Law Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Law
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 44 29
Rank change year-on-year -62 -15 +66
Permanent jobs citing Law 1,101 1,597 4,586
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.68% 5.54% 6.67%
As % of the General category 3.58% 7.83% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 865 678 1,386
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 30,719 20,389 39,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.95% 70.75% 57.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16,627 9,582 26,378
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,851 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Law relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Law job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Law
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in the UK excluding London

Law
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
North of England -24 438 £50,000 - 102
North West -1 318 £52,500 -12.50% 64
Midlands -52 264 £45,000 - 54
South East -126 156 £63,750 +13.33% 105
East Midlands -17 137 £40,000 -5.88% 21
West Midlands -55 127 £62,500 +38.89% 33
East of England +11 118 £55,000 - 27
Yorkshire -70 83 £44,000 +3.53% 30
South West -11 73 £40,000 -28.89% 21
North East -33 37 £45,000 +12.50% 8
Scotland -1 33 £35,000 -46.15% 13
Wales - 23 £42,500 - 7
Northern Ireland -40 3 £38,500 -23.00% 7
Law
UK

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 36 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.91%) Confluence
3 9 (0.82%) CMS
4 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.091%) Apache
7 1 (0.091%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.54%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.45%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.091%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.091%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.091%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.091%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.36%) SAP PM
2 14 (1.27%) Visualfiles
3 9 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.82%) Elite 3E
4 8 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.36%) Academy Housing
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Magento
7 2 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.18%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.18%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.18%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.18%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.091%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.091%) LongView
8 1 (0.091%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.091%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.091%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.091%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 157 (14.26%) Azure
2 91 (8.27%) SaaS
3 87 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (5.99%) AWS
5 65 (5.90%) Power Platform
6 34 (3.09%) GCP
7 29 (2.63%) IaaS
8 28 (2.54%) Azure Storage
9 25 (2.27%) Azure AKS
9 25 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 25 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
10 24 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (1.73%) GitHub
13 18 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (1.45%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
15 14 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (1.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 57 (5.18%) DNS
2 41 (3.72%) Firewall
3 22 (2.00%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.63%) HTTP
5 16 (1.45%) VPN
6 15 (1.36%) Wireless
7 14 (1.27%) DHCP
7 14 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (1.09%) WAN
9 11 (1.00%) LAN
10 8 (0.73%) BGP
11 7 (0.64%) OSPF
12 6 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.54%) EIGRP
12 6 (0.54%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.36%) Internet
13 4 (0.36%) Network Security
14 3 (0.27%) MQTT
14 3 (0.27%) SAN
14 3 (0.27%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.09%) Power BI
2 33 (3.00%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.27%) Tableau
4 21 (1.91%) MySQL
5 13 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.73%) Metadata
8 6 (0.54%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.54%) Pentaho
8 6 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.45%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.36%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.27%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.27%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (3.63%) JIRA
2 22 (2.00%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.45%) Axure RP
3 5 (0.45%) Balsamiq
4 4 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.27%) Git
6 2 (0.18%) Gradle
6 2 (0.18%) Maven
6 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.091%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.091%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.091%) MLflow
7 1 (0.091%) Selenium
7 1 (0.091%) WebDriver
General
1 281 (25.52%) Social Skills
2 233 (21.16%) Finance
3 213 (19.35%) Legal
4 149 (13.53%) Military
5 129 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
6 126 (11.44%) Telecoms
7 114 (10.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 81 (7.36%) Public Sector
9 67 (6.09%) Back Office
10 58 (5.27%) Manufacturing
11 47 (4.27%) Marketing
12 40 (3.63%) Retail
13 24 (2.18%) Billing
14 21 (1.91%) Local Government
14 21 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.82%) Automotive
16 17 (1.54%) Banking
16 17 (1.54%) Police
17 15 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 157 (14.26%) Analyst
2 126 (11.44%) Senior
3 89 (8.08%) Project Manager
4 85 (7.72%) Developer
5 75 (6.81%) IT Support
6 48 (4.36%) Business Analyst
7 47 (4.27%) Consultant
8 38 (3.45%) Administrator
8 38 (3.45%) Support Analyst
9 37 (3.36%) Traffic Manager
10 36 (3.27%) IT Engineer
11 34 (3.09%) IT Analyst
12 33 (3.00%) Senior Manager
13 32 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
14 31 (2.82%) IT Manager
15 30 (2.72%) Lead
16 28 (2.54%) Architect
16 28 (2.54%) Cloud Engineer
16 28 (2.54%) Support Engineer
17 27 (2.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.82%) .NET
2 18 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (1.18%) REST
4 12 (1.09%) HTML
5 11 (1.00%) React
5 11 (1.00%) SOAP
6 9 (0.82%) Node.js
7 8 (0.73%) CSS
7 8 (0.73%) Web Services
8 7 (0.64%) PySpark
9 6 (0.54%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.54%) Bootstrap
9 6 (0.54%) BREW
9 6 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.54%) Redux
9 6 (0.54%) Regular Expression
10 5 (0.45%) EDI
10 5 (0.45%) Middleware
10 5 (0.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 71 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 52 (4.72%) Driving Licence
3 35 (3.18%) Product Ownership
4 27 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (1.73%) Low-Code
6 19 (1.73%) Replication
7 16 (1.45%) Life Science
8 14 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.27%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (0.82%) Cloud Native
12 7 (0.64%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.54%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
14 5 (0.45%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.45%) Mobile App
15 4 (0.36%) Social Media
16 3 (0.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 71 (6.45%) Windows
2 29 (2.63%) Linux
3 24 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.73%) Android
7 6 (0.54%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.091%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.091%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
2 155 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 138 (12.53%) Agile
4 90 (8.17%) Decision-Making
5 75 (6.81%) AI
6 72 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
7 71 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 69 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 68 (6.18%) Customer Service
10 67 (6.09%) Business Development
11 61 (5.54%) High Availability
11 61 (5.54%) Roadmaps
12 60 (5.45%) Analytics
13 58 (5.27%) Business Intelligence
14 55 (5.00%) Commercial Awareness
15 54 (4.90%) Technology Strategy
16 52 (4.72%) ITIL
16 52 (4.72%) Project Management
17 51 (4.63%) Mentoring
17 51 (4.63%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 99 (8.99%) SQL
2 73 (6.63%) Python
3 45 (4.09%) PowerShell
4 33 (3.00%) JavaScript
5 24 (2.18%) Bash
6 20 (1.82%) C#
7 18 (1.63%) Go
8 17 (1.54%) Java
9 12 (1.09%) Shell Script
10 11 (1.00%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.73%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.64%) C++
13 6 (0.54%) PHP
14 5 (0.45%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.36%) R
16 3 (0.27%) Rust
17 2 (0.18%) C
18 1 (0.091%) ActionScript
18 1 (0.091%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 110 (9.99%) Degree
2 68 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 53 (4.81%) SC Cleared
4 30 (2.72%) Azure Certification
5 20 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.54%) CIPD
7 12 (1.09%) CCNP
7 12 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.00%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.00%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.00%) PMP
9 10 (0.91%) ACCA
9 10 (0.91%) CIMA
10 6 (0.54%) CCNA
10 6 (0.54%) MOS
11 5 (0.45%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.45%) CISM
11 5 (0.45%) CISSP
11 5 (0.45%) ISEB
12 4 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (5.36%) QA
2 35 (3.18%) GDPR
3 32 (2.91%) SLA
4 24 (2.18%) Data Quality
5 21 (1.91%) COSHH
6 17 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.45%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.91%) NIST
9 6 (0.54%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.54%) WCAG
10 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.18%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.18%) GRC
12 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.18%) SEPA
13 1 (0.091%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.091%) NIST 800
System Software
1 47 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.45%) Firmware
5 3 (0.27%) iptables
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.27%) vSphere
6 2 (0.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (2.45%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.36%) Terraform
3 24 (2.18%) Grafana
4 22 (2.00%) Ansible
5 21 (1.91%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.18%) SCCM
7 5 (0.45%) FTK
7 5 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.27%) Galera Cluster
8 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.27%) systemd
8 3 (0.27%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.18%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.091%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.091%) Nagios
Vendors
1 160 (14.53%) Microsoft
2 39 (3.54%) Oracle
3 35 (3.18%) SAP
4 30 (2.72%) Salesforce
5 28 (2.54%) Cisco
5 28 (2.54%) ServiceNow
6 27 (2.45%) Aderant
7 23 (2.09%) Meraki
8 19 (1.73%) NEC
9 18 (1.63%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.27%) Google
11 13 (1.18%) iManage
11 13 (1.18%) Remedy
11 13 (1.18%) VMware
12 11 (1.00%) Intapp
13 10 (0.91%) Databricks
14 7 (0.64%) Adobe
14 7 (0.64%) Informatica
15 6 (0.54%) Apple
15 6 (0.54%) Pega