Legal Job Trends in Leeds

Legal
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 44 77
Rank change year-on-year +5 +33 +3
Permanent jobs citing Legal 74 48 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 5.53% 4.64% 2.57%
As % of the General category 9.93% 7.10% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52 25 19
10th Percentile £28,500 £42,700 £25,500
25th Percentile £39,122 £45,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £73,731 £63,750 £70,886
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,900 £79,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £53,750 £45,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year +19.44% -30.23% +43.33%

All General Skills
Leeds

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 general skills in Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 745 676 838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 55.72% 65.31% 63.39%
Number of salaries quoted 473 360 592
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,188 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -16.04% +8.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,875 £90,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Leeds

Legal
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Leeds over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in Leeds

Legal
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 2 (2.70%) CMS
1 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.70%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.35%) Confluence
2 1 (1.35%) FileNet
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.05%) Chatbot
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.35%) Navisworks
3 1 (1.35%) ProjectWise
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.32%) SaaS
2 15 (20.27%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.81%) Azure
4 6 (8.11%) AWS
4 6 (8.11%) Power Automate
4 6 (8.11%) PowerApps
5 5 (6.76%) Google Workspace
5 5 (6.76%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.05%) IaaS
6 3 (4.05%) PaaS
7 2 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.41%) Firewall
2 3 (4.05%) Network Security
3 2 (2.70%) AMQP
3 2 (2.70%) Intranet
4 1 (1.35%) LAN
4 1 (1.35%) VPN
4 1 (1.35%) WAN
4 1 (1.35%) Wireless
4 1 (1.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.76%) Power BI
2 3 (4.05%) Tableau
3 2 (2.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 21 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.97%) Finance
3 15 (20.27%) Law
4 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (18.92%) IT Support
2 9 (12.16%) Analyst
2 9 (12.16%) Lead
3 6 (8.11%) Architect
3 6 (8.11%) IT Support Specialist
3 6 (8.11%) Product Manager
3 6 (8.11%) Support Specialist
4 5 (6.76%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Consultant
4 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Lead Architect
4 5 (6.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) VMware Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (5.41%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) IT Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) .NET
1 2 (2.70%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.70%) ASP.NET
1 2 (2.70%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (2.70%) CSS
1 2 (2.70%) HTML
1 2 (2.70%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (2.70%) React
1 2 (2.70%) Spring
1 2 (2.70%) Spring Boot
1 2 (2.70%) Spring Cloud
2 1 (1.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.05%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.70%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.35%) NHS
5 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.16%) Windows
2 4 (5.41%) Windows 10
2 4 (5.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.35%) Android
3 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (14.86%) Case Management
4 10 (13.51%) Agile
4 10 (13.51%) AI
4 10 (13.51%) Coaching
5 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (9.46%) People Management
6 7 (9.46%) Performance Management
6 7 (9.46%) Strategic Thinking
6 7 (9.46%) User Experience
7 6 (8.11%) Customer Service
7 6 (8.11%) IT Strategy
7 6 (8.11%) Process Improvement
7 6 (8.11%) Translating Business Requirements
8 5 (6.76%) Analytics
8 5 (6.76%) Data Privacy
8 5 (6.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) SQL
2 4 (5.41%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.41%) VBA
3 2 (2.70%) C#
3 2 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (6.76%) AWS Certification
1 5 (6.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 5 (6.76%) Azure Certification
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (5.41%) Degree
3 3 (4.05%) CISSP
4 2 (2.70%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) GDPR
2 5 (6.76%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.76%) SLA
3 3 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.05%) EU AI Act
3 3 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.05%) NCSC
4 2 (2.70%) WCAG
5 1 (1.35%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 9 (12.16%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.76%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.76%) Google
2 5 (6.76%) VMware
3 4 (5.41%) Citrix
4 3 (4.05%) PayPal
5 1 (1.35%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.35%) IBM