Legal Job Trends in Portsmouth

Legal
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 35 35
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +39
Permanent jobs citing Legal 1 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.29% 2.64% 0.91%
As % of the General category 0.58% 4.79% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £36,783 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.57% -50.96% +33.23%
75th Percentile £50,250 £50,267 -
90th Percentile - £58,357 -
Hampshire median annual salary £46,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +28.57% -46.15%

All General Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 173 167 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 50.73% 55.12% 44.29%
Number of salaries quoted 108 87 65
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,600 £42,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,625 £75,000 £80,700
Hampshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Legal
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Legal

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP