Legal Jobs in England

Legal
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 76 144
Rank change year-on-year +4 +68 +11
Permanent jobs citing Legal 2,891 3,901 3,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.41% 4.18% 2.88%
As % of the General category 5.75% 6.09% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,613 1,503 1,775
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,631 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £89,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All General Skills
England

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 50,259 64,087 82,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.26% 68.74% 63.47%
Number of salaries quoted 35,481 34,591 45,074
10th Percentile £27,445 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in England

Legal
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Legal in England

Legal
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Legal in England

Legal
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +20 971 £67,500 +3.85% 615
North of England +60 636 £45,000 - 250
South East -30 546 £39,500 -24.76% 277
North West +91 363 £47,500 - 158
Midlands +6 326 £50,000 - 169
West Midlands +11 236 £52,325 +4.65% 103
South West -50 230 £42,500 -6.59% 174
Yorkshire +26 196 £34,000 -24.44% 71
East of England -49 151 £50,000 +4.71% 101
East Midlands +6 90 £45,000 +9.76% 66
North East +38 77 £52,500 -12.50% 26
Legal
UK

Legal
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
1 190 (6.57%) SharePoint
2 106 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 79 (2.73%) SAS
4 23 (0.80%) CMS
5 13 (0.45%) IIS
6 10 (0.35%) Confluence
7 6 (0.21%) NServiceBus
7 6 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.21%) WordPress
8 5 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
9 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.10%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.069%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.069%) Drupal
11 2 (0.069%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.069%) Luigi
11 2 (0.069%) nginx
12 1 (0.035%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 330 (11.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 312 (10.79%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 80 (2.77%) AutoCAD
5 27 (0.93%) Revit
6 26 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 25 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
8 17 (0.59%) SPSS
9 13 (0.45%) MS Visio
10 9 (0.31%) Simulink
11 7 (0.24%) Chatbot
11 7 (0.24%) Stateflow
12 5 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
13 3 (0.10%) ProjectWise
14 2 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 2 (0.069%) FileZilla
14 2 (0.069%) S-PLUS
15 1 (0.035%) Camtasia
15 1 (0.035%) InVision
15 1 (0.035%) Trello
Business Applications
1 41 (1.42%) Elite 3E
2 28 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.42%) Relativity
3 12 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.38%) iTrent
4 11 (0.38%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.35%) Infor SunSystems
5 10 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
6 9 (0.31%) Carpe Diem
6 9 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
7 8 (0.28%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.24%) BPCS
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.21%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.21%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 394 (13.63%) Azure
2 275 (9.51%) Microsoft 365
3 224 (7.75%) Power Platform
4 108 (3.74%) SaaS
5 101 (3.49%) AWS
6 85 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 59 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
8 51 (1.76%) PowerApps
9 47 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
10 45 (1.56%) WhatsApp
11 41 (1.42%) GCP
12 25 (0.86%) Power Automate
13 21 (0.73%) OneDrive
14 16 (0.55%) PaaS
15 15 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.45%) IaaS
17 12 (0.42%) OCI
18 11 (0.38%) Dropbox
19 10 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 10 (0.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 119 (4.12%) Firewall
2 53 (1.83%) WAN
3 52 (1.80%) Internet
4 45 (1.56%) LAN
5 32 (1.11%) Wireless
6 29 (1.00%) Intranet
6 29 (1.00%) SAN
7 28 (0.97%) DHCP
7 28 (0.97%) DNS
8 27 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 25 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
10 20 (0.69%) VPN
10 20 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (0.55%) VoIP
12 13 (0.45%) Network Security
12 13 (0.45%) SNMP
13 12 (0.42%) Broadband
13 12 (0.42%) Skype
14 11 (0.38%) 5G
14 11 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (6.05%) Power BI
2 141 (4.88%) SQL Server
3 60 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 53 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
5 40 (1.38%) MySQL
6 34 (1.18%) Tableau
7 31 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (0.90%) Big Data
10 24 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 21 (0.73%) EDRMS
12 19 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
12 19 (0.66%) DB2
12 19 (0.66%) NoSQL
13 17 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
14 16 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (0.52%) Metadata
16 14 (0.48%) EDMS
17 13 (0.45%) MS Access
18 12 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 93 (3.22%) JIRA
2 53 (1.83%) Git
3 19 (0.66%) Visual Studio
4 13 (0.45%) CircleCI
5 11 (0.38%) GitLab
6 10 (0.35%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.21%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.17%) fastlane
9 5 (0.17%) FitNesse
9 5 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
9 5 (0.17%) Selenium
9 5 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.17%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.14%) Android Studio
10 4 (0.14%) Jenkins
11 3 (0.10%) Toad
11 3 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,145 (39.61%) Finance
2 1,046 (36.18%) Social Skills
3 584 (20.20%) Law
4 512 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
5 433 (14.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 279 (9.65%) Banking
7 215 (7.44%) Marketing
8 200 (6.92%) Retail
9 121 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
10 94 (3.25%) Manufacturing
11 80 (2.77%) Local Government
12 78 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
12 78 (2.70%) Telecoms
13 74 (2.56%) Public Sector
14 61 (2.11%) Publishing
15 45 (1.56%) Investment Banking
16 38 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
17 37 (1.28%) Automotive
17 37 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
18 33 (1.14%) Games
Job Titles
1 575 (19.89%) Analyst
2 421 (14.56%) Senior
3 197 (6.81%) Lead
4 159 (5.50%) Developer
5 132 (4.57%) Senior Analyst
6 126 (4.36%) Project Manager
7 114 (3.94%) IT Support
8 108 (3.74%) Architect
9 90 (3.11%) IT Manager
10 85 (2.94%) Senior Manager
11 84 (2.91%) Financial Analyst
12 79 (2.73%) Coordinator
13 78 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
14 73 (2.53%) Support Analyst
15 68 (2.35%) IT Analyst
16 66 (2.28%) Systems Analyst
17 56 (1.94%) Product Manager
18 55 (1.90%) Administrator
18 55 (1.90%) Business Analyst
19 54 (1.87%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (3.80%) .NET
2 72 (2.49%) HTML
3 60 (2.08%) CSS
4 51 (1.76%) XML
5 48 (1.66%) JSON
6 44 (1.52%) React
7 40 (1.38%) ASP.NET
8 33 (1.14%) Web Services
9 30 (1.04%) REST
10 27 (0.93%) .NET Framework
11 26 (0.90%) AngularJS
12 17 (0.59%) Node.js
12 17 (0.59%) SOAP
13 16 (0.55%) .NET Core
14 13 (0.45%) Blazor
14 13 (0.45%) EDI
14 13 (0.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 12 (0.42%) V-Ray
16 11 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
16 11 (0.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 268 (9.27%) Management Information System
2 89 (3.08%) Driving Licence
3 86 (2.97%) Onboarding
4 83 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
5 75 (2.59%) Credit Risk
6 72 (2.49%) Algorithms
7 70 (2.42%) Housing Association
8 64 (2.21%) Product Ownership
9 58 (2.01%) Data Structures
10 52 (1.80%) Data Centre
11 49 (1.69%) Security Posture
12 37 (1.28%) Cloud Native
12 37 (1.28%) Public Cloud
13 35 (1.21%) Life Science
14 34 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
15 32 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
16 31 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
17 26 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
17 26 (0.90%) Social Media
18 24 (0.83%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 247 (8.54%) Windows
2 87 (3.01%) Windows 10
3 76 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 49 (1.69%) Android
5 46 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 20 (0.69%) Linux
7 14 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.28%) VMS
9 8 (0.28%) Windows 8
10 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.069%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.035%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.035%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.035%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (21.45%) Agile
2 551 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
3 375 (12.97%) Risk Management
4 340 (11.76%) Project Management
5 316 (10.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 297 (10.27%) Customer Service
7 272 (9.41%) Decision-Making
8 270 (9.34%) Information Security
9 265 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
10 260 (8.99%) Coaching
11 251 (8.68%) Data Management
12 250 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
12 250 (8.65%) Data Protection
13 241 (8.34%) Analytics
13 241 (8.34%) Time Management
14 232 (8.02%) Mentoring
15 223 (7.71%) Process Improvement
16 212 (7.33%) Roadmaps
17 206 (7.13%) ITIL
18 193 (6.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 294 (10.17%) SQL
2 160 (5.53%) Python
3 110 (3.80%) C#
4 98 (3.39%) JavaScript
5 47 (1.63%) PowerShell
6 45 (1.56%) TypeScript
7 43 (1.49%) T-SQL
8 41 (1.42%) Java
9 18 (0.62%) PHP
9 18 (0.62%) VB.NET
10 17 (0.59%) RPG
11 16 (0.55%) C
12 15 (0.52%) Bicep
13 14 (0.48%) R
14 13 (0.45%) Go
14 13 (0.45%) Kotlin
15 12 (0.42%) Perl
16 11 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.38%) VB
17 10 (0.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 646 (22.35%) Degree
2 111 (3.84%) HNC
3 98 (3.39%) CISSP
4 83 (2.87%) Master's Degree
5 78 (2.70%) HND
6 53 (1.83%) Security Cleared
7 51 (1.76%) CISM
8 50 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 47 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 41 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 32 (1.11%) CISA
12 26 (0.90%) ACCA
13 25 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
13 25 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
14 23 (0.80%) MRICS
14 23 (0.80%) SC Cleared
15 22 (0.76%) MBA
16 20 (0.69%) CompTIA CySA+
16 20 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
17 19 (0.66%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 254 (8.79%) GDPR
2 190 (6.57%) QA
3 155 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 93 (3.22%) Data Quality
5 53 (1.83%) SLA
6 52 (1.80%) NIST
7 47 (1.63%) IFRS
8 43 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 40 (1.38%) PMO
10 38 (1.31%) GRC
11 36 (1.25%) IFRS 9
12 32 (1.11%) ISO 9001
13 26 (0.90%) Accessibility
13 26 (0.90%) NEBOSH
14 23 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 21 (0.73%) ISO 22301
16 18 (0.62%) PCI DSS
17 16 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 11 (0.38%) ISO 14000
18 11 (0.38%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 173 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 53 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 27 (0.93%) Firmware
5 19 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (0.62%) Docker
7 12 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
7 12 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.28%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.14%) vSphere
10 4 (0.14%) XenApp
11 2 (0.069%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.069%) pfSense
11 2 (0.069%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.035%) LXC
12 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 42 (1.45%) SCCM
2 38 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (0.62%) SCOM
4 15 (0.52%) Functional Safety
5 13 (0.45%) Kubernetes
6 12 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.35%) Ansible
8 8 (0.28%) Terraform
9 7 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.21%) vRealize
11 5 (0.17%) Control-M
11 5 (0.17%) QRadar
12 4 (0.14%) AirWatch
13 3 (0.10%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.10%) Puppet
14 2 (0.069%) Backup Exec
14 2 (0.069%) CSIRT
14 2 (0.069%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.069%) Nessus
Vendors
1 715 (24.73%) Microsoft
2 113 (3.91%) SAP
3 105 (3.63%) iManage
4 79 (2.73%) VMware
5 72 (2.49%) Oracle
6 70 (2.42%) Citrix
7 56 (1.94%) Cisco
8 49 (1.69%) IBM
9 45 (1.56%) ServiceNow
10 43 (1.49%) Google
11 42 (1.45%) Intapp
12 37 (1.28%) HP
13 35 (1.21%) Aderant
14 32 (1.11%) Databricks
15 31 (1.07%) Veeam
16 25 (0.86%) NCR
17 24 (0.83%) Salesforce
18 21 (0.73%) Adobe
19 18 (0.62%) Sage
20 17 (0.59%) Dell