Legal Job Trends in Cardiff

Legal
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 41 37
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 +28
Permanent jobs citing Legal 6 8 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.69% 2.27% 2.66%
As % of the General category 3.39% 3.83% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 10
10th Percentile - £36,138 £31,175
25th Percentile £51,250 £39,906 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £50,466
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -3.90% +105.98%
75th Percentile £55,000 £59,375 £54,688
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,750 £55,361
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +104.08%

All General Skills
Cardiff

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 general skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 177 209 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 49.86% 59.21% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 117 136 179
10th Percentile £27,075 £30,000 £30,900
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,750 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -17.04% +3.06%
75th Percentile £69,576 £60,000 £69,400
90th Percentile £84,625 £71,000 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £47,307 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.88% -5.39% +9.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Legal

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Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Cardiff over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in Cardiff

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business IT Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Platform Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification