Legal Job Trends in Central London

Legal
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 39 42
Rank change year-on-year +16 +3 +44
Permanent jobs citing Legal 194 191 177
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 7.65% 5.99% 5.74%
As % of the General category 12.25% 8.46% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 126 104 151
10th Percentile £32,255 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -1.85% +3.85%
75th Percentile £79,688 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £105,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +3.70%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,584 2,258 1,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 62.46% 70.87% 62.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,173 1,295 1,699
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £38,868
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £113,750
London median annual salary £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Central London

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Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Legal

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Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Central London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in Central London

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Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
City of London +14 158 £62,500 -3.85% 64
Camden +11 4 £45,000 - 1
West End of London +11 3 £32,010 -47.09% 2
Legal
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (7.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (12.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (7.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 11 (5.67%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.55%) Visualfiles
3 2 (1.03%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.71%) Azure
2 38 (19.59%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (10.82%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.73%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.22%) AWS
6 9 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.64%) SaaS
7 6 (3.09%) Figma
7 6 (3.09%) GCP
8 4 (2.06%) Azure Functions
8 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.06%) Serverless
9 3 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.55%) PaaS
9 3 (1.55%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (1.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.70%) DNS
1 13 (6.70%) TCP/IP
2 9 (4.64%) DHCP
2 9 (4.64%) LAN
2 9 (4.64%) WAN
3 6 (3.09%) VPN
4 5 (2.58%) WebEx
5 1 (0.52%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.76%) Power BI
2 10 (5.15%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.09%) Tableau
4 5 (2.58%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.06%) Metadata
6 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.52%) Power Query
8 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.15%) Git
2 4 (2.06%) JIRA
3 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.52%) Vite
3 1 (0.52%) webpack
General
1 100 (51.55%) Social Skills
2 78 (40.21%) Law
3 73 (37.63%) Finance
4 38 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (18.56%) Banking
6 33 (17.01%) Retail
7 17 (8.76%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.19%) Telecoms
9 8 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.58%) Marketing
11 3 (1.55%) Billing
12 2 (1.03%) Back Office
13 1 (0.52%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.52%) Games
13 1 (0.52%) German Language
13 1 (0.52%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 37 (19.07%) Analyst
2 32 (16.49%) Lead
3 26 (13.40%) IT Support
4 22 (11.34%) Support Analyst
5 21 (10.82%) Senior
6 18 (9.28%) Service Manager
7 17 (8.76%) IT Analyst
8 16 (8.25%) IT Support Analyst
9 14 (7.22%) Developer
9 14 (7.22%) IT Manager
10 13 (6.70%) Windows Engineer
11 12 (6.19%) IT Support Specialist
11 12 (6.19%) Support Specialist
12 10 (5.15%) Designer
12 10 (5.15%) IT Services Manager
12 10 (5.15%) Security Engineer
13 8 (4.12%) Configuration Manager
13 8 (4.12%) Platform Manager
13 8 (4.12%) Solutions Designer
13 8 (4.12%) Windows Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.76%) HTML
2 13 (6.70%) .NET
3 12 (6.19%) CSS
4 6 (3.09%) .NET Core
4 6 (3.09%) React
4 6 (3.09%) RESTful
5 5 (2.58%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.58%) CSS3
5 5 (2.58%) Entity Framework
5 5 (2.58%) HTML5
5 5 (2.58%) Vue
6 4 (2.06%) PyTorch
7 3 (1.55%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.55%) LangChain
7 3 (1.55%) Node.js
7 3 (1.55%) TensorFlow
8 2 (1.03%) Blazor
8 2 (1.03%) REST
9 1 (0.52%) Playwright
9 1 (0.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.73%) Hedge funds
2 14 (7.22%) Video Conferencing
3 12 (6.19%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (4.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (4.12%) CMDB
6 8 (4.12%) e-Learning
7 7 (3.61%) Mobile App
8 6 (3.09%) Culture of Ownership
9 5 (2.58%) Learning Management System
10 4 (2.06%) Algorithms
10 4 (2.06%) iPhone
10 4 (2.06%) Low-Code
10 4 (2.06%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.55%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.55%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.55%) Video Editing
12 2 (1.03%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 41 (21.13%) Windows
2 13 (6.70%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.64%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (3.09%) Linux
4 6 (3.09%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.58%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.06%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (32.99%) Continuous Improvement
2 46 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (22.16%) AI
4 39 (20.10%) ITIL
5 36 (18.56%) Cybersecurity
6 28 (14.43%) Agile
7 26 (13.40%) ITSM
7 26 (13.40%) Service Management
7 26 (13.40%) Strategic Thinking
8 25 (12.89%) User Experience
9 24 (12.37%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (11.34%) Document Management
11 21 (10.82%) Decision-Making
12 19 (9.79%) Change Management
12 19 (9.79%) Risk Management
13 16 (8.25%) Actionable Insight
13 16 (8.25%) Analytics
13 16 (8.25%) Enterprise Architecture
13 16 (8.25%) Machine Learning
14 15 (7.73%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.31%) PowerShell
1 20 (10.31%) SQL
2 16 (8.25%) Python
3 11 (5.67%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.64%) C#
5 8 (4.12%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.06%) VBA
7 2 (1.03%) Java
8 1 (0.52%) Bash
8 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.52%) Perl
8 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (11.86%) Degree
2 20 (10.31%) CISSP
3 14 (7.22%) CISM
4 12 (6.19%) A+ Certification
5 10 (5.15%) CISA
6 6 (3.09%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (3.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.06%) CRISC
7 4 (2.06%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.03%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.03%) PMP
10 1 (0.52%) GCFA
10 1 (0.52%) GCIH
10 1 (0.52%) GIAC
10 1 (0.52%) GPEN
10 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.52%) MCP
10 1 (0.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (5.15%) QA
3 8 (4.12%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 6 (3.09%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.09%) GDPR
4 6 (3.09%) NIST
5 5 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.58%) WCAG
6 4 (2.06%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.03%) GRC
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (8.76%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.12%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) Docker
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (4.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.55%) Terraform
3 2 (1.03%) SCCM
4 1 (0.52%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.52%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 69 (35.57%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.37%) iManage
3 19 (9.79%) ServiceNow
4 12 (6.19%) Intapp
5 9 (4.64%) Bloomberg
5 9 (4.64%) Reuters
6 6 (3.09%) Google
7 4 (2.06%) Blue Prism
7 4 (2.06%) Cisco
7 4 (2.06%) Citrix
7 4 (2.06%) Databricks
7 4 (2.06%) Pega
7 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.06%) VMware
8 3 (1.55%) Aderant
8 3 (1.55%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.55%) SAP
9 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.03%) BMC
9 2 (1.03%) Remedy