Legal Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Legal
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 18 48
Rank change year-on-year -21 +30 +25
Permanent jobs citing Legal 30 15 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 3.15% 6.30% 2.86%
As % of the General category 5.67% 8.33% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £51,181 -
25th Percentile - £67,952 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £85,151 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - +183.84% -45.45%
75th Percentile - £93,750 £34,313
90th Percentile - - £42,075
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 general skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 529 180 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 55.63% 75.63% 53.03%
Number of salaries quoted 177 42 186
10th Percentile - £27,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,851 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £69,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £89,833 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,745 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +8.09% -12.50%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Legal
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Legal

Legal
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 Legal within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 8 June 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 Down - 14 - -
County Antrim -31 10 - - 5
Newry - 8 - -
County Armagh - 5 - -
County Fermanagh - 1 - -
Legal
UK

Legal
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 15 (50.00%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 15 (50.00%) TETRA
2 4 (13.33%) Network Security
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 10 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Project Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (3.33%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Podcast
1 10 (33.33%) Virtual Team
1 10 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Logistics
2 10 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 4 (13.33%) AI
3 4 (13.33%) Contract Negotiation
3 4 (13.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (13.33%) Data Centre Operations
3 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
3 4 (13.33%) Financial Modelling
3 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.33%) Resource Allocation
3 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.33%) Microservices
4 1 (3.33%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (13.33%) Degree