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 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 50 48
Rank change year-on-year -75 -2 +23
Contract jobs citing Law 29 44 63
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.96% 3.21% 3.29%
As % of the General category 1.84% 5.20% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 39 62
10th Percentile £267 £360 £425
25th Percentile £456 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -10.64% +9.30%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £750
90th Percentile £660 £665 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +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 1,574 846 1,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 51.95% 61.66% 56.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,041 560 742
10th Percentile £300 £192 £260
25th Percentile £400 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -5.00% -1.04%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £623
90th Percentile £671 £679 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 42 113
10th Percentile £14.00 - £11.07
25th Percentile £16.13 £14.00 £13.91
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.58 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.23% -7.49% +4.50%
75th Percentile £34.42 £28.18 £37.50
90th Percentile £63.97 £36.92 £56.25
England median hourly rate £28.55 £29.00 £27.59
% change year-on-year -1.55% +5.10% -21.16%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -33 14 £600 +9.09% 2
Birmingham -13 13 £588 +23.68% 9
Coventry -24 1 £450 +20.00%
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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.45%) Aareon QL
2 1 (3.45%) Elite 3E
2 1 (3.45%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (3.45%) NEC Housing
2 1 (3.45%) OPENHousing
2 1 (3.45%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Azure
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
4 3 (10.34%) SaaS
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.45%) Azure API Management
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.45%) Figma
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) SAP Data Services
General
1 11 (37.93%) Legal
2 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Police
5 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Business Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Project Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Robotic Process Automation Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) Transformation Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Business Consultant
5 3 (10.34%) Data Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Lead
6 2 (6.90%) Data Steward
6 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Data Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Legal Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) AI Agents
2 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.45%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) AI
1 7 (24.14%) Data Modelling
2 5 (17.24%) Business Transformation
3 4 (13.79%) Agile
3 4 (13.79%) Business Case
3 4 (13.79%) CRM
4 3 (10.34%) Migration
4 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
4 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.34%) Validation
5 2 (6.90%) Analytics
5 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.90%) Change Control
5 2 (6.90%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (6.90%) ETL
5 2 (6.90%) Records Management
5 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (6.90%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) CISM
2 1 (3.45%) CISSP
2 1 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) SLA
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) GRC
3 1 (3.45%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Aareon
2 1 (3.45%) Capita
2 1 (3.45%) Civica
2 1 (3.45%) Cognos
2 1 (3.45%) Guidewire
2 1 (3.45%) IBM
2 1 (3.45%) NEC
2 1 (3.45%) Northgate
2 1 (3.45%) Oneserve
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) Orchard
2 1 (3.45%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Workday