Legal Jobs in the South East

Legal
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 49 138
Rank change year-on-year -27 +89 +1
Permanent jobs citing Legal 554 822 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.30% 5.66% 2.61%
As % of the General category 5.82% 8.90% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 233 116 154
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,875 £30,075
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,750 £53,640
Median % change year-on-year -26.11% -5.39% +5.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,516 9,232 11,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.74% 63.56% 58.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,028 4,478 6,515
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in the South East.

Salary trend for Legal in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Legal in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley -20 249 £45,000 -5.26% 95
Berkshire +14 122 £55,000 +7.32% 46
Surrey -40 99 £36,250 -44.23% 48
Hampshire -16 76 £32,500 -56.67% 27
Buckinghamshire -43 70 £39,500 -18.56% 25
Kent -14 65 £41,625 -16.75% 34
Oxfordshire -13 57 £41,500 +3.13% 24
West Sussex -1 30 £62,500 +78.57% 17
East Sussex +33 26 £70,000 +86.67% 25
Sussex - 4 - - 2
Middlesex - 1 £77,500 - 7
Home Counties - 1 £48,000 -
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (7.22%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.44%) CMS
4 6 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.36%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 47 (8.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 47 (8.48%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (4.33%) AutoCAD
3 16 (2.89%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.26%) Simulink
4 7 (1.26%) Stateflow
5 5 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.54%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.54%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.08%) NEC Housing
1 6 (1.08%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.54%) ResourceLink
3 3 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 78 (14.08%) Azure
2 63 (11.37%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (6.14%) Power Platform
4 25 (4.51%) Entra ID
5 20 (3.61%) OneDrive
6 14 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (1.99%) SaaS
8 9 (1.62%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.08%) Azure App Service
10 6 (1.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.54%) AWS
11 3 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.54%) Taleo
11 3 (0.54%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.36%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.18%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.18%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.33%) Firewall
2 16 (2.89%) Intranet
3 14 (2.53%) Internet
4 12 (2.17%) Wireless
5 10 (1.81%) WAN
6 9 (1.62%) SNMP
7 8 (1.44%) LAN
7 8 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.26%) 4G
8 7 (1.26%) DSL
8 7 (1.26%) LTE
9 6 (1.08%) VLAN
10 5 (0.90%) BGP
10 5 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.90%) Network Security
10 5 (0.90%) OSPF
10 5 (0.90%) SAN
10 5 (0.90%) VoIP
10 5 (0.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.87%) Power BI
2 16 (2.89%) Data Lake
3 13 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (1.62%) EDMS
6 7 (1.26%) MS Access
6 7 (1.26%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.90%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.72%) PowerPivot
10 3 (0.54%) Power Query
11 2 (0.36%) DTS
11 2 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.18%) Big Data
12 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (0.72%) JIRA
3 2 (0.36%) Git
General
1 190 (34.30%) Finance
2 184 (33.21%) Social Skills
3 101 (18.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 96 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
5 91 (16.43%) Law
6 53 (9.57%) Marketing
7 44 (7.94%) Manufacturing
8 36 (6.50%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (6.32%) Retail
10 34 (6.14%) Telecoms
11 28 (5.05%) Local Government
12 27 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (4.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (3.07%) Automotive
14 15 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (2.53%) Electronics
16 13 (2.35%) Banking
17 7 (1.26%) Advertising
17 7 (1.26%) Billing
18 6 (1.08%) Games
Job Titles
1 104 (18.77%) Analyst
2 41 (7.40%) Senior
3 35 (6.32%) Lead
4 28 (5.05%) Financial Analyst
5 24 (4.33%) IT Support
6 22 (3.97%) Project Manager
7 21 (3.79%) Administrator
8 19 (3.43%) Architect
8 19 (3.43%) Coordinator
9 18 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
10 17 (3.07%) Support Analyst
10 17 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
11 16 (2.89%) Technical Coordinator
12 15 (2.71%) Account Manager
12 15 (2.71%) IT Engineer
12 15 (2.71%) Support Engineer
13 14 (2.53%) Digital Architect
13 14 (2.53%) Digital Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.17%) Data Protection Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.17%) .NET
2 8 (1.44%) ADO
2 8 (1.44%) ASP.NET
3 7 (1.26%) Web Services
4 6 (1.08%) .NET Core
4 6 (1.08%) EDI
4 6 (1.08%) IDoc
5 3 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.36%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.36%) Blazor
6 2 (0.36%) CSS
6 2 (0.36%) HTML
6 2 (0.36%) React
6 2 (0.36%) REST
6 2 (0.36%) SOAP
7 1 (0.18%) Middleware
7 1 (0.18%) OAuth
7 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.18%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 73 (13.18%) Management Information System
2 38 (6.86%) Driving Licence
3 37 (6.68%) Algorithms
4 29 (5.23%) Data Structures
5 27 (4.87%) Housing Association
6 19 (3.43%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.53%) Biopharmaceutical
8 13 (2.35%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.35%) Smartphone
9 12 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
10 11 (1.99%) Credit Risk
10 11 (1.99%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.99%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.81%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.26%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (1.26%) Pricing Data
12 7 (1.26%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.03%) Windows
2 26 (4.69%) Android
2 26 (4.69%) Apple iOS
3 20 (3.61%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.08%) VMS
6 4 (0.72%) Linux
6 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.36%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (23.65%) Agile
2 119 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (15.52%) Project Management
4 84 (15.16%) Decision-Making
4 84 (15.16%) Risk Management
5 73 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 61 (11.01%) Customer Service
7 54 (9.75%) Information Security
8 52 (9.39%) ITIL
9 49 (8.84%) Data Protection
10 48 (8.66%) DevOps
11 47 (8.48%) Roadmaps
12 45 (8.12%) Data Management
13 43 (7.76%) Mathematics
14 42 (7.58%) Mentoring
14 42 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
15 40 (7.22%) Collaborative Working
15 40 (7.22%) Data Analysis
16 39 (7.04%) Data Strategy
17 36 (6.50%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (9.93%) SQL
2 24 (4.33%) Python
3 11 (1.99%) C#
4 9 (1.62%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.62%) MATLAB
5 6 (1.08%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.08%) VB.NET
6 4 (0.72%) Java
7 3 (0.54%) VBA
8 2 (0.36%) C
8 2 (0.36%) R
8 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.18%) C++
9 1 (0.18%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.18%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.18%) Go
9 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 157 (28.34%) Degree
2 31 (5.60%) HNC
3 23 (4.15%) HND
4 20 (3.61%) Master's Degree
5 14 (2.53%) ACCA
5 14 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.62%) CIMA
7 9 (1.62%) Security Cleared
8 8 (1.44%) DBS Check
8 8 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.44%) MBA
9 7 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
9 7 (1.26%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.08%) CISSP
10 6 (1.08%) ISEB
11 5 (0.90%) CCIE
11 5 (0.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.22%) QA
2 34 (6.14%) GDPR
3 20 (3.61%) SLA
4 14 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.99%) ISO 22301
7 9 (1.62%) NIST
8 8 (1.44%) PMO
9 7 (1.26%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (1.26%) ISO 14001
9 7 (1.26%) ISO 9001
9 7 (1.26%) NEBOSH
10 6 (1.08%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.90%) GRC
11 5 (0.90%) IFRS
12 4 (0.72%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.54%) HAZOP
13 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.36%) ITGC
System Software
1 33 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.05%) Hyper-V
3 16 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.35%) Firmware
5 12 (2.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (2.35%) SCOM
2 7 (1.26%) Functional Safety
3 6 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.90%) Ansible
4 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.36%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) FTK
6 1 (0.18%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 150 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.32%) SAP
3 28 (5.05%) Citrix
4 24 (4.33%) VMware
5 15 (2.71%) Databricks
6 13 (2.35%) EMC
7 12 (2.17%) Cisco
7 12 (2.17%) Oracle
8 9 (1.62%) BT
9 8 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.26%) Xero
11 6 (1.08%) Ariba
11 6 (1.08%) NEC
11 6 (1.08%) Nuix
11 6 (1.08%) OpenText
11 6 (1.08%) Sage
12 5 (0.90%) HP
13 4 (0.72%) Aruba
13 4 (0.72%) Atlassian