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 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 75 48
Rank change year-on-year -39 -27 +52
Contract jobs citing Law 29 32 62
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.26% 1.98% 3.44%
As % of the General category 2.17% 3.22% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 27 59
10th Percentile £328 £321 £324
25th Percentile £475 £438 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +8.37%
75th Percentile £606 £631 £638
90th Percentile £639 £768 £743
England median daily rate £550 £500 £548
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.68% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.46 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 £65.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -43.08% +319.35% -19.69%

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 1,336 994 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.86% 61.55% 54.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 612 672
10th Percentile £224 £200 £220
25th Percentile £400 £374 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £581 £611 £600
90th Percentile £663 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.37% -2.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 38 49
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.46
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.22 £17.00
Median hourly rate £20.25 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.99% +19.10% +18.10%
75th Percentile £30.00 £30.68 £37.50
90th Percentile £40.25 £50.75 £70.58
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +28.83%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 -10 21 £550 +2.33% 2
Birmingham -11 8 £550 +18.92% 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:

Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Elite 3E
2 1 (3.45%) Aareon QL
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 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) SaaS
3 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.90%) Azure API Management
4 2 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.45%) Figma
5 1 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.45%) Tableau
General
1 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 7 (24.14%) Legal
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Automotive
6 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Marketing
6 1 (3.45%) Social Housing
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Project Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) IT Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Legal Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Data Steward
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Service Continuity Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) Telephony Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Change Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Configuration Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Project Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Transition Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Workstream Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.45%) CMDB
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.45%) Infotainment
3 1 (3.45%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.45%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Migration
2 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (17.24%) Agile
4 4 (13.79%) Analytics
4 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
5 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.90%) API Management
6 2 (6.90%) Change Management
6 2 (6.90%) CRM
6 2 (6.90%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (6.90%) Data Migration
6 2 (6.90%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (6.90%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (6.90%) Validation
6 2 (6.90%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.45%) Server Migrations
7 1 (3.45%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Java
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) CIPD
2 1 (3.45%) CISM
2 1 (3.45%) CISSP
2 1 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
1 2 (6.90%) PMO
1 2 (6.90%) QA
1 2 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Guidewire
3 2 (6.90%) IBM
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Aareon
4 1 (3.45%) Capita
4 1 (3.45%) Civica
4 1 (3.45%) Intapp
4 1 (3.45%) NEC
4 1 (3.45%) Northgate
4 1 (3.45%) Oneserve
4 1 (3.45%) Orchard
4 1 (3.45%) SAP