Legal Job Trends in the South West

Legal
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 72 51
Rank change year-on-year +5 -21 +51
Permanent jobs citing Legal 248 105 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.36% 2.93% 3.66%
As % of the General category 5.54% 4.74% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 129 52 84
10th Percentile £26,227 £25,378 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,150 £29,188 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £31,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.68% -35.71% +4.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £50,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £91,436 £71,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -13.04%

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4,479 2,213 3,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 42.56% 61.83% 46.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,881 1,293 1,676
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -18.10% -
75th Percentile £65,625 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,793 £57,945
% change year-on-year +0.38% -5.44% -3.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Legal job vacancy trend in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Legal

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the South West over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Bristol +20 101 £56,500 +79.37% 49
Wiltshire +13 43 £45,000 +83.15% 19
Gloucestershire -41 43 £40,000 -20.00% 14
Somerset -16 23 £47,500 +26.67% 27
Devon -23 14 £26,575 -49.38% 30
Dorset -22 12 £40,000 +33.33% 17
Cornwall +6 3 - - 1
Avon - 1 - - 17
Legal
England

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (1.21%) CMS
1 3 (1.21%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.81%) InDesign
6 1 (0.40%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.40%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.40%) Shopify
2 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.63%) AWS
1 9 (3.63%) Intacct
1 9 (3.63%) SaaS
1 9 (3.63%) Slack
2 8 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (2.82%) Azure
4 5 (2.02%) Figma
4 5 (2.02%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.21%) Adobe Analytics
5 3 (1.21%) Alation
5 3 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (1.21%) Collibra
5 3 (1.21%) Contentsquare
5 3 (1.21%) GCP
5 3 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.21%) Snowflake
6 2 (0.81%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.42%) SAN
2 5 (2.02%) Broadband
3 2 (0.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.42%) Metadata
2 5 (2.02%) Power BI
3 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 138 (55.65%) Finance
2 129 (52.02%) Social Skills
3 59 (23.79%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (18.55%) Law
5 38 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (8.47%) Public Sector
7 17 (6.85%) Games
8 15 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (5.24%) Marketing
10 10 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (3.63%) General Ledger
12 8 (3.23%) Local Government
13 6 (2.42%) Retail
14 5 (2.02%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.21%) Advertising
15 3 (1.21%) Electronics
15 3 (1.21%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.81%) Banking
16 2 (0.81%) Publishing
16 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (7.66%) Analyst
1 19 (7.66%) Lead
2 14 (5.65%) Senior
3 13 (5.24%) Customer Service Specialist
3 13 (5.24%) Governance Manager
4 11 (4.44%) Business Development Executive
5 10 (4.03%) Compliance Manager
5 10 (4.03%) Systems Analyst
6 9 (3.63%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 9 (3.63%) Financial Analyst
7 7 (2.82%) IT Engineer
8 6 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 6 (2.42%) Compliance Officer
8 6 (2.42%) Development Manager
8 6 (2.42%) Field Engineer
8 6 (2.42%) Field Service Engineer
8 6 (2.42%) QA Manager
8 6 (2.42%) Risk Officer
8 6 (2.42%) Team Leader
9 5 (2.02%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.02%) HTML
2 3 (1.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) CSS
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) Next.js
3 1 (0.40%) Node.js
3 1 (0.40%) PySpark
3 1 (0.40%) React
3 1 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (22.98%) Podcast
1 57 (22.98%) Web Conferencing
2 44 (17.74%) Virtual Team
3 22 (8.87%) Management Information System
4 21 (8.47%) Onboarding
5 19 (7.66%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (5.65%) Blog
7 13 (5.24%) Social Media
8 12 (4.84%) Mobile App
9 10 (4.03%) Driving Licence
10 7 (2.82%) Data Centre
11 6 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.42%) Smartphone
12 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.81%) Housing Association
13 2 (0.81%) Learning Management System
13 2 (0.81%) NHS
13 2 (0.81%) SCADA
14 1 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.61%) Customer Service
2 47 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (16.94%) Collaborative Culture
4 32 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (11.29%) Risk Management
5 28 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (10.89%) Data Protection
7 26 (10.48%) Business Development
8 25 (10.08%) Decision-Making
9 24 (9.68%) Regulatory Compliance
10 19 (7.66%) Critical Thinking
10 19 (7.66%) Customer Experience
10 19 (7.66%) Mentoring
11 16 (6.45%) Agile
11 16 (6.45%) Coaching
11 16 (6.45%) Contract Negotiation
12 15 (6.05%) Change Control
13 14 (5.65%) Due Diligence
14 13 (5.24%) Emotional Intelligence
15 12 (4.84%) Active Listening
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.44%) SQL
2 6 (2.42%) Python
3 4 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.61%) VB
4 3 (1.21%) Bash
4 3 (1.21%) C++
4 3 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.21%) Objective-C
5 2 (0.81%) Go
5 2 (0.81%) Java
5 2 (0.81%) Scala
6 1 (0.40%) C
6 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 63 (25.40%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.05%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.84%) Degree
5 8 (3.23%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.42%) A+ Certification
6 6 (2.42%) ACCA
6 6 (2.42%) CCNA
6 6 (2.42%) CIMA
6 6 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.42%) CISM
6 6 (2.42%) CISSP
6 6 (2.42%) MCSE
6 6 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.21%) CASP
8 3 (1.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.65%) GRC
2 12 (4.84%) GDPR
3 9 (3.63%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.23%) QA
5 6 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.42%) NCSC
6 3 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.21%) WCAG
7 2 (0.81%) PERC
8 1 (0.40%) PMO
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.21%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.03%) Sage
3 6 (2.42%) Dell
3 6 (2.42%) OneTrust
4 5 (2.02%) Aderant
4 5 (2.02%) Adobe
5 3 (1.21%) Anaplan
5 3 (1.21%) Informatica
5 3 (1.21%) SAP
6 2 (0.81%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.40%) Pardot
7 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.40%) Siemens
7 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds