Legal Jobs 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 50 59
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +79
Permanent jobs citing Legal 28 88 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 3.59% 3.71% 5.10%
As % of the General category 5.32% 6.61% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 18 41 108
10th Percentile - £27,000 £35,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £34,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.88% -24.44% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,625 £47,500 £56,938
90th Percentile £70,500 £75,772 £77,564
West Yorkshire median annual salary £47,000 £32,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +44.62% -27.78% -8.16%

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 common skills in Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 526 1,332 1,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 67.52% 56.13% 68.51%
Number of salaries quoted 353 976 1,086
10th Percentile £25,313 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £51,500 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -5.66% +3.98%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,750 £71,551
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year - -8.90% +9.76%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Leeds

Legal
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Legal in Leeds

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Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Leeds over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Nutanix
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.57%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 19 (67.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (42.86%) Finance
3 11 (39.29%) Law
4 8 (28.57%) Marketing
5 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Banking
6 2 (7.14%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.57%) Automotive
7 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Local Government
7 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.57%) Prime Brokerage
7 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Customer Executive
1 6 (21.43%) IT Assistant
2 2 (7.14%) Analyst
2 2 (7.14%) Applications Support
2 2 (7.14%) Business Development Manager
2 2 (7.14%) Business Manager
2 2 (7.14%) Development Manager
2 2 (7.14%) Lead
2 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (3.57%) Architect
3 1 (3.57%) Consultant
3 1 (3.57%) Graduate
3 1 (3.57%) ICT Manager
3 1 (3.57%) IT Director
3 1 (3.57%) IT Manager
3 1 (3.57%) Legal Analyst
3 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.57%) Support Analyst
3 1 (3.57%) Support Engineer
3 1 (3.57%) Technical Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.57%) Blockchain
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) Derivative
2 1 (3.57%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) Hackathon
2 1 (3.57%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.57%) Learning Management System
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.57%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Business Development
1 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 7 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 6 (21.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 6 (21.43%) Information Security
4 4 (14.29%) Agile
4 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.71%) Customer Experience
5 3 (10.71%) DevOps
5 3 (10.71%) Project Management
5 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (7.14%) CRM
6 2 (7.14%) Line Management
6 2 (7.14%) People Management
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (7.14%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) C#
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) Java
2 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.57%) Kotlin
2 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.14%) GRC
2 2 (7.14%) NIST
3 1 (3.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.57%) pfSense
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Ansible
1 1 (3.57%) NetBackup
1 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Salesforce
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.14%) iManage
3 2 (7.14%) Intapp
4 1 (3.57%) Commvault
4 1 (3.57%) Google
4 1 (3.57%) IBM
4 1 (3.57%) LexisNexis
4 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.57%) Veeam
4 1 (3.57%) VMware