Law Job Trends in Scotland

Law
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 84 8
Rank change year-on-year -7 -76 +86
Permanent jobs citing Law 50 63 736
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.79% 2.46% 22.34%
As % of the General category 3.12% 3.61% 30.07%
Number of salaries quoted 42 32 37
10th Percentile £25,060 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £25,600 £34,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £51,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% -10.87% -5.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £93,625 £92,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,602 1,746 2,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 57.19% 68.31% 74.29%
Number of salaries quoted 661 714 1,400
10th Percentile £25,600 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £30,888
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -11.80%
75th Percentile £55,498 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £93,778 £84,056
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -7.85%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Law job vacancy trend in Scotland

Law
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in Scotland

Law
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 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
Edinburgh -11 16 £35,000 -12.50% 3
Glasgow +5 15 £70,000 +9.80% 6
West Lothian - 9 £25,600 - 2
North Lanarkshire - 3 £65,000 -
Highlands - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £38,000 -
Law
UK

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.00%) AWS
3 3 (6.00%) Azure
3 3 (6.00%) GCP
4 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.00%) IaaS
4 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) DHCP
1 2 (4.00%) DNS
2 1 (2.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.00%) LAN
2 1 (2.00%) VPN
2 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.00%) Tableau
General
1 19 (38.00%) Legal
2 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (18.00%) Public Sector
5 8 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (10.00%) Finance
7 2 (4.00%) Advertising
7 2 (4.00%) Banking
7 2 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Marketing
7 2 (4.00%) Private Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) IT Support
2 9 (18.00%) Product Trainer
2 9 (18.00%) Trainer
3 7 (14.00%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (12.00%) Consultant
4 6 (12.00%) Senior
5 4 (8.00%) Help Desk Specialist
5 4 (8.00%) Help Desk Support
5 4 (8.00%) IT Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Lead
5 4 (8.00%) Problem Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Product Specialist
5 4 (8.00%) Products Support Specialist
5 4 (8.00%) Senior IT Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Senior Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Senior Problem Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Support Specialist
6 3 (6.00%) Incident and Problem Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Incident Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Major Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.00%) IoT
2 1 (2.00%) PMI
2 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (18.00%) ITSM
4 6 (12.00%) AI
4 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (12.00%) Technology Strategy
5 5 (10.00%) Case Management
5 5 (10.00%) ITIL
5 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (8.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (8.00%) Problem Management
6 4 (8.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (8.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (8.00%) Visualisation
7 3 (6.00%) IT Strategy
7 3 (6.00%) Major Incident Management
7 3 (6.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) PERC
2 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Ansible
1 2 (4.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Oracle
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) Alteryx