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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 105 64
Rank change year-on-year +18 -41 +132
Permanent jobs citing Legal 421 351 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.79% 3.03% 4.76%
As % of the General category 5.18% 4.98% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 171 125 184
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,000 £53,795
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -3.34% +14.46%
75th Percentile £56,250 £67,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £81,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

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 8,122 7,045 14,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 53.81% 60.80% 64.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,765 4,014 6,830
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,881 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +30 207 £37,500 -27.88% 43
Berkshire +25 102 £62,500 +20.19% 18
Surrey -5 66 £40,186 -35.70% 26
Hampshire +1 62 £35,404 -55.75% 25
Buckinghamshire +37 58 £37,500 -33.33% 13
Kent +9 47 £56,750 +41.88% 17
Oxfordshire -18 47 £31,000 -27.06% 12
West Sussex -10 19 £65,000 +85.71% 10
East Sussex +24 14 £26,250 -30.00% 5
Sussex - 6 £57,500 -
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 35 (8.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (7.60%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.43%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.48%) CMS
4 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 41 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (9.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (6.89%) AutoCAD
4 13 (3.09%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.43%) Simulink
5 6 (1.43%) Stateflow
6 5 (1.19%) SketchUp
7 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.43%) NEC Housing
2 6 (1.43%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (1.19%) ResourceLink
4 3 (0.71%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 56 (13.30%) Azure
2 51 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (6.18%) Entra ID
4 24 (5.70%) OneDrive
5 21 (4.99%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.43%) Azure App Service
7 6 (1.43%) PowerApps
7 6 (1.43%) SaaS
8 5 (1.19%) PaaS
8 5 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.95%) IaaS
10 3 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.71%) Taleo
11 2 (0.48%) AWS
11 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.24%) Boomi
12 1 (0.24%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.04%) Firewall
2 13 (3.09%) Wireless
3 11 (2.61%) Intranet
4 10 (2.38%) Internet
5 9 (2.14%) 4G
5 9 (2.14%) DSL
5 9 (2.14%) LTE
5 9 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.66%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (1.43%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.19%) LAN
8 5 (1.19%) SNMP
8 5 (1.19%) VLAN
8 5 (1.19%) WAN
9 4 (0.95%) BGP
9 4 (0.95%) IPsec
9 4 (0.95%) Network Security
9 4 (0.95%) NGFW
9 4 (0.95%) OSPF
9 4 (0.95%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.28%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (3.80%) Power BI
3 7 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (1.66%) MS Access
4 6 (1.43%) EDMS
4 6 (1.43%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.95%) PowerPivot
6 3 (0.71%) DTS
6 3 (0.71%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.71%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Big Data
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (0.71%) Git
2 3 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 137 (32.54%) Finance
2 135 (32.07%) Social Skills
3 83 (19.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 65 (15.44%) Law
5 64 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (11.64%) Marketing
7 34 (8.08%) Manufacturing
8 32 (7.60%) Retail
9 28 (6.65%) Local Government
10 27 (6.41%) Telecoms
11 21 (4.99%) Automotive
11 21 (4.99%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (4.75%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.19%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.19%) Games
15 5 (1.19%) Public Sector
16 4 (0.95%) Advertising
16 4 (0.95%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 78 (18.53%) Analyst
2 48 (11.40%) Senior
3 24 (5.70%) Lead
3 24 (5.70%) Project Manager
4 20 (4.75%) IT Manager
5 19 (4.51%) Coordinator
6 16 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (3.80%) Technical Coordinator
7 15 (3.56%) Account Manager
7 15 (3.56%) Administrator
7 15 (3.56%) Developer
8 14 (3.33%) Financial Analyst
9 13 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
10 12 (2.85%) Data Protection Officer
11 11 (2.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 11 (2.61%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (2.38%) Quality Manager
12 10 (2.38%) Support Analyst
12 10 (2.38%) Systems Manager
13 9 (2.14%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.80%) .NET
2 14 (3.33%) CSS
2 14 (3.33%) HTML
3 13 (3.09%) REST
3 13 (3.09%) SOAP
4 6 (1.43%) RESTful
5 5 (1.19%) EDI
5 5 (1.19%) IDoc
5 5 (1.19%) V-Ray
5 5 (1.19%) Web Services
6 4 (0.95%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.71%) ADO
7 3 (0.71%) Blazor
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.24%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.24%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.16%) Management Information System
2 42 (9.98%) Driving Licence
3 27 (6.41%) Housing Association
4 21 (4.99%) Algorithms
5 18 (4.28%) Smartphone
6 15 (3.56%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (3.56%) Data Structures
7 14 (3.33%) Data Centre
7 14 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.61%) Biopharmaceutical
9 11 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.90%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.66%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.43%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.43%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.43%) Pricing Data
13 5 (1.19%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 50 (11.88%) Windows
2 29 (6.89%) Windows 10
3 23 (5.46%) Android
3 23 (5.46%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.43%) VMS
5 3 (0.71%) Linux
5 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.48%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (22.57%) Agile
2 67 (15.91%) Project Management
3 66 (15.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 64 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (14.73%) Decision-Making
6 60 (14.25%) Risk Management
7 52 (12.35%) Information Security
8 42 (9.98%) Customer Service
9 41 (9.74%) Logistics
9 41 (9.74%) Mathematics
10 39 (9.26%) ITIL
10 39 (9.26%) Time Management
11 38 (9.03%) Data Protection
12 32 (7.60%) Collaborative Working
12 32 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (7.36%) Cybersecurity
13 31 (7.36%) Data Analysis
13 31 (7.36%) Data Management
14 29 (6.89%) Performance Management
15 28 (6.65%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 36 (8.55%) SQL
2 17 (4.04%) Python
3 16 (3.80%) C#
4 15 (3.56%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.33%) MATLAB
6 4 (0.95%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.71%) VBA
8 2 (0.48%) C
8 2 (0.48%) R
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.24%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.24%) Go
9 1 (0.24%) Java
9 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 120 (28.50%) Degree
2 31 (7.36%) HNC
3 23 (5.46%) HND
4 16 (3.80%) ACCA
5 11 (2.61%) CIMA
6 10 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (2.14%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.43%) CISA
9 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.43%) CRISC
9 6 (1.43%) ISEB
9 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.19%) CISSP
10 5 (1.19%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.19%) MBA
10 5 (1.19%) Security Cleared
11 4 (0.95%) CCIE
11 4 (0.95%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.31%) GDPR
2 25 (5.94%) QA
3 21 (4.99%) SLA
4 18 (4.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 11 (2.61%) ISO 22301
7 9 (2.14%) GRC
7 9 (2.14%) NIST
8 7 (1.66%) ISO 14001
8 7 (1.66%) ISO 9001
8 7 (1.66%) NEBOSH
9 6 (1.43%) Accessibility
10 5 (1.19%) IFRS
10 5 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.95%) PMO
12 3 (0.71%) COBIT
12 3 (0.71%) COSO
12 3 (0.71%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 37 (8.79%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.94%) Hyper-V
3 9 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.24%) Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (2.14%) SCOM
2 6 (1.43%) Functional Safety
2 6 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.43%) SCCM
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.95%) Ansible
5 1 (0.24%) FTK
5 1 (0.24%) QRadar
Vendors
1 113 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.31%) SAP
3 31 (7.36%) Citrix
4 15 (3.56%) VMware
5 10 (2.38%) Cisco
6 9 (2.14%) Oracle
7 7 (1.66%) Xero
8 6 (1.43%) Adobe
8 6 (1.43%) NEC
8 6 (1.43%) Sage
9 5 (1.19%) Ariba
9 5 (1.19%) Kronos
9 5 (1.19%) OpenText
9 5 (1.19%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.19%) Workday
10 4 (0.95%) iManage
11 3 (0.71%) Meraki
11 3 (0.71%) Reuters
11 3 (0.71%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.48%) Aruba