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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 134 67
Rank change year-on-year +78 -67 +40
Permanent jobs citing Legal 361 200 405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.77% 2.46% 4.28%
As % of the General category 7.01% 3.55% 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 208 133 262
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,355 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £53,108
Median % change year-on-year - -10.56% +18.02%
75th Percentile £66,017 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,759 £68,600 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

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 5,149 5,628 5,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.76% 69.23% 60.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,852 2,555 3,074
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% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £63,148 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,500 £80,525
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.22% +0.83% +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

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the North West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

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 18 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 +90 180 £51,000 -2.86% 89
Merseyside +33 90 £42,500 - 22
Lancashire +18 46 £28,500 +16.33% 16
Cheshire +3 40 £70,000 +21.74% 21
Cumbria -7 4 £30,000 - 6
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 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (11.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (10.80%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (5.82%) 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 30 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.26%) SaaS
5 17 (4.71%) AWS
6 15 (4.16%) 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%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.55%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.28%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.28%) Azure Pipelines
13 1 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.28%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.22%) DHCP
2 6 (1.66%) LAN
3 5 (1.39%) Firewall
3 5 (1.39%) SSL
4 3 (0.83%) DNS
4 3 (0.83%) WAN
5 2 (0.55%) Intranet
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
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
1 137 (37.95%) Finance
2 129 (35.73%) Social Skills
3 77 (21.33%) Law
4 45 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (11.36%) Banking
6 33 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.54%) Retail
8 11 (3.05%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.05%) Publishing
9 10 (2.77%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.49%) Marketing
11 8 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.39%) Games
13 4 (1.11%) Automotive
13 4 (1.11%) Local Government
14 3 (0.83%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.55%) Back Office
15 2 (0.55%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 93 (25.76%) Analyst
2 46 (12.74%) Senior
3 34 (9.42%) Developer
4 26 (7.20%) Systems Analyst
5 20 (5.54%) Lead
6 19 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
7 17 (4.71%) Architect
8 15 (4.16%) Business Analyst
8 15 (4.16%) Project Manager
9 13 (3.60%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 13 (3.60%) Financial Analyst
9 13 (3.60%) IT Analyst
10 12 (3.32%) Technical Manager
11 11 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.05%) Technical Leader
12 10 (2.77%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.49%) Coordinator
13 9 (2.49%) Head of Design
13 9 (2.49%) Product Manager
13 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%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.28%) Jest
11 1 (0.28%) React Native
11 1 (0.28%) Spring
11 1 (0.28%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.88%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.32%) Credit Risk
3 10 (2.77%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.94%) iSeries
4 7 (1.94%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.94%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.66%) Blog
6 5 (1.39%) Housing Association
6 5 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.83%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.83%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.83%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.55%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.55%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.55%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.93%) Windows
2 12 (3.32%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.05%) 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
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (21.61%) Agile
2 74 (20.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 70 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (13.02%) Business Intelligence
5 44 (12.19%) Business Analysis
5 44 (12.19%) Coaching
6 40 (11.08%) Customer Service
7 37 (10.25%) Mentoring
7 37 (10.25%) Roadmaps
8 36 (9.97%) Risk Management
9 35 (9.70%) ITIL
10 34 (9.42%) Data Management
11 32 (8.86%) Process Improvement
12 30 (8.31%) Cybersecurity
12 30 (8.31%) Data Governance
13 29 (8.03%) Decision-Making
14 27 (7.48%) Project Management
15 26 (7.20%) Data Protection
15 26 (7.20%) DevOps
16 24 (6.65%) Data Privacy
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++
10 1 (0.28%) Bash
10 1 (0.28%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.28%) VB
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 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.11%) CEH
6 3 (0.83%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.55%) Azure 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%) ISACA
8 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
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 57 (15.79%) GDPR
2 37 (10.25%) QA
3 21 (5.82%) Data Quality
4 18 (4.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (4.43%) 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 5 (1.39%) GRC
9 5 (1.39%) NIST
10 3 (0.83%) PSD2
11 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.55%) EMIR
11 2 (0.55%) MiFID
11 2 (0.55%) TickIT
12 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.66%) Docker
3 6 (1.66%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.28%) XenApp
4 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.28%) Nessus
2 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 107 (29.64%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.65%) SAP
3 14 (3.88%) iManage
4 13 (3.60%) Google
4 13 (3.60%) IBM
5 11 (3.05%) Oracle
5 11 (3.05%) VMware
6 10 (2.77%) Infor
7 7 (1.94%) Citrix
8 6 (1.66%) Avaya
9 4 (1.11%) YouTube
10 3 (0.83%) Intapp
10 3 (0.83%) OneTrust
11 2 (0.55%) Aderant
11 2 (0.55%) DocuSign
11 2 (0.55%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.55%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.55%) Xamarin
11 2 (0.55%) Zscaler