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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 53 112
Rank change year-on-year -40 +59 -4
Permanent jobs citing Legal 413 650 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.55% 3.71% 3.02%
As % of the General category 4.99% 6.66% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 116 337 279
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,716 £31,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,750 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +1.06% -6.00%
75th Percentile £57,813 £66,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,125 £83,759 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,362 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.95% -6.62% -

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 8,278 9,756 11,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.19% 55.63% 70.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,859 7,375 5,075
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,668 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,471 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.47% -12.50% -

Legal
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 May 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 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
North West -28 336 £44,000 -7.37% 235
Yorkshire -29 65 £45,000 +32.35% 123
North East -16 12 £50,000 -6.98% 36
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 8 (1.94%) SAS
2 2 (0.48%) Confluence
2 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.24%) CMS
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (10.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.24%) Magento
2 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 24 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (4.12%) Azure
3 8 (1.94%) Power Platform
4 6 (1.45%) SaaS
5 4 (0.97%) AWS
6 3 (0.73%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (0.73%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.48%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.48%) GCP
7 2 (0.48%) Google Docs
7 2 (0.48%) Google Drive
7 2 (0.48%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.24%) IaaS
8 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.24%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.97%) Firewall
2 3 (0.73%) DHCP
2 3 (0.73%) DNS
2 3 (0.73%) WAN
3 2 (0.48%) LAN
3 2 (0.48%) MPLS
3 2 (0.48%) Network Security
3 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.48%) VoIP
4 1 (0.24%) Internet
4 1 (0.24%) Intranet
4 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.24%) SNMP
4 1 (0.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.94%) Power BI
2 5 (1.21%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.97%) Tableau
4 3 (0.73%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.24%) Looker
6 1 (0.24%) Metadata
6 1 (0.24%) MySQL
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.21%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) GitLab
General
1 226 (54.72%) Law
2 179 (43.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 111 (26.88%) Finance
4 105 (25.42%) Social Skills
5 43 (10.41%) Marketing
6 36 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (5.08%) Banking
8 11 (2.66%) Financial Institution
8 11 (2.66%) Retail
9 8 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.94%) Prime Brokerage
10 6 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.45%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Advertising
12 4 (0.97%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.73%) Local Government
14 2 (0.48%) Back Office
14 2 (0.48%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (9.20%) Customer Executive
2 37 (8.96%) Analyst
3 16 (3.87%) Project Engineer
4 12 (2.91%) Graduate
4 12 (2.91%) Risk Manager
4 12 (2.91%) Senior
5 9 (2.18%) Consultant
5 9 (2.18%) Developer
5 9 (2.18%) Lead
6 8 (1.94%) Business Analyst
6 8 (1.94%) IT Manager
7 7 (1.69%) Azure Specialist
7 7 (1.69%) Cloud Specialist
7 7 (1.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 7 (1.69%) Operations Manager
7 7 (1.69%) Report Analyst
8 6 (1.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 6 (1.45%) Data Manager
8 6 (1.45%) IT Assistant
8 6 (1.45%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.21%) CSS
1 5 (1.21%) HTML
2 4 (0.97%) Saxon XSLT
3 3 (0.73%) React
4 2 (0.48%) .NET
5 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.24%) PySpark
5 1 (0.24%) RESTful
5 1 (0.24%) SAML
5 1 (0.24%) WCF
5 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 172 (41.65%) Cyberattack
2 17 (4.12%) Social Media
3 10 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
3 10 (2.42%) Learning Management System
3 10 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.18%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.94%) Blockchain
5 8 (1.94%) Derivative
5 8 (1.94%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.69%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.45%) Cyber Security Posture
7 6 (1.45%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.21%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.73%) Hackathon
9 3 (0.73%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.48%) Blog
10 2 (0.48%) CCTV
10 2 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.48%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.54%) Windows
2 9 (2.18%) Windows Vista
3 8 (1.94%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.73%) Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (46.00%) Cybersecurity
2 181 (43.83%) Line Management
3 174 (42.13%) Creative Thinking
4 59 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 50 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (10.17%) Business Development
7 41 (9.93%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 39 (9.44%) Contract Negotiation
9 28 (6.78%) Project Management
10 27 (6.54%) Risk Management
11 23 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 21 (5.08%) Agile
12 21 (5.08%) Mentoring
13 20 (4.84%) Business Strategy
13 20 (4.84%) Coaching
13 20 (4.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (4.12%) Information Security
15 16 (3.87%) Artificial Intelligence
16 15 (3.63%) Analytics
16 15 (3.63%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.84%) Python
2 19 (4.60%) SQL
3 11 (2.66%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.21%) C#
6 4 (0.97%) PHP
7 3 (0.73%) Java
7 3 (0.73%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.48%) Bash
8 2 (0.48%) VBA
9 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (13.32%) Degree
2 16 (3.87%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (2.91%) DBS Check
4 9 (2.18%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (1.94%) PhD
6 5 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 5 (1.21%) PMP
6 5 (1.21%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (0.97%) CISA
7 4 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.97%) CISSP
7 4 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.48%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.48%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.24%) MBA
10 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (42.13%) NCSC
2 21 (5.08%) GDPR
3 19 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.87%) SLA
5 14 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (2.42%) NIST
7 8 (1.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.73%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.73%) QA
10 2 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.48%) GRC
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.24%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.24%) PERC
11 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.48%) Docker
7 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.24%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 3 (0.73%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) Ansible
3 1 (0.24%) cPanel
3 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (9.20%) Salesforce
2 34 (8.23%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.91%) Cisco
4 10 (2.42%) iManage
5 6 (1.45%) Google
6 5 (1.21%) Oracle
6 5 (1.21%) VMware
7 4 (0.97%) Revolut
8 3 (0.73%) Adobe
8 3 (0.73%) IBM
9 2 (0.48%) Facebook
9 2 (0.48%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.48%) Intapp
9 2 (0.48%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.24%) Aderant
10 1 (0.24%) Citrix
10 1 (0.24%) Commvault
10 1 (0.24%) LexisNexis
10 1 (0.24%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.24%) New Relic