Legal Jobs in Belfast

Legal
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Belfast. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 56 96
Rank change year-on-year +43 +40 -55
Permanent jobs citing Legal 17 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 9.83% 0.98% 0.53%
As % of the General category 13.18% 2.16% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile £51,181 - -
25th Percentile £67,952 - £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,151 £30,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +183.84% -34.78% +22.67%
75th Percentile £93,750 £34,313 £49,000
90th Percentile - £42,075 -
County Antrim median annual salary £85,151 £30,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +183.84% -46.43% +49.33%

All General Skills
Belfast

Legal falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 129 231 422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 74.57% 45.38% 55.89%
Number of salaries quoted 29 117 166
10th Percentile £42,500 £29,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £94,000 £87,500 £73,125
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% +6.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Belfast

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Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for Legal in Belfast

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Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Belfast over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in Belfast

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Boomi
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Wireshark
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) AppScan
1 3 (17.65%) Burp Suite
1 3 (17.65%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Public Speaking
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Operations Manager
1 4 (23.53%) Risk Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Business Development Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Credit Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Development Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Risk Management
2 8 (47.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (35.29%) Information Security
3 6 (35.29%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (29.41%) Project Management
5 4 (23.53%) Business Development
5 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
5 4 (23.53%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Regulatory Change
5 4 (23.53%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (17.65%) Ethical Hacking
6 3 (17.65%) Fintech
7 2 (11.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (11.76%) Information Security Management
7 2 (11.76%) Presales
7 2 (11.76%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Security Management
7 2 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) CISSP
2 4 (23.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (23.53%) CISA
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (23.53%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (17.65%) GIAC
3 3 (17.65%) GPEN
3 3 (17.65%) GWAPT
3 3 (17.65%) OSCP
3 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (23.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (17.65%) QA
4 2 (11.76%) GDPR
4 2 (11.76%) HIPAA
4 2 (11.76%) NIST
5 1 (5.88%) COBIT
5 1 (5.88%) FISMA
5 1 (5.88%) GLBA
5 1 (5.88%) GRC
5 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (5.88%) NCSC
5 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Trustwave
2 2 (11.76%) MuleSoft
2 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Proofpoint