Legal Jobs in the UK excluding London

Legal
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 60 88
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 +20
Permanent jobs citing Legal 1,311 2,974 1,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.29% 3.66% 3.54%
As % of the General category 4.86% 6.75% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 374 1,047 835
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,350 £75,772 £77,715
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 26,966 44,079 36,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.75% 54.32% 67.37%
Number of salaries quoted 12,241 27,682 17,854
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,987 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,627
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the UK excluding London

Legal
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Legal in the UK excluding London

Legal
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Legal in the UK excluding London

Legal
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 Legal within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
North of England -38 415 £46,000 +2.22% 2,968
South East +14 358 £50,000 +33.33% 3,215
North West -26 335 £44,000 -2.22% 1,584
Midlands -14 253 £36,500 -23.08% 2,015
West Midlands +1 166 £38,750 -22.50% 1,199
East of England -18 105 £53,000 +6.00% 1,662
East Midlands -23 87 £35,500 -21.11% 797
South West -17 74 £30,000 -36.84% 1,303
Scotland -69 69 £60,743 +15.70% 718
Yorkshire -42 64 £53,500 +52.86% 1,125
North East -16 16 £50,000 -4.76% 257
Northern Ireland +36 15 £85,151 +183.84% 291
Wales +33 15 £55,000 +6.80% 395
Channel Islands -2 4 £80,000 -
Isle of Man - 3 £91,000 - 1
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 29 (2.21%) CMS
1 29 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.46%) WordPress
4 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.31%) Drupal
4 4 (0.31%) SAS
5 3 (0.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.076%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.076%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.076%) Strapi
Applications
1 122 (9.31%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.76%) AutoCAD
4 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.38%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.38%) Revit
5 5 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.23%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.15%) LaTeX
8 1 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.076%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 7 (0.53%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 5 (0.38%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.31%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.23%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.23%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.15%) Primavera
6 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.076%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.076%) Magento
7 1 (0.076%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.076%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.076%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.076%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.076%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.076%) Shopify
7 1 (0.076%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 134 (10.22%) Azure
2 91 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (3.05%) SaaS
4 38 (2.90%) AWS
4 38 (2.90%) Power Platform
5 23 (1.75%) PaaS
6 20 (1.53%) GCP
6 20 (1.53%) iPaaS
6 20 (1.53%) OneDrive
7 17 (1.30%) PowerApps
8 16 (1.22%) Entra ID
9 14 (1.07%) Salsify
10 13 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (0.92%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.53%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.46%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.31%) IaaS
16 3 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.68%) VLAN
2 20 (1.53%) Firewall
3 18 (1.37%) VoIP
4 15 (1.14%) Network Security
4 15 (1.14%) SAN
5 14 (1.07%) Intranet
5 14 (1.07%) MPLS
6 12 (0.92%) Broadband
7 11 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.61%) DHCP
8 8 (0.61%) DNS
9 6 (0.46%) LAN
9 6 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.46%) VPN
9 6 (0.46%) WAN
10 4 (0.31%) PBX
10 4 (0.31%) RTP
10 4 (0.31%) Softphone
10 4 (0.31%) Wireless
11 3 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (2.29%) Power BI
2 21 (1.60%) Metadata
3 16 (1.22%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (0.61%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.61%) Oracle Database
6 7 (0.53%) Tableau
7 6 (0.46%) EDRMS
8 5 (0.38%) GIS
9 4 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.31%) Looker
9 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.23%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (3.43%) JIRA
2 26 (1.98%) Rational DOORS
3 9 (0.69%) Selenium
4 7 (0.53%) Git
5 3 (0.23%) AppScan
5 3 (0.23%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.23%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.076%) GitLab
7 1 (0.076%) Postman
General
1 515 (39.28%) Law
2 461 (35.16%) Finance
3 445 (33.94%) Social Skills
4 299 (22.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 160 (12.20%) Marketing
6 157 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
7 120 (9.15%) Documentation Skills
8 117 (8.92%) Manufacturing
9 66 (5.03%) Influencing Skills
10 56 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
11 55 (4.20%) Retail
12 38 (2.90%) Financial Institution
12 38 (2.90%) Public Sector
13 28 (2.14%) Banking
13 28 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.98%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.75%) Local Government
16 22 (1.68%) Prime Brokerage
17 18 (1.37%) Billing
17 18 (1.37%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 243 (18.54%) Senior
2 78 (5.95%) Analyst
3 73 (5.57%) Customer Executive
4 65 (4.96%) Lead
5 49 (3.74%) Risk Manager
6 48 (3.66%) Senior Manager
7 39 (2.97%) Project Manager
8 38 (2.90%) Consultant
9 37 (2.82%) Architect
10 34 (2.59%) Operations Manager
11 25 (1.91%) IT Support
12 24 (1.83%) Project Engineer
13 23 (1.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (1.68%) Software Engineer
15 20 (1.53%) Developer
16 19 (1.45%) Applications Architect
16 19 (1.45%) IT Architect
17 18 (1.37%) Administrator
17 18 (1.37%) Business Analyst
17 18 (1.37%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.37%) .NET
2 16 (1.22%) HTML
3 15 (1.14%) CSS
4 14 (1.07%) Hugging Face
4 14 (1.07%) PyTorch
4 14 (1.07%) TensorFlow
5 13 (0.99%) LangChain
6 12 (0.92%) React
6 12 (0.92%) Spring
7 8 (0.61%) AngularJS
7 8 (0.61%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.46%) Kafka
9 5 (0.38%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.31%) REST
10 4 (0.31%) Saxon XSLT
11 3 (0.23%) RESTful
11 3 (0.23%) SOAP
12 2 (0.15%) .NET Framework
12 2 (0.15%) EDI
12 2 (0.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 237 (18.08%) Cyberattack
2 78 (5.95%) Management Information System
3 41 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (1.91%) Driving Licence
4 25 (1.91%) Social Media
5 24 (1.83%) Blockchain
6 23 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (1.68%) Derivative
7 22 (1.68%) Hedge funds
8 21 (1.60%) Algorithms
9 20 (1.53%) NHS
10 18 (1.37%) CCTV
11 16 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (1.22%) Learning Management System
12 15 (1.14%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.07%) e-Learning
13 14 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
13 14 (1.07%) Taxonomies
14 12 (0.92%) Product Ownership
14 12 (0.92%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 71 (5.42%) Windows
2 31 (2.36%) Windows Server
3 24 (1.83%) Mac OS
4 22 (1.68%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.92%) Linux
6 9 (0.69%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.23%) Android
7 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.076%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.076%) VMS
9 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (22.35%) Creative Thinking
2 290 (22.12%) Cybersecurity
3 272 (20.75%) Line Management
4 173 (13.20%) Project Management
5 168 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (12.36%) Risk Management
7 157 (11.98%) Agile
8 155 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 141 (10.76%) Decision-Making
10 130 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
11 126 (9.61%) Mentoring
12 121 (9.23%) Roadmaps
13 110 (8.39%) Mathematics
14 106 (8.09%) Coaching
15 105 (8.01%) Project Delivery
16 104 (7.93%) Business Development
17 98 (7.48%) Information Security
18 95 (7.25%) Contract Negotiation
19 92 (7.02%) Artificial Intelligence
20 90 (6.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 59 (4.50%) SQL
2 45 (3.43%) Python
3 22 (1.68%) Java
4 21 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 17 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.14%) C#
7 14 (1.07%) PHP
8 9 (0.69%) R
9 6 (0.46%) C++
9 6 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.31%) Perl
10 4 (0.31%) Scala
11 3 (0.23%) C
11 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.23%) VBA
12 2 (0.15%) Bash
12 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.076%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.076%) Julia
13 1 (0.076%) Rust
Qualifications
1 301 (22.96%) Degree
2 139 (10.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 90 (6.86%) Numerate Degree
4 51 (3.89%) Master's Degree
5 45 (3.43%) CISSP
6 39 (2.97%) CISM
7 27 (2.06%) Security Cleared
8 26 (1.98%) CRISC
8 26 (1.98%) DBS Check
9 25 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 24 (1.83%) CISA
11 15 (1.14%) Postgraduate
11 15 (1.14%) SC Cleared
12 14 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 13 (0.99%) PhD
14 12 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (0.84%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (18.61%) NCSC
2 86 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (5.64%) GDPR
4 35 (2.67%) QA
5 33 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (2.14%) Accessibility
6 28 (2.14%) NIST
7 22 (1.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 21 (1.60%) SOC 2
9 19 (1.45%) Data Quality
10 18 (1.37%) SLA
11 14 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.84%) COBIT
13 9 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.53%) GRC
16 5 (0.38%) PCI DSS
17 4 (0.31%) ISO 14001
17 4 (0.31%) ISO 9001
17 4 (0.31%) PERC
System Software
1 60 (4.58%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.23%) Docker
6 3 (0.23%) vSphere
7 1 (0.076%) Firmware
7 1 (0.076%) pfSense
7 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.07%) Grafana
3 13 (0.99%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (0.31%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.23%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.23%) Nessus
6 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.076%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.076%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.076%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.076%) Terraform
Vendors
1 141 (10.76%) Microsoft
2 98 (7.48%) Salesforce
3 38 (2.90%) Oracle
4 35 (2.67%) VMware
5 25 (1.91%) Cisco
6 21 (1.60%) Google
7 18 (1.37%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.14%) iManage
9 14 (1.07%) Intapp
9 14 (1.07%) Workday
10 13 (0.99%) OpenAI
11 11 (0.84%) Veeam
12 7 (0.53%) PeopleSoft
13 6 (0.46%) Adobe
13 6 (0.46%) Meraki
13 6 (0.46%) SAP
14 5 (0.38%) Citrix
14 5 (0.38%) Facebook
14 5 (0.38%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.38%) Revolut