Legal Job Trends in Edinburgh

Legal
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 40 59
Rank change year-on-year -5 +19 +33
Permanent jobs citing Legal 23 44 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.19% 4.98% 2.71%
As % of the General category 5.28% 6.41% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 16 10 18
10th Percentile £35,000 £57,730 £33,150
25th Percentile £55,775 £59,145 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £72,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +44.00% -26.07%
75th Percentile £93,750 £84,871 £57,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £99,750 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £31,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -37.00% - -9.50%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 436 686 826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 41.48% 77.60% 58.83%
Number of salaries quoted 271 301 613
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,851 £43,817
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,840 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £89,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% -9.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Legal
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in Edinburgh

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (4.35%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
1 4 (17.39%) SaaS
2 1 (4.35%) Anthropic Claude
2 1 (4.35%) Azure AKS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) GitHub
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Marketing
4 3 (13.04%) Financial Institution
4 3 (13.04%) Law
4 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (8.70%) Legal Technology
6 1 (4.35%) Advertising
6 1 (4.35%) Billing
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Engineering Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Senior Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Account Executive
3 4 (17.39%) IT Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) IT Support
3 4 (17.39%) IT Support Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Support Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Manager
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Legal Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Recruitment Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) NHS
1 5 (21.74%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.35%) Animation
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (4.35%) Photography
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) Software Engineering
3 7 (30.43%) Coaching
4 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
4 6 (26.09%) Line Management
4 6 (26.09%) Systems Thinking
4 6 (26.09%) User Experience
5 5 (21.74%) Agile
5 5 (21.74%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (21.74%) Code Quality
5 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (21.74%) Observability
5 5 (21.74%) Process Improvement
5 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
5 5 (21.74%) Service Delivery
6 4 (17.39%) CRM
7 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.04%) Migration
8 2 (8.70%) Emotional Intelligence
8 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Development
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.35%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) NCSC
1 2 (8.70%) NEBOSH
2 1 (4.35%) ISO 22301
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe
3 1 (4.35%) Citrix
3 1 (4.35%) iManage
3 1 (4.35%) Intapp