Legal Job Trends in County Down

Legal
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in County Down. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Legal 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 9.09% - 14.29%
As % of the General category 10.64% - 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £45,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary - - £42,250
% change year-on-year - - -8.15%

All General Skills
County Down

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 County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 47 19 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 85.45% 82.61% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £35,250
25th Percentile - - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.03%
75th Percentile - - £44,375
90th Percentile - - £44,750
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +13.40%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

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

Legal job vacancy trend in County Down

Legal
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the County Down region over the 6 months to 23 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
Downpatrick - 2 - -
Banbridge - 1 - -
Legal
Northern Ireland

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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 3 (60.00%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) TETRA
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Commercial Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (40.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree