -41 -11 +39
Contract jobs citing Law 32 47 70
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.45% 2.60% 3.68%
As % of the General category 2.44% 4.36% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 41 64
10th Percentile £353 £375 £334
25th Percentile £494 £438 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £656
90th Percentile £638 £675 £738
England median daily rate £565 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.46 - -
England median hourly rate £17.45 £41.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -57.95% +151.52% -14.51%

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 1,313 1,077 1,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 59.41% 59.57% 54.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 848 656 705
10th Percentile £243 £211 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -
75th Percentile £581 £613 £606
90th Percentile £654 £712 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 46 47
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.13 £14.90 £16.77
Median hourly rate £24.34 £23.82 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.18% +28.76% +4.99%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.68 £31.63
90th Percentile £50.00 £46.88 £60.50
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £32.50
% change year-on-year -22.58% -6.31% +26.41%

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 -14 25 £550 - 10
Birmingham -7 7 £550 +22.22% 45
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 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 11 (34.38%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) SaaS
3 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.25%) Azure API Management
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.13%) Figma
5 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.13%) Tableau
General
1 20 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Finance
3 7 (21.88%) Legal
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Automotive
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Project Manager
3 3 (9.38%) Business Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) IT Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Legal Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Compliance Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) Coordinator
4 2 (6.25%) Data Steward
4 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Lead
4 2 (6.25%) Migration Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Migration Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) Service Continuity Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) Telephony Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Configuration Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.25%) Infotainment
2 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.13%) CMDB
3 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Migration
2 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (15.63%) Agile
4 4 (12.50%) Analytics
5 3 (9.38%) Change Management
5 3 (9.38%) Process Improvement
5 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.25%) API Management
6 2 (6.25%) CRM
6 2 (6.25%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (6.25%) Data Migration
6 2 (6.25%) Data Privacy
6 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.25%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (6.25%) Security Management
6 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.25%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.13%) Server Migrations
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) CIPD
2 1 (3.13%) CISM
2 1 (3.13%) CISSP
2 1 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) PMO
2 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.25%) GDPR
2 2 (6.25%) PERC
2 2 (6.25%) QA
2 2 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Guidewire
3 2 (6.25%) IBM
3 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) Intapp
4 1 (3.13%) SAP