Law Job Trends in Manchester

Law
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 37 63
Rank change year-on-year -6 +26 +26
Permanent jobs citing Law 148 147 155
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.84% 6.18% 3.80%
As % of the General category 7.15% 8.65% 6.78%
Number of salaries quoted 99 111 132
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £48,125 £46,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £73,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year -4.35% +17.95% -7.14%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,070 1,699 2,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 53.71% 71.39% 56.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,152 845 1,819
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year - +7.87% -7.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Law job vacancy trend in Manchester

Law
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in Manchester over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in Manchester

Law
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 7 March 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
Salford +19 29 £42,500 - 6
Bolton - 14 £50,000 - 1
Wigan - 9 £42,500 - 1
Stockport +3 1 £50,000 -34.43% 1
Law
North West

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.68%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (7.43%) Visualfiles
2 5 (3.38%) SAP PM
3 3 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.68%) Magento
4 1 (0.68%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.68%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.68%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.68%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.68%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.46%) SaaS
2 7 (4.73%) Azure
3 5 (3.38%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.03%) Google Sheets
5 2 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.35%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.68%) AWS
6 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.68%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.68%) Boomi
6 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.68%) Figma
6 1 (0.68%) GitHub
6 1 (0.68%) IaaS
6 1 (0.68%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.35%) Firewall
1 2 (1.35%) LAN
1 2 (1.35%) VPN
1 2 (1.35%) WAN
2 1 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.68%) DMVPN
2 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.41%) Tableau
2 4 (2.70%) Power BI
3 2 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 50 (33.78%) Military
2 31 (20.95%) Telecoms
3 30 (20.27%) Back Office
4 26 (17.57%) Legal
4 26 (17.57%) Social Skills
5 25 (16.89%) Local Government
6 19 (12.84%) Finance
7 14 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (6.08%) Police
9 3 (2.03%) Marketing
9 3 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (23.65%) Project Manager
2 32 (21.62%) Senior
3 24 (16.22%) Developer
4 20 (13.51%) Traffic Manager
5 9 (6.08%) Consultant
5 9 (6.08%) Senior Developer
6 8 (5.41%) Account Manager
6 8 (5.41%) Analyst
6 8 (5.41%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 8 (5.41%) Head of Security
6 8 (5.41%) Senior Account Manager
6 8 (5.41%) Senior Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Cyber Threat Hunter
7 7 (4.73%) Threat Hunter
8 6 (4.05%) Proclaim Developer
9 5 (3.38%) Commercial Manager
9 5 (3.38%) Commercial Project Manager
9 5 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (3.38%) Performance Manager
9 5 (3.38%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.68%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.68%) CSS
2 1 (0.68%) EDI
2 1 (0.68%) HTML
2 1 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.73%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (3.38%) Driving Licence
2 5 (3.38%) Social Media
3 4 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.03%) Life Science
4 3 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.35%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.35%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) IoT
6 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.73%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (16.22%) Service Delivery
2 20 (13.51%) Collaborative Working
3 15 (10.14%) Agile
4 14 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 13 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (6.76%) Business Strategy
6 10 (6.76%) PRINCE2
6 10 (6.76%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (6.76%) Project Management
6 10 (6.76%) Workshop Facilitation
7 9 (6.08%) Change Management
8 8 (5.41%) AI
8 8 (5.41%) Analytics
8 8 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (5.41%) ERP
8 8 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (4.73%) Data Governance
9 7 (4.73%) Project Delivery
9 7 (4.73%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.73%) SQL
2 2 (1.35%) C#
2 2 (1.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (5.41%) PMI Certification
1 8 (5.41%) PMP
2 6 (4.05%) Degree
3 5 (3.38%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.70%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.35%) CCNA
5 2 (1.35%) CCNP
5 2 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.68%) CCIE
6 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.51%) COSHH
2 6 (4.05%) SLA
3 5 (3.38%) ISO 14001
3 5 (3.38%) NEBOSH
3 5 (3.38%) QA
4 4 (2.70%) GDPR
5 3 (2.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (2.03%) GLBA
6 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.68%) PMO
6 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.35%) Terraform
2 1 (0.68%) Ansible
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (6.76%) SAP
2 7 (4.73%) Oracle
3 6 (4.05%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.38%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.70%) iManage
6 3 (2.03%) Google
6 3 (2.03%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.35%) Cisco
7 2 (1.35%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.35%) Workday
8 1 (0.68%) Aderant
8 1 (0.68%) Adyen
8 1 (0.68%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.68%) Databricks
8 1 (0.68%) IBM
8 1 (0.68%) IFS
8 1 (0.68%) Infor
8 1 (0.68%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.68%) Talend
8 1 (0.68%) TIBCO