Locum solicitors contracts
UK public sector · 51 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 51
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £70k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £4.6m
- 51 of 51 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 20
- Suppliers
- 17
19 locum solicitors contracts ending in the next 12 months
See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most locum solicitors contracts took 55% of them (28 of 51).
- The median contract, £70k, is close to the median across recruitment & hr contracts (£70k).
- Scotland had the most contracts: 11, or 22% of the total.
Who buys locum solicitors
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Scottish Government11 contracts£1.4m
- 2Tees Valley Combined Authority8 contracts£574k
- 3Oxford City Council6 contracts£273k
- 4Highways England3 contracts£535k
- 5Ofsted3 contracts£264k
- 6British Business Bank3 contracts£223k
- 7NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED2 contracts£213k
- 8Homes England2 contracts£174k
- 9Chesterfield Borough Council2 contracts£72k
- 10Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council1 contract£160k
Top locum solicitors contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Venn Group9 contracts£428k
- 2Sellick Partnership7 contracts£429k
- 3G2V Recruitment Group6 contracts£437k
- 4Law Absolute3 contracts£264k
- 5Obelisk Legal Support Solutions3 contracts£223k
- 6DAC Beachcroft1 contract£385k
- 7James Andrews Recruitment Solutions1 contract£160k
- 8Muckle LLP1 contract£150k
- 9Addleshaw Goddard1 contract£138k
- 10Eversheds Sutherland1 contract£124k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Bath & North East Somerset Council to G2V Recruitment Group · Awarded 23 September 2026
Scottish Government to supplier not published · Awarded 27 August 2026
Scottish Government to supplier not published · Awarded 27 August 2026
Ofsted to Law Absolute · Awarded 24 August 2026
Tees Valley Combined Authority to Sellick Partnership · Awarded 24 August 2026
British Business Bank to Obelisk Legal Support Solutions · Awarded 21 August 2026
Oxford City Council to Venn Group · Awarded 17 August 2026
NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED to Addleshaw Goddard · Awarded 14 August 2026
Largest
Highways England to DAC Beachcroft · Awarded 5 January 2026
Scottish Government to supplier not published · Awarded 24 June 2026
DHWLSR-Assistant Solicitor to the Eljamel Inquiry - Interim 1 (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£184k
Scottish Government to supplier not published · Awarded 1 July 2026
DHWLSR-Assistant Solicitor to the Eljamel Inquiry - Interim 2 (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£178k
Scottish Government to supplier not published · Awarded 3 August 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 40 · Scotland 11
What is included
Locum solicitors, lawyers and legal support staff supplied to work inside the buyer's legal team under its supervision.
- Locum solicitors and lawyers
- Temporary legal staff frameworks
- Paralegals and legal assistants
What is not included
- Legal advice bought from a law firm (see Legal)
- Governance review and information governance staff (see Professional and management temporary staff)
- Interim heads of legal and monitoring officers (see Interim executives)