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 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 25 50
Rank change year-on-year -37 +25 +12
Permanent jobs citing Legal 63 63 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 2.03% 6.62% 3.67%
As % of the General category 5.84% 12.55% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 42 49 19
10th Percentile £36,820 £28,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £64,875
90th Percentile £88,000 £86,000 £71,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £49,000 £51,754
% change year-on-year -8.16% -5.32% -11.91%

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 1,079 502 907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 34.75% 52.73% 57.33%
Number of salaries quoted 788 321 502
10th Percentile £32,675 £28,250 £29,775
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £91,638 £90,000 £84,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 October 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 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.76%) Aareon QL
2 3 (4.76%) MIS ActiveH
2 3 (4.76%) NEC Housing
2 3 (4.76%) OPENHousing
2 3 (4.76%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.87%) Azure
1 10 (15.87%) Entra ID
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (12.70%) Power Platform
2 8 (12.70%) SaaS
3 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (6.35%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.76%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (4.76%) NetDocuments
6 2 (3.17%) Alation
6 2 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.17%) Azure Databricks
6 2 (3.17%) dbt
6 2 (3.17%) GCP
6 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.17%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.59%) Amazon Bedrock
7 1 (1.59%) AWS
7 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) LAN
1 4 (6.35%) WAN
2 3 (4.76%) HTTP
3 1 (1.59%) Firewall
3 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.70%) Power BI
2 6 (9.52%) SAP BW
3 3 (4.76%) SAP HANA
4 2 (3.17%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.17%) Delta Lake
4 2 (3.17%) Metadata
4 2 (3.17%) Semantic Layer
4 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) GitLab
1 2 (3.17%) MLflow
General
1 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.98%) Finance
2 17 (26.98%) Law
3 10 (15.87%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Retail
6 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.76%) Marketing
6 3 (4.76%) Social Housing
7 2 (3.17%) Electronics
7 2 (3.17%) Games
7 2 (3.17%) German Language
7 2 (3.17%) Legal Technology
7 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.59%) French Language
8 1 (1.59%) Local Government
8 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (25.40%) Analyst
2 11 (17.46%) Data Analyst
3 9 (14.29%) HR Analyst
3 9 (14.29%) HR Data Analyst
3 9 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 7 (11.11%) IT Operations Manager
4 7 (11.11%) Operations Manager
4 7 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 6 (9.52%) Consultant
5 6 (9.52%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (4.76%) IT Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) IT Trainer
6 3 (4.76%) Senior
6 3 (4.76%) Service Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Trainer
7 2 (3.17%) Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Data Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Podcast
1 5 (7.94%) Virtual Team
1 5 (7.94%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (4.76%) e-Learning
2 3 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.70%) Windows
2 5 (7.94%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (15.87%) AI
2 10 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (12.70%) Analytics
4 8 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (12.70%) Data Protection
4 8 (12.70%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (12.70%) ITSM
4 8 (12.70%) Project Delivery
4 8 (12.70%) Service Management
5 6 (9.52%) High Availability
5 6 (9.52%) Performance Testing
5 6 (9.52%) Risk Management
5 6 (9.52%) System Integration Testing
5 6 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (7.94%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 4 (6.35%) Business Forecasting
7 4 (6.35%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) ABAP
2 5 (7.94%) SQL
3 3 (4.76%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (7.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (6.35%) Degree
3 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.17%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.87%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (14.29%) GDPR
3 8 (12.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (11.11%) PMO
5 6 (9.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
7 3 (4.76%) HIPAA
8 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (1.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.52%) OpenText
2 6 (9.52%) SAP
3 3 (4.76%) Aareon
3 3 (4.76%) Capita
3 3 (4.76%) NEC
3 3 (4.76%) Orchard
4 2 (3.17%) Databricks
4 2 (3.17%) Dataiku
4 2 (3.17%) Google
4 2 (3.17%) iManage
4 2 (3.17%) Samsung
4 2 (3.17%) TikTok
5 1 (1.59%) Aderant
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco
5 1 (1.59%) HighQ
5 1 (1.59%) Intapp
5 1 (1.59%) Legatics
5 1 (1.59%) Legora
5 1 (1.59%) Meraki