Legal Jobs in Suffolk

Legal
East of England > Suffolk

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Suffolk. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 16 26
Rank change year-on-year -39 +10 +7
Permanent jobs citing Legal 8 32 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 1.59% 6.50% 5.32%
As % of the General category 3.15% 12.45% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 1
10th Percentile £51,725 £24,000 -
25th Percentile £53,000 £24,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £29,629 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +171.69% -50.62% -
75th Percentile £95,000 - -
90th Percentile - £34,203 -
East of England median annual salary £52,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% - +11.11%

All General Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 254 257 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 50.60% 52.24% 63.88%
Number of salaries quoted 102 142 47
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,050 £26,050
25th Percentile £27,250 £27,000 £30,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £42,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +10.39% -6.05%
75th Percentile £57,188 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,901 £57,450 £72,700
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -16.67% +13.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in Suffolk

Legal
Salary Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in Suffolk.

Salary trend for Legal in Suffolk

Legal
Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Suffolk over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in Suffolk

Legal
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Ipswich -5 5 £53,000 +6.00% 5
Newmarket - 3 £90,000 -
Legal
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
1 2 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (37.50%) Law
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) QA Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
1 2 (25.00%) Senior QA Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cybercrime
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) LLM
3 2 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Document Management
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Practice Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft