Legal Jobs 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 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 129 64
Rank change year-on-year +69 -65 +62
Permanent jobs citing Legal 269 123 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.31% 2.37% 4.78%
As % of the General category 6.92% 4.05% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 87 112 160
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,218 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +18.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £54,818
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £56,021 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.75% +1.86% +5.77%

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 common skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,886 3,039 5,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 47.85% 58.59% 64.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,894 2,003 3,106
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +9.38% +1.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the South West

Legal
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Legal in the South West

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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 20 September 2024.

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 20 September 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
Bristol +57 97 £49,000 -6.67% 30
Somerset +17 56 £75,000 +71.43% 11
Dorset +16 50 £35,000 +2.94% 3
Devon 0 21 £35,000 +26.83% 5
Gloucestershire +4 19 £39,882 -15.14% 12
Wiltshire -31 19 £30,000 -38.14% 9
Cornwall - 6 - - 1
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 24 (8.92%) SAS
2 2 (0.74%) Mule
2 2 (0.74%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 45 (16.73%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.97%) AutoCAD
5 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (2.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.37%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.37%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.20%) Azure
2 13 (4.83%) Entra ID
2 13 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (4.83%) Power Platform
3 8 (2.97%) Power Automate
3 8 (2.97%) PowerApps
4 6 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (1.86%) SaaS
6 4 (1.49%) GitHub
7 3 (1.12%) AWS
7 3 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.12%) PaaS
8 2 (0.74%) Collibra
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.37%) GCP
9 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.23%) HTTP
2 2 (0.74%) Internet
3 1 (0.37%) Firewall
3 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.37%) Network Security
3 1 (0.37%) VPN
3 1 (0.37%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.18%) Tableau
2 13 (4.83%) Power BI
3 9 (3.35%) BusinessObjects
3 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.60%) QlikView
5 5 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.12%) Metadata
7 2 (0.74%) Ataccama
7 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 98 (36.43%) Finance
2 93 (34.57%) Social Skills
3 68 (25.28%) Law
4 60 (22.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (21.19%) Banking
6 56 (20.82%) Analytical Skills
7 45 (16.73%) Retail
8 34 (12.64%) Investment Banking
9 16 (5.95%) Manufacturing
10 13 (4.83%) Electronics
11 12 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (4.09%) Financial Institution
13 10 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (3.72%) Public Sector
14 9 (3.35%) Games
15 7 (2.60%) Front Office
15 7 (2.60%) Marketing
16 5 (1.86%) Local Government
17 4 (1.49%) Advertising
17 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (15.99%) Senior
2 41 (15.24%) Analyst
3 20 (7.43%) Lead
4 16 (5.95%) Developer
4 16 (5.95%) IT Manager
4 16 (5.95%) Software Engineer
5 14 (5.20%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (4.83%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.46%) Product Manager
8 11 (4.09%) Data Manager
8 11 (4.09%) Resilience Manager
8 11 (4.09%) Technical Support
9 10 (3.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.72%) Service Analyst
10 9 (3.35%) Account Manager
10 9 (3.35%) C++ Software Engineer
10 9 (3.35%) Data Analyst
11 7 (2.60%) Administrator
11 7 (2.60%) Financial Analyst
11 7 (2.60%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.58%) .NET
2 7 (2.60%) Pandas
3 6 (2.23%) CSS
3 6 (2.23%) gRPC
3 6 (2.23%) OAuth
4 4 (1.49%) HTML
5 2 (0.74%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.74%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.74%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.74%) jQuery
5 2 (0.74%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (0.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 2 (0.74%) WinForms
5 2 (0.74%) WPF
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.37%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.37%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.81%) Credit Risk
2 15 (5.58%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.09%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (3.35%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.35%) Derivative
5 7 (2.60%) Credit Derivative
5 7 (2.60%) Cyberattack
5 7 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.23%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.23%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.23%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.23%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.74%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.74%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.37%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.37%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.97%) Windows
2 6 (2.23%) Linux
2 6 (2.23%) Unix
3 4 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.37%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (19.33%) Coaching
3 49 (18.22%) Agile
4 46 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (16.73%) Line Management
6 39 (14.50%) Risk Management
7 38 (14.13%) Analytics
7 38 (14.13%) Logistics
8 36 (13.38%) People Management
9 32 (11.90%) Business Strategy
10 30 (11.15%) Customer Service
11 28 (10.41%) Data Analysis
12 27 (10.04%) Project Management
13 23 (8.55%) Data Analytics
14 21 (7.81%) Software Engineering
15 18 (6.69%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (6.69%) Roadmaps
16 17 (6.32%) Decision-Making
17 16 (5.95%) Business Continuity
18 15 (5.58%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.38%) SQL
2 24 (8.92%) Python
3 19 (7.06%) C++
4 12 (4.46%) PowerShell
5 10 (3.72%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.35%) C#
7 7 (2.60%) Go
7 7 (2.60%) Java
7 7 (2.60%) R
7 7 (2.60%) Ruby
8 6 (2.23%) C
8 6 (2.23%) VB.NET
9 4 (1.49%) VB
9 4 (1.49%) VBA
10 3 (1.12%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 61 (22.68%) Degree
2 35 (13.01%) CIPD
3 9 (3.35%) Master's Degree
3 9 (3.35%) MBA
4 5 (1.86%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.49%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.12%) APMP
6 3 (1.12%) CISSP
6 3 (1.12%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.37%) CCNP
8 1 (0.37%) CCSP
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.37%) HNC
8 1 (0.37%) HND
8 1 (0.37%) MCP
8 1 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.46%) Data Quality
1 12 (4.46%) ISO 22301
2 5 (1.86%) GDPR
3 4 (1.49%) IFRS
3 4 (1.49%) IFRS 9
3 4 (1.49%) PMO
4 3 (1.12%) SLA
5 2 (0.74%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.74%) DO-254
5 2 (0.74%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.74%) QA
6 1 (0.37%) GRC
6 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.37%) NIST
6 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.23%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (2.23%) Firmware
3 5 (1.86%) RACF
4 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.74%) Functional Safety
1 2 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.83%) Alteryx
3 7 (2.60%) IBM
3 7 (2.60%) NEC
4 6 (2.23%) Pega
4 6 (2.23%) UiPath
5 5 (1.86%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.49%) Infor
7 3 (1.12%) BT
7 3 (1.12%) Fujitsu
7 3 (1.12%) iManage
7 3 (1.12%) Sage
7 3 (1.12%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.74%) Dell
8 2 (0.74%) Intapp
9 1 (0.37%) Cisco
9 1 (0.37%) Google
9 1 (0.37%) Informatica
9 1 (0.37%) Progress
9 1 (0.37%) SAP