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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 79 101
Rank change year-on-year -27 +22 -36
Permanent jobs citing Legal 84 281 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.13% 2.89% 2.87%
As % of the General category 3.43% 5.72% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 43 132 161
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £28,125
25th Percentile £29,625 £33,750 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £48,250 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.82% +2.66% +6.21%
75th Percentile £49,375 £67,728 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £77,715
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

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 2,447 4,916 3,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 62.11% 50.49% 60.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,425 3,220 2,368
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -0.47% +4.66%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -

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

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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 17 July 2025.

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 17 July 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
Dorset +24 39 £30,000 -14.29% 9
Gloucestershire +42 10 £30,000 -24.78% 73
Devon -2 9 £50,000 +25.00% 9
Wiltshire +39 8 £24,570 -29.80% 15
Bristol -33 8 £40,000 -27.27% 84
Somerset -25 6 £77,500 +3.33% 16
Cornwall - 2 £40,000 -
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 18 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.19%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (11.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (4.76%) Teamcenter
3 2 (2.38%) Sage 200
4 1 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.43%) Azure
2 17 (20.24%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (16.67%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.19%) GitHub
6 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.10%) Firewall
2 10 (11.90%) MPLS
2 10 (11.90%) SAN
2 10 (11.90%) VLAN
2 10 (11.90%) VoIP
2 10 (11.90%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.57%) Network Security
4 2 (2.38%) Broadband
4 2 (2.38%) Intranet
5 1 (1.19%) LAN
5 1 (1.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) GIS
1 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.19%) Power BI
2 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Git
1 1 (1.19%) Postman
General
1 35 (41.67%) Finance
2 32 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 15 (17.86%) Retail
4 10 (11.90%) Manufacturing
5 8 (9.52%) Law
6 6 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.95%) Local Government
8 4 (4.76%) Marketing
9 3 (3.57%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.38%) Banking
10 2 (2.38%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.38%) Prime Brokerage
10 2 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.19%) Back Office
11 1 (1.19%) Military
11 1 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 11 (13.10%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 11 (13.10%) Support Technician
3 10 (11.90%) Coordinator
3 10 (11.90%) Help Desk Coordinator
3 10 (11.90%) Technical Support
4 7 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Support Specialist
5 5 (5.95%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (5.95%) Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Technical Support Specialist
6 4 (4.76%) IAM Specialist
6 4 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) Sales Executive
6 4 (4.76%) Telesales Executive
7 3 (3.57%) Civil Engineer
7 3 (3.57%) Development Engineer
7 3 (3.57%) Engagement Manager
7 3 (3.57%) Project Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) .NET
2 1 (1.19%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (1.19%) CSS
2 1 (1.19%) Flask
2 1 (1.19%) HTML
2 1 (1.19%) HTML5
2 1 (1.19%) jQuery
2 1 (1.19%) Kafka
2 1 (1.19%) OLE
2 1 (1.19%) React
2 1 (1.19%) Swagger
2 1 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.90%) CCTV
1 10 (11.90%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (5.95%) e-Learning
2 5 (5.95%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.57%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.57%) NHS
4 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.38%) Blockchain
5 2 (2.38%) Derivative
5 2 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.38%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.38%) Housing Association
5 2 (2.38%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.38%) Life Science
5 2 (2.38%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.38%) Social Media
6 1 (1.19%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.19%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.19%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.43%) Windows
2 17 (20.24%) Windows Server
3 14 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 10 (11.90%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.95%) Linux
6 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 13 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (15.48%) ERP
4 11 (13.10%) Time Management
5 10 (11.90%) CRM
5 10 (11.90%) Virtual Environments
6 9 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (8.33%) Project Delivery
8 6 (7.14%) Roadmaps
9 5 (5.95%) Customer Experience
9 5 (5.95%) Risk Management
10 4 (4.76%) Agile
10 4 (4.76%) Identity Access Management
10 4 (4.76%) ITIL
10 4 (4.76%) Mentoring
10 4 (4.76%) OO
10 4 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) SQL
2 5 (5.95%) Python
3 4 (4.76%) Perl
3 4 (4.76%) PHP
4 1 (1.19%) C
4 1 (1.19%) C#
4 1 (1.19%) C++
4 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.52%) Degree
2 6 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.95%) NVQ Level 3
4 4 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.57%) ACCA
5 3 (3.57%) FFIEC
5 3 (3.57%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.19%) CIMA
6 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.19%) MCSA
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) GDPR
2 4 (4.76%) GRC
3 3 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.57%) NIST
4 2 (2.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (29.76%) Active Directory
1 25 (29.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (11.90%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.19%) Firmware
3 1 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.19%) SCCM
2 1 (1.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 37 (44.05%) Microsoft
2 26 (30.95%) VMware
3 10 (11.90%) Veeam
4 2 (2.38%) Cisco
4 2 (2.38%) Sage
5 1 (1.19%) Datto
5 1 (1.19%) iManage
5 1 (1.19%) SAP