Law Jobs in England

Law
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 70 91
Rank change year-on-year +26 +21 +64
Permanent jobs citing Law 2,468 2,877 3,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.41% 3.39% 3.61%
As % of the General category 8.05% 5.71% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 2,028 1,723
10th Percentile £29,875 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%

All General Skills
England

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 common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 30,666 50,366 64,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 67.17% 59.30% 68.76%
Number of salaries quoted 16,347 35,602 34,702
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,445 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £44,118
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,315
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.96% +0.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £93,750 £103,750
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Law in England

Law
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Law in England.

Salary trend for Law in England

Law
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Law in England

Law
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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
London +9 766 £65,000 -1.89% 2,460
South East +135 558 £56,250 +12.50% 385
Midlands +43 533 £45,000 +5.88% 151
North of England +8 471 £50,000 - 222
West Midlands +54 322 £45,000 -10.00% 90
North West +8 318 £60,000 +23.71% 134
East Midlands +41 211 £42,500 +6.25% 58
Yorkshire +2 125 £45,000 -18.18% 73
East of England +2 74 £57,500 +21.05% 76
North East +18 28 £45,000 -10.00% 17
South West -83 28 £57,500 +24.32% 106
Law
UK

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 85 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 69 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 53 (2.15%) Confluence
4 25 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.61%) Apache
6 12 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.36%) OpenEdge
8 7 (0.28%) IIS
9 6 (0.24%) CMS
10 3 (0.12%) GemFire
10 3 (0.12%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.12%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.041%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.041%) WordPress
Applications
1 113 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (1.46%) Maya
5 19 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.61%) Chatbot
7 12 (0.49%) Acrobat
8 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.20%) Adobe XD
9 5 (0.20%) Sketch
9 5 (0.20%) Trello
10 4 (0.16%) InVision
11 1 (0.041%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.041%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.041%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.97%) Ripple
2 24 (0.97%) Ripple XRP
3 20 (0.81%) Elite 3E
4 18 (0.73%) SAP FI
4 18 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 16 (0.65%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 11 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
7 10 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
7 10 (0.41%) TrackWise
8 9 (0.36%) SAP IBP
9 7 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
10 6 (0.24%) Endur
11 5 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
11 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
12 4 (0.16%) Oracle Financials
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
13 3 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
13 3 (0.12%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 424 (17.18%) Azure
2 203 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
3 187 (7.58%) Power Platform
4 186 (7.54%) AWS
5 122 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
6 104 (4.21%) SaaS
7 101 (4.09%) GCP
8 56 (2.27%) Entra ID
9 52 (2.11%) Power Automate
10 47 (1.90%) PowerApps
11 39 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
12 38 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
13 34 (1.38%) Serverless
14 33 (1.34%) PaaS
15 31 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
16 28 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
16 28 (1.13%) Snowflake
17 25 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
17 25 (1.01%) Boomi
18 24 (0.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 67 (2.71%) Firewall
2 48 (1.94%) DNS
3 31 (1.26%) DHCP
4 23 (0.93%) VPN
5 21 (0.85%) TCP/IP
5 21 (0.85%) Wireless
6 19 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
6 19 (0.77%) WebEx
7 15 (0.61%) Intranet
8 12 (0.49%) VLAN
8 12 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.45%) LAN
9 11 (0.45%) WAN
10 10 (0.41%) SAN
11 9 (0.36%) HTTP
11 9 (0.36%) Network Security
11 9 (0.36%) SMTP
12 7 (0.28%) VoIP
13 6 (0.24%) Internet
14 4 (0.16%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (4.46%) Power BI
2 94 (3.81%) Data Lake
3 64 (2.59%) Tableau
4 63 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 58 (2.35%) Big Data
6 52 (2.11%) SQL Server
7 47 (1.90%) Metadata
8 46 (1.86%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 27 (1.09%) Data Mining
10 27 (1.09%) MongoDB
11 24 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
11 24 (0.97%) DynamoDB
11 24 (0.97%) Hadoop
12 18 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
13 16 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (0.61%) Relational Database
14 15 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.53%) Delta Lake
16 12 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 69 (2.80%) JIRA
2 32 (1.30%) Git
3 30 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 12 (0.49%) Bitbucket
5 12 (0.49%) webpack
6 8 (0.32%) GitLab
6 8 (0.32%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.28%) Babel
7 7 (0.28%) Selenium
8 6 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.20%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.20%) NUnit
9 5 (0.20%) Vite
10 4 (0.16%) Ant
10 4 (0.16%) Storybook
11 3 (0.12%) InstallShield
11 3 (0.12%) MSTest
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 648 (26.26%) Legal
2 544 (22.04%) Social Skills
3 474 (19.21%) Finance
4 394 (15.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 379 (15.36%) Analytical Skills
6 144 (5.83%) Marketing
7 121 (4.90%) Manufacturing
8 84 (3.40%) Retail
9 81 (3.28%) Games
10 79 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 68 (2.76%) Banking
12 53 (2.15%) Financial Institution
13 52 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
14 51 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
15 41 (1.66%) Public Sector
16 35 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
17 28 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
18 24 (0.97%) Digital Economy
18 24 (0.97%) Electronics
19 22 (0.89%) Billing
Job Titles
1 429 (17.38%) Lead
2 379 (15.36%) Senior
3 322 (13.05%) Analyst
4 219 (8.87%) Principal Engineer
5 190 (7.70%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 156 (6.32%) Developer
7 138 (5.59%) Support Analyst
8 135 (5.47%) IT Analyst
9 131 (5.31%) IT Support
10 121 (4.90%) Architect
11 98 (3.97%) IT Support Analyst
12 95 (3.85%) Consultant
13 74 (3.00%) Senior Manager
14 65 (2.63%) Project Engineer
15 60 (2.43%) Software Engineer
16 59 (2.39%) Logistics Engineer
17 57 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
18 54 (2.19%) IT Manager
19 51 (2.07%) Cloud Engineer
19 51 (2.07%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (3.28%) .NET
1 81 (3.28%) React
2 73 (2.96%) Node.js
3 50 (2.03%) REST
4 42 (1.70%) Middleware
5 41 (1.66%) RESTful
6 40 (1.62%) Spring
7 33 (1.34%) AngularJS
8 32 (1.30%) Spring Boot
9 31 (1.26%) Kafka
10 30 (1.22%) HTML
11 29 (1.18%) CSS
12 28 (1.13%) SOAP
13 25 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
14 23 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web API
15 22 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
16 20 (0.81%) Redux
17 19 (0.77%) WPF
18 17 (0.69%) JWT
18 17 (0.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 289 (11.71%) Cyberattack
2 105 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
2 105 (4.25%) Product Ownership
3 101 (4.09%) Algorithms
4 74 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 57 (2.31%) FMCG
6 51 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 45 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
9 36 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
10 35 (1.42%) Blockchain
11 30 (1.22%) Cloud Native
11 30 (1.22%) IoT
11 30 (1.22%) Security Posture
11 30 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 28 (1.13%) Public Cloud
13 26 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
15 24 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
15 24 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 204 (8.27%) Windows
2 82 (3.32%) Windows 10
3 59 (2.39%) Linux
4 55 (2.23%) Windows Server
5 19 (0.77%) Mac OS X
6 15 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.57%) Unix
8 13 (0.53%) Android
8 13 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.20%) Rocky
11 2 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.081%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (16.90%) Agile
2 412 (16.69%) Analytics
3 409 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
4 399 (16.17%) Cybersecurity
5 349 (14.14%) Line Management
6 312 (12.64%) Roadmaps
7 307 (12.44%) Project Management
8 292 (11.83%) Artificial Intelligence
9 288 (11.67%) Creative Thinking
10 259 (10.49%) Logistics
11 254 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 247 (10.01%) Mathematics
13 236 (9.56%) Computer Science
14 232 (9.40%) Mentoring
15 224 (9.08%) Business Strategy
16 223 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
17 222 (9.00%) DevOps
18 220 (8.91%) Collaborative Working
19 217 (8.79%) Data Management
20 206 (8.35%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 235 (9.52%) SQL
2 216 (8.75%) Python
3 115 (4.66%) C#
4 104 (4.21%) Java
5 75 (3.04%) JavaScript
6 53 (2.15%) PowerShell
7 46 (1.86%) TypeScript
8 35 (1.42%) C++
9 25 (1.01%) Apex Code
9 25 (1.01%) Go
10 23 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 22 (0.89%) Scala
11 22 (0.89%) X++
12 12 (0.49%) C
12 12 (0.49%) PHP
13 10 (0.41%) Rust
14 8 (0.32%) Clojure
14 8 (0.32%) Elixir
15 7 (0.28%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.24%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 793 (32.13%) Degree
2 156 (6.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 138 (5.59%) Security Cleared
4 120 (4.86%) Master's Degree
5 110 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (1.82%) PMI Certification
7 42 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (1.46%) SC Cleared
9 29 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.05%) AWS Certification
11 23 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (0.89%) PMP
13 19 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 19 (0.77%) PhD
14 17 (0.69%) A+ Certification
15 14 (0.57%) CISSP
16 13 (0.53%) DV Cleared
17 12 (0.49%) CCNP
18 10 (0.41%) MCSA
19 9 (0.36%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (11.59%) NCSC
2 135 (5.47%) Accessibility
3 114 (4.62%) Data Quality
4 65 (2.63%) GDPR
5 62 (2.51%) QA
6 51 (2.07%) SLA
7 40 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 38 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.57%) GMP
10 13 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 11 (0.45%) GRC
11 11 (0.45%) NIST
12 10 (0.41%) PCI DSS
13 9 (0.36%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.36%) PERC
14 8 (0.32%) Good Clinical Practice
15 7 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.24%) PMO
16 6 (0.24%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 140 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 49 (1.99%) Docker
3 20 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.49%) HDFS
6 11 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.36%) DFS Replication
8 8 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.12%) vSphere
10 1 (0.041%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.041%) Firmware
10 1 (0.041%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.041%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.041%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 123 (4.98%) Kubernetes
2 54 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 47 (1.90%) Terraform
4 44 (1.78%) SCCM
5 28 (1.13%) Ansible
6 10 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.41%) QRadar
7 8 (0.32%) Puppet
7 8 (0.32%) SCOM
8 7 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.16%) CASB
10 4 (0.16%) Grafana
11 3 (0.12%) EnCase
11 3 (0.12%) FTK
12 2 (0.081%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.081%) RSA Security Analytics
12 2 (0.081%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.081%) SCSM
Vendors
1 512 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 152 (6.16%) SAP
3 122 (4.94%) ServiceNow
4 85 (3.44%) Google
5 77 (3.12%) Salesforce
6 65 (2.63%) Oracle
7 64 (2.59%) iManage
8 53 (2.15%) Cisco
9 45 (1.82%) Workday
10 44 (1.78%) VMware
11 42 (1.70%) Adobe
12 36 (1.46%) OpenAI
13 31 (1.26%) Aderant
13 31 (1.26%) Databricks
14 30 (1.22%) IBM
14 30 (1.22%) Intapp
15 28 (1.13%) Citrix
15 28 (1.13%) Informatica
16 26 (1.05%) MuleSoft
17 21 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud