Law Job Trends in the Midlands

Law
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 30 72
Rank change year-on-year -34 +42 -44
Permanent jobs citing Law 272 332 445
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.19% 6.61% 3.16%
As % of the General category 5.05% 9.93% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 178 249 403
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,313 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +2.41% -7.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £95,375 £70,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 5,389 3,344 7,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.42% 66.56% 54.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,305 1,764 4,890
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,335 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,324 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.32% +0.72% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Law job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Law
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in the Midlands

Law
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
East Midlands -10 142 £41,250 +3.13% 21
West Midlands -28 130 £62,500 +38.89% 45
Law
England

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 20 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.99%) Confluence
3 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.94%) Elite 3E
2 7 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.37%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.37%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.24%) Azure
2 21 (7.72%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (6.99%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.62%) SaaS
5 11 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (3.68%) Azure AKS
7 9 (3.31%) Microsoft Copilot
7 9 (3.31%) PowerApps
8 8 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (2.94%) Azure Storage
8 8 (2.94%) IaaS
9 7 (2.57%) AWS
9 7 (2.57%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.84%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.10%) GCP
11 3 (1.10%) PaaS
12 2 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.37%) Datadog
13 1 (0.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.04%) VPN
2 9 (3.31%) DNS
3 7 (2.57%) BGP
3 7 (2.57%) OSPF
4 6 (2.21%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (2.21%) EIGRP
4 6 (2.21%) LAN
4 6 (2.21%) WAN
4 6 (2.21%) Wireless
4 6 (2.21%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.84%) Firewall
5 5 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.47%) LoRaWAN
6 4 (1.47%) MQTT
7 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.37%) DHCP
8 1 (0.37%) FTP
8 1 (0.37%) HTTP
8 1 (0.37%) RTP
8 1 (0.37%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.51%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.15%) Power BI
3 4 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.47%) MySQL
3 4 (1.47%) Neo4j
3 4 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.10%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.74%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.74%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 27 (9.93%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.37%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
General
1 76 (27.94%) Finance
2 69 (25.37%) Legal
3 53 (19.49%) Social Skills
4 35 (12.87%) Telecoms
5 33 (12.13%) Military
6 27 (9.93%) Back Office
7 23 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (5.88%) Legal Technology
9 15 (5.51%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.94%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.57%) Banking
11 7 (2.57%) Marketing
12 6 (2.21%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.21%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.47%) Retail
15 3 (1.10%) Games
15 3 (1.10%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (15.44%) Analyst
2 36 (13.24%) Senior
3 33 (12.13%) Project Manager
4 27 (9.93%) IT Support
5 22 (8.09%) Developer
6 19 (6.99%) IT Analyst
6 19 (6.99%) IT Engineer
6 19 (6.99%) IT Manager
7 16 (5.88%) Support Analyst
8 13 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 13 (4.78%) Platform Engineer
9 12 (4.41%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (4.41%) IT Support Analyst
10 11 (4.04%) Business Analyst
10 11 (4.04%) Consultant
10 11 (4.04%) Database Engineer
10 11 (4.04%) Web Engineer
11 10 (3.68%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.68%) Lead
11 10 (3.68%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.94%) .NET
2 6 (2.21%) .NET Framework
2 6 (2.21%) Node.js
2 6 (2.21%) REST
2 6 (2.21%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.21%) WPF
3 4 (1.47%) BREW
3 4 (1.47%) JDBC
3 4 (1.47%) OAuth
3 4 (1.47%) React
3 4 (1.47%) SAPUI5
3 4 (1.47%) SOAP
4 3 (1.10%) Avalonia
4 3 (1.10%) HTML
4 3 (1.10%) OpenCV
5 2 (0.74%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.74%) Bootstrap
5 2 (0.74%) Redux
5 2 (0.74%) Web Services
6 1 (0.37%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 7 (2.57%) Product Ownership
2 7 (2.57%) Replication
2 7 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.21%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.84%) IoT
4 5 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.47%) CMDB
5 4 (1.47%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.10%) Clustering
6 3 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.10%) Life Science
6 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.10%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.10%) Photography
6 3 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.74%) Legacy Code
7 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.21%) Linux
2 5 (1.84%) Android
2 5 (1.84%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.10%) Windows
5 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (16.54%) Agile
2 33 (12.13%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (11.03%) AI
4 29 (10.66%) Commercial Awareness
5 26 (9.56%) Root Cause Analysis
6 23 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (8.46%) Process Improvement
6 23 (8.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (8.09%) ITSM
7 22 (8.09%) Mentoring
8 21 (7.72%) Project Management
9 18 (6.62%) Platform Engineering
9 18 (6.62%) Service Delivery
10 17 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (6.25%) Workflow
11 16 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (5.88%) Change Management
12 15 (5.51%) Business Strategy
12 15 (5.51%) Collaborative Working
12 15 (5.51%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.71%) SQL
2 16 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.15%) Python
4 6 (2.21%) C#
4 6 (2.21%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.47%) ABAP
5 4 (1.47%) C++
5 4 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.47%) Java
5 4 (1.47%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.47%) R
6 3 (1.10%) PHP
6 3 (1.10%) Rust
7 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.37%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 25 (9.19%) Degree
2 8 (2.94%) Azure Certification
2 8 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (2.57%) CCNP
3 7 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.21%) MOS
5 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.84%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.84%) PMP
6 1 (0.37%) CCNA
6 1 (0.37%) CIPD
6 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.62%) SLA
2 10 (3.68%) QA
3 9 (3.31%) GDPR
4 4 (1.47%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.47%) vSphere
4 3 (1.10%) Firmware
5 2 (0.74%) Docker
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.47%) Galera Cluster
3 4 (1.47%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.74%) Istio
4 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.74%) Terraform
5 1 (0.37%) Grafana
5 1 (0.37%) Nagios
5 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.78%) Aderant
2 13 (4.78%) Cisco
3 12 (4.41%) Meraki
4 10 (3.68%) SAP
5 6 (2.21%) Oracle
6 5 (1.84%) Intapp
6 5 (1.84%) VMware
7 4 (1.47%) iManage
7 4 (1.47%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.10%) HighQ
9 2 (0.74%) Databricks
10 1 (0.37%) F5
10 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.37%) Workday