Legal Jobs 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 77 50
Rank change year-on-year -3 -27 +70
Permanent jobs citing Legal 324 552 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.36% 3.15% 5.70%
As % of the General category 4.91% 5.62% 8.99%
Number of salaries quoted 83 226 120
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,125 £29,975
25th Percentile £30,625 £30,000 £37,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -28.57% -2.00%
75th Percentile £59,875 £55,000 £71,563
90th Percentile £80,600 £72,500 £89,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

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 common skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,596 9,822 8,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 68.46% 56.00% 63.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,749 6,125 4,315
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in the South East.

Salary trend for Legal in the South East

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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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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 -12 114 £47,500 +5.56% 522
Berkshire +10 90 £160,000 +190.91% 348
Surrey +16 71 £50,000 +33.33% 121
Middlesex +23 48 - -
Hampshire +38 37 £48,500 +49.23% 162
Kent +2 28 £55,000 +22.22% 88
West Sussex +26 15 £42,500 -34.62% 45
Buckinghamshire -25 13 £30,000 -24.05% 94
Oxfordshire -5 11 £47,500 +7.95% 81
East Sussex +10 7 £26,000 -62.86% 56
Sussex +19 3 £32,500 - 4
Home Counties +2 1 £50,000 +4.17%
Legal
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (5.56%) CMS
2 7 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.85%) WordPress
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.31%) Confluence
5 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.31%) Strapi
Applications
1 24 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.16%) Acrobat
4 6 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.31%) Blender
5 1 (0.31%) CATIA
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 2 (0.62%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.62%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.81%) Azure
2 31 (9.57%) SaaS
3 27 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.25%) iPaaS
4 17 (5.25%) PaaS
5 14 (4.32%) Salsify
6 13 (4.01%) AWS
7 11 (3.40%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (3.40%) GCP
8 8 (2.47%) Google Workspace
8 8 (2.47%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.23%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.62%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.62%) Smartsheet
12 1 (0.31%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.16%) Broadband
1 7 (2.16%) Intranet
2 4 (1.23%) DHCP
2 4 (1.23%) DNS
2 4 (1.23%) PBX
2 4 (1.23%) RTP
2 4 (1.23%) SAN
2 4 (1.23%) Softphone
2 4 (1.23%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.23%) VLAN
2 4 (1.23%) VoIP
3 2 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.94%) Metadata
2 6 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.85%) Power BI
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.93%) Tableau
4 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Git
1 1 (0.31%) GitLab
1 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 156 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 145 (44.75%) Law
3 127 (39.20%) Finance
4 61 (18.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (15.12%) Marketing
7 23 (7.10%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (7.10%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (6.79%) Retail
9 15 (4.63%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.47%) Banking
11 7 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.16%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.85%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.54%) Advertising
14 4 (1.23%) Aviation
15 3 (0.93%) Automotive
15 3 (0.93%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 66 (20.37%) Senior
2 41 (12.65%) Senior Manager
3 24 (7.41%) Analyst
4 21 (6.48%) Lead
5 18 (5.56%) Architect
6 17 (5.25%) Applications Architect
6 17 (5.25%) IT Architect
7 16 (4.94%) Project Manager
8 13 (4.01%) Risk Manager
9 10 (3.09%) Auditor
9 10 (3.09%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (3.09%) IT Auditor
9 10 (3.09%) IT Support
10 9 (2.78%) Administrator
10 9 (2.78%) Deployment Manager
11 8 (2.47%) Information Officer
12 7 (2.16%) Compliance Advisor
12 7 (2.16%) Head of IT
12 7 (2.16%) Risk Officer
12 7 (2.16%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.40%) Hugging Face
1 11 (3.40%) LangChain
1 11 (3.40%) PyTorch
1 11 (3.40%) TensorFlow
2 9 (2.78%) CSS
2 9 (2.78%) HTML
3 5 (1.54%) .NET
4 3 (0.93%) REST
4 3 (0.93%) SOAP
5 2 (0.62%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.62%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) Blazor
6 1 (0.31%) EDI
6 1 (0.31%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.31%) Next.js
6 1 (0.31%) Node.js
6 1 (0.31%) React
6 1 (0.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.58%) Management Information System
2 40 (12.35%) Cyberattack
3 19 (5.86%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.32%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (4.32%) Taxonomies
6 12 (3.70%) Data Structures
7 10 (3.09%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.47%) Life Science
9 7 (2.16%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.16%) Learning Management System
10 6 (1.85%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.54%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.23%) Freedom of Information
13 3 (0.93%) Blockchain
13 3 (0.93%) Derivative
13 3 (0.93%) Hedge funds
13 3 (0.93%) NHS
13 3 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.47%) Windows
2 3 (0.93%) Android
2 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.31%) VMS
3 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (28.40%) Agile
2 90 (27.78%) Creative Thinking
3 74 (22.84%) Mentoring
4 70 (21.60%) Coaching
4 70 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 67 (20.68%) Risk Management
6 64 (19.75%) Information Security
7 63 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (19.44%) Roadmaps
8 62 (19.14%) Line Management
9 59 (18.21%) Cybersecurity
10 57 (17.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 44 (13.58%) Project Delivery
12 41 (12.65%) Project Management
13 40 (12.35%) Change Management
14 38 (11.73%) Analytics
15 37 (11.42%) Artificial Intelligence
15 37 (11.42%) IT Strategy
16 36 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.78%) JavaScript
2 6 (1.85%) PHP
2 6 (1.85%) R
2 6 (1.85%) SQL
3 4 (1.23%) C#
4 3 (0.93%) VBA
5 1 (0.31%) Java
5 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 77 (23.77%) Degree
2 35 (10.80%) CISM
3 30 (9.26%) Master's Degree
4 25 (7.72%) CISSP
5 23 (7.10%) CRISC
6 12 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.40%) CISA
8 3 (0.93%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (0.93%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.62%) ACCA
9 2 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.62%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.62%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.31%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.31%) CCNA
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.31%) MCSE
10 1 (0.31%) OSCP
10 1 (0.31%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (15.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (12.35%) NCSC
3 24 (7.41%) GDPR
4 16 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (4.94%) SOC 2
5 14 (4.32%) Data Quality
6 12 (3.70%) Accessibility
7 11 (3.40%) NIST
7 11 (3.40%) QA
8 10 (3.09%) COBIT
9 7 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (2.16%) PCI DSS
9 7 (2.16%) PERC
10 4 (1.23%) SLA
11 3 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.31%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.40%) Grafana
1 11 (3.40%) Prometheus
2 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.01%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.70%) Workday
4 11 (3.40%) OpenAI
5 10 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.47%) Google
7 7 (2.16%) Adobe
7 7 (2.16%) OneTrust
8 6 (1.85%) Cisco
8 6 (1.85%) Meraki
9 5 (1.54%) Intapp
9 5 (1.54%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.93%) Citrix
10 3 (0.93%) Oracle
10 3 (0.93%) SAP
11 2 (0.62%) Aderant
12 1 (0.31%) Alias
12 1 (0.31%) Canon
12 1 (0.31%) Dell
12 1 (0.31%) VMware