Law Job Trends in Devon

Law
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law 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 44 46 49
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -9
Permanent jobs citing Law 9 11 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 1.56% 2.43% 1.38%
As % of the General category 3.66% 3.57% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile - £48,750 £30,400
25th Percentile £24,500 £50,625 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £60,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +76.47% -32.00%
75th Percentile £25,500 £68,125 £44,750
90th Percentile £25,625 £69,250 £49,400
South West median annual salary £49,250 £48,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.55% -11.82% +8.28%

All General Skills
Devon

Law 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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 246 308 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 42.63% 67.99% 48.76%
Number of salaries quoted 134 109 117
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £26,150
25th Percentile £26,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,925 £51,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.72% +20.00% +8.97%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,272 £53,337
90th Percentile £67,825 £82,500 £57,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Law job vacancy trend in Devon

Law
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Law

Law
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Devon 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
Exeter +6 8 £25,000 -61.54% 1
Plymouth -9 1 £25,549 -53.55% 4
Law
South West

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
1 8 (88.89%) Entra ID
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (88.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) DHCP
1 8 (88.89%) DNS
General
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
1 1 (11.11%) Local Government
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) IT Support
1 8 (88.89%) IT Support Technician
1 8 (88.89%) IT Technician
1 8 (88.89%) Support Technician
2 1 (11.11%) HR Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Customer Service
1 8 (88.89%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CIPD
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft