Legal Job Trends in Brighton

Legal
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Brighton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 45 45
Rank change year-on-year - 0 +36
Permanent jobs citing Legal 0 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Brighton - 0.31% 2.10%
As % of the General category - 0.54% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £33,250
25th Percentile - £62,500 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £65,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - +75.68% +2.78%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £41,281
90th Percentile - - £43,063
East Sussex median annual salary £26,000 £63,750 £38,875
% change year-on-year -59.22% +63.99% +7.99%

All General Skills
Brighton

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 Brighton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 140 186 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 48.11% 56.88% 45.35%
Number of salaries quoted 107 124 139
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £39,063 £38,562
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £66,159
90th Percentile £91,500 £75,000 £70,500
East Sussex median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.17% -16.52%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legal relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Brighton.

Legal job vacancy trend in Brighton

Legal
Salary Trend in Brighton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Legal