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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 71 77
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +62
Permanent jobs citing Legal 1,741 2,951 3,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.55% 3.43% 4.07%
As % of the General category 5.12% 5.79% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 679 1,607 1,471
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% -6.36% -
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 34,006 50,931 61,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.28% 59.27% 68.20%
Number of salaries quoted 16,407 35,700 33,463
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 13 May 2025.

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 13 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 +7 622 £72,500 +11.54% 1,842
North of England -34 422 £44,250 -4.84% 480
North West -23 343 £44,000 -7.37% 280
South East -7 310 £50,000 +33.33% 558
Midlands -6 207 £45,000 -10.00% 222
West Midlands -17 137 £41,250 -17.50% 141
East of England -15 79 £53,000 +6.00% 148
East Midlands +4 70 £50,000 +11.11% 67
South West +5 68 £42,295 -0.48% 193
Yorkshire -26 67 £45,000 +32.35% 144
North East -17 12 £50,000 -6.98% 58
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 66 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 65 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (1.72%) CMS
4 19 (1.09%) SAS
5 8 (0.46%) WordPress
6 3 (0.17%) Confluence
6 3 (0.17%) Mule
7 2 (0.11%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.057%) nginx
8 1 (0.057%) Strapi
Applications
1 238 (13.67%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.63%) Acrobat
5 6 (0.34%) 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
7 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.057%) Blender
9 1 (0.057%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.057%) CATIA
9 1 (0.057%) Stata
Business Applications
1 28 (1.61%) Elite 3E
2 10 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.34%) Relativity
5 5 (0.29%) Carpe Diem
5 5 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (0.17%) SAP GTS
7 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.11%) PeopleSoft Financials
8 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.11%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.057%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.057%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 217 (12.46%) Azure
2 182 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (4.60%) Power Platform
4 67 (3.85%) SaaS
5 46 (2.64%) Entra ID
6 44 (2.53%) OneDrive
7 42 (2.41%) AWS
8 32 (1.84%) Power Automate
9 31 (1.78%) GCP
10 28 (1.61%) PaaS
11 27 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (1.38%) PowerApps
13 18 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (0.98%) iPaaS
15 14 (0.80%) IaaS
15 14 (0.80%) Salsify
16 13 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
17 12 (0.69%) Google Workspace
18 9 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.68%) Firewall
2 26 (1.49%) Network Security
3 25 (1.44%) DHCP
3 25 (1.44%) DNS
4 23 (1.32%) VLAN
5 21 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.03%) VoIP
7 17 (0.98%) Intranet
7 17 (0.98%) VPN
7 17 (0.98%) WAN
8 16 (0.92%) SAN
9 14 (0.80%) MPLS
10 13 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.69%) LAN
12 10 (0.57%) Broadband
13 8 (0.46%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.34%) Internet
15 5 (0.29%) Bluetooth
15 5 (0.29%) WebEx
15 5 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.56%) Power BI
2 32 (1.84%) Metadata
3 25 (1.44%) SQL Server
4 22 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (0.69%) Tableau
7 10 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.46%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.34%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.34%) 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%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.17%) MySQL
11 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 42 (2.41%) JIRA
2 28 (1.61%) Rational DOORS
3 15 (0.86%) Selenium
4 11 (0.63%) Git
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
6 4 (0.23%) Bazaar
7 3 (0.17%) InstallShield
7 3 (0.17%) Katalon Studio
7 3 (0.17%) MLflow
8 2 (0.11%) Appium
8 2 (0.11%) AutoIt
8 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.11%) LSMW
9 1 (0.057%) MSI
9 1 (0.057%) Visual Studio
General
1 699 (40.15%) Law
2 617 (35.44%) Social Skills
3 566 (32.51%) Finance
4 377 (21.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 235 (13.50%) Marketing
6 195 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
7 76 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
8 74 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
8 74 (4.25%) Retail
9 71 (4.08%) Manufacturing
10 67 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
11 58 (3.33%) Banking
12 57 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (2.35%) Telecoms
14 31 (1.78%) Financial Institution
15 27 (1.55%) Advertising
15 27 (1.55%) Billing
16 25 (1.44%) Public Sector
17 21 (1.21%) Prime Brokerage
18 17 (0.98%) Games
Job Titles
1 250 (14.36%) Senior
2 206 (11.83%) Analyst
3 123 (7.06%) Customer Executive
4 93 (5.34%) Lead
5 78 (4.48%) IT Support
6 64 (3.68%) Senior Manager
7 50 (2.87%) Project Manager
8 49 (2.81%) Architect
8 49 (2.81%) Support Analyst
9 47 (2.70%) IT Analyst
10 39 (2.24%) IT Manager
11 38 (2.18%) Risk Manager
12 37 (2.13%) IT Support Analyst
13 32 (1.84%) Developer
14 31 (1.78%) Cloud Engineer
14 31 (1.78%) Consultant
15 28 (1.61%) Operations Manager
16 27 (1.55%) Senior Analyst
17 24 (1.38%) Product Manager
18 23 (1.32%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (1.32%) HTML
2 22 (1.26%) .NET
2 22 (1.26%) 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 (0.34%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.34%) RESTful
6 6 (0.34%) 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%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 287 (16.48%) Cyberattack
2 120 (6.89%) Management Information System
3 57 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (2.24%) Social Media
5 35 (2.01%) Security Posture
6 33 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
7 32 (1.84%) Onboarding
8 30 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 30 (1.72%) Derivative
9 26 (1.49%) e-Learning
9 26 (1.49%) Learning Management System
10 25 (1.44%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.38%) Hedge funds
12 22 (1.26%) Blockchain
13 20 (1.15%) Taxonomies
14 19 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
14 19 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (1.09%) Mobile App
14 19 (1.09%) Product Ownership
15 17 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 147 (8.44%) Windows
2 49 (2.81%) Windows 10
3 47 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.44%) Linux
5 20 (1.15%) Mac OS
6 17 (0.98%) Windows Vista
7 9 (0.52%) Android
8 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.46%) 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 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (24.18%) Cybersecurity
2 340 (19.53%) Creative Thinking
3 327 (18.78%) Line Management
4 238 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
5 225 (12.92%) Agile
6 224 (12.87%) Decision-Making
7 198 (11.37%) Project Management
8 185 (10.63%) Risk Management
9 174 (9.99%) Information Security
10 161 (9.25%) Contract Negotiation
11 158 (9.08%) Business Development
12 142 (8.16%) Analytics
13 141 (8.10%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 138 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 133 (7.64%) Roadmaps
16 128 (7.35%) Mentoring
17 124 (7.12%) Artificial Intelligence
18 114 (6.55%) Coaching
18 114 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
19 101 (5.80%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 119 (6.84%) SQL
2 78 (4.48%) Python
3 60 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 38 (2.18%) JavaScript
5 27 (1.55%) C#
6 17 (0.98%) Java
6 17 (0.98%) PHP
7 16 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.69%) C++
9 10 (0.57%) C
9 10 (0.57%) R
10 8 (0.46%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.34%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.34%) 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
1 353 (20.28%) Degree
2 93 (5.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 50 (2.87%) Master's Degree
4 47 (2.70%) CISSP
5 46 (2.64%) Numerate Degree
6 43 (2.47%) DBS Check
7 42 (2.41%) CISM
8 37 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.55%) CRISC
10 25 (1.44%) Security Cleared
11 20 (1.15%) CISA
11 20 (1.15%) MRICS
12 19 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (1.03%) A+ Certification
14 17 (0.98%) PhD
15 13 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (0.75%) ISEB
15 13 (0.75%) ISTQB
16 12 (0.69%) SC Cleared
17 11 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 289 (16.60%) NCSC
2 134 (7.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 124 (7.12%) GDPR
4 68 (3.91%) NIST
5 63 (3.62%) QA
6 62 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 42 (2.41%) Accessibility
8 28 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 27 (1.55%) PCI DSS
10 26 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 26 (1.49%) SLA
11 22 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (0.92%) GRC
13 15 (0.86%) SOC 2
14 12 (0.69%) COBIT
14 12 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 10 (0.57%) PERC
16 5 (0.29%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 100 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 34 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.75%) Docker
5 10 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.17%) vSphere
9 2 (0.11%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.057%) Firmware
10 1 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.057%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 55 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (1.44%) SCCM
3 17 (0.98%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.52%) Terraform
5 6 (0.34%) 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 (0.11%) Ansible
8 2 (0.11%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.11%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.11%) SCOM
9 1 (0.057%) cPanel
9 1 (0.057%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.057%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.057%) Puppet
9 1 (0.057%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 286 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 143 (8.21%) Salesforce
3 55 (3.16%) iManage
4 41 (2.35%) VMware
5 38 (2.18%) Cisco
6 36 (2.07%) Google
7 35 (2.01%) Intapp
8 28 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 27 (1.55%) Aderant
10 22 (1.26%) Adobe
11 21 (1.21%) Oracle
12 15 (0.86%) Citrix
13 14 (0.80%) SAP
14 11 (0.63%) Veeam
14 11 (0.63%) Workday
15 10 (0.57%) OneTrust
16 9 (0.52%) Databricks
16 9 (0.52%) IBM
17 7 (0.40%) Informatica
17 7 (0.40%) Meraki