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 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 66 52
Rank change year-on-year -40 -14 +37
Contract jobs citing Law 34 34 67
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.36% 2.24% 3.56%
As % of the General category 2.43% 3.61% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 30 65
10th Percentile £391 £345 £323
25th Percentile £494 £438 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +12.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £638 £704 £770
England median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 1,399 942 1,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.78% 61.93% 55.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 585 702
10th Percentile £241 £200 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 36 94
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £11.06
25th Percentile £15.81 £17.85 £14.58
Median hourly rate £20.25 £23.82 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year -14.99% +6.82% +26.56%
75th Percentile £26.85 £30.68 £41.86
90th Percentile £32.78 £43.75 £65.75
England median hourly rate £22.92 £30.40 £25.71
% change year-on-year -24.61% +18.24% -1.12%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 -17 21 £575 - 3
Birmingham -2 12 £550 +15.79% 20
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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Elite 3E
2 1 (2.94%) Aareon QL
2 1 (2.94%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (2.94%) NEC Housing
2 1 (2.94%) OPENHousing
2 1 (2.94%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) SaaS
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (5.88%) Azure API Management
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.94%) Figma
5 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Legal
3 7 (20.59%) Finance
4 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
5 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (8.82%) Police
7 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Marketing
7 1 (2.94%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Business Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Business Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Lead
3 4 (11.76%) Legal Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) Transformation Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) IT Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.88%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Configuration Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Data Steward
5 2 (5.88%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Service Continuity Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) Telephony Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Migration Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Migration Project Manager
6 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) AI Agents
2 3 (8.82%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) CMDB
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 8 (23.53%) Migration
2 6 (17.65%) AI
2 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (14.71%) Agile
4 4 (11.76%) Business Transformation
4 4 (11.76%) Data Modelling
4 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
5 3 (8.82%) Analytics
5 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
5 3 (8.82%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (8.82%) Validation
6 2 (5.88%) API Management
6 2 (5.88%) CRM
6 2 (5.88%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (5.88%) Data Migration
6 2 (5.88%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (5.88%) RBAC
6 2 (5.88%) Risk Management
6 2 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) Java
1 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) CIPD
1 1 (2.94%) CISM
1 1 (2.94%) CISSP
1 1 (2.94%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.88%) PMO
1 2 (5.88%) QA
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) GRC
2 1 (2.94%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Guidewire
3 2 (5.88%) IBM
3 2 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) Aareon
4 1 (2.94%) Capita
4 1 (2.94%) Civica
4 1 (2.94%) Intapp
4 1 (2.94%) NEC
4 1 (2.94%) Northgate
4 1 (2.94%) Oneserve
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (2.94%) Orchard
4 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow