Law Jobs in the North West

Law
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 78 102
Rank change year-on-year -11 +24 +1
Permanent jobs citing Law 314 293 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.95% 2.94% 3.30%
As % of the General category 5.61% 5.50% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 111 238 241
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £73,125 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%

All General Skills
North West

Law 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,594 5,326 5,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.43% 53.41% 67.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,495 3,934 2,422
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +2.06%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Law in the North West

Law
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Law in the North West.

Salary trend for Law in the North West

Law
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in the North West over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Law in the North West

Law
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Manchester +26 163 £64,000 +34.74% 124
Lancashire -2 84 £22,500 -55.00% 62
Cheshire +33 58 £52,500 -8.70% 25
Merseyside -10 11 £57,500 +43.75% 14
Law
England

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 9 (2.87%) Confluence
2 4 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.64%) Apache
3 2 (0.64%) GemFire
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.24%) Azure
2 20 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (4.46%) Power Platform
4 13 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (2.55%) SaaS
6 6 (1.91%) AWS
6 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.96%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (0.96%) OCI
8 3 (0.96%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.64%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.64%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.64%) PaaS
9 2 (0.64%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (0.32%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.32%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.32%) DHCP
1 1 (0.32%) DNS
1 1 (0.32%) Firewall
1 1 (0.32%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.55%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.91%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.91%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.59%) Power BI
4 4 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.64%) Apache Ignite
5 2 (0.64%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.64%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.64%) Redis
5 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.32%) MySQL
6 1 (0.32%) Parquet
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.87%) JIRA
2 3 (0.96%) Babel
2 3 (0.96%) NUnit
2 3 (0.96%) webpack
3 2 (0.64%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.64%) MSTest
3 2 (0.64%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.64%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.32%) CMake
4 1 (0.32%) Git
4 1 (0.32%) Storybook
General
1 198 (63.06%) Legal
2 174 (55.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (8.28%) Social Skills
4 25 (7.96%) Finance
5 6 (1.91%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (1.59%) Military
7 4 (1.27%) Front Office
7 4 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (0.96%) Retail
9 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.64%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (0.64%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.32%) Banking
10 1 (0.32%) Games
10 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (7.64%) Analyst
2 22 (7.01%) Consultant
3 20 (6.37%) Developer
4 16 (5.10%) Lead
4 16 (5.10%) Senior
5 14 (4.46%) IT Analyst
6 9 (2.87%) IT Support
7 8 (2.55%) IT Support Analyst
7 8 (2.55%) Support Analyst
8 7 (2.23%) Azure Specialist
8 7 (2.23%) Cloud Specialist
8 7 (2.23%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 6 (1.91%) ServiceNow Consultant
9 6 (1.91%) SQL Analyst
9 6 (1.91%) SQL Support Analyst
10 5 (1.59%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (1.59%) Business Analyst
10 5 (1.59%) HR Consultant
10 5 (1.59%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (1.59%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.50%) .NET
2 10 (3.18%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (2.87%) React
4 6 (1.91%) CSS
4 6 (1.91%) HTML
4 6 (1.91%) Node.js
4 6 (1.91%) RESTful
5 5 (1.59%) HTML5
5 5 (1.59%) JSON
5 5 (1.59%) REST
6 4 (1.27%) Vue
7 3 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (0.96%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.96%) Redux
8 2 (0.64%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.64%) Highcharts JS
8 2 (0.64%) Kafka
8 2 (0.64%) LESS
8 2 (0.64%) Protocol Buffers
8 2 (0.64%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 172 (54.78%) Cyberattack
2 10 (3.18%) Enterprise Cloud
3 6 (1.91%) Derivative
4 5 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.27%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.27%) Credit Derivative
5 4 (1.27%) Equities
5 4 (1.27%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.27%) Legacy Code
5 4 (1.27%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.96%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.64%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.64%) Blog
7 2 (0.64%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.64%) Life Science
7 2 (0.64%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.64%) NHS
7 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.87%) Linux
2 6 (1.91%) Windows
3 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.64%) Unix
5 1 (0.32%) Android
5 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (54.78%) Creative Thinking
1 172 (54.78%) Cybersecurity
1 172 (54.78%) Line Management
2 51 (16.24%) Agile
3 28 (8.92%) Mentoring
4 19 (6.05%) Coaching
5 18 (5.73%) Roadmaps
6 17 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (4.78%) Business Development
7 15 (4.78%) Project Management
8 14 (4.46%) ITIL
9 13 (4.14%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (3.50%) ITSM
10 11 (3.50%) Software Engineering
11 10 (3.18%) ERP
11 10 (3.18%) Microservices
11 10 (3.18%) Migration
11 10 (3.18%) Resource Management
11 10 (3.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (2.87%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.10%) SQL
2 13 (4.14%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.55%) TypeScript
4 7 (2.23%) C#
5 4 (1.27%) Go
6 3 (0.96%) C++
6 3 (0.96%) Java
7 2 (0.64%) PHP
7 2 (0.64%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.32%) Swift
8 1 (0.32%) X++
Qualifications
1 22 (7.01%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.41%) Degree
3 11 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.59%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.32%) APMG
7 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.32%) MCSE
7 1 (0.32%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (54.78%) NCSC
2 11 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (2.55%) SLA
4 7 (2.23%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.59%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.96%) GDPR
7 2 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.64%) QA
8 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) P3O
8 1 (0.32%) PERC
8 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 4 (1.27%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (11.78%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.05%) Oracle
3 10 (3.18%) Cisco
4 9 (2.87%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.59%) SAP
6 4 (1.27%) Freshdesk
6 4 (1.27%) Workday
7 3 (0.96%) iManage
7 3 (0.96%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.64%) Concur
8 2 (0.64%) Facebook
8 2 (0.64%) Intapp
8 2 (0.64%) Sage
8 2 (0.64%) Solace
8 2 (0.64%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.32%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.32%) VMware