Legal Technology Job Trends in the South East

Legal Technology (Legal Tech)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal Technology in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal Technology over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 270 376
Rank change year-on-year -12 +106 -4
Permanent jobs citing Legal Technology 14 5 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.096% 0.064% 0.083%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.091% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 12
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,450 £28,250
25th Percentile £65,313 £51,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £58,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.38% +78.46% -63.89%
75th Percentile £80,938 £66,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £69,150 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% -

All General Skills
South East

Legal Technology 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 6,553 5,478 10,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 45.14% 70.50% 55.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,149 2,155 6,271
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £25,760
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,500 £78,750 £75,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Legal Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Legal Technology job vacancy trend in the South East

Legal Technology
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Legal Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Legal Technology

Legal Technology
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal Technology in the South East over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal Technology in the South East

Legal Technology
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 Legal Technology within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Hampshire -28 8 £35,000 -39.66% 1
West Sussex - 3 £85,000 - 2
Thames Valley - 2 £67,500 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 £67,500 -
Kent - 1 - -
Legal Technology
England

Legal Technology
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 2 (14.29%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Harvey AI
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (100.00%) Legal
2 4 (28.57%) Law
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Applications Support
2 8 (57.14%) Applications Support Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) IT Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) IT Support
2 8 (57.14%) IT Support Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Lead Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Legal Technologist
3 2 (14.29%) Ruby Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Technologist
3 2 (14.29%) Technologist
4 1 (7.14%) Legal Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Legal Technology Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Next.js
1 2 (14.29%) React
1 2 (14.29%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) FMCG
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (57.14%) Document Management
2 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Case Management
3 2 (14.29%) Coaching
3 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Workflow
4 1 (7.14%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
4 1 (7.14%) Change Management
4 1 (7.14%) ITIL
4 1 (7.14%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (7.14%) Practice Management
4 1 (7.14%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.14%) User Stories
4 1 (7.14%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 2 (14.29%) Ruby
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) DocuSign
1 2 (14.29%) HighQ
2 1 (7.14%) Aderant
2 1 (7.14%) iManage
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft