Legal Jobs in Essex

Legal
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 32 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +27
Permanent jobs citing Legal 28 48 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 5.53% 5.30% 6.52%
As % of the General category 8.09% 9.41% 8.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11 31 4
10th Percentile £47,999 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £48,999 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,584 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% - -49.37%
75th Percentile £53,170 - £59,688
90th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £72,625
East of England median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 346 510 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 68.38% 56.35% 80.32%
Number of salaries quoted 136 403 248
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,550 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,813 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% -4.26% -1.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,125 £73,250 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Essex

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Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Legal in Essex

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Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Essex over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in Essex

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Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Essex region over the 6 months to 31 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
Harlow - 15 - -
Chelmsford - 11 £50,584 - 2
Chigwell - 2 - -
Legal
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
1 3 (10.71%) Selenium
General
1 15 (53.57%) Billing
1 15 (53.57%) Electronics
1 15 (53.57%) Finance
2 13 (46.43%) Law
3 3 (10.71%) Local Government
4 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Operations Manager
1 15 (53.57%) Operations Project Manager
1 15 (53.57%) Project Manager
1 15 (53.57%) Sales Manager
1 15 (53.57%) Sales Operations Manager
2 3 (10.71%) Junior
2 3 (10.71%) QA Engineer
2 3 (10.71%) Senior
2 3 (10.71%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (3.57%) Architect
3 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (67.86%) Project Management
2 18 (64.29%) Commercial Awareness
3 15 (53.57%) B2B
3 15 (53.57%) Change Management
3 15 (53.57%) CRM
3 15 (53.57%) Customer Retention
3 15 (53.57%) Customer Service
3 15 (53.57%) Market Research
3 15 (53.57%) Order Management
3 15 (53.57%) Project Planning
3 15 (53.57%) Service Delivery
4 9 (32.14%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (25.00%) Agile
6 3 (10.71%) Manual Testing
6 3 (10.71%) Process Improvement
6 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.71%) Test Automation
6 3 (10.71%) Test Scripting
6 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
1 3 (10.71%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (7.14%) NCSC
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft