Legal Jobs in the North of England

Legal
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 97 114
Rank change year-on-year +27 +17 +3
Permanent jobs citing Legal 395 256 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.22% 2.78% 2.89%
As % of the General category 5.02% 4.62% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 168 169 240
10th Percentile £32,350 £24,700 £26,475
25th Percentile £40,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +17.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,250 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £69,125 £77,500 £69,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,050 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.09% -4.26% +4.55%

All General Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,868 5,543 11,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 64.21% 60.13% 69.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,191 3,973 5,423
10th Percentile £31,500 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,688 £36,250 £38,537
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,070 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,600 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.80% -4.76% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Legal in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 January 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
North West +40 276 £45,000 - 113
Yorkshire +9 91 £45,000 -24.37% 35
North East +2 28 £51,468 +14.37% 8
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (6.58%) SAS
2 11 (2.78%) Mule
3 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.77%) CMS
5 6 (1.52%) WordPress
6 4 (1.01%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.25%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.25%) Magento
2 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 24 (6.08%) Azure
2 17 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (3.04%) AWS
4 8 (2.03%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.77%) SaaS
6 6 (1.52%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.52%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.27%) GCP
7 5 (1.27%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.01%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.01%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.76%) AWS KMS
9 3 (0.76%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (0.76%) IaaS
9 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.51%) Betty Blocks
10 2 (0.51%) Firebase
10 2 (0.51%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.27%) DSL
1 5 (1.27%) Firewall
2 4 (1.01%) DHCP
2 4 (1.01%) DNS
2 4 (1.01%) WAN
2 4 (1.01%) Wireless
3 3 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.76%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.76%) SNMP
3 3 (0.76%) VSAN
4 2 (0.51%) Internet
5 1 (0.25%) DKIM
5 1 (0.25%) LAN
5 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.27%) Power BI
2 4 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (0.76%) Tableau
4 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.51%) Metadata
4 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.25%) MySQL
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.28%) JIRA
2 3 (0.76%) GitLab
2 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.25%) Appium
4 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.25%) Git
4 1 (0.25%) JMeter
4 1 (0.25%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.25%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.25%) Maven
4 1 (0.25%) Postman
4 1 (0.25%) Redmine
4 1 (0.25%) Selenium
4 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.25%) TestNG
4 1 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 146 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 130 (32.91%) Finance
3 75 (18.99%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (17.47%) Banking
5 66 (16.71%) Law
6 22 (5.57%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (3.54%) Retail
7 14 (3.54%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.78%) Marketing
9 8 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.77%) Games
11 6 (1.52%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.27%) Local Government
13 4 (1.01%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.01%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.51%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 92 (23.29%) Senior
2 57 (14.43%) Analyst
3 53 (13.42%) Auditor
4 51 (12.91%) IT Auditor
4 51 (12.91%) Senior Auditor
4 51 (12.91%) Senior IT Auditor
5 26 (6.58%) Developer
5 26 (6.58%) Graduate
6 25 (6.33%) Project Engineer
7 20 (5.06%) Project Manager
7 20 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
8 18 (4.56%) Risk Manager
9 17 (4.30%) IT Manager
10 16 (4.05%) Strategy Analyst
11 15 (3.80%) Systems Engineer
12 14 (3.54%) Senior Manager
13 13 (3.29%) Embedded Engineer
13 13 (3.29%) FPGA Engineer
14 12 (3.04%) Head of Digital
15 11 (2.78%) Senior Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.06%) HTML
2 18 (4.56%) CSS
3 10 (2.53%) .NET
4 8 (2.03%) XML
5 7 (1.77%) React
6 4 (1.01%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.01%) Vue
7 3 (0.76%) SAML
8 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.51%) Bootstrap
8 2 (0.51%) FHIR
8 2 (0.51%) Jest
8 2 (0.51%) JSON
8 2 (0.51%) Svelte
8 2 (0.51%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (0.51%) Web Services
9 1 (0.25%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.25%) JWT
9 1 (0.25%) Puppeteer
9 1 (0.25%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.34%) Credit Risk
2 18 (4.56%) Learning Management System
3 16 (4.05%) FPGA
4 15 (3.80%) Verilog
4 15 (3.80%) VHDL
5 14 (3.54%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (3.29%) ASIC
6 13 (3.29%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.78%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.78%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.53%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.28%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (2.03%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (2.03%) e-Learning
10 8 (2.03%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.77%) Hackathon
11 7 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.52%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.05%) Windows
2 13 (3.29%) Unix
3 6 (1.52%) Linux
3 6 (1.52%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.25%) VMS
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (22.53%) Risk Management
2 85 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (19.49%) Information Security
4 68 (17.22%) Service Management
5 67 (16.96%) Mentoring
6 59 (14.94%) Internal Audit
6 59 (14.94%) Programme Management
7 57 (14.43%) ITSM
8 55 (13.92%) Agile
9 54 (13.67%) Data Privacy
10 52 (13.16%) Budgeting
10 52 (13.16%) IT Audit
11 43 (10.89%) Analytics
11 43 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
12 42 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (10.38%) Project Management
14 40 (10.13%) Coaching
15 38 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 31 (7.85%) Software Engineering
17 29 (7.34%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 65 (16.46%) SQL
2 45 (11.39%) Python
3 19 (4.81%) C#
3 19 (4.81%) JavaScript
4 15 (3.80%) SystemVerilog
5 14 (3.54%) C
6 13 (3.29%) Assembly Language
6 13 (3.29%) C++
6 13 (3.29%) Shell Script
6 13 (3.29%) Tcl
7 10 (2.53%) Java
8 7 (1.77%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.52%) PHP
10 5 (1.27%) R
11 4 (1.01%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.76%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.76%) VBA
13 2 (0.51%) Bash
13 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 153 (38.73%) Degree
2 70 (17.72%) Master's Degree
3 53 (13.42%) CISM
4 52 (13.16%) CISA
5 20 (5.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (4.56%) PhD
7 6 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 6 (1.52%) PMP
8 5 (1.27%) CISSP
9 4 (1.01%) Security Cleared
10 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.25%) CRISC
11 1 (0.25%) MBA
11 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (13.67%) GRC
2 26 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (5.06%) Accessibility
4 18 (4.56%) GDPR
5 14 (3.54%) QA
6 13 (3.29%) NIST
6 13 (3.29%) SLA
7 10 (2.53%) NEBOSH
8 9 (2.28%) ISO 9001
9 8 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (1.27%) GAAP
11 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.76%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.76%) PMO
12 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.51%) HL7
13 1 (0.25%) COBIT
13 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (4.56%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.52%) Docker
4 3 (0.76%) DFS Replication
4 3 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.01%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.76%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.25%) Ansible
4 1 (0.25%) cPanel
4 1 (0.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.29%) Xilinx
3 11 (2.78%) Google
3 11 (2.78%) IBM
4 9 (2.28%) Aderant
5 6 (1.52%) iManage
6 4 (1.01%) WooCommerce
7 3 (0.76%) Oracle
7 3 (0.76%) Revolut
7 3 (0.76%) SolarWinds
7 3 (0.76%) VMware
8 2 (0.51%) Adobe
8 2 (0.51%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.25%) Apple
9 1 (0.25%) Citrix
9 1 (0.25%) Dell
9 1 (0.25%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.25%) New Relic
9 1 (0.25%) Siemens