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 advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 142 73
Rank change year-on-year +86 -69 +32
Permanent jobs citing Legal 361 193 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.72% 2.41% 4.33%
As % of the General category 6.96% 3.49% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 206 130 254
10th Percentile £25,375 £24,723 £28,524
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year - -10.57% +18.03%
75th Percentile £66,050 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,759 £66,375 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

All General Skills
North West

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,188 5,532 5,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.52% 69.07% 61.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,862 2,515 3,059
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +9.95%
75th Percentile £62,833 £67,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,775
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,315 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.96% +0.53% +4.35%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 +93 179 £51,000 -2.86% 95
Merseyside +32 92 £42,500 - 25
Lancashire +21 46 £28,500 +16.33% 12
Cheshire -2 39 £70,000 +21.74% 19
Cumbria -11 4 £30,000 - 7
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 25 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.77%) SAS
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (9.97%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (5.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.66%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.77%) Infor SunSystems
1 10 (2.77%) iTrent
2 7 (1.94%) BPCS
2 7 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.55%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.28%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.28%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.28%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.28%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.28%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.40%) Azure
2 31 (8.59%) Power Platform
3 28 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.26%) SaaS
5 17 (4.71%) AWS
6 16 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.66%) GCP
9 5 (1.39%) OCI
10 4 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.11%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.83%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.83%) Serverless
12 2 (0.55%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.55%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.28%) Canva
13 1 (0.28%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.28%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.22%) DHCP
2 7 (1.94%) Firewall
3 5 (1.39%) LAN
3 5 (1.39%) SSL
4 3 (0.83%) DNS
4 3 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (0.83%) WAN
5 2 (0.55%) Intranet
6 1 (0.28%) Skype
6 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.28%) VoIP
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.76%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.09%) Power BI
3 11 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.05%) DynamoDB
3 11 (3.05%) MySQL
3 11 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (2.77%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.66%) DB2
5 6 (1.66%) Metadata
5 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.11%) Tableau
7 3 (0.83%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.83%) Power Query
7 3 (0.83%) QlikView
8 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (6.37%) Git
2 13 (3.60%) JIRA
3 11 (3.05%) GitLab
4 6 (1.66%) Eclipse
5 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.11%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.28%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.28%) JUnit
7 1 (0.28%) Mockito
7 1 (0.28%) QADirector
7 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 134 (37.12%) Finance
2 128 (35.46%) Social Skills
3 76 (21.05%) Law
4 45 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (11.36%) Banking
6 34 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.54%) Retail
8 11 (3.05%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.05%) Publishing
9 9 (2.49%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.22%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.22%) Marketing
11 5 (1.39%) Games
12 4 (1.11%) Automotive
12 4 (1.11%) Local Government
13 3 (0.83%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.55%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (25.21%) Analyst
2 45 (12.47%) Senior
3 35 (9.70%) Developer
4 25 (6.93%) Systems Analyst
5 23 (6.37%) Lead
6 18 (4.99%) Architect
6 18 (4.99%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (4.16%) Business Analyst
7 15 (4.16%) Project Manager
8 13 (3.60%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 13 (3.60%) Financial Analyst
9 12 (3.32%) IT Analyst
9 12 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.32%) Technical Manager
10 11 (3.05%) Technical Leader
11 10 (2.77%) Software Engineer
12 9 (2.49%) Coordinator
12 9 (2.49%) Head of Design
12 9 (2.49%) Product Manager
12 9 (2.49%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.31%) .NET
2 22 (6.09%) XML
3 21 (5.82%) HTML
4 20 (5.54%) JSON
5 16 (4.43%) CSS
6 12 (3.32%) Node.js
6 12 (3.32%) React
7 6 (1.66%) REST
7 6 (1.66%) SOAP
8 4 (1.11%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.83%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.83%) Vue
10 2 (0.55%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.55%) Playwright
10 2 (0.55%) Smart Contracts
11 1 (0.28%) HTML5
11 1 (0.28%) jQuery
11 1 (0.28%) React Native
11 1 (0.28%) Sass
11 1 (0.28%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.16%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.32%) Credit Risk
3 10 (2.77%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.94%) iSeries
4 7 (1.94%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.66%) Blog
5 6 (1.66%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.66%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.39%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.83%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.83%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.55%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.55%) IoT
9 2 (0.55%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.09%) Windows
2 11 (3.05%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.77%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.66%) Windows 8
4 6 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (21.88%) Agile
2 73 (20.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 72 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (13.02%) Business Intelligence
5 45 (12.47%) Coaching
6 43 (11.91%) Business Analysis
7 41 (11.36%) Mentoring
8 38 (10.53%) Customer Service
9 37 (10.25%) Risk Management
10 36 (9.97%) Roadmaps
11 34 (9.42%) ITIL
12 33 (9.14%) Data Management
13 32 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
13 32 (8.86%) Process Improvement
14 30 (8.31%) Data Governance
15 29 (8.03%) Decision-Making
16 28 (7.76%) Project Management
17 27 (7.48%) DevOps
18 24 (6.65%) Data Privacy
18 24 (6.65%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.59%) C#
2 29 (8.03%) SQL
3 12 (3.32%) Python
4 11 (3.05%) PHP
4 11 (3.05%) VB.NET
5 10 (2.77%) Java
5 10 (2.77%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.94%) RPG
6 7 (1.94%) RPG IV
7 4 (1.11%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.55%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.28%) Bash
10 1 (0.28%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (13.85%) Degree
2 9 (2.49%) CISSP
2 9 (2.49%) HNC
2 9 (2.49%) HND
3 8 (2.22%) CISM
4 6 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.11%) CEH
6 3 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.55%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.55%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.55%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.28%) CBAP
8 1 (0.28%) CISA
8 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.28%) MRICS
8 1 (0.28%) PMP
8 1 (0.28%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (15.51%) GDPR
2 37 (10.25%) QA
3 21 (5.82%) Data Quality
4 20 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (4.16%) SLA
6 14 (3.88%) PMO
7 8 (2.22%) IFRS
7 8 (2.22%) IFRS 9
7 8 (2.22%) NEBOSH
8 7 (1.94%) COSHH
9 6 (1.66%) NIST
10 5 (1.39%) GRC
11 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.83%) PSD2
13 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.55%) EMIR
13 2 (0.55%) MiFID
13 2 (0.55%) TickIT
14 1 (0.28%) GMP
System Software
1 12 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.66%) Docker
3 6 (1.66%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.28%) Nessus
2 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 105 (29.09%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.65%) SAP
3 13 (3.60%) Google
3 13 (3.60%) IBM
3 13 (3.60%) iManage
4 11 (3.05%) Oracle
5 10 (2.77%) Infor
5 10 (2.77%) VMware
6 6 (1.66%) Avaya
7 5 (1.39%) Citrix
8 4 (1.11%) YouTube
9 3 (0.83%) Intapp
9 3 (0.83%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.55%) Aderant
10 2 (0.55%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.55%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.55%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.55%) Xamarin
10 2 (0.55%) Zscaler