Legal Job Trends in Merseyside

Legal
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 38 18 26
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +28
Permanent jobs citing Legal 21 45 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 3.41% 8.82% 4.80%
As % of the General category 6.05% 12.20% 9.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 26 15
10th Percentile - £30,000 £27,450
25th Percentile £45,000 - £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £46,875
90th Percentile - £66,250 £49,050
North West median annual salary £72,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +61.11% - +1.41%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 347 369 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 56.33% 72.35% 52.49%
Number of salaries quoted 210 136 217
10th Percentile - £30,250 £26,900
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,875 £70,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £51,238 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.30% +2.48% -4.76%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Merseyside

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Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Legal

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Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 13 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
Liverpool -14 19 £50,000 +17.65% 9
Legal
North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 20 (95.24%) Social Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) French Language
4 7 (33.33%) Marketing
5 2 (9.52%) Advertising
5 2 (9.52%) Hungarian Language
5 2 (9.52%) Law
5 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) HR Advisor
2 5 (23.81%) Customer Executive
3 2 (9.52%) Administrator
3 2 (9.52%) HR Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Decision-Making
1 16 (76.19%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (61.90%) Data Entry
3 11 (52.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (52.38%) CRM
4 7 (33.33%) Business Development
5 5 (23.81%) Contract Negotiation
5 5 (23.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (9.52%) Case Management
7 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
7 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
7 2 (9.52%) Workflow
8 1 (4.76%) Business Enablement
8 1 (4.76%) Contract Management
8 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (4.76%) Product Roadmap
8 1 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) CIPD
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) ServiceNow
1 13 (61.90%) Workday
2 5 (23.81%) Salesforce
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) iManage