Law Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Law
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 42 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 -19 +24
Permanent jobs citing Law 20 5 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 3.98% 1.25% 7.27%
As % of the General category 6.58% 1.88% 12.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 7
10th Percentile - - £45,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £45,250 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £75,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 general skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 304 266 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 60.44% 66.33% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 105 70 128
10th Percentile £25,800 £33,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +13.40%
75th Percentile £60,000 £90,000 £71,063
90th Percentile £76,987 £95,000 £81,625
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +1.69% -4.07%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Law relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Law job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Law
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Law

Law
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
County Antrim +12 15 £43,500 -13.00% 6
County Down - 3 - - 1
County Armagh - 2 - - 1
Newry - 1 - - 1
Law
UK

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) ADSL
1 6 (30.00%) Ethernet
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Incident Manager
1 7 (35.00%) Major Incident Manager
2 6 (30.00%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Onboarding
1 7 (35.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) ITIL
1 13 (65.00%) Service Delivery
2 7 (35.00%) Incident Management
2 7 (35.00%) Major Incident Management
3 6 (30.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) CIPD
2 7 (35.00%) Degree
3 6 (30.00%) CCNA
3 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Remedy
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (30.00%) Cisco
3 6 (30.00%) Juniper
3 6 (30.00%) SolarWinds