Law Job Trends in London

Law
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law 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 33 54 73
Rank change year-on-year +21 +19 +13
Permanent jobs citing Law 860 787 699
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.22% 5.06% 3.94%
As % of the General category 9.16% 6.90% 5.93%
Number of salaries quoted 396 406 488
10th Percentile £39,750 £41,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,384 11,402 11,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.88% 73.29% 66.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,762 6,093 9,143
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £53,234 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.28% - -4.00%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Law job vacancy trend in London

Law
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in London

Law
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the London region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +9 184 £60,000 -5.88% 53
South London +10 7 £32,500 -7.14% 3
East London -10 6 £26,000 - 5
West London -11 1 £28,500 - 1
Law
England

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 42 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.21%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.51%) Skype for Business
4 11 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.70%) CMS
7 5 (0.58%) Confluence
8 4 (0.47%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 62 (7.21%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (6.86%) Maya
3 58 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 41 (4.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (2.44%) Adobe XD
6 9 (1.05%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (4.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.86%) Elite 3E
2 16 (1.86%) SAP IBP
3 15 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (1.28%) SAP CO
4 11 (1.28%) SAP FI
4 11 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 9 (1.05%) SAP FS
5 9 (1.05%) SAP FSCM
5 9 (1.05%) SAP IS-U
6 6 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.47%) Endur
8 4 (0.47%) Relativity
8 4 (0.47%) Shopify
9 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.35%) SAP CX
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 199 (23.14%) Azure
2 114 (13.26%) AWS
3 100 (11.63%) SaaS
4 81 (9.42%) Power Platform
5 78 (9.07%) GCP
6 61 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (3.49%) Power Automate
8 27 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (2.91%) PaaS
10 24 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
10 24 (2.79%) Figma
11 23 (2.67%) Boomi
12 22 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (2.44%) PowerApps
14 20 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
14 20 (2.33%) Snowflake
15 18 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 17 (1.98%) OCI
17 14 (1.63%) Entra ID
17 14 (1.63%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.21%) WebEx
2 17 (1.98%) VPN
3 15 (1.74%) Unified Communications
4 14 (1.63%) Firewall
5 13 (1.51%) Skype
6 11 (1.28%) WAN
7 9 (1.05%) DNS
7 9 (1.05%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.93%) Network Security
8 8 (0.93%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.81%) BGP
10 5 (0.58%) DHCP
10 5 (0.58%) Internet
11 4 (0.47%) LAN
11 4 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.47%) VLAN
12 2 (0.23%) OSPF
12 2 (0.23%) VoIP
12 2 (0.23%) Wireless
13 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.02%) Power BI
2 55 (6.40%) SQL Server
3 48 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (4.19%) Tableau
5 33 (3.84%) Relational Database
6 27 (3.14%) Big Data
7 26 (3.02%) NoSQL
8 25 (2.91%) Data Lake
9 20 (2.33%) Metadata
9 20 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (2.21%) Hadoop
11 18 (2.09%) SAP BW
12 16 (1.86%) Looker
13 15 (1.74%) MongoDB
14 14 (1.63%) MySQL
15 13 (1.51%) DynamoDB
16 12 (1.40%) RDBMS
17 11 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
18 10 (1.16%) Apache Cassandra
18 10 (1.16%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 27 (3.14%) Git
2 21 (2.44%) Axure RP
2 21 (2.44%) Balsamiq
3 19 (2.21%) JIRA
4 17 (1.98%) TeamCity
5 11 (1.28%) Postman
6 7 (0.81%) Selenium
6 7 (0.81%) WebDriver
7 5 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.58%) MLflow
8 4 (0.47%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.35%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.35%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.35%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.35%) Maven
9 3 (0.35%) TestNG
9 3 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 294 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 271 (31.51%) Finance
3 212 (24.65%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (23.95%) Legal
5 164 (19.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 119 (13.84%) Games
7 89 (10.35%) Banking
8 86 (10.00%) Public Sector
9 84 (9.77%) Retail
10 67 (7.79%) Marketing
11 54 (6.28%) Financial Institution
12 48 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (5.23%) Back Office
14 43 (5.00%) French Language
15 35 (4.07%) Telecoms
16 29 (3.37%) Dutch Language
17 20 (2.33%) Advertising
18 14 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (1.51%) Local Government
19 13 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 187 (21.74%) Senior
2 106 (12.33%) Analyst
3 83 (9.65%) Architect
4 81 (9.42%) Lead
5 51 (5.93%) Senior Manager
6 49 (5.70%) IT Manager
7 47 (5.47%) Consultant
8 46 (5.35%) Developer
8 46 (5.35%) Support Analyst
9 39 (4.53%) IT Architect
10 32 (3.72%) Senior Architect
11 31 (3.60%) IT Support
11 31 (3.60%) Software Engineer
12 30 (3.49%) IT Analyst
13 27 (3.14%) Designer
14 25 (2.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 24 (2.79%) IT Support Analyst
16 23 (2.67%) IT Services Manager
16 23 (2.67%) Senior Consultant
17 21 (2.44%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.95%) HTML
2 32 (3.72%) .NET
2 32 (3.72%) REST
3 29 (3.37%) CSS
3 29 (3.37%) React
4 23 (2.67%) RESTful
5 21 (2.44%) JSON
6 15 (1.74%) .NET Core
6 15 (1.74%) XML
7 14 (1.63%) AngularJS
8 13 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
9 12 (1.40%) .NET Framework
10 11 (1.28%) Entity Framework
10 11 (1.28%) Node.js
10 11 (1.28%) YAML
11 10 (1.16%) Middleware
11 10 (1.16%) OpenAPI
11 10 (1.16%) Swagger
12 9 (1.05%) HTML5
12 9 (1.05%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 88 (10.23%) Product Ownership
2 87 (10.12%) Enterprise Software
3 62 (7.21%) Cloud Native
4 39 (4.53%) Onboarding
5 33 (3.84%) Video Conferencing
6 32 (3.72%) Management Information System
7 30 (3.49%) Algorithms
8 27 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 27 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
10 21 (2.44%) Blockchain
11 17 (1.98%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.63%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.63%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.63%) NHS
12 14 (1.63%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.16%) CMDB
13 10 (1.16%) e-Learning
13 10 (1.16%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.63%) Windows
2 18 (2.09%) Linux
3 13 (1.51%) Android
4 10 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.05%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.05%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.93%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (24.30%) Agile
2 199 (23.14%) Analytics
3 198 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (21.05%) AI
5 173 (20.12%) Business Strategy
6 128 (14.88%) Roadmaps
7 125 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 125 (14.53%) Cybersecurity
8 114 (13.26%) CI/CD
9 113 (13.14%) Mentoring
10 106 (12.33%) Decision-Making
11 104 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
12 101 (11.74%) Risk Management
13 97 (11.28%) Project Management
14 94 (10.93%) Software Engineering
14 94 (10.93%) Technology Strategy
15 90 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 87 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
17 82 (9.53%) Microservices
18 79 (9.19%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 104 (12.09%) Python
2 92 (10.70%) SQL
3 69 (8.02%) JavaScript
4 61 (7.09%) Java
5 47 (5.47%) C#
6 35 (4.07%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.74%) TypeScript
8 7 (0.81%) Go
9 4 (0.47%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.35%) ActionScript
10 3 (0.35%) ActionScript 3.0
10 3 (0.35%) C
10 3 (0.35%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.35%) Perl
10 3 (0.35%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.23%) C++
11 2 (0.23%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 298 (34.65%) Degree
2 73 (8.49%) Security Cleared
3 63 (7.33%) SC Cleared
4 60 (6.98%) Master's Degree
5 53 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (3.37%) PhD
7 27 (3.14%) CISSP
8 20 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (2.09%) CISM
10 17 (1.98%) ACCA
10 17 (1.98%) PMI Certification
11 15 (1.74%) MBA
12 14 (1.63%) CEH
13 13 (1.51%) A+ Certification
14 12 (1.40%) CISA
15 10 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
16 9 (1.05%) Azure Certification
17 7 (0.81%) PMP
18 6 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (8.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (5.47%) QA
3 45 (5.23%) GDPR
4 44 (5.12%) Accessibility
5 36 (4.19%) NIST
6 29 (3.37%) Data Quality
7 27 (3.14%) WCAG
8 22 (2.56%) IFRS
9 16 (1.86%) SOC 2
10 14 (1.63%) PCI DSS
11 11 (1.28%) ISO 22301
12 10 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (1.16%) SLA
13 9 (1.05%) EU AI Act
13 9 (1.05%) IFRS 17
13 9 (1.05%) NCSC
13 9 (1.05%) Solvency II
14 7 (0.81%) GRC
15 6 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
16 4 (0.47%) EMIR
System Software
1 28 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.21%) Docker
3 6 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.47%) Firmware
5 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 54 (6.28%) Terraform
2 50 (5.81%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.98%) Grafana
4 15 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.93%) Ansible
6 4 (0.47%) Argo
6 4 (0.47%) Kubeflow
7 3 (0.35%) SCCM
7 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.12%) CASB
9 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.12%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.12%) QRadar
Vendors
1 185 (21.51%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.26%) SAP
3 58 (6.74%) Oracle
4 40 (4.65%) Adobe
5 36 (4.19%) iManage
5 36 (4.19%) ServiceNow
6 28 (3.26%) Salesforce
7 26 (3.02%) Intapp
8 24 (2.79%) Databricks
8 24 (2.79%) VMware
9 22 (2.56%) MuleSoft
10 19 (2.21%) Cisco
11 18 (2.09%) Dell
12 14 (1.63%) Google
12 14 (1.63%) Informatica
12 14 (1.63%) Polycom
12 14 (1.63%) Talend
13 12 (1.40%) Commvault
13 12 (1.40%) Duck Creek
13 12 (1.40%) Guidewire