Legal Jobs in Berkshire

Legal
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 54 62
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 +22
Permanent jobs citing Legal 77 126 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.78% 4.08% 4.82%
As % of the General category 6.27% 8.74% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4 41 11
10th Percentile - £27,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £155,000 £38,130 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £160,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +190.91% +4.76% -7.89%
75th Percentile £165,000 £76,250 £64,500
90th Percentile - £87,500 £68,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -28.57% -2.13%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,228 1,442 2,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 76.18% 46.71% 65.15%
Number of salaries quoted 319 853 879
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £28,800
25th Percentile £37,250 £35,000 £38,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -8.77%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Berkshire

Legal
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Legal in Berkshire

Legal
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Maidenhead -16 21 - - 3
Reading +5 18 £160,000 +128.57% 25
Slough -20 18 - - 11
Windsor -12 17 - - 3
Legal
South East

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (3.90%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) SAP GTS
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.18%) Salsify
2 6 (7.79%) SaaS
3 3 (3.90%) Azure
3 3 (3.90%) iPaaS
3 3 (3.90%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.18%) Metadata
2 3 (3.90%) Oracle Reports
General
1 57 (74.03%) Law
2 47 (61.04%) Social Skills
3 33 (42.86%) Finance
4 30 (38.96%) Marketing
5 23 (29.87%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (23.38%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (12.99%) Telecoms
8 9 (11.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (10.39%) Retail
10 7 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (7.79%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (5.19%) Banking
13 3 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
14 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
14 1 (1.30%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 43 (55.84%) Senior
2 24 (31.17%) Senior Manager
3 18 (23.38%) Lead
4 9 (11.69%) Deployment Manager
5 4 (5.19%) Project Manager
6 3 (3.90%) Applications Architect
6 3 (3.90%) Architect
6 3 (3.90%) IT Architect
7 2 (2.60%) Compliance Manager
7 2 (2.60%) Technologist
8 1 (1.30%) Programme Manager
8 1 (1.30%) Risk Manager
8 1 (1.30%) Senior Programme Manager
8 1 (1.30%) Senior Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 14 (18.18%) Taxonomies
2 3 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.30%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.30%) Derivative
3 1 (1.30%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (41.56%) Roadmaps
1 32 (41.56%) Stakeholder Management
1 32 (41.56%) Strategic Roadmap
2 28 (36.36%) Agile
3 25 (32.47%) Analytics
3 25 (32.47%) Information Security
4 23 (29.87%) Change Management
4 23 (29.87%) Project Management
5 20 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (23.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 18 (23.38%) Business Case
6 18 (23.38%) Computer Science
6 18 (23.38%) IT Strategy
6 18 (23.38%) Project Delivery
6 18 (23.38%) Strategic Thinking
6 18 (23.38%) Technology Strategy
7 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (20.78%) Data Management
8 15 (19.48%) Data Privacy
8 15 (19.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.90%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (45.45%) Degree
2 15 (19.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
Vendors
1 9 (11.69%) Salesforce
2 3 (3.90%) Oracle
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.60%) SAP