Legal Job Trends in Oxford

Legal
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Oxford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 40 30
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Legal 4 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 1.66% 0.39% 2.59%
As % of the General category 4.35% 0.68% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - £34,050
25th Percentile £32,000 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -5.88% +30.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £47,250
90th Percentile - - £62,400
Oxfordshire median annual salary £32,000 £45,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -29.67% +1.11% -13.46%

All General Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 92 148 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 38.17% 58.04% 56.31%
Number of salaries quoted 59 53 149
10th Percentile £33,600 £41,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £39,375 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% +0.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £93,750 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Oxford

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Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Oxford over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in Oxford

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) MailChimp
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Advertising
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (50.00%) French Language
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Mandarin Language
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Portuguese Language
2 2 (50.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Communications Officer
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Social Media
1 2 (50.00%) Video Editing
1 2 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Content Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (50.00%) ISMS
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Security Management
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
1 2 (50.00%) Hootsuite
1 2 (50.00%) Instagram
1 2 (50.00%) YouTube