Legal Jobs 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 78 121
Rank change year-on-year +31 +43 -27
Permanent jobs citing Legal 41 32 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.69% 2.12% 1.23%
As % of the General category 5.80% 3.58% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 8 18 14
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,225 £29,567
25th Percentile £55,608 £36,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,743 £55,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +10.44% -20.80% +73.62%
75th Percentile £77,757 £67,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £103,493 £72,433 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,425
% change year-on-year -18.18% -0.77% +27.41%

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 common skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 707 893 1,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 80.89% 59.18% 77.99%
Number of salaries quoted 291 665 878
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,851 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,941 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.77% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,433 £79,750
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% -13.04% +4.55%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Edinburgh

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Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Legal in Edinburgh

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Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (7.32%) CMS
1 3 (7.32%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Adobe Premiere
1 3 (7.32%) Photoshop
2 2 (4.88%) LaTeX
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle Smart View
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) AWS
2 3 (7.32%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.44%) OCI
3 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 32 (78.05%) Finance
2 23 (56.10%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (24.39%) Banking
3 10 (24.39%) Front Office
3 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Law
5 3 (7.32%) Advertising
5 3 (7.32%) Marketing
5 3 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Arabic Language
6 2 (4.88%) Mandarin Language
6 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.88%) Russian Language
7 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Risk Manager
2 7 (17.07%) Risk Officer
3 6 (14.63%) Lead
4 4 (9.76%) Data Scientist
4 4 (9.76%) Operations Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Platform Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Change Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Graduate
6 2 (4.88%) Innovation Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Strategy Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Technology Manager
7 1 (2.44%) Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Blockchain Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Data Science Graduate
7 1 (2.44%) Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Principal Security Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Algorithms
1 3 (7.32%) Blog
1 3 (7.32%) Credit Risk
1 3 (7.32%) Social Media
2 2 (4.88%) Blockchain
2 2 (4.88%) Learning Management System
2 2 (4.88%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.44%) Derivative
3 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.44%) Hackathon
3 1 (2.44%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) Project Management
2 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (29.27%) Mathematics
3 12 (29.27%) Model Validation
3 12 (29.27%) Quantitative Analysis
3 12 (29.27%) Quantitative Finance
3 12 (29.27%) Validation
4 10 (24.39%) Risk Management
4 10 (24.39%) Statistics
5 8 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.07%) Generative AI
7 6 (14.63%) Coaching
8 5 (12.20%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (12.20%) Data Modelling
8 5 (12.20%) Data Science
8 5 (12.20%) Due Diligence
8 5 (12.20%) Information Security
8 5 (12.20%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (9.76%) Agile
9 4 (9.76%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 16 (39.02%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) SQL
3 2 (4.88%) R
4 1 (2.44%) C#
4 1 (2.44%) C++
4 1 (2.44%) Java
4 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.44%) Kotlin
4 1 (2.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Degree
2 12 (29.27%) Master's Degree
2 12 (29.27%) PhD
3 4 (9.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (9.76%) CISA
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (9.76%) CISSP
3 4 (9.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (9.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (4.88%) Postgraduate
5 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.44%) GDPR
3 1 (2.44%) IFRS
3 1 (2.44%) NCSC
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Oracle
2 4 (9.76%) Google
3 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) IBM
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft