Law Job Trends in Leeds

Law
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 33 43
Rank change year-on-year -39 +10 +4
Permanent jobs citing Law 55 51 81
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.79% 5.62% 4.61%
As % of the General category 5.07% 10.58% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 37 48 55
10th Percentile £28,520 £26,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,046 £31,250 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,750 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% -36.08% +27.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £90,375 £77,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £41,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +32.53% -33.60% +25.00%

All General Skills
Leeds

Law falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,084 482 989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 35.30% 53.08% 56.32%
Number of salaries quoted 813 318 611
10th Percentile £31,300 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,563 £41,177
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £74,985 £71,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £94,750 £90,000 £81,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,500 £48,754 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.89% -2.49% -5.66%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Law job vacancy trend in Leeds

Law
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in Leeds over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in Leeds

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Aareon QL
1 3 (5.45%) MIS ActiveH
1 3 (5.45%) NEC Housing
1 3 (5.45%) OPENHousing
1 3 (5.45%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) SaaS
2 4 (7.27%) OCI
3 3 (5.45%) Azure
3 3 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (5.45%) Entra ID
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.45%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.82%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) Internet
2 3 (5.45%) DNS
2 3 (5.45%) SSL
2 3 (5.45%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.45%) VPN
3 2 (3.64%) LAN
3 2 (3.64%) WAN
4 1 (1.82%) Firewall
4 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Power BI
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 23 (41.82%) Finance
2 19 (34.55%) Social Skills
3 17 (30.91%) Legal
4 15 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.45%) Military
6 3 (5.45%) Social Housing
7 2 (3.64%) Billing
7 2 (3.64%) Local Government
8 1 (1.82%) Back Office
8 1 (1.82%) Legal Technology
8 1 (1.82%) Marketing
8 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (14.55%) Analyst
1 8 (14.55%) Project Manager
2 7 (12.73%) Consultant
2 7 (12.73%) Functional Consultant
3 5 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 4 (7.27%) Oracle Consultant
4 4 (7.27%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 3 (5.45%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 3 (5.45%) IT Operations Manager
5 3 (5.45%) IT Trainer
5 3 (5.45%) Lead
5 3 (5.45%) Operations Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Traffic Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Trainer
6 2 (3.64%) IT Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) IT Support
6 2 (3.64%) Product Business Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Trainee
6 2 (3.64%) Trainee Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (5.45%) e-Learning
3 3 (5.45%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.64%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Linux
2 3 (5.45%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 10 (18.18%) Customer Engagement
4 10 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (12.73%) Validation
7 6 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (10.91%) ERP
7 6 (10.91%) Mentoring
7 6 (10.91%) SIEM
7 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.09%) Incident Response
8 5 (9.09%) Project Delivery
8 5 (9.09%) Workflow
9 4 (7.27%) Client Onboarding
9 4 (7.27%) Customer Service
9 4 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
10 3 (5.45%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.45%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (5.45%) CREST Certified
1 3 (5.45%) Degree
1 3 (5.45%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.82%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (1.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) PMO
2 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.45%) GDPR
2 3 (5.45%) QA
3 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.82%) COSHH
4 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.09%) Oracle
3 3 (5.45%) Aareon
3 3 (5.45%) Capita
3 3 (5.45%) NEC
3 3 (5.45%) Orchard
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco
4 1 (1.82%) Concur
4 1 (1.82%) HighQ
4 1 (1.82%) iManage
4 1 (1.82%) Legatics
4 1 (1.82%) Legora
4 1 (1.82%) Meraki