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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 54 137
Rank change year-on-year -30 +83 -68
Permanent jobs citing Legal 337 371 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.19% 3.73% 2.53%
As % of the General category 5.93% 6.98% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 71 205 134
10th Percentile £33,250 £25,000 £26,048
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £46,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -2.11% -10.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,759 £65,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% -

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 5,681 5,313 5,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.61% 53.47% 67.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,516 3,931 2,419
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £28,000
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% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -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 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in the North West

Legal
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 17 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 +18 138 £40,000 -21.57% 146
Lancashire -48 79 £41,968 +47.25% 88
Cheshire +30 77 £46,250 -33.93% 21
Merseyside -14 28 £46,000 +8.24% 15
Cumbria -53 18 £44,000 +46.67% 8
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 5 (1.48%) SAS
2 3 (0.89%) Confluence
3 1 (0.30%) CMS
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (4.15%) Azure
3 5 (1.48%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.19%) AWS
5 3 (0.89%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (0.89%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.59%) Google Docs
6 2 (0.59%) Google Drive
6 2 (0.59%) Google Sheets
6 2 (0.59%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.59%) SaaS
7 1 (0.30%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.30%) IaaS
7 1 (0.30%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.89%) DHCP
1 3 (0.89%) DNS
1 3 (0.89%) Firewall
1 3 (0.89%) WAN
2 2 (0.59%) LAN
2 2 (0.59%) MPLS
2 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.59%) VoIP
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.30%) SNMP
3 1 (0.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.48%) Power BI
2 4 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.19%) Tableau
3 3 (0.89%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (0.89%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) Git
3 1 (0.30%) GitLab
General
1 198 (58.75%) Law
2 178 (52.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 75 (22.26%) Finance
4 74 (21.96%) Social Skills
5 34 (10.09%) Marketing
6 21 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.48%) Banking
8 5 (1.48%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.48%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.48%) Retail
9 4 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.59%) Back Office
11 2 (0.59%) Prime Brokerage
11 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (9.79%) Analyst
2 32 (9.50%) Customer Executive
3 16 (4.75%) Project Engineer
4 9 (2.67%) Business Analyst
4 9 (2.67%) Senior
5 7 (2.08%) Azure Specialist
5 7 (2.08%) Cloud Specialist
5 7 (2.08%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 7 (2.08%) Report Analyst
6 6 (1.78%) Data Manager
6 6 (1.78%) Risk Manager
7 5 (1.48%) Consultant
7 5 (1.48%) Developer
7 5 (1.48%) Lead
7 5 (1.48%) Product Manager
8 4 (1.19%) Graduate
8 4 (1.19%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (1.19%) IT Manager
8 4 (1.19%) Operations Manager
8 4 (1.19%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.19%) CSS
1 4 (1.19%) HTML
2 2 (0.59%) React
3 1 (0.30%) PySpark
3 1 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 172 (51.04%) Cyberattack
2 16 (4.75%) Social Media
3 10 (2.97%) Enterprise Cloud
4 8 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.59%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.59%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.59%) Blog
6 2 (0.59%) CCTV
6 2 (0.59%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.59%) Derivative
6 2 (0.59%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.59%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.59%) NHS
6 2 (0.59%) PDA
6 2 (0.59%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.59%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.42%) Windows
2 9 (2.67%) Windows Vista
3 8 (2.37%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.19%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.59%) Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (52.52%) Cybersecurity
1 177 (52.52%) Line Management
2 172 (51.04%) Creative Thinking
3 38 (11.28%) Decision-Making
4 35 (10.39%) Business Development
5 32 (9.50%) Contract Negotiation
5 32 (9.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 30 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (5.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (5.04%) Project Management
9 16 (4.75%) Coaching
9 16 (4.75%) Mentoring
10 15 (4.45%) Business Strategy
11 13 (3.86%) ITIL
11 13 (3.86%) Risk Management
12 11 (3.26%) Roadmaps
13 10 (2.97%) ITSM
13 10 (2.97%) Process Improvement
13 10 (2.97%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.56%) Python
2 10 (2.97%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.08%) SQL
4 3 (0.89%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.89%) PHP
5 2 (0.59%) Bash
5 2 (0.59%) VBA
6 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (11.87%) Degree
2 16 (4.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (3.56%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.19%) CISA
6 4 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.19%) CISSP
6 4 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.19%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.59%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.59%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) MBA
9 1 (0.30%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (51.34%) NCSC
2 16 (4.75%) SLA
3 13 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.78%) GDPR
6 4 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.89%) IEC 61508
7 3 (0.89%) NIST
8 2 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.59%) QA
9 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.30%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.30%) PERC
9 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (3.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.89%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.30%) cPanel
3 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (9.50%) Salesforce
2 24 (7.12%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.56%) Cisco
4 10 (2.97%) iManage
5 5 (1.48%) Oracle
6 4 (1.19%) Revolut
6 4 (1.19%) VMware
7 2 (0.59%) Adobe
7 2 (0.59%) Facebook
7 2 (0.59%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.59%) Google
7 2 (0.59%) Intapp
8 1 (0.30%) Aderant
8 1 (0.30%) Citrix
8 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.30%) SolarWinds