Legal Job Trends in Scotland

Legal
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 75 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 -47 +47
Permanent jobs citing Legal 76 65 774
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.32% 3.31% 12.27%
As % of the General category 4.90% 4.28% 16.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34 19 46
10th Percentile £25,375 £37,100 £35,375
25th Percentile £29,563 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £54,296 £67,500
90th Percentile £102,000 £64,823 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +10.58% -5.45%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,550 1,517 4,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.30% 77.36% 74.62%
Number of salaries quoted 656 648 1,526
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,375 £32,851 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +3.00% -13.16%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £93,778 £82,524
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Scotland

Legal
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in Scotland

Legal
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 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 +1 37 £55,050 +22.33% 5
Glasgow -5 23 £26,150 -20.15% 14
Angus - 11 - - 1
Perth and Kinross - 11 - -
Perthshire - 10 - -
Dumfries and Galloway -1 2 - -
Aberdeen -19 1 - -
Inverclyde - 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Legal
UK

Legal
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.32%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (1.32%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.53%) SaaS
2 5 (6.58%) Azure
3 2 (2.63%) AWS
4 1 (1.32%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (1.32%) Azure AKS
4 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.32%) GitHub
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.21%) SAN
2 3 (3.95%) Broadband
3 1 (1.32%) Firewall
3 1 (1.32%) LAN
3 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.32%) WAN
3 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.32%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) SonarQube
General
1 33 (43.42%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.26%) Finance
3 16 (21.05%) Law
4 15 (19.74%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (14.47%) Manufacturing
5 11 (14.47%) Retail
6 10 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (9.21%) Public Sector
8 6 (7.89%) Marketing
9 3 (3.95%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.63%) Banking
11 1 (1.32%) Advertising
11 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (17.11%) Senior
2 12 (15.79%) Analyst
3 11 (14.47%) Development Manager
4 9 (11.84%) Product Trainer
4 9 (11.84%) Trainer
5 7 (9.21%) Business Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Change Analyst
5 7 (9.21%) Field Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Field Service Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) IT Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Senior Manager
6 6 (7.89%) Engineering Manager
7 5 (6.58%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.26%) Account Executive
8 4 (5.26%) IT Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) IT Support
8 4 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) SAP Manager
8 4 (5.26%) SAP Project Manager
8 4 (5.26%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) FMCG
2 8 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 7 (9.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (9.21%) Data Centre
3 7 (9.21%) Smartphone
4 6 (7.89%) NHS
4 6 (7.89%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.26%) Driving Licence
5 4 (5.26%) Podcast
5 4 (5.26%) Virtual Team
5 4 (5.26%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.63%) Replication
7 1 (1.32%) Animation
7 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.32%) Photography
7 1 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.58%) Coaching
2 21 (27.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (18.42%) Agile
4 14 (18.42%) Process Improvement
5 13 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (15.79%) Customer Service
7 9 (11.84%) Project Management
7 9 (11.84%) Software Engineering
8 8 (10.53%) Incident Response
8 8 (10.53%) Roadmaps
8 8 (10.53%) User Experience
9 7 (9.21%) Acceptance Criteria
9 7 (9.21%) Business Case
9 7 (9.21%) Data Flow Diagram
9 7 (9.21%) Line Management
9 7 (9.21%) Systems Thinking
9 7 (9.21%) Test Planning
9 7 (9.21%) User Stories
9 7 (9.21%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (18.42%) BPSS Clearance
2 11 (14.47%) CIPD
3 10 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (11.84%) Degree
5 7 (9.21%) A+ Certification
5 7 (9.21%) CCNA
5 7 (9.21%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (9.21%) MCSE
5 7 (9.21%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (9.21%) PMI Certification
5 7 (9.21%) PMP
6 2 (2.63%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.26%) NEBOSH
2 3 (3.95%) PMO
3 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.32%) NCSC
3 1 (1.32%) NIST
3 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (9.21%) Dell
2 5 (6.58%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.26%) Meraki
3 4 (5.26%) SAP
4 1 (1.32%) Adobe
4 1 (1.32%) Cisco
4 1 (1.32%) Citrix
4 1 (1.32%) Databricks
4 1 (1.32%) iManage
4 1 (1.32%) Intapp
4 1 (1.32%) Siemens