Legal Jobs in the Thames Valley

Legal
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 61 43
Rank change year-on-year -16 -18 +68
Permanent jobs citing Legal 117 258 359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.42% 3.66% 6.22%
As % of the General category 4.36% 6.99% 9.67%
Number of salaries quoted 18 105 45
10th Percentile £23,250 £29,000 £29,850
25th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.22% -8.49%
75th Percentile £119,375 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £165,000 £76,250 £70,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -28.57% -0.94%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,681 3,689 3,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 78.39% 52.31% 64.31%
Number of salaries quoted 763 2,212 1,670
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £80,050
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Legal in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal 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 Legal within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 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
Berkshire +10 92 £160,000 +190.91% 49
Buckinghamshire -24 13 £30,000 -24.05% 16
Oxfordshire -5 12 £50,000 +13.64% 55
Legal
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.42%) CMS
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
3 1 (0.85%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.85%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) Blender
3 1 (0.85%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) SAP GTS
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.38%) Azure
2 14 (11.97%) AWS
2 14 (11.97%) Salsify
3 13 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
3 13 (11.11%) GCP
4 6 (5.13%) SaaS
5 3 (2.56%) iPaaS
5 3 (2.56%) PaaS
6 2 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.84%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.68%) Metadata
2 3 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.71%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) GitLab
1 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 75 (64.10%) Law
2 69 (58.97%) Social Skills
3 55 (47.01%) Finance
4 36 (30.77%) Marketing
5 29 (24.79%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (17.95%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (11.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (10.26%) Retail
9 11 (9.40%) Telecoms
10 7 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (3.42%) Banking
13 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (2.56%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.85%) Automotive
15 1 (0.85%) Electronics
15 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.85%) Prime Brokerage
15 1 (0.85%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 61 (52.14%) Senior
2 40 (34.19%) Senior Manager
3 19 (16.24%) Lead
4 9 (7.69%) Deployment Manager
5 4 (3.42%) Analyst
5 4 (3.42%) Project Manager
6 3 (2.56%) Applications Architect
6 3 (2.56%) Architect
6 3 (2.56%) Data Manager
6 3 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (2.56%) Head of Engineering
6 3 (2.56%) IT Architect
6 3 (2.56%) Senior Delivery Manager
7 2 (1.71%) Compliance Manager
7 2 (1.71%) Head of Digital
7 2 (1.71%) Records Manager
7 2 (1.71%) Technologist
8 1 (0.85%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) Risk Manager
8 1 (0.85%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.11%) Hugging Face
1 13 (11.11%) LangChain
1 13 (11.11%) PyTorch
1 13 (11.11%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.85%) EDI
2 1 (0.85%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.85%) Next.js
2 1 (0.85%) Node.js
2 1 (0.85%) React
2 1 (0.85%) REST
2 1 (0.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.97%) Management Information System
1 14 (11.97%) Taxonomies
2 8 (6.84%) Learning Management System
3 5 (4.27%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.71%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.71%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.71%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.71%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.85%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.85%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.85%) Derivative
6 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.85%) Photovoltaics
6 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.85%) SCADA
6 1 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.56%) Android
1 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.85%) Windows
2 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.17%) Roadmaps
2 39 (33.33%) Change Management
3 35 (29.91%) Artificial Intelligence
4 34 (29.06%) Agile
4 34 (29.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (28.21%) Strategic Roadmap
5 33 (28.21%) Strategic Thinking
6 31 (26.50%) Computer Science
7 30 (25.64%) Analytics
8 29 (24.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (24.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 28 (23.93%) Data Privacy
10 27 (23.08%) Generative AI
10 27 (23.08%) Information Security
11 26 (22.22%) Project Management
12 24 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (18.80%) Collaborative Culture
14 21 (17.95%) Business Case
15 20 (17.09%) Technology Strategy
16 18 (15.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.56%) VBA
2 1 (0.85%) Python
2 1 (0.85%) SQL
2 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (43.59%) Degree
2 28 (23.93%) Master's Degree
3 13 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.71%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.71%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.85%) ACCA
5 1 (0.85%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.97%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.13%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.71%) QA
3 2 (1.71%) SLA
4 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.85%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (11.11%) Grafana
1 13 (11.11%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (11.11%) OpenAI
2 9 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.42%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.56%) Oracle
5 2 (1.71%) SAP
6 1 (0.85%) Alias
6 1 (0.85%) Citrix