Legal Jobs in England

Legal
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 77 142
Rank change year-on-year +5 +65 +7
Permanent jobs citing Legal 2,900 3,755 3,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.40% 4.07% 2.88%
As % of the General category 5.74% 5.96% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,604 1,488 1,779
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,631 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All General Skills
England

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 50,501 62,971 84,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.27% 68.28% 63.78%
Number of salaries quoted 35,573 34,118 45,274
10th Percentile £27,445 £32,444 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in England

Legal
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in England.

Salary trend for Legal in England

Legal
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Legal in England

Legal
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +20 975 £69,616 +7.10% 662
North of England +57 635 £45,000 - 277
South East -31 548 £39,500 -24.76% 286
North West +91 362 £47,500 -1.04% 176
Midlands +12 327 £50,000 - 185
West Midlands +7 235 £50,000 -4.76% 118
South West -43 227 £42,500 -5.56% 188
Yorkshire +28 197 £34,000 -24.44% 74
East of England -41 154 £50,000 +4.17% 119
East Midlands +11 92 £45,000 +20.00% 67
North East +38 76 £53,750 -10.42% 31
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 186 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 104 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 79 (2.72%) SAS
4 24 (0.83%) CMS
5 13 (0.45%) IIS
6 11 (0.38%) Confluence
7 8 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.21%) NServiceBus
8 6 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.21%) WordPress
9 5 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.10%) Apache
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.10%) IBM Domino
12 2 (0.069%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.069%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.069%) Drupal
12 2 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.069%) Luigi
Applications
1 333 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 312 (10.76%) Microsoft Office
3 84 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 80 (2.76%) AutoCAD
5 27 (0.93%) Revit
6 26 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 25 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
8 17 (0.59%) SPSS
9 13 (0.45%) MS Visio
10 9 (0.31%) Simulink
11 7 (0.24%) Chatbot
11 7 (0.24%) Stateflow
12 5 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.10%) ProjectWise
14 2 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 2 (0.069%) FileZilla
14 2 (0.069%) S-PLUS
15 1 (0.034%) Camtasia
15 1 (0.034%) InVision
15 1 (0.034%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (1.38%) Elite 3E
2 28 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.41%) Relativity
5 11 (0.38%) iTrent
5 11 (0.38%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
6 10 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (0.28%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.24%) BPCS
8 7 (0.24%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.21%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
10 5 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.17%) Primavera
10 5 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 389 (13.41%) Azure
2 269 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
3 221 (7.62%) Power Platform
4 110 (3.79%) SaaS
5 104 (3.59%) AWS
6 83 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 58 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 51 (1.76%) PowerApps
9 47 (1.62%) GCP
10 46 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
11 36 (1.24%) WhatsApp
12 25 (0.86%) Power Automate
13 22 (0.76%) OneDrive
14 15 (0.52%) PaaS
15 13 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.45%) IaaS
16 11 (0.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 11 (0.38%) Dropbox
16 11 (0.38%) OCI
17 10 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 120 (4.14%) Firewall
2 52 (1.79%) WAN
3 51 (1.76%) Internet
4 45 (1.55%) LAN
5 35 (1.21%) Wireless
6 29 (1.00%) Intranet
7 28 (0.97%) DNS
7 28 (0.97%) SAN
8 27 (0.93%) DHCP
8 27 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 25 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
10 21 (0.72%) VPN
11 20 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (0.59%) VoIP
13 13 (0.45%) Network Security
13 13 (0.45%) Skype
13 13 (0.45%) SNMP
14 11 (0.38%) SSL
15 10 (0.34%) Broadband
15 10 (0.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (6.00%) Power BI
2 143 (4.93%) SQL Server
3 59 (2.03%) Relational Database
4 54 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (1.34%) MySQL
6 35 (1.21%) Tableau
7 31 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (0.90%) Big Data
10 24 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 21 (0.72%) EDRMS
12 20 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
13 19 (0.66%) DB2
13 19 (0.66%) NoSQL
14 16 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.52%) Metadata
16 14 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
16 14 (0.48%) EDMS
17 13 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (0.45%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 93 (3.21%) JIRA
2 53 (1.83%) Git
3 19 (0.66%) Visual Studio
4 13 (0.45%) CircleCI
5 12 (0.41%) GitLab
6 10 (0.34%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.21%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.21%) Jenkins
9 5 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.17%) fastlane
9 5 (0.17%) FitNesse
9 5 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (0.17%) Selenium
9 5 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.17%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.14%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,153 (39.76%) Finance
2 1,049 (36.17%) Social Skills
3 590 (20.34%) Law
4 509 (17.55%) Analytical Skills
5 447 (15.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 278 (9.59%) Banking
7 218 (7.52%) Marketing
8 204 (7.03%) Retail
9 123 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
10 95 (3.28%) Manufacturing
11 85 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
12 81 (2.79%) Local Government
13 77 (2.66%) Telecoms
14 75 (2.59%) Public Sector
15 61 (2.10%) Publishing
16 46 (1.59%) Investment Banking
17 42 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
18 38 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
19 37 (1.28%) Automotive
20 34 (1.17%) Games
Job Titles
1 580 (20.00%) Analyst
2 421 (14.52%) Senior
3 205 (7.07%) Lead
4 160 (5.52%) Developer
5 134 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
6 131 (4.52%) Project Manager
7 110 (3.79%) IT Support
8 105 (3.62%) Architect
9 91 (3.14%) IT Manager
10 86 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
11 85 (2.93%) Senior Manager
12 80 (2.76%) Coordinator
13 75 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
14 71 (2.45%) Support Analyst
15 67 (2.31%) IT Analyst
16 66 (2.28%) Systems Analyst
17 60 (2.07%) Software Engineer
18 58 (2.00%) Business Analyst
19 57 (1.97%) Product Manager
20 56 (1.93%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (3.76%) .NET
2 71 (2.45%) HTML
3 59 (2.03%) CSS
4 50 (1.72%) XML
5 47 (1.62%) JSON
6 44 (1.52%) React
7 40 (1.38%) ASP.NET
8 33 (1.14%) Web Services
9 29 (1.00%) REST
10 27 (0.93%) .NET Framework
11 26 (0.90%) AngularJS
12 17 (0.59%) Node.js
13 16 (0.55%) .NET Core
13 16 (0.55%) SOAP
14 14 (0.48%) Blazor
15 13 (0.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 12 (0.41%) PySpark
16 12 (0.41%) V-Ray
17 11 (0.38%) EDI
18 10 (0.34%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 268 (9.24%) Management Information System
2 91 (3.14%) Driving Licence
3 88 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 84 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 75 (2.59%) Credit Risk
6 72 (2.48%) Algorithms
7 70 (2.41%) Housing Association
8 64 (2.21%) Product Ownership
9 60 (2.07%) Data Structures
10 53 (1.83%) Data Centre
11 50 (1.72%) Security Posture
12 43 (1.48%) Cloud Native
13 38 (1.31%) Public Cloud
14 34 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 33 (1.14%) Life Science
16 32 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
17 31 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
18 26 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
18 26 (0.90%) Social Media
19 24 (0.83%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 240 (8.28%) Windows
2 85 (2.93%) Windows 10
3 71 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 49 (1.69%) Android
5 47 (1.62%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.66%) Linux
7 13 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.28%) VMS
9 8 (0.28%) Windows 8
10 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.034%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.034%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.034%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 615 (21.21%) Agile
2 556 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
3 387 (13.34%) Risk Management
4 340 (11.72%) Project Management
5 315 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 295 (10.17%) Customer Service
7 278 (9.59%) Decision-Making
8 271 (9.34%) Information Security
9 263 (9.07%) Coaching
10 261 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
11 252 (8.69%) Data Management
12 250 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
12 250 (8.62%) Data Protection
13 243 (8.38%) Time Management
14 242 (8.34%) Analytics
15 238 (8.21%) Mentoring
16 226 (7.79%) Process Improvement
17 214 (7.38%) Roadmaps
18 201 (6.93%) ITIL
19 195 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 291 (10.03%) SQL
2 166 (5.72%) Python
3 109 (3.76%) C#
4 96 (3.31%) JavaScript
5 47 (1.62%) Java
6 46 (1.59%) TypeScript
7 45 (1.55%) PowerShell
8 44 (1.52%) T-SQL
9 19 (0.66%) Kotlin
10 18 (0.62%) PHP
10 18 (0.62%) VB.NET
11 17 (0.59%) RPG
12 16 (0.55%) C
13 15 (0.52%) Go
14 14 (0.48%) R
15 13 (0.45%) Bicep
16 11 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.38%) Perl
16 11 (0.38%) VB
17 10 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 645 (22.24%) Degree
2 110 (3.79%) HNC
3 97 (3.34%) CISSP
4 83 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 78 (2.69%) HND
6 52 (1.79%) Security Cleared
7 51 (1.76%) CISM
7 51 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (1.66%) DBS Check
9 41 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (1.07%) CISA
11 26 (0.90%) ACCA
12 25 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
13 23 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
13 23 (0.79%) MRICS
14 22 (0.76%) MBA
14 22 (0.76%) SC Cleared
15 18 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
15 18 (0.62%) GIAC
15 18 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (8.79%) GDPR
2 191 (6.59%) QA
3 155 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 93 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 53 (1.83%) NIST
5 53 (1.83%) SLA
6 47 (1.62%) IFRS
7 44 (1.52%) PMO
8 41 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 39 (1.34%) GRC
10 36 (1.24%) IFRS 9
11 32 (1.10%) ISO 9001
12 27 (0.93%) Accessibility
13 26 (0.90%) NEBOSH
14 23 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 22 (0.76%) ISO 22301
16 19 (0.66%) PCI DSS
17 15 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 11 (0.38%) ISO 14000
18 11 (0.38%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 164 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 50 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 27 (0.93%) Firmware
5 19 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (0.62%) Docker
7 12 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
7 12 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.28%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.14%) XenApp
10 3 (0.10%) vSphere
11 2 (0.069%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.069%) pfSense
11 2 (0.069%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.034%) LXC
12 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 39 (1.34%) SCCM
2 32 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (0.79%) SCOM
4 16 (0.55%) Kubernetes
5 15 (0.52%) Functional Safety
6 12 (0.41%) Ansible
6 12 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.38%) Terraform
8 7 (0.24%) vCenter Server
9 6 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.21%) vRealize
10 5 (0.17%) AirWatch
10 5 (0.17%) Control-M
10 5 (0.17%) QRadar
11 3 (0.10%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.10%) Puppet
12 2 (0.069%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.069%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.069%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.069%) Nessus
Vendors
1 715 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 115 (3.97%) SAP
3 98 (3.38%) iManage
4 76 (2.62%) VMware
5 72 (2.48%) Citrix
6 70 (2.41%) Oracle
7 54 (1.86%) Cisco
8 49 (1.69%) IBM
9 46 (1.59%) Google
10 44 (1.52%) ServiceNow
11 43 (1.48%) Intapp
12 35 (1.21%) HP
13 34 (1.17%) Aderant
14 33 (1.14%) Databricks
15 31 (1.07%) Veeam
16 25 (0.86%) NCR
17 24 (0.83%) Salesforce
18 21 (0.72%) Adobe
19 18 (0.62%) OpenAI
19 18 (0.62%) Sage