Legal Job Trends in Stockport

Legal
Manchester > Stockport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Stockport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 10 14
Rank change year-on-year - +4 +39
Permanent jobs citing Legal 0 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport - 12.22% 7.69%
As % of the General category - 23.91% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £26,125
25th Percentile - - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £27,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.29%
75th Percentile - - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £73,750 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +63.89% -18.18% +15.79%

All General Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 55 46 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockport 94.83% 51.11% 65.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 33
10th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £22,800
25th Percentile £30,938 £54,688 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £63,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +112.50% -38.17%
75th Percentile £51,563 £77,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,000 £80,000 £57,500
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,720
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.29% +1.31%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Stockport

Legal
Salary Trend in Stockport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Legal