Legal Jobs in the East Midlands

Legal
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 102 102
Rank change year-on-year +27 0 +23
Permanent jobs citing Legal 52 91 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.34% 2.14% 2.64%
As % of the General category 4.17% 3.93% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10 44 18
10th Percentile £30,438 £24,050 £22,925
25th Percentile £43,125 £31,750 £23,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +9.76% -18.14%
75th Percentile £54,688 £53,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £58,900 £58,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.05% -5.00% -

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,248 2,318 1,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 56.27% 54.40% 68.23%
Number of salaries quoted 722 1,604 867
10th Percentile £25,267 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,375 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,219 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -13.22% +0.83%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Legal in the East Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 April 2025. 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
Leicestershire +21 13 £70,000 +22.81% 11
Nottinghamshire +1 13 £45,000 +95.65% 16
Derbyshire +35 12 £45,000 -10.00% 10
Northamptonshire +4 9 £85,000 +88.89% 10
Lincolnshire +10 2 £50,000 +49.25% 7
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.62%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.85%) SAS
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.69%) Azure
2 3 (5.77%) Entra ID
2 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (3.85%) IaaS
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.85%) PaaS
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.92%) Google Play
4 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.69%) Firewall
2 3 (5.77%) VPN
3 2 (3.85%) DHCP
3 2 (3.85%) DNS
3 2 (3.85%) LAN
3 2 (3.85%) Network Security
3 2 (3.85%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.85%) WAN
4 1 (1.92%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Power BI
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.92%) Big Data
3 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (19.23%) JIRA
1 10 (19.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (30.77%) Documentation Skills
2 15 (28.85%) Law
3 13 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 12 (23.08%) Finance
5 9 (17.31%) Marketing
6 7 (13.46%) Manufacturing
7 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (5.77%) Banking
9 2 (3.85%) Military
9 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.92%) Front Office
10 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (36.54%) Senior
2 7 (13.46%) Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Customer Executive
4 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (5.77%) Insight Analyst
4 3 (5.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Commercial Lawyer
5 2 (3.85%) Data Analyst
5 2 (3.85%) Data Insight Analyst
5 2 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Insight Data Analyst
5 2 (3.85%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Senior DevOps
5 2 (3.85%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 1 (1.92%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.92%) LDAP
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) Cyberattack
2 4 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Windows
2 5 (9.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) Line Management
2 11 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (19.23%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (19.23%) Decision-Making
3 10 (19.23%) Hazard Analysis
3 10 (19.23%) Safety Engineering
3 10 (19.23%) Systems Engineering
4 9 (17.31%) Creative Thinking
5 7 (13.46%) Analytics
5 7 (13.46%) Mathematics
6 6 (11.54%) Business Development
6 6 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (11.54%) Contract Negotiation
6 6 (11.54%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.77%) CRM
8 3 (5.77%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (5.77%) Incident Management
8 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (5.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.62%) SQL
2 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.92%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (19.23%) Degree
3 6 (11.54%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (5.77%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.92%) ISEB
5 1 (1.92%) MCITP
5 1 (1.92%) MCSA
5 1 (1.92%) MCSE
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.92%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.31%) NCSC
2 2 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.85%) QA
3 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) Salesforce
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.85%) Apple
4 1 (1.92%) Databricks
4 1 (1.92%) Google
4 1 (1.92%) IBM
4 1 (1.92%) Oracle