Legal Jobs in the Midlands

Legal
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 89 96
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +48
Permanent jobs citing Legal 181 325 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.61% 2.78% 3.32%
As % of the General category 4.64% 4.91% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 52 168 174
10th Percentile £29,225 £23,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.95%
75th Percentile £58,250 £59,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -

All General Skills
Midlands

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 common skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,901 6,618 7,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.16% 56.69% 73.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,838 4,704 3,129
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Legal in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in the Midlands

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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 Legal within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West Midlands -17 121 £41,000 -18.00% 107
East Midlands +21 60 £52,500 +16.67% 51
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (14.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.21%) CMS
2 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.21%) SAS
3 1 (0.55%) Mule
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 43 (23.76%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (7.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.66%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.55%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.55%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.55%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.15%) Azure
1 22 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (8.29%) Power Platform
3 11 (6.08%) PowerApps
4 9 (4.97%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.76%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.21%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.21%) SaaS
7 2 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.10%) IaaS
7 2 (1.10%) PaaS
8 1 (0.55%) AWS
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.55%) GCP
8 1 (0.55%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.87%) VLAN
2 5 (2.76%) Firewall
3 4 (2.21%) Network Security
4 3 (1.66%) VPN
5 2 (1.10%) Intranet
5 2 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.10%) LAN
5 2 (1.10%) MPLS
5 2 (1.10%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.10%) VoIP
5 2 (1.10%) WAN
5 2 (1.10%) Wireless
6 1 (0.55%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.55%) DHCP
6 1 (0.55%) DNS
6 1 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.87%) Power BI
2 3 (1.66%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.10%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.55%) Big Data
4 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (14.36%) JIRA
1 26 (14.36%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.66%) LSMW
General
1 55 (30.39%) Documentation Skills
1 55 (30.39%) Finance
2 45 (24.86%) Social Skills
3 32 (17.68%) Law
4 29 (16.02%) Marketing
5 28 (15.47%) Manufacturing
6 25 (13.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.31%) Automotive
7 6 (3.31%) Banking
7 6 (3.31%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.21%) Retail
10 3 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.66%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.10%) Military
11 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Front Office
12 1 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (32.04%) Senior
2 24 (13.26%) Customer Executive
3 13 (7.18%) Analyst
4 10 (5.52%) Development Manager
4 10 (5.52%) IT Support
5 6 (3.31%) Consultant
5 6 (3.31%) SharePoint Support
6 4 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (2.21%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (1.66%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (1.66%) Functional Consultant
7 3 (1.66%) Insight Analyst
7 3 (1.66%) IT Manager
7 3 (1.66%) Microsoft 365 Expert
7 3 (1.66%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 3 (1.66%) SAP MDG Consultant
7 3 (1.66%) Security Analyst
7 3 (1.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (1.66%) Strategy Analyst
8 2 (1.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.55%) IDoc
1 1 (0.55%) LDAP
1 1 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.55%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.05%) Cyberattack
2 10 (5.52%) Social Media
3 7 (3.87%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.66%) CCTV
4 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.66%) e-Learning
4 3 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.66%) Replication
4 3 (1.66%) SCADA
4 3 (1.66%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.66%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.10%) FMCG
5 2 (1.10%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.55%) CESG
6 1 (0.55%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 31 (17.13%) Windows
2 12 (6.63%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.52%) Windows Vista
4 7 (3.87%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.10%) Linux
6 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (17.13%) Collaborative Working
2 30 (16.57%) Decision-Making
2 30 (16.57%) Mathematics
3 28 (15.47%) Creative Thinking
4 26 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (14.36%) Hazard Analysis
4 26 (14.36%) Safety Engineering
4 26 (14.36%) Systems Engineering
5 24 (13.26%) Business Development
5 24 (13.26%) Contract Negotiation
5 24 (13.26%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 20 (11.05%) Line Management
7 19 (10.50%) Analytics
8 18 (9.94%) Project Delivery
9 17 (9.39%) Project Management
10 14 (7.73%) Contract Management
11 13 (7.18%) ITIL
12 12 (6.63%) Cost Control
13 11 (6.08%) Business Case
14 10 (5.52%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.52%) SQL
2 9 (4.97%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.10%) PHP
3 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.55%) ABAP
4 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (29.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 41 (22.65%) Degree
3 27 (14.92%) Numerate Degree
4 11 (6.08%) DBS Check
5 10 (5.52%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.31%) CISM
7 5 (2.76%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.21%) CISSP
9 3 (1.66%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.66%) ISEB
10 2 (1.10%) CASP
10 2 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.10%) HNC
10 2 (1.10%) HND
10 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.10%) PMP
11 1 (0.55%) MCSA
11 1 (0.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.39%) NCSC
2 11 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.87%) GDPR
4 5 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.21%) NIST
6 3 (1.66%) COBIT
7 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.10%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.10%) QA
8 1 (0.55%) GRC
8 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (10.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.66%) vSphere
3 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.10%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.36%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.21%) SAP
3 4 (2.21%) VMware
4 2 (1.10%) Cisco
4 2 (1.10%) Facebook
4 2 (1.10%) YouTube
5 1 (0.55%) Apple
5 1 (0.55%) Ariba
5 1 (0.55%) BMC
5 1 (0.55%) Citrix
5 1 (0.55%) Concur
5 1 (0.55%) Databricks
5 1 (0.55%) IBM
5 1 (0.55%) iManage
5 1 (0.55%) Intapp
5 1 (0.55%) OpenText
5 1 (0.55%) Oracle
5 1 (0.55%) Remedy
5 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow