Legal Jobs in the North West

Legal
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 51 141
Rank change year-on-year -28 +90 -74
Permanent jobs citing Legal 332 391 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.25% 3.78% 2.42%
As % of the General category 6.05% 7.19% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 69 213 135
10th Percentile £35,050 £25,150 £24,970
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -7.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,507 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

All General Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,490 5,440 5,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.35% 52.58% 66.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 3,982 2,369
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the North West

Legal
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Legal in the North West

Legal
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in the North West

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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 Legal within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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 +17 136 £47,500 -5.00% 229
Cheshire +32 79 £52,500 -25.00% 122
Lancashire -47 77 £40,250 +41.23% 51
Merseyside -19 24 £46,000 +8.24% 57
Cumbria -53 19 £44,000 +46.67% 10
Legal
England

Legal
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 4 (1.20%) SAS
2 3 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (10.84%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 19 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (3.92%) Azure
3 5 (1.51%) AWS
3 5 (1.51%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.90%) Copilot Studio
4 3 (0.90%) Google Docs
4 3 (0.90%) Google Drive
4 3 (0.90%) Google Sheets
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (0.90%) PowerApps
5 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.60%) DHCP
1 2 (0.60%) DNS
1 2 (0.60%) Firewall
1 2 (0.60%) Intranet
1 2 (0.60%) LAN
1 2 (0.60%) MPLS
1 2 (0.60%) Network Security
1 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
1 2 (0.60%) VoIP
1 2 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (1.51%) Power BI
2 4 (1.20%) Oracle Database
2 4 (1.20%) Tableau
3 2 (0.60%) EDRMS
3 2 (0.60%) Metadata
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.30%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.30%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 2 (0.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) Git
General
1 197 (59.34%) Law
2 179 (53.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 73 (21.99%) Finance
3 73 (21.99%) Social Skills
4 32 (9.64%) Marketing
5 16 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (1.81%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.51%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.51%) Retail
9 2 (0.60%) Local Government
9 2 (0.60%) Prime Brokerage
9 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.30%) Back Office
10 1 (0.30%) Banking
10 1 (0.30%) Games
10 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (9.64%) Customer Executive
2 29 (8.73%) Analyst
3 16 (4.82%) Project Engineer
4 9 (2.71%) Business Analyst
4 9 (2.71%) Senior
5 7 (2.11%) Azure Specialist
5 7 (2.11%) Cloud Specialist
5 7 (2.11%) Data Manager
5 7 (2.11%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 7 (2.11%) Report Analyst
6 6 (1.81%) Lead
6 6 (1.81%) Risk Manager
7 5 (1.51%) Administrator
7 5 (1.51%) Consultant
8 4 (1.20%) Data Warehouse Manager
8 4 (1.20%) Developer
8 4 (1.20%) Graduate
8 4 (1.20%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (1.20%) Operations Manager
8 4 (1.20%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) CSS
1 2 (0.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.30%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.30%) Hugging Face
2 1 (0.30%) Keras
2 1 (0.30%) NLTK
2 1 (0.30%) NumPy
2 1 (0.30%) OpenCV
2 1 (0.30%) Pandas
2 1 (0.30%) PySpark
2 1 (0.30%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.30%) React
2 1 (0.30%) Regular Expression
2 1 (0.30%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.30%) Seaborn
2 1 (0.30%) SpaCy
2 1 (0.30%) SQLAlchemy
2 1 (0.30%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 172 (51.81%) Cyberattack
2 16 (4.82%) Social Media
3 10 (3.01%) Enterprise Cloud
4 8 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.20%) NHS
7 3 (0.90%) Blog
7 3 (0.90%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.60%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.60%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.60%) CCTV
8 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.60%) Derivative
8 2 (0.60%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.60%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.30%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.30%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.30%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.53%) Windows
2 9 (2.71%) Windows Vista
3 8 (2.41%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (53.01%) Cybersecurity
1 176 (53.01%) Line Management
2 172 (51.81%) Creative Thinking
3 36 (10.84%) Decision-Making
4 35 (10.54%) Business Development
5 32 (9.64%) Contract Negotiation
5 32 (9.64%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 25 (7.53%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (4.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (4.82%) Mentoring
8 16 (4.82%) Project Management
9 14 (4.22%) Coaching
10 13 (3.92%) Business Strategy
10 13 (3.92%) ITIL
11 12 (3.61%) Roadmaps
12 11 (3.31%) Risk Management
13 9 (2.71%) Artificial Intelligence
13 9 (2.71%) ITSM
13 9 (2.71%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.52%) Python
2 10 (3.01%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.81%) SQL
4 3 (0.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.60%) Bash
5 2 (0.60%) PHP
5 2 (0.60%) VBA
6 1 (0.30%) C++
6 1 (0.30%) Java
6 1 (0.30%) Julia
6 1 (0.30%) R
6 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (11.45%) Degree
2 16 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (3.61%) DBS Check
4 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.51%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.20%) CISA
6 4 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.20%) CISSP
6 4 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (0.60%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (52.41%) NCSC
2 15 (4.52%) SLA
3 13 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.51%) GDPR
6 4 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.90%) IEC 61508
7 3 (0.90%) QA
8 2 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.60%) NIST
9 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 10 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.90%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (9.64%) Salesforce
2 21 (6.33%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.61%) Cisco
4 10 (3.01%) iManage
5 6 (1.81%) Oracle
6 4 (1.20%) Revolut
7 3 (0.90%) Adobe
7 3 (0.90%) Freshdesk
7 3 (0.90%) Google
7 3 (0.90%) VMware
8 2 (0.60%) Facebook
8 2 (0.60%) Intapp
9 1 (0.30%) Citrix
9 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow