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 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 13 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Legal 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport 1.59% 6.56% -
As % of the General category 1.96% 7.84% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £61,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

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 51 51 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockport 80.95% 83.61% 62.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25 18 24
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,725 £33,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -38.10% +87.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £47,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £59,375 £67,625
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -9.48%

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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

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Salary Trend in Stockport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Legal

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change