Legal Jobs in England

Legal
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 70 76
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +60
Permanent jobs citing Legal 1,738 2,950 3,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.53% 3.44% 4.09%
As % of the General category 5.08% 5.79% 5.99%
Number of salaries quoted 670 1,600 1,435
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,362 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.95% -6.62% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -

All General Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,204 50,928 60,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.52% 59.32% 68.23%
Number of salaries quoted 16,366 35,652 32,833
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,471 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,438 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,830 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in England

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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 16 May 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 +6 610 £72,500 +11.54% 1,802
North of England -40 413 £44,750 -5.79% 393
North West -28 336 £44,000 -7.37% 236
South East -1 316 £50,000 +33.33% 504
Midlands -11 213 £42,500 -15.00% 189
West Midlands -10 141 £40,000 -20.00% 115
East of England -12 84 £53,000 +6.00% 118
East Midlands -4 72 £47,500 +5.56% 61
South West 0 69 £40,000 -9.60% 165
Yorkshire -29 65 £45,000 +32.35% 123
North East -16 12 £50,000 -6.98% 36
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 63 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 62 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (1.84%) CMS
4 13 (0.75%) SAS
5 8 (0.46%) WordPress
6 3 (0.17%) Confluence
7 2 (0.12%) IIS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.058%) nginx
8 1 (0.058%) Strapi
Applications
1 231 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 46 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.58%) Acrobat
5 6 (0.35%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.29%) InDesign
6 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.058%) Blender
10 1 (0.058%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.058%) CATIA
10 1 (0.058%) Stata
Business Applications
1 28 (1.61%) Elite 3E
2 10 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.29%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.29%) Relativity
4 5 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.23%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.17%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.12%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.058%) Primavera
8 1 (0.058%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.058%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 215 (12.37%) Azure
2 178 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (4.66%) Power Platform
4 68 (3.91%) SaaS
5 45 (2.59%) Entra ID
6 43 (2.47%) OneDrive
7 42 (2.42%) AWS
8 32 (1.84%) Power Automate
9 31 (1.78%) GCP
10 30 (1.73%) PaaS
11 27 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (1.38%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.09%) iPaaS
14 18 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
15 14 (0.81%) Salsify
16 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
17 12 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (0.69%) Google Workspace
17 12 (0.69%) IaaS
18 9 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.51%) Firewall
2 26 (1.50%) Network Security
3 23 (1.32%) DHCP
3 23 (1.32%) DNS
3 23 (1.32%) VLAN
4 21 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.04%) VoIP
6 17 (0.98%) Intranet
6 17 (0.98%) VPN
7 16 (0.92%) SAN
7 16 (0.92%) WAN
8 14 (0.81%) MPLS
9 13 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.69%) LAN
11 10 (0.58%) Broadband
12 7 (0.40%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.35%) Internet
14 5 (0.29%) Bluetooth
14 5 (0.29%) Wireless
15 4 (0.23%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (3.62%) Power BI
2 31 (1.78%) Metadata
3 25 (1.44%) SQL Server
4 22 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (0.69%) Tableau
7 10 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.46%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.35%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (0.23%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.23%) Power Query
11 3 (0.17%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.17%) MySQL
11 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 45 (2.59%) JIRA
2 28 (1.61%) Rational DOORS
3 18 (1.04%) Selenium
4 11 (0.63%) Git
5 4 (0.23%) Bazaar
5 4 (0.23%) GitLab
6 3 (0.17%) Katalon Studio
7 2 (0.12%) Appium
7 2 (0.12%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.12%) MLflow
8 1 (0.058%) AutoIt
8 1 (0.058%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.058%) LSMW
8 1 (0.058%) MSI
8 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio
General
1 691 (39.76%) Law
2 613 (35.27%) Social Skills
3 570 (32.80%) Finance
4 377 (21.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 236 (13.58%) Marketing
6 190 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
7 83 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
8 81 (4.66%) Manufacturing
9 77 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
10 73 (4.20%) Retail
11 70 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
12 56 (3.22%) Influencing Skills
13 53 (3.05%) Banking
14 40 (2.30%) Telecoms
15 31 (1.78%) Financial Institution
16 29 (1.67%) Billing
17 26 (1.50%) Advertising
17 26 (1.50%) Public Sector
18 21 (1.21%) Prime Brokerage
19 19 (1.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 259 (14.90%) Senior
2 196 (11.28%) Analyst
3 123 (7.08%) Customer Executive
4 91 (5.24%) Lead
5 75 (4.32%) IT Support
6 64 (3.68%) Senior Manager
7 52 (2.99%) Architect
7 52 (2.99%) Project Manager
8 48 (2.76%) Support Analyst
9 43 (2.47%) IT Analyst
10 38 (2.19%) Risk Manager
11 37 (2.13%) IT Manager
12 34 (1.96%) IT Support Analyst
13 32 (1.84%) Developer
13 32 (1.84%) Operations Manager
14 31 (1.78%) Cloud Engineer
14 31 (1.78%) Consultant
15 24 (1.38%) Business Analyst
15 24 (1.38%) Product Manager
15 24 (1.38%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.32%) HTML
2 22 (1.27%) .NET
2 22 (1.27%) CSS
3 12 (0.69%) REST
4 9 (0.52%) React
5 7 (0.40%) Django
5 7 (0.40%) EDI
5 7 (0.40%) LangChain
6 6 (0.35%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.35%) RESTful
6 6 (0.35%) WebSockets
7 5 (0.29%) SOAP
7 5 (0.29%) XML
8 4 (0.23%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.23%) Middleware
8 4 (0.23%) Saxon XSLT
9 3 (0.17%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.17%) Node.js
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 287 (16.51%) Cyberattack
2 121 (6.96%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (2.24%) Social Media
5 33 (1.90%) Security Posture
6 32 (1.84%) Video Conferencing
7 30 (1.73%) Derivative
8 29 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 29 (1.67%) Onboarding
9 25 (1.44%) Algorithms
9 25 (1.44%) Learning Management System
10 24 (1.38%) e-Learning
10 24 (1.38%) Hedge funds
11 22 (1.27%) Blockchain
12 21 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (1.15%) Taxonomies
14 19 (1.09%) Mobile App
14 19 (1.09%) Product Ownership
15 18 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
15 18 (1.04%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 140 (8.06%) Windows
2 46 (2.65%) Windows Server
3 45 (2.59%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.44%) Linux
5 20 (1.15%) Mac OS
6 17 (0.98%) Windows Vista
7 8 (0.46%) Android
8 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.23%) Unix
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (23.99%) Cybersecurity
2 345 (19.85%) Creative Thinking
3 327 (18.81%) Line Management
4 234 (13.46%) Agile
5 229 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
6 222 (12.77%) Decision-Making
7 200 (11.51%) Project Management
8 186 (10.70%) Risk Management
9 171 (9.84%) Information Security
10 163 (9.38%) Contract Negotiation
11 159 (9.15%) Business Development
12 141 (8.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 140 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 135 (7.77%) Analytics
14 135 (7.77%) Roadmaps
15 131 (7.54%) Mentoring
16 126 (7.25%) Artificial Intelligence
17 115 (6.62%) Coaching
17 115 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
18 101 (5.81%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 109 (6.27%) SQL
2 76 (4.37%) Python
3 59 (3.39%) PowerShell
4 38 (2.19%) JavaScript
5 27 (1.55%) C#
6 17 (0.98%) Java
6 17 (0.98%) PHP
7 16 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.63%) C++
9 10 (0.58%) C
9 10 (0.58%) R
10 8 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.35%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.35%) VBA
12 5 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
12 5 (0.29%) Perl
13 4 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.23%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 354 (20.37%) Degree
2 102 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
3 55 (3.16%) Numerate Degree
4 51 (2.93%) Master's Degree
5 47 (2.70%) CISSP
6 43 (2.47%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.42%) CISM
8 36 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.55%) CRISC
10 25 (1.44%) Security Cleared
11 21 (1.21%) MRICS
12 19 (1.09%) CISA
13 18 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.98%) A+ Certification
14 17 (0.98%) PhD
15 16 (0.92%) ISTQB
16 14 (0.81%) ISEB
17 13 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
17 13 (0.75%) SC Cleared
18 12 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 289 (16.63%) NCSC
2 133 (7.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 119 (6.85%) GDPR
4 65 (3.74%) NIST
4 65 (3.74%) QA
5 62 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 42 (2.42%) Accessibility
7 28 (1.61%) Data Quality
8 27 (1.55%) PCI DSS
9 26 (1.50%) SLA
10 24 (1.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 22 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (0.92%) SOC 2
13 15 (0.86%) GRC
14 11 (0.63%) COBIT
14 11 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 10 (0.58%) PERC
16 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
17 4 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 96 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (0.69%) Docker
5 10 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.17%) vSphere
9 1 (0.058%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.058%) Firmware
9 1 (0.058%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.058%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 51 (2.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (1.32%) SCCM
3 16 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (0.46%) Terraform
5 6 (0.35%) CSIRT
6 4 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.23%) CASB
6 4 (0.23%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.17%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.12%) Ansible
8 2 (0.12%) Argo
8 2 (0.12%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.058%) cPanel
9 1 (0.058%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.058%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.058%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.058%) Puppet
9 1 (0.058%) SCOM
Vendors
1 284 (16.34%) Microsoft
2 143 (8.23%) Salesforce
3 48 (2.76%) iManage
4 39 (2.24%) VMware
5 37 (2.13%) Intapp
6 36 (2.07%) Cisco
6 36 (2.07%) Google
7 30 (1.73%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.44%) Aderant
9 24 (1.38%) Oracle
10 21 (1.21%) Adobe
11 14 (0.81%) Citrix
11 14 (0.81%) SAP
12 13 (0.75%) Workday
13 11 (0.63%) Veeam
14 10 (0.58%) IBM
14 10 (0.58%) OneTrust
15 8 (0.46%) Databricks
16 7 (0.40%) Informatica
16 7 (0.40%) OpenAI