Legal Jobs in the UK excluding London

Legal
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 81 123
Rank change year-on-year +20 +42 +30
Permanent jobs citing Legal 2,762 2,405 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.89% 4.05% 2.80%
As % of the General category 6.78% 5.90% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 988 813 894
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £26,325
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -1.02% +8.89%
75th Percentile £60,688 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40,720 40,737 43,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.39% 68.67% 60.36%
Number of salaries quoted 26,411 18,468 24,128
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,418 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the UK excluding London

Legal
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Legal in the UK excluding London

Legal
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Legal in the UK excluding London

Legal
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Scotland +57 774 £55,000 - 61
North of England +59 650 £47,500 +1.06% 292
South East -31 553 £37,500 -27.18% 297
North West +87 370 £47,500 - 178
Midlands +18 358 £50,000 - 197
West Midlands +12 248 £50,000 -4.76% 129
South West -43 220 £44,250 -1.67% 190
Yorkshire +33 202 £34,000 -24.44% 83
East of England -45 154 £50,000 - 119
East Midlands +26 110 £45,000 +28.57% 68
North East +40 78 £53,750 -10.42% 36
Wales +20 30 £50,000 -17.65% 47
Northern Ireland +37 17 £30,000 -46.43% 12
Channel Islands - 6 £85,000 - 1
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 271 (9.81%) Apache Spark
2 144 (5.21%) SharePoint
3 101 (3.66%) Apache
4 65 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 61 (2.21%) SAS
6 47 (1.70%) FileNet
7 45 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
8 20 (0.72%) Camunda
9 12 (0.43%) CMS
10 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 4 (0.14%) Confluence
12 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
13 2 (0.072%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.072%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (0.072%) Exchange Server 2013
13 2 (0.072%) IBM Domino
14 1 (0.036%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.036%) IIS
Applications
1 258 (9.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 236 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
3 68 (2.46%) AutoCAD
4 65 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.62%) Revit
7 14 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (0.51%) Simulink
8 7 (0.25%) Stateflow
9 6 (0.22%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
11 4 (0.14%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.11%) ProjectWise
13 1 (0.036%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.036%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.036%) InDesign
13 1 (0.036%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.036%) SPSS
13 1 (0.036%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.43%) NEC Housing
3 11 (0.40%) ResourceLink
4 10 (0.36%) Infor SunSystems
4 10 (0.36%) iTrent
4 10 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.25%) BPCS
5 7 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 6 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
7 5 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
7 5 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 5 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.18%) SAP HCM
7 5 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.11%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.072%) Sage 200
10 2 (0.072%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 414 (14.99%) AWS
2 289 (10.46%) Azure
3 173 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
4 169 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 69 (2.50%) GCP
6 67 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
7 61 (2.21%) SaaS
8 59 (2.14%) Entra ID
9 54 (1.96%) Serverless
10 52 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
10 52 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
11 51 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
11 51 (1.85%) Amazon EMR
11 51 (1.85%) Amazon SQS
12 49 (1.77%) Amazon S3
12 49 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
13 47 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
14 37 (1.34%) PowerApps
15 36 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
16 29 (1.05%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.10%) Firewall
2 32 (1.16%) Wireless
3 29 (1.05%) LAN
4 28 (1.01%) WAN
5 27 (0.98%) Internet
6 23 (0.83%) SAN
7 21 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (0.72%) Intranet
9 19 (0.69%) DHCP
9 19 (0.69%) TCP/IP
10 15 (0.54%) DNS
10 15 (0.54%) VoIP
11 13 (0.47%) VPN
12 10 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 10 (0.36%) SSL
12 10 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
12 10 (0.36%) VLAN
13 9 (0.33%) Extranet
13 9 (0.33%) Network Security
13 9 (0.33%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 323 (11.69%) NoSQL
2 233 (8.44%) Big Data
3 213 (7.71%) Hadoop
4 136 (4.92%) Power BI
5 99 (3.58%) Apache Hive
6 83 (3.01%) HBase
7 81 (2.93%) SQL Server
8 57 (2.06%) Data Lake
9 54 (1.96%) Electronic Patient Records
10 53 (1.92%) Relational Database
11 47 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
11 47 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
12 42 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
13 39 (1.41%) Qlik Sense
14 31 (1.12%) Tableau
15 20 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
16 19 (0.69%) DB2
17 16 (0.58%) Impala
18 15 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
19 14 (0.51%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 122 (4.42%) Jenkins
2 111 (4.02%) Git
3 72 (2.61%) JIRA
4 67 (2.43%) Bitbucket Server
4 67 (2.43%) JUnit
5 27 (0.98%) Mockito
6 26 (0.94%) Jasmine
7 20 (0.72%) CircleCI
7 20 (0.72%) Gradle
7 20 (0.72%) Maven
7 20 (0.72%) Travis CI
8 11 (0.40%) GitLab
8 11 (0.40%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.22%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.18%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.14%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.036%) QADirector
12 1 (0.036%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1,497 (54.20%) Finance
2 1,019 (36.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 958 (34.69%) Law
4 815 (29.51%) Social Skills
5 371 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
6 272 (9.85%) Banking
7 205 (7.42%) Retail
8 150 (5.43%) Marketing
9 111 (4.02%) Manufacturing
10 92 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
11 86 (3.11%) Local Government
12 79 (2.86%) Public Sector
13 63 (2.28%) Telecoms
14 58 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
15 47 (1.70%) Publishing
16 43 (1.56%) Investment Banking
17 38 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
18 36 (1.30%) Automotive
19 27 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
20 25 (0.91%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 701 (25.38%) Software Engineer
2 446 (16.15%) Analyst
3 282 (10.21%) Senior
4 261 (9.45%) Java Engineer
4 261 (9.45%) Java Software Engineer
5 227 (8.22%) Big Data Engineer
5 227 (8.22%) Big Data Software Engineer
6 206 (7.46%) AWS Engineer
6 206 (7.46%) AWS Software Engineer
7 194 (7.02%) Data Engineer
8 139 (5.03%) Lead
9 133 (4.82%) Full Stack Engineer
9 133 (4.82%) Full Stack Software Engineer
10 127 (4.60%) Developer
11 123 (4.45%) Python Engineer
11 123 (4.45%) Python Software Engineer
12 109 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
13 101 (3.66%) Scala Engineer
13 101 (3.66%) Scala Software Engineer
14 98 (3.55%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (7.02%) Spring
2 141 (5.10%) React
3 123 (4.45%) Kafka
4 119 (4.31%) AngularJS
5 116 (4.20%) HTML
6 110 (3.98%) J2EE
7 88 (3.19%) .NET
8 84 (3.04%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 83 (3.01%) CSS
9 83 (3.01%) Node.js
10 79 (2.86%) JMS
11 72 (2.61%) JSON
11 72 (2.61%) XML
12 68 (2.46%) PySpark
13 67 (2.43%) Spring Boot
14 66 (2.39%) Hibernate
15 47 (1.70%) GraphQL
15 47 (1.70%) Spring Integration
16 46 (1.67%) Web Services
17 43 (1.56%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 526 (19.04%) Algorithms
2 216 (7.82%) Onboarding
3 204 (7.39%) Management Information System
4 118 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 100 (3.62%) Driving Licence
6 70 (2.53%) Credit Risk
7 64 (2.32%) Housing Association
8 53 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 52 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 48 (1.74%) Data Structures
11 43 (1.56%) Legacy Code
11 43 (1.56%) Product Ownership
12 33 (1.19%) Data Centre
13 22 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (0.76%) Reinsurance
15 20 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
16 18 (0.65%) Operational Technology
16 18 (0.65%) SCADA
17 17 (0.62%) Robotics
18 16 (0.58%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 136 (4.92%) Windows
2 108 (3.91%) Unix
3 54 (1.96%) Linux
4 52 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 50 (1.81%) Windows 10
6 37 (1.34%) Apple iOS
7 36 (1.30%) Android
8 14 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.29%) VMS
10 8 (0.29%) Windows 8
11 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.11%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.036%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,089 (39.43%) Agile
2 945 (34.21%) Risk Management
3 739 (26.76%) Software Engineering
4 729 (26.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 676 (24.48%) CI/CD
6 658 (23.82%) SDLC
7 523 (18.94%) Operational Stability
8 522 (18.90%) Visualisation
9 507 (18.36%) Artificial Intelligence
10 476 (17.23%) Machine Learning
11 453 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
12 403 (14.59%) Community of Practice
13 353 (12.78%) Decision-Making
14 240 (8.69%) Customer Service
15 239 (8.65%) Project Management
16 229 (8.29%) Data Protection
17 227 (8.22%) Coaching
18 212 (7.68%) Process Improvement
19 209 (7.57%) Microservices
20 204 (7.39%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 601 (21.76%) SQL
2 525 (19.01%) Java
3 411 (14.88%) Python
4 117 (4.24%) Scala
5 99 (3.58%) JavaScript
6 97 (3.51%) PL/SQL
7 86 (3.11%) C#
8 59 (2.14%) TypeScript
9 26 (0.94%) C
10 21 (0.76%) PowerShell
10 21 (0.76%) Ruby
11 19 (0.69%) C++
12 18 (0.65%) VB.NET
13 16 (0.58%) MATLAB
14 14 (0.51%) PHP
15 11 (0.40%) R
15 11 (0.40%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.36%) Embedded C
17 8 (0.29%) VB
18 7 (0.25%) RPG
Qualifications
1 470 (17.02%) Degree
2 90 (3.26%) HNC
3 71 (2.57%) HND
4 58 (2.10%) Master's Degree
5 49 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (1.30%) Security Cleared
7 30 (1.09%) CISSP
8 28 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (0.87%) DBS Check
10 21 (0.76%) ACCA
11 19 (0.69%) CISM
12 17 (0.62%) CIMA
12 17 (0.62%) MBA
13 16 (0.58%) Azure Certification
14 14 (0.51%) AAT
14 14 (0.51%) SC Cleared
15 12 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.43%) MCP
15 12 (0.43%) PhD
16 11 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (8.00%) GDPR
2 174 (6.30%) QA
3 93 (3.37%) Data Quality
4 65 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 62 (2.24%) SLA
6 43 (1.56%) IFRS
7 36 (1.30%) IFRS 9
8 32 (1.16%) PMO
9 31 (1.12%) NIST
10 30 (1.09%) ISO 9001
11 23 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 22 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
12 22 (0.80%) NEBOSH
13 21 (0.76%) Accessibility
13 21 (0.76%) GRC
14 19 (0.69%) ISO 22301
15 11 (0.40%) ISO 14001
15 11 (0.40%) PCI DSS
16 9 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
17 7 (0.25%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 99 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 83 (3.01%) HDFS
3 45 (1.63%) Hyper-V
4 36 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.58%) Docker
6 13 (0.47%) Firmware
7 12 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (0.29%) Terminal Services
8 8 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.11%) XenApp
11 2 (0.072%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.072%) pfSense
11 2 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.072%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 121 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 77 (2.79%) Terraform
3 20 (0.72%) SCCM
4 16 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.54%) Functional Safety
6 13 (0.47%) SCOM
7 7 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.18%) Ansible
8 5 (0.18%) Grafana
8 5 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.072%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.072%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.072%) Nessus
10 1 (0.036%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.036%) FTK
10 1 (0.036%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.036%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.036%) QRadar
10 1 (0.036%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 530 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 160 (5.79%) Databricks
3 158 (5.72%) Oracle
4 121 (4.38%) SAP
5 68 (2.46%) Informatica
6 60 (2.17%) VMware
7 53 (1.92%) Cloudera
8 52 (1.88%) Alteryx
9 46 (1.67%) Citrix
10 41 (1.48%) Google
11 37 (1.34%) iManage
12 35 (1.27%) IBM
13 26 (0.94%) Cisco
13 26 (0.94%) Pega
14 25 (0.91%) NCR
15 21 (0.76%) HP
16 16 (0.58%) NEC
17 13 (0.47%) EMC
17 13 (0.47%) ServiceNow
18 12 (0.43%) CA