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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 79 134
Rank change year-on-year +9 +55 +17
Permanent jobs citing Legal 2,961 3,565 4,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.42% 4.04% 2.98%
As % of the General category 5.79% 5.92% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,601 1,424 1,789
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -

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 51,126 60,191 87,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.12% 68.23% 64.48%
Number of salaries quoted 35,747 32,782 45,122
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +22 985 £65,000 - 709
North of England +66 654 £45,750 -2.66% 290
South East -30 554 £37,875 -27.16% 348
North West +85 372 £45,750 -3.68% 174
Midlands +17 365 £50,000 - 209
West Midlands +11 251 £50,000 -4.76% 138
South West -39 220 £44,250 -4.32% 206
Yorkshire +40 203 £34,000 -24.44% 88
East of England -41 155 £50,000 - 129
East Midlands +41 114 £45,000 +38.46% 70
North East +41 79 £53,750 -10.42% 34
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
1 182 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 102 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 79 (2.67%) SAS
4 25 (0.84%) CMS
5 12 (0.41%) IIS
6 10 (0.34%) Confluence
7 9 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.20%) WordPress
9 5 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 4 (0.14%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.10%) Apache
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.10%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.068%) Drupal
12 2 (0.068%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.068%) IBM Domino
12 2 (0.068%) Luigi
Applications
1 365 (12.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 336 (11.35%) Microsoft Office
3 100 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 79 (2.67%) AutoCAD
5 26 (0.88%) Revit
5 26 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
6 25 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.57%) SPSS
8 15 (0.51%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.30%) Simulink
10 7 (0.24%) Chatbot
10 7 (0.24%) Stateflow
11 5 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.10%) ProjectWise
13 2 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.068%) FileZilla
14 1 (0.034%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.034%) InVision
14 1 (0.034%) Sketch
14 1 (0.034%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 37 (1.25%) Elite 3E
2 27 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.41%) Relativity
5 11 (0.37%) ResourceLink
5 11 (0.37%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.34%) iTrent
6 10 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (0.27%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.24%) BPCS
8 7 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
8 7 (0.24%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
9 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.20%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
10 5 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 377 (12.73%) Azure
2 261 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
3 220 (7.43%) Power Platform
4 104 (3.51%) AWS
4 104 (3.51%) SaaS
5 93 (3.14%) Entra ID
6 55 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (1.72%) GCP
8 49 (1.65%) PowerApps
9 42 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (0.84%) OneDrive
11 24 (0.81%) Power Automate
12 16 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
13 14 (0.47%) WhatsApp
14 12 (0.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (0.41%) PaaS
15 11 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (0.37%) Dropbox
15 11 (0.37%) IaaS
16 10 (0.34%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 117 (3.95%) Firewall
2 52 (1.76%) WAN
3 49 (1.65%) Internet
4 45 (1.52%) LAN
5 37 (1.25%) Wireless
6 30 (1.01%) Intranet
7 29 (0.98%) DNS
8 28 (0.95%) SAN
8 28 (0.95%) TCP/IP
9 27 (0.91%) DHCP
10 25 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
11 21 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
12 19 (0.64%) VPN
13 15 (0.51%) VoIP
14 13 (0.44%) SNMP
15 11 (0.37%) Network Security
16 10 (0.34%) SSL
16 10 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
16 10 (0.34%) VLAN
16 10 (0.34%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (5.88%) Power BI
2 134 (4.53%) SQL Server
3 56 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 53 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (1.25%) MySQL
6 35 (1.18%) Tableau
7 31 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (0.84%) Big Data
9 25 (0.84%) Data Lake
10 21 (0.71%) EDRMS
11 20 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
11 20 (0.68%) NoSQL
12 19 (0.64%) DB2
13 16 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.51%) Metadata
15 14 (0.47%) EDMS
16 13 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.44%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 93 (3.14%) JIRA
2 54 (1.82%) Git
3 19 (0.64%) Visual Studio
4 13 (0.44%) CircleCI
5 12 (0.41%) GitLab
6 8 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (0.27%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.24%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.20%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.17%) fastlane
9 5 (0.17%) Selenium
9 5 (0.17%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.14%) Android Studio
10 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.10%) FitNesse
11 3 (0.10%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.10%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,184 (39.99%) Finance
2 1,054 (35.60%) Social Skills
3 572 (19.32%) Law
4 509 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
5 449 (15.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 297 (10.03%) Banking
7 253 (8.54%) Retail
8 224 (7.57%) Marketing
9 126 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
10 103 (3.48%) Manufacturing
11 84 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
12 81 (2.74%) Local Government
13 78 (2.63%) Public Sector
14 73 (2.47%) Telecoms
15 61 (2.06%) Publishing
16 43 (1.45%) Investment Banking
17 39 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
17 39 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
18 38 (1.28%) Automotive
19 34 (1.15%) Games
Job Titles
1 638 (21.55%) Analyst
2 448 (15.13%) Senior
3 209 (7.06%) Lead
4 159 (5.37%) Senior Analyst
5 156 (5.27%) Developer
6 134 (4.53%) Project Manager
7 105 (3.55%) IT Support
8 97 (3.28%) Architect
9 94 (3.17%) Financial Analyst
10 93 (3.14%) IT Manager
11 81 (2.74%) Coordinator
11 81 (2.74%) Senior Manager
12 70 (2.36%) Business Analyst
13 69 (2.33%) Support Analyst
14 67 (2.26%) Solutions Architect
15 66 (2.23%) Software Engineer
16 65 (2.20%) IT Analyst
16 65 (2.20%) Systems Analyst
17 57 (1.93%) Product Manager
18 56 (1.89%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (3.71%) .NET
2 71 (2.40%) HTML
3 62 (2.09%) CSS
4 44 (1.49%) React
5 42 (1.42%) XML
6 41 (1.38%) JSON
7 39 (1.32%) ASP.NET
8 27 (0.91%) .NET Framework
8 27 (0.91%) REST
8 27 (0.91%) Web Services
9 26 (0.88%) AngularJS
10 17 (0.57%) Node.js
11 15 (0.51%) .NET Core
12 14 (0.47%) SOAP
13 13 (0.44%) Blazor
13 13 (0.44%) PySpark
13 13 (0.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 11 (0.37%) EDI
14 11 (0.37%) Swagger
14 11 (0.37%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 269 (9.08%) Management Information System
2 108 (3.65%) Driving Licence
3 93 (3.14%) Onboarding
4 86 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 74 (2.50%) Algorithms
6 71 (2.40%) Credit Risk
7 70 (2.36%) Housing Association
8 64 (2.16%) Product Ownership
9 63 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 55 (1.86%) Data Centre
11 46 (1.55%) Cloud Native
11 46 (1.55%) Security Posture
12 38 (1.28%) Public Cloud
13 34 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
13 34 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
14 32 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
15 29 (0.98%) Life Science
16 26 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
16 26 (0.88%) Social Media
17 24 (0.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 239 (8.07%) Windows
2 90 (3.04%) Windows 10
3 69 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 50 (1.69%) Android
5 47 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 21 (0.71%) Linux
7 13 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.27%) VMS
9 8 (0.27%) Windows 8
10 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.068%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.034%) Unix
14 1 (0.034%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (20.91%) Agile
2 566 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
3 379 (12.80%) Risk Management
4 350 (11.82%) Project Management
5 315 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 290 (9.79%) Customer Service
7 288 (9.73%) Coaching
8 286 (9.66%) Decision-Making
9 281 (9.49%) Information Security
10 272 (9.19%) Data Protection
11 268 (9.05%) Data Management
12 258 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
13 257 (8.68%) Time Management
14 252 (8.51%) Process Improvement
15 248 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
16 239 (8.07%) Analytics
16 239 (8.07%) Mentoring
17 219 (7.40%) ITIL
18 214 (7.23%) Roadmaps
19 196 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 299 (10.10%) SQL
2 169 (5.71%) Python
3 109 (3.68%) C#
4 97 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 51 (1.72%) PowerShell
6 50 (1.69%) Java
7 49 (1.65%) TypeScript
8 43 (1.45%) T-SQL
9 22 (0.74%) Kotlin
10 20 (0.68%) Go
11 18 (0.61%) PHP
11 18 (0.61%) VB.NET
12 17 (0.57%) RPG
13 16 (0.54%) C
14 14 (0.47%) R
15 12 (0.41%) C++
16 11 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.37%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.37%) VB
17 9 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 648 (21.88%) Degree
2 110 (3.71%) HNC
3 89 (3.01%) CISSP
4 81 (2.74%) Master's Degree
5 78 (2.63%) HND
6 53 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (1.76%) Security Cleared
8 48 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 44 (1.49%) CISM
10 40 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (1.11%) CISA
12 28 (0.95%) ACCA
13 24 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (0.74%) MBA
15 21 (0.71%) APMG
15 21 (0.71%) SC Cleared
16 20 (0.68%) MRICS
17 19 (0.64%) Azure Certification
18 18 (0.61%) CIMA
18 18 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (9.22%) GDPR
2 209 (7.06%) QA
3 157 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 101 (3.41%) Data Quality
5 58 (1.96%) NIST
6 54 (1.82%) SLA
7 48 (1.62%) IFRS
8 45 (1.52%) PMO
9 38 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (1.28%) GRC
10 36 (1.22%) IFRS 9
11 32 (1.08%) ISO 9001
12 29 (0.98%) Accessibility
13 26 (0.88%) NEBOSH
14 24 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 22 (0.74%) ISO 22301
16 18 (0.61%) PCI DSS
17 14 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 11 (0.37%) ISO 14000
18 11 (0.37%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 175 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 49 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 28 (0.95%) Firmware
5 20 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (0.64%) Docker
7 12 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
7 12 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.30%) RACF
9 8 (0.27%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.14%) vSphere
11 4 (0.14%) XenApp
12 3 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.068%) pfSense
13 2 (0.068%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.034%) LXC
14 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 34 (1.15%) SCCM
2 27 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (0.81%) SCOM
4 20 (0.68%) Kubernetes
5 15 (0.51%) Functional Safety
6 13 (0.44%) Ansible
6 13 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.44%) Terraform
7 8 (0.27%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.20%) QRadar
8 6 (0.20%) vRealize
9 5 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.14%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.10%) Control-M
11 3 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.10%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.10%) Puppet
12 2 (0.068%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.068%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.068%) Nessus
Vendors
1 745 (25.16%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.19%) SAP
3 89 (3.01%) iManage
4 74 (2.50%) VMware
5 73 (2.47%) Citrix
6 65 (2.20%) Oracle
7 52 (1.76%) Cisco
8 50 (1.69%) IBM
9 48 (1.62%) Google
10 39 (1.32%) Intapp
11 36 (1.22%) ServiceNow
12 33 (1.11%) Databricks
12 33 (1.11%) HP
13 31 (1.05%) Aderant
13 31 (1.05%) Veeam
14 25 (0.84%) NCR
14 25 (0.84%) Salesforce
15 20 (0.68%) Adobe
15 20 (0.68%) OpenAI
16 17 (0.57%) Aruba