Legal Job Trends in the South East

Legal
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 60 76
Rank change year-on-year -26 +16 -32
Permanent jobs citing Legal 261 307 554
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.82% 3.98% 3.37%
As % of the General category 4.02% 5.73% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 202 85 233
10th Percentile £26,100 £25,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +33.33% -26.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £99,875 £85,300 £72,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% +11.65% -6.36%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,486 5,361 9,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 45.21% 69.47% 56.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,858 2,111 6,038
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,875 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,250 £33,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Legal job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Legal

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in the South East

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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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +21 116 £70,500 +75.16% 52
Berkshire -10 58 £75,000 -53.13% 22
Hampshire -10 50 £70,000 +40.00% 14
Surrey -35 44 £59,490 +13.31% 28
Oxfordshire +27 34 £43,750 -3.85% 18
Buckinghamshire +6 24 £33,250 +10.83% 14
West Sussex -16 23 £55,000 +120.00% 6
Kent -42 23 £31,000 -43.64% 9
East Sussex -20 4 £95,000 +46.15% 1
Sussex -12 1 £65,000 +100.00% 2
Legal
England

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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 19 (7.28%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (3.07%) CMS
4 6 (2.30%) IIS
5 2 (0.77%) Confluence
6 1 (0.38%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 68 (26.05%) SaaS
2 25 (9.58%) Azure
3 20 (7.66%) Entra ID
4 18 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (6.13%) Mimecast
6 7 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.68%) Power Platform
7 5 (1.92%) AWS
8 4 (1.53%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.53%) GCP
9 3 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.15%) Datadog
9 3 (1.15%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.15%) OCI
9 3 (1.15%) Serverless
9 3 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.43%) Broadband
2 6 (2.30%) SMS
3 4 (1.53%) VPN
3 4 (1.53%) Wireless
4 3 (1.15%) SAN
5 2 (0.77%) Firewall
6 1 (0.38%) DHCP
6 1 (0.38%) DNS
6 1 (0.38%) Internet
6 1 (0.38%) MVNO
6 1 (0.38%) Network Security
6 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.30%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.15%) Metadata
3 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.77%) Power BI
4 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.38%) Impala
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.38%) Parquet
5 1 (0.38%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (6.90%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.38%) Git
3 1 (0.38%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 90 (34.48%) Finance
2 44 (16.86%) Social Skills
3 42 (16.09%) Law
4 25 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.75%) Advertising
6 15 (5.75%) Retail
7 12 (4.60%) Japanese Language
7 12 (4.60%) Marketing
8 9 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.68%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.68%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.30%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.53%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.53%) Banking
11 4 (1.53%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.15%) Aviation
12 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 43 (16.48%) Analyst
2 27 (10.34%) IT Support
3 19 (7.28%) Support Analyst
4 18 (6.90%) Senior
5 16 (6.13%) Support Engineer
6 14 (5.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 14 (5.36%) 3rd Line Support
6 14 (5.36%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 14 (5.36%) Applications Support
6 14 (5.36%) Applications Support Analyst
6 14 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (4.21%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (4.21%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 11 (4.21%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (4.21%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 11 (4.21%) IT Analyst
7 11 (4.21%) IT Support Analyst
8 10 (3.83%) Data Analyst
9 9 (3.45%) Financial Analyst
9 9 (3.45%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.15%) Loki
1 3 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
1 3 (1.15%) YAML
2 2 (0.77%) HTML
3 1 (0.38%) CSS
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.38%) PySpark
3 1 (0.38%) React
3 1 (0.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.51%) Learning Management System
2 8 (3.07%) Driving Licence
2 8 (3.07%) Onboarding
2 8 (3.07%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.07%) Security Posture
2 8 (3.07%) Social Media
3 6 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.53%) Life Science
5 4 (1.53%) Podcast
5 4 (1.53%) Smart Home
5 4 (1.53%) Smartphone
6 3 (1.15%) CCTV
6 3 (1.15%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.15%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.77%) FMCG
8 1 (0.38%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.21%) Windows
2 2 (0.77%) Android
2 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.38%) Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (19.54%) Customer Experience
2 38 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (13.03%) Risk Management
4 27 (10.34%) Decision-Making
5 25 (9.58%) Customer Service
6 24 (9.20%) Workflow
7 23 (8.81%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (7.66%) AI
9 19 (7.28%) Data Protection
10 18 (6.90%) Change Management
10 18 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 18 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
11 16 (6.13%) Identity Management
11 16 (6.13%) Incident Management
11 16 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (5.75%) Collaborative Culture
13 14 (5.36%) Business Strategy
13 14 (5.36%) Contract Negotiation
13 14 (5.36%) Document Management
14 13 (4.98%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.90%) SQL
2 16 (6.13%) R
3 6 (2.30%) Python
4 3 (1.15%) Bash
4 3 (1.15%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.15%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.77%) C
5 2 (0.77%) C#
5 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (7.28%) Degree
2 7 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (2.68%) DBS Check
3 6 (2.30%) A+ Certification
3 6 (2.30%) MOS
4 5 (1.92%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.92%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.53%) MCSE
5 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.15%) CCNA
6 3 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.15%) CISSP
6 3 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.77%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.38%) CISA
8 1 (0.38%) CISM
8 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (9.20%) GDPR
3 10 (3.83%) QA
4 7 (2.68%) PMO
5 4 (1.53%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.53%) GRC
6 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.77%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.77%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.77%) NIST
6 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.38%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 21 (8.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.15%) Docker
3 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (6.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.15%) Grafana
2 3 (1.15%) Prometheus
2 3 (1.15%) Scalr
2 3 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.13%) CrowdStrike
3 14 (5.36%) Oracle
4 10 (3.83%) SAP
5 9 (3.45%) Alteryx
5 9 (3.45%) Hyperion
6 7 (2.68%) Cisco
6 7 (2.68%) Meraki
7 6 (2.30%) Google
8 3 (1.15%) Dell
9 2 (0.77%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.38%) Aderant
10 1 (0.38%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.38%) Citrix
10 1 (0.38%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.38%) iManage
10 1 (0.38%) Informatica
10 1 (0.38%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.38%) Sophos
10 1 (0.38%) VMware