i don't have the statistics but my feel is that there's generally more litigation/general solicitor jobs (e.g. your average Chinatown/boutique firm) out there compared to pure corporate law gigs (e.g. your average big law firm, and even then there's really only a couple of local law firms that dominate).

also, believe it or not there are quite a number of disputes lawyers who really enjoy doing disputes work and can't imagine doing anything else. Perhaps it might be a lack of imagination, but hey far be it from me to say.