Legal Job Trends in Surrey

Legal
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 22 90
Rank change year-on-year -35 +68 -40
Permanent jobs citing Legal 66 93 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.76% 7.96% 2.06%
As % of the General category 5.64% 12.13% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 44 34 9
10th Percentile £52,250 £30,750 £30,576
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £31,345
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £40,186
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +55.53% -26.60%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £49,027
90th Percentile £74,625 £89,000 £58,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% +25.00% -23.08%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,170 767 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 48.89% 65.61% 62.66%
Number of salaries quoted 819 454 524
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £31,250 £36,395
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £83,375
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,500 £51,242
% change year-on-year +9.89% -11.21% -2.40%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Surrey

Legal
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in Surrey over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in Surrey

Legal
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
Woking - 24 £57,500 - 8
Guildford -5 22 £70,000 +115.38% 6
Epsom 0 4 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Walton-on-Thames - 4 £55,000 -
Horley +7 1 - -
Farnham - 1 £59,490 -
Legal
South East

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 24 (36.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 29 (43.94%) Azure
2 27 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (37.88%) SaaS
4 24 (36.36%) Entra ID
4 24 (36.36%) Mimecast
5 3 (4.55%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (40.91%) JIRA
General
1 15 (22.73%) Finance
1 15 (22.73%) Public Sector
2 12 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.15%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (15.15%) Police
5 6 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 6 (9.09%) Italian Language
5 6 (9.09%) Japanese Language
6 5 (7.58%) Law
7 4 (6.06%) Local Government
7 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.03%) Marketing
9 1 (1.52%) Legal Technology
9 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (22.73%) Systems Engineer
2 13 (19.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 13 (19.70%) 3rd Line Support
2 13 (19.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 13 (19.70%) Support Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Consultant
3 10 (15.15%) IT Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) IT Support
3 10 (15.15%) IT Support Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Systems Support
3 10 (15.15%) Systems Support Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) Administrator
4 7 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) IT Administrator
4 7 (10.61%) IT Systems Administrator
4 7 (10.61%) Senior
4 7 (10.61%) Systems Administrator
5 6 (9.09%) Lead
5 6 (9.09%) Technical Consultant
6 5 (7.58%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) .NET
1 2 (3.03%) .NET Core
1 2 (3.03%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.03%) HTML
1 2 (3.03%) NgRx
1 2 (3.03%) REST
1 2 (3.03%) RxJS
1 2 (3.03%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
1 8 (12.12%) Security Posture
2 4 (6.06%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.03%) PKI
4 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.52%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (1.52%) Podcast
5 1 (1.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Linux
1 3 (4.55%) Windows
1 3 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (39.39%) Identity Management
2 24 (36.36%) Change Management
2 24 (36.36%) Incident Management
2 24 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
2 24 (36.36%) Workflow
3 18 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (22.73%) Digital Engineering
5 13 (19.70%) AI
6 10 (15.15%) Analytics
6 10 (15.15%) Service Delivery
7 9 (13.64%) Information Security
7 9 (13.64%) Project Management
8 6 (9.09%) Data Engineering
8 6 (9.09%) Systems Analysis
8 6 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
9 5 (7.58%) Agile
9 5 (7.58%) Budgeting
9 5 (7.58%) Threat Modelling
9 5 (7.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 24 (36.36%) R
2 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.55%) Python
3 2 (3.03%) C#
3 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.52%) C
4 1 (1.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) SC Cleared
1 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (7.58%) CISSP
4 4 (6.06%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.55%) CEH
5 3 (4.55%) CISM
5 3 (4.55%) GIAC
6 2 (3.03%) APMP
6 2 (3.03%) CISMP
6 2 (3.03%) CREST Certified
6 2 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.52%) Degree
7 1 (1.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (43.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.58%) NIST
3 4 (6.06%) GAAP
3 4 (6.06%) IFRS
4 3 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.03%) GRC
5 2 (3.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (53.03%) Microsoft
2 24 (36.36%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (7.58%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.06%) Sage
5 3 (4.55%) New Relic
5 3 (4.55%) Qualys
5 3 (4.55%) SolarWinds
5 3 (4.55%) Splunk
5 3 (4.55%) Zerto