Legal Jobs in the North East

Legal
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 42 79
Rank change year-on-year -21 +37 +24
Permanent jobs citing Legal 12 78 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 1.51% 4.15% 2.38%
As % of the General category 2.04% 7.04% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5 42 8
10th Percentile £36,686 £36,375 £49,325
25th Percentile £37,716 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -10.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile - £75,772 £72,625
90th Percentile £72,066 £83,759 £87,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% -

All General Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 587 1,108 774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 73.93% 58.97% 61.53%
Number of salaries quoted 295 910 334
10th Percentile £24,642 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £33,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £46,675 £44,380
Median % change year-on-year -25.01% +5.17% -1.38%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,555 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the North East

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Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Legal in the North East

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Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the North East over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in the North East

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Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the North East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Tyne and Wear -17 8 £43,968 -23.53% 23
Durham +19 4 £81,764 +107.00% 3
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (8.33%) SAS
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intranet
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Law
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Prime Brokerage
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Product Owner
3 1 (8.33%) Risk Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Strategy Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Blockchain
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (8.33%) Derivative
1 1 (8.33%) Hedge funds
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
1 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Case Management
4 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (8.33%) Rehypothecation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (16.67%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (8.33%) NCSC
3 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines