Legal Jobs in Reading

Legal
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 45 97
Rank change year-on-year +1 +52 -27
Permanent jobs citing Legal 18 73 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.52% 4.25% 2.49%
As % of the General category 5.52% 8.35% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4 24 10
10th Percentile - £52,500 £33,400
25th Percentile £155,000 £59,688 £37,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £160,000 £70,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +128.57% +43.59% -8.02%
75th Percentile £165,000 £79,063 £63,125
90th Percentile - £94,500 £69,250
Berkshire median annual salary £160,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +190.91% +7.32% -10.09%

All General Skills
Reading

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 common skills in Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 326 874 1,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 63.67% 50.90% 64.35%
Number of salaries quoted 144 500 440
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £28,438
25th Percentile £44,375 £35,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 £52,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.52% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,125 £76,375 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.63% -9.91%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Reading

Legal
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in Reading.

Salary trend for Legal in Reading

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (16.67%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) SaaS
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) iPaaS
2 3 (16.67%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 7 (38.89%) Marketing
3 7 (38.89%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Banking
4 4 (22.22%) Law
5 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.56%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) Applications Architect
1 3 (16.67%) Architect
1 3 (16.67%) IT Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Senior
2 2 (11.11%) Technologist
3 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Risk Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Programme Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.56%) Blockchain
2 1 (5.56%) Derivative
2 1 (5.56%) Hedge funds
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Risk Management
2 6 (33.33%) Presales
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
4 4 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) B2B
4 4 (22.22%) B2B Sales
4 4 (22.22%) B2C
4 4 (22.22%) Business Development
4 4 (22.22%) Coaching
4 4 (22.22%) Contract Management
4 4 (22.22%) Digital Banking
4 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
4 4 (22.22%) ERP
4 4 (22.22%) Fintech
4 4 (22.22%) Product Marketing
4 4 (22.22%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
5 3 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle