Law Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Law
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	101	118	80
Rank change year-on-year	+17	-38	+15
Contract jobs citing Law	56	8	22
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	1.95%	0.48%	1.52%
As % of the General category	3.46%	0.79%	2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	15	3	4
10^th Percentile	£298	£419	£324
25^th Percentile	£313	£447	£341
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£495	£513	£425
Median % change year-on-year	-3.51%	+20.59%	+6.25%
75^th Percentile	£547	£550	£511
90^th Percentile	£575	£561	£531
England median daily rate	£550	£550	£491
% change year-on-year	-	+11.96%	-8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted	7	0	2
10^th Percentile	£20.78	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£20.50
Median hourly rate	£25.77	-	£21.00
75^th Percentile	-	-	£21.50
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£17.73	£16.96	£34.50
% change year-on-year	+4.51%	-50.84%	+91.67%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills	1,620	1,014	774
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	56.52%	60.90%	53.49%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,015	671	415
10^th Percentile	£325	£260	£266
25^th Percentile	£413	£378	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£488	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+2.56%	-2.50%	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£588	£554	£575
90^th Percentile	£675	£650	£659
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	120	32	29
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£15.03	£15.08
25^th Percentile	£16.62	£17.48	£16.25
Median hourly rate	£22.20	£22.14	£27.50
Median % change year-on-year	+0.27%	-19.49%	+44.74%
75^th Percentile	£35.00	£35.16	£40.00
90^th Percentile	£38.75	£81.25	£46.75
England median hourly rate	£28.00	£25.00	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+12.00%	-28.57%	+16.67%

Law Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Law relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Law Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Law.

Law Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Law in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Law in Yorkshire

Law Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Law.

Law Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Law in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Law in Yorkshire

Law Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
South Yorkshire	+6	30	£514	+12.66%	16
West Yorkshire	+2	22	£325	-42.22%	29
East Yorkshire	-	1	-	-	2
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Law Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Law also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Law.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	25.0%	14
2	Agile	21.4%	12
2	Azure	21.4%	12
4	Stakeholder Engagement	17.9%	10
4	Stakeholder Management	17.9%	10
6	CI/CD	16.1%	9
6	REST	16.1%	9
6	Security Cleared	16.1%	9
9	DevOps	14.3%	8
9	Microsoft 365	14.3%	8
9	Migration	14.3%	8
9	Observability	14.3%	8
13	Ansible	12.5%	7
13	Disaster Recovery	12.5%	7
13	Entra ID	12.5%	7
13	Kubernetes	12.5%	7
13	Microsoft Copilot	12.5%	7
13	Problem-Solving	12.5%	7
13	SC Cleared	12.5%	7
13	Technical Leadership	12.5%	7
13	Wi-Fi	12.5%	7
13	Windows	12.5%	7
23	AI	10.7%	6
23	Computer Science	10.7%	6
23	Continuous Improvement	10.7%	6
23	Copilot Studio	10.7%	6
23	Git	10.7%	6
23	Infrastructure as Code	10.7%	6
23	Power Platform	10.7%	6
23	PowerApps	10.7%	6

Law Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Social Skills	26.8%	15
2	Finance	23.2%	13
3	Public Sector	10.7%	6
4	Banking	8.9%	5
4	Inclusion and Diversity	8.9%	5
6	Legal	7.1%	4
6	Local Government	7.1%	4
6	Social Science	7.1%	4
9	Documentation Skills	5.4%	3
10	Influencing Skills	3.6%	2
10	Manufacturing	3.6%	2
10	Marketing	3.6%	2
13	Analytical Skills	1.8%	1
13	Organisational Skills	1.8%	1
13	Publishing	1.8%	1