Law Job Trends 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 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 47 77
Rank change year-on-year -21 +30 -5
Permanent jobs citing Law 2,046 1,961 2,713
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.76% 5.37% 3.38%
As % of the General category 5.29% 7.65% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 1,032 2,011
10th Percentile £31,746 £30,025 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £80,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £84,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

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 general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 38,644 25,619 47,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 52.20% 70.11% 59.66%
Number of salaries quoted 21,655 14,251 35,172
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Law job vacancy trend in England

Law
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in England over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

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 10 April 2026. 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 +19 1,008 £75,000 +15.38% 266
North of England -25 390 £50,000 - 104
North West +12 269 £52,500 -12.50% 63
Midlands -48 258 £44,250 -1.67% 53
South East -115 159 £60,000 +11.63% 122
East Midlands -33 134 £40,000 -11.11% 28
West Midlands -47 124 £62,500 +35.14% 25
East of England 0 107 £55,000 -4.35% 28
Yorkshire -72 86 £44,000 -2.22% 33
South West -8 68 £42,500 -26.09% 15
North East -23 35 £47,500 +5.56% 9
Law
UK

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 96 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.42%) Confluence
3 22 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.68%) CMS
5 11 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.29%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.20%) Apache
8 4 (0.20%) SAS
9 2 (0.098%) WordPress
10 1 (0.049%) IIS
Applications
1 82 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 76 (3.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.22%) Chatbot
5 23 (1.12%) Adobe XD
6 15 (0.73%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.68%) Maya
8 5 (0.24%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.24%) DaVinci Resolve
9 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.098%) Camtasia
10 2 (0.098%) Trello
11 1 (0.049%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.049%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 45 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (1.52%) SAP IBP
2 31 (1.52%) SAP PP
3 29 (1.42%) Elite 3E
4 15 (0.73%) SAP PM
5 14 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (0.68%) Visualfiles
6 12 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
7 9 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.29%) Shopify
9 5 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.24%) SAP PS
9 5 (0.24%) SAP WM
10 4 (0.20%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.20%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.20%) Relativity
11 2 (0.098%) Magento
11 2 (0.098%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.098%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 347 (16.96%) Azure
2 281 (13.73%) SaaS
3 241 (11.78%) AWS
4 171 (8.36%) Microsoft 365
5 169 (8.26%) GCP
6 127 (6.21%) Power Platform
7 62 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
8 51 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (2.44%) Power Automate
10 45 (2.20%) Entra ID
11 42 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
12 41 (2.00%) PowerApps
13 35 (1.71%) Figma
14 29 (1.42%) GitHub
15 27 (1.32%) IaaS
16 24 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (1.08%) OneDrive
18 20 (0.98%) Boomi
18 20 (0.98%) Google Analytics
19 19 (0.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.13%) DNS
2 57 (2.79%) Firewall
3 43 (2.10%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.61%) DHCP
5 24 (1.17%) VPN
6 22 (1.08%) Internet
7 19 (0.93%) WAN
8 18 (0.88%) HTTP
9 15 (0.73%) BGP
9 15 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (0.68%) LAN
11 13 (0.64%) Wireless
12 11 (0.54%) Network Security
13 10 (0.49%) Unified Communications
14 9 (0.44%) Multicast
15 8 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.39%) VLAN
16 7 (0.34%) LTE
16 7 (0.34%) OSPF
17 6 (0.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (3.76%) Power BI
2 37 (1.81%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (1.42%) Tableau
5 23 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (1.08%) Relational Database
7 19 (0.93%) Metadata
8 18 (0.88%) MySQL
9 17 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 13 (0.64%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
11 12 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.54%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.54%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.54%) Pentaho
12 11 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.39%) Big Data
13 8 (0.39%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.39%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 64 (3.13%) JIRA
2 53 (2.59%) TeamCity
3 29 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.12%) Axure RP
4 23 (1.12%) Balsamiq
5 21 (1.03%) Git
6 18 (0.88%) Postman
7 7 (0.34%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.24%) Selenium
9 4 (0.20%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.20%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.15%) MLflow
10 3 (0.15%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.098%) Gradle
11 2 (0.098%) Maven
11 2 (0.098%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.098%) Vite
11 2 (0.098%) webpack
12 1 (0.049%) JUnit
12 1 (0.049%) TestRail
General
1 554 (27.08%) Finance
2 550 (26.88%) Social Skills
3 426 (20.82%) Legal
4 393 (19.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 251 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
6 218 (10.65%) Banking
7 217 (10.61%) Retail
8 186 (9.09%) Back Office
9 180 (8.80%) Public Sector
10 145 (7.09%) Telecoms
11 129 (6.30%) Military
12 127 (6.21%) Financial Institution
13 114 (5.57%) Marketing
14 74 (3.62%) Manufacturing
15 64 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
16 44 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
17 34 (1.66%) Local Government
18 33 (1.61%) Games
19 31 (1.52%) Billing
20 27 (1.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 335 (16.37%) Senior
2 241 (11.78%) Analyst
3 146 (7.14%) Developer
4 135 (6.60%) Consultant
5 126 (6.16%) IT Support
6 116 (5.67%) Lead
7 91 (4.45%) Architect
7 91 (4.45%) Project Manager
8 84 (4.11%) Senior Manager
9 68 (3.32%) Support Analyst
10 67 (3.27%) Business Analyst
11 66 (3.23%) IT Manager
12 58 (2.83%) IT Analyst
12 58 (2.83%) Software Engineer
13 57 (2.79%) Support Engineer
14 49 (2.39%) IT Engineer
15 46 (2.25%) Business Manager
16 45 (2.20%) Senior Developer
17 42 (2.05%) Development Manager
17 42 (2.05%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.88%) .NET
2 50 (2.44%) HTML
2 50 (2.44%) REST
2 50 (2.44%) RESTful
3 43 (2.10%) CSS
4 42 (2.05%) React
5 36 (1.76%) SAP Fiori
6 25 (1.22%) JSON
6 25 (1.22%) SOAP
7 22 (1.08%) OpenAPI
7 22 (1.08%) Swagger
8 20 (0.98%) Node.js
9 18 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
9 18 (0.88%) XML
10 14 (0.68%) .NET Core
11 12 (0.59%) .NET Framework
11 12 (0.59%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (0.54%) Middleware
12 11 (0.54%) OAuth
13 10 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 137 (6.70%) Cloud Native
2 121 (5.91%) Product Ownership
3 114 (5.57%) Onboarding
4 67 (3.27%) Management Information System
5 54 (2.64%) Driving Licence
6 50 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 48 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
8 47 (2.30%) Life Science
9 45 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
10 44 (2.15%) Data Structures
11 38 (1.86%) Blog
11 38 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
12 36 (1.76%) Low-Code
13 31 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
14 26 (1.27%) Security Posture
15 21 (1.03%) Data Centre
15 21 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
16 20 (0.98%) Social Media
17 17 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
18 15 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 134 (6.55%) Windows
2 42 (2.05%) Windows Server
3 37 (1.81%) Apple iOS
4 36 (1.76%) Linux
5 30 (1.47%) Android
6 21 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.34%) Unix
9 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.049%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (16.03%) Agile
2 318 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
3 295 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 256 (12.51%) AI
5 201 (9.82%) Analytics
6 188 (9.19%) Roadmaps
7 187 (9.14%) Business Development
8 184 (8.99%) Mentoring
9 163 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 160 (7.82%) Decision-Making
11 151 (7.38%) Technology Strategy
12 146 (7.14%) CI/CD
13 144 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
14 134 (6.55%) Software Engineering
15 129 (6.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 120 (5.87%) DevOps
17 117 (5.72%) Test Automation
18 115 (5.62%) ITIL
19 107 (5.23%) Coaching
19 107 (5.23%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 176 (8.60%) SQL
2 168 (8.21%) Python
3 134 (6.55%) Java
4 113 (5.52%) JavaScript
5 71 (3.47%) C#
6 67 (3.27%) PowerShell
7 35 (1.71%) Go
8 34 (1.66%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.08%) Bash
10 16 (0.78%) C++
11 13 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.44%) PHP
13 8 (0.39%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.29%) Scala
15 5 (0.24%) C
15 5 (0.24%) R
15 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.20%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.15%) Rust
Qualifications
1 310 (15.15%) Degree
2 176 (8.60%) Security Cleared
3 135 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 58 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (2.20%) CISSP
6 27 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 25 (1.22%) PMI Certification
8 24 (1.17%) CIPD
9 23 (1.12%) ACCA
9 23 (1.12%) CEH
10 22 (1.08%) PMP
11 21 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (1.03%) DBS Check
12 20 (0.98%) Master's Degree
13 19 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.78%) CISM
15 15 (0.73%) CISA
15 15 (0.73%) OSCP
16 14 (0.68%) CCNP
17 13 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (4.30%) Accessibility
1 88 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (4.20%) QA
3 61 (2.98%) GDPR
4 50 (2.44%) SLA
5 46 (2.25%) NIST
6 40 (1.96%) Data Quality
7 28 (1.37%) SOC 2
8 26 (1.27%) PCI DSS
8 26 (1.27%) WCAG
9 24 (1.17%) COSHH
10 16 (0.78%) GRC
11 15 (0.73%) ISO 22301
11 15 (0.73%) PMO
12 14 (0.68%) IFRS
13 13 (0.64%) EU AI Act
14 9 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 7 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 82 (4.01%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.27%) Docker
3 19 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 19 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.39%) vSphere
5 5 (0.24%) Firmware
6 4 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.15%) IAG
8 2 (0.098%) iptables
Systems Management
1 118 (5.77%) Terraform
2 107 (5.23%) Kubernetes
3 74 (3.62%) Grafana
4 31 (1.52%) Ansible
5 20 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.54%) SCCM
8 9 (0.44%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.24%) FTK
10 4 (0.20%) Argo
11 3 (0.15%) Galera Cluster
11 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.098%) systemd
13 1 (0.049%) Nagios
13 1 (0.049%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 341 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 93 (4.55%) SAP
3 78 (3.81%) ServiceNow
4 61 (2.98%) Oracle
5 48 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 46 (2.25%) iManage
7 45 (2.20%) VMware
8 42 (2.05%) Intapp
9 41 (2.00%) Cisco
10 36 (1.76%) Google
11 31 (1.52%) Aderant
11 31 (1.52%) Adobe
12 29 (1.42%) MuleSoft
13 22 (1.08%) Databricks
14 20 (0.98%) Meraki
15 18 (0.88%) Informatica
15 18 (0.88%) PayPal
16 17 (0.83%) Talend
16 17 (0.83%) Workday
17 16 (0.78%) Remedy