Legal Job Trends in Glasgow

Legal
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 33 40
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +40
Permanent jobs citing Legal 24 46 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 3.17% 5.18% 6.02%
As % of the General category 5.97% 9.29% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 16 17 14
10th Percentile £25,375 £41,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £61,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £100,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +73.91% +35.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £110,000 £72,750
90th Percentile £91,250 - £87,000
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £49,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -28.57% -30.57% +58.10%

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 402 495 473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 53.10% 55.74% 66.25%
Number of salaries quoted 204 209 302
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £31,325
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £66,375
90th Percentile £74,625 £95,500 £78,000
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -33.96% +0.95% -8.70%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legal relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Legal job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Legal
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Glasgow over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in Glasgow

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) AWS
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (4.17%) GitHub
3 1 (4.17%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (4.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (4.17%) Firewall
2 1 (4.17%) LAN
2 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.17%) WAN
2 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (4.17%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.17%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JUnit
1 1 (4.17%) Selenium
1 1 (4.17%) TestNG
General
1 14 (58.33%) Law
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Marketing
4 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Java Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Implementation Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Training Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Procurement Officer
5 1 (4.17%) Field Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Lead
5 1 (4.17%) Network Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior
5 1 (4.17%) Software Tester
5 1 (4.17%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) AngularJS
1 3 (12.50%) React
1 3 (12.50%) Spring
2 2 (8.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (4.17%) .NET
3 1 (4.17%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (4.17%) Blazor
3 1 (4.17%) Entity Framework
3 1 (4.17%) Kafka
3 1 (4.17%) REST
3 1 (4.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 3 (12.50%) Smartphone
2 2 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.33%) Reference Data
3 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.17%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) AI
2 6 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) Machine Learning
3 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
3 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 4 (16.67%) Operational Stability
4 4 (16.67%) SDLC
5 3 (12.50%) Case Management
5 3 (12.50%) Coaching
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (8.33%) Analytics
6 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.33%) Creative Thinking
6 2 (8.33%) Data Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Data Science
6 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (8.33%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Java
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (4.17%) C#
4 1 (4.17%) Scala
4 1 (4.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) A+ Certification
1 3 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (12.50%) CCNA
1 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (12.50%) MCSE
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (4.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
1 1 (4.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Dell
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco
2 1 (4.17%) Citrix
2 1 (4.17%) Databricks
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft