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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 88 114
Rank change year-on-year -4 +26 -2
Permanent jobs citing Legal 72 110 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.65% 2.49% 2.19%
As % of the General category 4.12% 4.59% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10 41 19
10th Percentile £23,634 £23,000 £22,450
25th Percentile £28,393 £31,750 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +28.57% -30.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £55,625
90th Percentile £71,750 £55,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,362 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.95% -6.62% -

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 1,746 2,399 1,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 64.19% 54.25% 68.30%
Number of salaries quoted 748 1,610 843
10th Percentile £25,267 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £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 £56,250 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,471 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.47% -12.50% -

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +25 22 £70,000 +31.46% 8
Derbyshire +17 17 £45,000 -10.00% 12
Nottinghamshire -2 14 £45,000 +95.65% 20
Northamptonshire -19 12 £85,000 +88.89% 9
Lincolnshire +9 4 £24,720 -26.21% 10
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 4 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.39%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.78%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.56%) Azure
2 3 (4.17%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (2.78%) IaaS
3 2 (2.78%) PaaS
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.17%) Firewall
1 3 (4.17%) VPN
2 2 (2.78%) LAN
2 2 (2.78%) Network Security
2 2 (2.78%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.78%) WAN
3 1 (1.39%) DHCP
3 1 (1.39%) DNS
3 1 (1.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.39%) Big Data
3 1 (1.39%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (13.89%) JIRA
1 10 (13.89%) Rational DOORS
General
1 28 (38.89%) Documentation Skills
2 23 (31.94%) Law
3 19 (26.39%) Manufacturing
4 18 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
6 16 (22.22%) Finance
7 9 (12.50%) Marketing
8 4 (5.56%) Financial Institution
9 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (4.17%) Banking
9 3 (4.17%) Prime Brokerage
10 2 (2.78%) Military
10 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.39%) Front Office
11 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (43.06%) Senior
2 6 (8.33%) Customer Executive
3 5 (6.94%) Analyst
4 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (4.17%) Risk Manager
4 3 (4.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) CAD Technician
5 2 (2.78%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) Commercial Lawyer
5 2 (2.78%) Data Analyst
5 2 (2.78%) Data Insight Analyst
5 2 (2.78%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) Insight Analyst
5 2 (2.78%) Insight Data Analyst
5 2 (2.78%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) Senior DevOps
5 2 (2.78%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.39%) LDAP
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.83%) Cyberattack
2 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.17%) Blockchain
3 3 (4.17%) Derivative
3 3 (4.17%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Windows
2 4 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.00%) Line Management
1 18 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 17 (23.61%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (20.83%) Creative Thinking
4 10 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (13.89%) Decision-Making
4 10 (13.89%) Hazard Analysis
4 10 (13.89%) Safety Engineering
4 10 (13.89%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (9.72%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (8.33%) Analytics
6 6 (8.33%) Business Development
6 6 (8.33%) Contract Negotiation
7 5 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (6.94%) Risk Management
8 3 (4.17%) Agile
8 3 (4.17%) CRM
8 3 (4.17%) Incident Management
8 3 (4.17%) ITIL
8 3 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.56%) SQL
2 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (38.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 21 (29.17%) Degree
3 18 (25.00%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.39%) ISEB
5 1 (1.39%) MCITP
5 1 (1.39%) MCSA
5 1 (1.39%) MCSE
5 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.83%) NCSC
2 4 (5.56%) GDPR
3 3 (4.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (2.78%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.39%) Apple
3 1 (1.39%) Databricks
3 1 (1.39%) IBM
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle