Legal Job Trends in Liverpool

Legal
Merseyside > Liverpool

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 23 25
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +32
Permanent jobs citing Legal 19 31 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 3.85% 8.03% 5.63%
As % of the General category 6.35% 11.74% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 14
10th Percentile - £30,000 £27,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,688 £29,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +25.00% -21.16%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,000 £45,000
90th Percentile - £67,500 £48,750
Merseyside median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% -11.76%

All General Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 299 264 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Liverpool 60.65% 68.39% 54.79%
Number of salaries quoted 180 116 183
10th Percentile - £30,375 £26,950
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £59,063 £57,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,875 £67,500 £70,000
Merseyside median annual salary £48,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -11.11% -5.26%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Legal
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Legal

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 18 (94.74%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) French Language
3 5 (26.32%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Hungarian Language
4 2 (10.53%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) HR Advisor
2 5 (26.32%) Customer Executive
3 2 (10.53%) HR Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 13 (68.42%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Decision-Making
2 14 (73.68%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (68.42%) Data Entry
4 11 (57.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (57.89%) CRM
5 5 (26.32%) Business Development
5 5 (26.32%) Contract Negotiation
5 5 (26.32%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.53%) Case Management
7 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
7 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
7 2 (10.53%) Workflow
8 1 (5.26%) Business Enablement
8 1 (5.26%) Contract Management
8 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (5.26%) Product Roadmap
8 1 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (5.26%) Roadmaps
8 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) CIPD
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (57.89%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) PMO
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) ServiceNow
1 13 (68.42%) Workday
2 5 (26.32%) Salesforce
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) iManage