Legal Job Trends 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 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 47 103
Rank change year-on-year -38 +56 +43
Permanent jobs citing Legal 260 485 223
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.65% 3.93% 2.95%
As % of the General category 4.39% 6.71% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 154 167 160
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £35,625 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +29.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £66,438
90th Percentile £95,000 £67,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% -

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 5,929 7,225 4,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 60.49% 58.49% 65.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,053 2,959 3,668
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £27,600
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,800 £78,550 £83,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Legal job vacancy trend in the North of England

Legal
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 November 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 13 November 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 -49 120 £65,000 +52.94% 105
Yorkshire -2 105 £52,500 - 45
North East +7 35 £62,500 -3.85% 18
Legal
England

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.77%) Confluence
2 2 (0.77%) HCL Notes
2 2 (0.77%) IIS
2 2 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.38%) CMS
3 1 (0.38%) FileNet
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (8.46%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.31%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.92%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.92%) Navisworks
5 4 (1.54%) Revit
6 2 (0.77%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.38%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.77%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.38%) Shopify
2 1 (0.38%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.69%) SaaS
2 21 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (7.69%) Azure
4 14 (5.38%) AWS
5 10 (3.85%) PaaS
5 10 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (1.92%) IaaS
6 5 (1.92%) Power Automate
6 5 (1.92%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.15%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.15%) Azure Stack
8 2 (0.77%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (0.77%) Dagster
8 2 (0.77%) GCP
8 2 (0.77%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.77%) Prefect
9 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.38%) GitHub
9 1 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.69%) Intranet
2 5 (1.92%) Firewall
2 5 (1.92%) Internet
3 3 (1.15%) WebEx
4 2 (0.77%) AMQP
4 2 (0.77%) VPN
5 1 (0.38%) ATM
5 1 (0.38%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.38%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) Network Security
5 1 (0.38%) WAN
5 1 (0.38%) Wireless
5 1 (0.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.23%) Metadata
2 6 (2.31%) Power BI
3 5 (1.92%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.15%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.15%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.15%) EDRMS
5 3 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.15%) GIS
5 3 (1.15%) QGIS
5 3 (1.15%) Spatial Data
5 3 (1.15%) Tableau
6 2 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.77%) JIRA
General
1 100 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 76 (29.23%) Finance
3 52 (20.00%) Law
4 41 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.15%) Marketing
6 15 (5.77%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.38%) Banking
8 12 (4.62%) Retail
9 10 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.46%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.69%) French Language
12 7 (2.69%) Local Government
13 6 (2.31%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.92%) Hungarian Language
14 5 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.54%) Spanish Language
16 3 (1.15%) Automotive
16 3 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (10.00%) Senior
2 24 (9.23%) Analyst
3 16 (6.15%) HR Advisor
4 15 (5.77%) Lead
5 14 (5.38%) Administrator
5 14 (5.38%) Architect
5 14 (5.38%) IT Support
6 13 (5.00%) Consultant
7 10 (3.85%) Developer
7 10 (3.85%) IT Director
8 9 (3.46%) Technical Leader
9 8 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.08%) Lead Architect
9 8 (3.08%) Technical Architect
10 7 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (2.69%) Coordinator
10 7 (2.69%) IT Manager
10 7 (2.69%) Sales Representative
10 7 (2.69%) Support Analyst
10 7 (2.69%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.69%) .NET
2 3 (1.15%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.15%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (1.15%) AWS CDK
2 3 (1.15%) CSS
2 3 (1.15%) HTML
2 3 (1.15%) React
3 2 (0.77%) Spring
3 2 (0.77%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.77%) Spring Cloud
3 2 (0.77%) WCF
4 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.38%) Keras
4 1 (0.38%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.38%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.38%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.38%) SpaCy
4 1 (0.38%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.38%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.46%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.08%) e-Learning
5 8 (3.08%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (2.69%) NHS
7 6 (2.31%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.54%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.54%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.15%) iPhone
10 3 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.15%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.77%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.77%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.38%) Windows
2 8 (3.08%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.54%) Android
3 4 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (16.15%) Decision-Making
3 41 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (11.15%) Mentoring
5 28 (10.77%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (8.85%) Case Management
8 22 (8.46%) CRM
9 21 (8.08%) Data Entry
10 20 (7.69%) Project Management
11 19 (7.31%) Customer Service
11 19 (7.31%) Information Security
12 18 (6.92%) Agile
12 18 (6.92%) AI
12 18 (6.92%) Workflow
13 17 (6.54%) Business Development
13 17 (6.54%) Project Delivery
14 16 (6.15%) Analytics
15 14 (5.38%) Coaching
15 14 (5.38%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.85%) SQL
2 17 (6.54%) Python
3 9 (3.46%) C#
4 6 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.54%) Java
5 4 (1.54%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.54%) VBA
6 3 (1.15%) C++
7 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.38%) Julia
8 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (14.62%) Degree
2 8 (3.08%) CIPD
3 5 (1.92%) CISSP
3 5 (1.92%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.54%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.54%) HND
4 4 (1.54%) Postgraduate
5 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.77%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.77%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.38%) CBAP
7 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.38%) CRISC
7 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.38%) GIAC
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.38%) OSCP
7 1 (0.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.08%) GDPR
2 11 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.23%) QA
3 9 (3.46%) SLA
4 8 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (2.31%) GLBA
7 5 (1.92%) ISO 19650
8 4 (1.54%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.54%) ISO 14001
8 4 (1.54%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.54%) NIST
9 3 (1.15%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.38%) COBIT
11 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 19770
11 1 (0.38%) NCSC
11 1 (0.38%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.38%) PERC
11 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.31%) Docker
3 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.15%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (18.85%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.85%) ServiceNow
3 22 (8.46%) Workday
4 14 (5.38%) iManage
5 7 (2.69%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.92%) Google
7 4 (1.54%) Citrix
7 4 (1.54%) Intapp
7 4 (1.54%) Oracle
7 4 (1.54%) PayPal
8 3 (1.15%) Cisco
8 3 (1.15%) ESRI
8 3 (1.15%) LexisNexis
8 3 (1.15%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.77%) Aderant
9 2 (0.77%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.77%) IBM
9 2 (0.77%) Lotus
9 2 (0.77%) SAP
9 2 (0.77%) VMware