Law Job Trends in the South East

Law
England > South East

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 46 141
Rank change year-on-year -90 +95 -83
Permanent jobs citing Law 152 364 267
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.23% 5.11% 1.85%
As % of the General category 2.52% 7.71% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 109 43 196
10th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - +13.51%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £65,813
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,030 4,723 8,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 48.96% 66.31% 57.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,456 1,975 5,652
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,250 £37,687 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,885 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.12% +15.79% -12.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -12.90%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Law job vacancy trend in the South East

Law
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in the South East over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in the South East

Law
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
Thames Valley -65 65 £60,000 +9.09% 24
Buckinghamshire +28 42 £60,000 +33.33% 9
Hampshire -1 35 £34,500 -34.29% 8
West Sussex -8 18 £61,250 +53.13% 6
Surrey -33 18 £37,500 -42.31% 4
Berkshire -87 14 £67,500 +28.57% 9
Oxfordshire -10 9 £75,000 +7.14% 6
Middlesex -28 5 - -
East Sussex - 5 £37,500 - 4
Kent -16 3 £100,000 +103.53% 2
Sussex - 1 £65,000 - 1
Law
England

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (5.26%) CMS
2 1 (0.66%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.66%) Confluence
2 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (9.87%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.29%) Adobe XD
3 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.97%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.66%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.66%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.50%) SaaS
2 15 (9.87%) Azure
3 11 (7.24%) AWS
4 9 (5.92%) GCP
4 9 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (5.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 8 (5.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 5 (3.29%) Azure Storage
6 5 (3.29%) Figma
6 5 (3.29%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.97%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.97%) IaaS
7 3 (1.97%) Miro
8 2 (1.32%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.32%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.63%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.63%) Wireless
3 3 (1.97%) Firewall
4 2 (1.32%) DNS
5 1 (0.66%) BGP
5 1 (0.66%) Network Security
5 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.95%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.97%) Spark SQL
3 2 (1.32%) Metadata
3 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.66%) Looker
4 1 (0.66%) Power BI
4 1 (0.66%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Axure RP
1 5 (3.29%) Balsamiq
2 2 (1.32%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.32%) Selenium
2 2 (1.32%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.66%) Git
3 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 52 (34.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 52 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 48 (31.58%) Public Sector
3 47 (30.92%) Finance
4 35 (23.03%) Legal
5 27 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (13.16%) Retail
7 7 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Marketing
10 3 (1.97%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.97%) Japanese Language
10 3 (1.97%) Local Government
10 3 (1.97%) Military
10 3 (1.97%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.32%) Banking
11 2 (1.32%) Billing
11 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 25 (16.45%) Analyst
2 19 (12.50%) IT Support
2 19 (12.50%) Mechanical Engineer
3 18 (11.84%) Project Engineer
4 16 (10.53%) Senior
5 13 (8.55%) Developer
6 12 (7.89%) Support Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) IT Analyst
7 10 (6.58%) IT Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) IT Support Analyst
7 10 (6.58%) Support Analyst
8 9 (5.92%) Business Analyst
8 9 (5.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (5.26%) Salesforce Developer
10 6 (3.95%) Architect
10 6 (3.95%) Commercial Lawyer
10 6 (3.95%) Data Engineer
10 6 (3.95%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (3.29%) Legal Analyst
11 5 (3.29%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.24%) .NET
2 9 (5.92%) REST
2 9 (5.92%) SOAP
3 8 (5.26%) Lightning Web Components
3 8 (5.26%) Middleware
3 8 (5.26%) Visualforce
4 3 (1.97%) RESTful
5 2 (1.32%) CSS
5 2 (1.32%) HTML
5 2 (1.32%) Playwright
6 1 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.66%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.66%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.66%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.66%) JSON
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.66%) Spring
6 1 (0.66%) Spring MVC
6 1 (0.66%) Web Services
6 1 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.55%) Product Ownership
2 12 (7.89%) Enterprise Cloud
2 12 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.92%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.61%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.95%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.63%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.89%) Windows
2 11 (7.24%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.29%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.97%) Android
4 3 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.66%) Linux
5 1 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (26.97%) Agile
2 33 (21.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (17.76%) Community of Practice
5 26 (17.11%) Technology Strategy
6 25 (16.45%) AI
6 25 (16.45%) Decision-Making
7 21 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (11.18%) Data Privacy
8 17 (11.18%) Project Management
9 16 (10.53%) Customer Service
9 16 (10.53%) Mentoring
10 15 (9.87%) CI/CD
10 15 (9.87%) DevOps
11 14 (9.21%) Customer Experience
12 13 (8.55%) Contract Negotiation
13 12 (7.89%) Customer Engagement
13 12 (7.89%) Process Improvement
13 12 (7.89%) Software Licensing
14 11 (7.24%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.50%) Python
2 13 (8.55%) Java
3 12 (7.89%) SQL
4 11 (7.24%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.92%) C#
6 8 (5.26%) Apex Code
7 6 (3.95%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.66%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.66%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (25.00%) Degree
2 28 (18.42%) SC Cleared
2 28 (18.42%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.24%) CIPD
4 5 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.97%) MOS
7 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.47%) QA
2 10 (6.58%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.26%) GDPR
4 7 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.95%) WCAG
6 3 (1.97%) SLA
7 2 (1.32%) NIST
7 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.32%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (7.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.32%) Docker
2 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.63%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.63%) Terraform
2 3 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.66%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (26.97%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.89%) Salesforce
3 9 (5.92%) MuleSoft
4 5 (3.29%) Adobe
4 5 (3.29%) Databricks
5 4 (2.63%) Google
6 3 (1.97%) Apple
6 3 (1.97%) Samsung
6 3 (1.97%) SAP
7 2 (1.32%) Citrix
7 2 (1.32%) Oracle
7 2 (1.32%) Veeam
7 2 (1.32%) VMware
8 1 (0.66%) Aderant
8 1 (0.66%) Infor
8 1 (0.66%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.66%) Meraki
8 1 (0.66%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.66%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.66%) Talend