Law Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Law
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 6 123
Rank change year-on-year -98 +117 +23
Permanent jobs citing Law 80 596 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.28% 16.48% 1.75%
As % of the General category 2.93% 22.20% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 71 21 71
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £145,852 £77,500 £76,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Law 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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,729 2,685 3,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 43.51% 74.23% 50.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,765 919 1,747
10th Percentile £29,600 £26,450 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £60,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Law relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Law job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Law
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Buckinghamshire +18 43 £60,000 -14.29% 6
Berkshire -90 25 £71,000 +29.09% 10
Oxfordshire -16 12 £132,943 +80.26% 4
Law
South East

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (1.25%) Apache
1 1 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.50%) Azure
2 14 (17.50%) IaaS
3 11 (13.75%) Azure AKS
3 11 (13.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 11 (13.75%) Azure Key Vault
3 11 (13.75%) Azure Storage
3 11 (13.75%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.00%) AWS
4 4 (5.00%) Google Analytics
4 4 (5.00%) SaaS
5 3 (3.75%) PaaS
6 2 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.50%) GCP
6 2 (2.50%) Harvey AI
6 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (2.50%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.50%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (1.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.25%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.75%) Power BI
2 9 (11.25%) Metadata
3 4 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.25%) Big Data
5 1 (1.25%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.25%) Tableau
General
1 23 (28.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 23 (28.75%) Legal
2 20 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 19 (23.75%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (21.25%) Public Sector
5 10 (12.50%) Finance
6 8 (10.00%) Japanese Language
7 6 (7.50%) Financial Institution
8 5 (6.25%) Marketing
8 5 (6.25%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.75%) Legal Technology
10 2 (2.50%) Advertising
10 2 (2.50%) Local Government
10 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.50%) Retail
10 2 (2.50%) Social Housing
11 1 (1.25%) French Language
11 1 (1.25%) Military
11 1 (1.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (17.50%) Senior
2 12 (15.00%) Architect
3 11 (13.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 11 (13.75%) Analyst
3 11 (13.75%) Azure Engineer
3 11 (13.75%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (10.00%) Data Architect
5 7 (8.75%) Developer
6 4 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Performance Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) SQL Developer
7 3 (3.75%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 3 (3.75%) IT Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) HTML
1 2 (2.50%) React
1 2 (2.50%) Web Services
2 1 (1.25%) .NET
2 1 (1.25%) Kafka
2 1 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.25%) Middleware
2 1 (1.25%) REST
2 1 (1.25%) SOAP
2 1 (1.25%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (2.50%) Low-Code
2 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.25%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.25%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.25%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (46.25%) Agile
2 20 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
3 17 (21.25%) Community of Practice
4 15 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (17.50%) Computer Science
5 14 (17.50%) Decision-Making
6 13 (16.25%) Data Modelling
6 13 (16.25%) Scrum
7 12 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 11 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (13.75%) Containerisation
8 11 (13.75%) High Availability
8 11 (13.75%) Load Balancing
9 10 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (11.25%) Analytics
10 9 (11.25%) Data Protection
10 9 (11.25%) Risk Management
11 8 (10.00%) Data Architecture
11 8 (10.00%) Logical Data Model
11 8 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.00%) SQL
2 11 (13.75%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.50%) Python
6 1 (1.25%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (28.75%) Degree
2 11 (13.75%) Azure Certification
2 11 (13.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
2 11 (13.75%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.50%) MOS
4 3 (3.75%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.25%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.00%) GDPR
2 2 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (13.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.00%) Google
3 2 (2.50%) DocuSign
3 2 (2.50%) HighQ
3 2 (2.50%) Oracle
3 2 (2.50%) VMware
4 1 (1.25%) Databricks
4 1 (1.25%) iManage
4 1 (1.25%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.25%) Salesforce