Law
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Law over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 82 75 149
Rank change year-on-year -7 +74 +22
Permanent jobs citing Law 1,909 5,207 3,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.65% 4.26% 2.58%
As % of the General category 5.56% 6.18% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,404 2,225 1,898
10th Percentile £30,038 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

All General Skills
UK

Law is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,334 84,285 76,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.68% 68.96% 59.82%
Number of salaries quoted 24,048 48,071 48,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Law in the UK

Law
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Law.

Salary trend for Law in the UK

Law
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Law in the UK

Law
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England -13 1,546 £55,000 - 1,094
UK excluding London -12 1,258 £50,000 - 511
Work from Home -34 645 £55,000 - 821
London -1 589 £65,000 - 612
North of England +28 365 £50,000 - 148
Midlands +17 299 £45,000 -10.00% 80
Scotland +68 293 £60,000 -7.69% 48
Yorkshire +34 182 £50,000 - 55
West Midlands +24 178 £50,000 - 59
North West +17 151 £54,250 +8.50% 81
South East -100 124 £50,000 - 133
East Midlands +6 121 £40,000 -23.08% 21
South West -121 80 £50,000 -4.76% 49
East of England +7 52 £52,500 +5.00% 55
North East +44 32 £45,500 -18.02% 13
Wales -38 24 £45,000 +14.83% 12
Northern Ireland +3 19 £50,000 +16.28% 7
Channel Islands - 3 £65,000 - 1

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 78 (4.09%) Apache Spark
2 73 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.47%) Apache
4 23 (1.20%) MS Exchange
5 14 (0.73%) IIS
6 13 (0.68%) Confluence
7 10 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.37%) Mendix
8 7 (0.37%) NServiceBus
9 6 (0.31%) Camunda
10 5 (0.26%) CMS
10 5 (0.26%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.10%) JBoss
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.052%) Drupal
12 1 (0.052%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.052%) Exchange Server 2010
12 1 (0.052%) nginx
12 1 (0.052%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.052%) WebLogic
Applications
1 143 (7.49%) Microsoft Office
2 88 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.31%) UserZoom
6 5 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.26%) InDesign
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.26%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.16%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.10%) CANalyzer
8 2 (0.10%) S-PLUS
9 1 (0.052%) Simulink
9 1 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 30 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
1 30 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
2 25 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 24 (1.26%) Elite 3E
4 19 (1.00%) Dynamics AX
5 16 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
6 14 (0.73%) SAP SCM
7 9 (0.47%) Carpe Diem
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.10%) Temenos T24
10 2 (0.10%) Visualfiles
10 2 (0.10%) Workday HCM
11 1 (0.052%) Aareon QL
11 1 (0.052%) MIS ActiveH
11 1 (0.052%) OPENHousing
11 1 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 414 (21.69%) Azure
2 260 (13.62%) AWS
3 233 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
4 127 (6.65%) Power Platform
5 64 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
5 64 (3.35%) GCP
6 63 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (3.30%) Entra ID
7 44 (2.30%) SaaS
8 43 (2.25%) PowerApps
9 35 (1.83%) Power Automate
10 29 (1.52%) PaaS
11 27 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (1.10%) Boomi
12 21 (1.10%) IaaS
12 21 (1.10%) OCI
12 21 (1.10%) OneDrive
13 19 (1.00%) GitHub
14 17 (0.89%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (0.89%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (4.71%) Firewall
2 58 (3.04%) DNS
3 49 (2.57%) TCP/IP
4 48 (2.51%) LAN
5 47 (2.46%) Internet
6 45 (2.36%) WAN
7 43 (2.25%) DHCP
8 37 (1.94%) Network Security
9 34 (1.78%) Wireless
10 28 (1.47%) Broadband
11 25 (1.31%) 5G
12 20 (1.05%) VoIP
13 19 (1.00%) SAN
13 19 (1.00%) VPN
14 16 (0.84%) Unified Communications
15 15 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (0.68%) WebEx
16 13 (0.68%) WLAN
17 12 (0.63%) H.323
18 11 (0.58%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 103 (5.40%) Power BI
3 85 (4.45%) Big Data
4 74 (3.88%) NoSQL
5 54 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (2.36%) Relational Database
6 45 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 37 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 35 (1.83%) Hadoop
9 32 (1.68%) MongoDB
10 27 (1.41%) Data Lake
11 23 (1.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 20 (1.05%) Apache Hive
13 14 (0.73%) Power Query
13 14 (0.73%) Tableau
14 12 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
14 12 (0.63%) HBase
15 11 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (0.58%) OLAP
15 11 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 50 (2.62%) JIRA
2 38 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 34 (1.78%) Git
4 19 (1.00%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.37%) CircleCI
5 7 (0.37%) Gradle
5 7 (0.37%) Jasmine
5 7 (0.37%) JUnit
5 7 (0.37%) Karma Test Runner
5 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (0.31%) Maven
6 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.31%) Travis CI
7 5 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (0.26%) Selenium
8 4 (0.21%) Postman
8 4 (0.21%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.16%) NUnit
9 3 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 683 (35.78%) Finance
2 477 (24.99%) Legal
3 471 (24.67%) Social Skills
4 386 (20.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 188 (9.85%) Marketing
6 171 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
7 114 (5.97%) Banking
8 92 (4.82%) Financial Institution
9 65 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 57 (2.99%) Telecoms
11 43 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
12 41 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
13 37 (1.94%) Retail
14 36 (1.89%) Public Sector
15 32 (1.68%) Private Banking
16 30 (1.57%) Investment Banking
17 19 (1.00%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.68%) Military
19 11 (0.58%) Games
20 10 (0.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 399 (20.90%) Analyst
2 250 (13.10%) Software Engineer
3 205 (10.74%) Developer
4 176 (9.22%) Lead
5 170 (8.91%) Senior
6 101 (5.29%) Consultant
7 90 (4.71%) Support Analyst
8 84 (4.40%) Java Engineer
8 84 (4.40%) Java Software Engineer
9 81 (4.24%) IT Analyst
9 81 (4.24%) IT Support
10 76 (3.98%) Architect
11 74 (3.88%) Business Analyst
12 72 (3.77%) Lead Software Engineer
13 61 (3.20%) IT Manager
14 54 (2.83%) AWS Engineer
15 53 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
16 50 (2.62%) IT Engineer
16 50 (2.62%) Support Engineer
17 47 (2.46%) Big Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (5.97%) .NET
2 87 (4.56%) React
3 81 (4.24%) Spring
4 78 (4.09%) HTML
5 66 (3.46%) AngularJS
6 64 (3.35%) CSS
7 53 (2.78%) XML
8 51 (2.67%) JSON
8 51 (2.67%) Spring Boot
9 49 (2.57%) Node.js
10 46 (2.41%) REST
11 37 (1.94%) ASP.NET
12 34 (1.78%) RESTful
13 32 (1.68%) Web Services
14 29 (1.52%) .NET Framework
15 26 (1.36%) Kafka
16 20 (1.05%) Express.js
17 17 (0.89%) ARM Templates
18 16 (0.84%) JPA
18 16 (0.84%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 95 (4.98%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.72%) Algorithms
3 67 (3.51%) Public Cloud
4 61 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 55 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
6 53 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 51 (2.67%) Product Ownership
8 47 (2.46%) Life Science
9 39 (2.04%) Driving Licence
10 33 (1.73%) Data Centre
11 31 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
12 27 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (1.41%) Low-Code
13 24 (1.26%) Distributed Applications
14 22 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
15 19 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
16 18 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
17 17 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
18 16 (0.84%) CMDB
19 14 (0.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 276 (14.46%) Windows
2 86 (4.50%) Windows 10
3 79 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 64 (3.35%) Linux
5 35 (1.83%) Android
6 34 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 18 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (0.84%) Unix
9 14 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.31%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.052%) AIX
14 1 (0.052%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.052%) Solaris
14 1 (0.052%) VMS
14 1 (0.052%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (23.05%) Agile
2 324 (16.97%) Software Engineering
3 272 (14.25%) SDLC
4 236 (12.36%) CI/CD
5 227 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
6 192 (10.06%) Operational Stability
7 186 (9.74%) Machine Learning
8 173 (9.06%) Artificial Intelligence
9 164 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 154 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
11 149 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
12 146 (7.65%) DevOps
13 135 (7.07%) ITIL
14 127 (6.65%) Decision-Making
15 125 (6.55%) Information Security
16 118 (6.18%) Roadmaps
17 109 (5.71%) Community of Practice
18 108 (5.66%) Stakeholder Management
19 107 (5.61%) Customer Service
19 107 (5.61%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 425 (22.26%) SQL
2 234 (12.26%) Java
3 210 (11.00%) Python
4 121 (6.34%) C#
5 101 (5.29%) JavaScript
6 78 (4.09%) PowerShell
7 72 (3.77%) TypeScript
8 71 (3.72%) T-SQL
9 48 (2.51%) Scala
10 31 (1.62%) Go
10 31 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 25 (1.31%) Bicep
11 25 (1.31%) C++
12 22 (1.15%) Bash
12 22 (1.15%) Ruby
13 13 (0.68%) PHP
14 11 (0.58%) Perl
15 9 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (0.31%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 222 (11.63%) Degree
2 100 (5.24%) Security Cleared
3 58 (3.04%) SC Cleared
4 40 (2.10%) CISSP
5 39 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (1.20%) CCNP
6 23 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
9 19 (1.00%) CCNA
10 18 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (0.84%) CREST Certified
11 16 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (0.63%) CISA
12 12 (0.63%) CISM
12 12 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (0.58%) DV Cleared
14 10 (0.52%) ISEB
14 10 (0.52%) ISSAP
14 10 (0.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (2.93%) QA
3 48 (2.51%) SLA
4 46 (2.41%) GDPR
5 31 (1.62%) NIST
6 28 (1.47%) Accessibility
7 24 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (1.26%) PMO
8 19 (1.00%) Data Quality
9 13 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (0.68%) GRC
9 13 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.52%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.37%) WAI
12 6 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.16%) COBIT
14 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 192 (10.06%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.15%) Docker
3 35 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (1.10%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.68%) XenApp
7 12 (0.63%) HDFS
8 8 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.21%) FreeRADIUS
11 3 (0.16%) Squid
11 3 (0.16%) vSphere
12 2 (0.10%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.10%) NFS
12 2 (0.10%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.052%) Firmware
13 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.052%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 61 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 59 (3.09%) Terraform
3 52 (2.72%) SCCM
4 17 (0.89%) Ansible
5 15 (0.79%) Grafana
6 13 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
6 13 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
6 13 (0.68%) Cisco UCCX
7 12 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.47%) PaperCut
8 9 (0.47%) Puppet
9 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.31%) WebSphere Cast Iron
10 4 (0.21%) SCOM
11 3 (0.16%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 399 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 101 (5.29%) Oracle
3 83 (4.35%) Citrix
4 77 (4.03%) VMware
5 71 (3.72%) Cisco
6 70 (3.67%) iManage
7 51 (2.67%) SAP
8 46 (2.41%) Dell
9 43 (2.25%) Aderant
9 43 (2.25%) Intapp
10 42 (2.20%) HP
11 41 (2.15%) Google
12 39 (2.04%) Databricks
13 36 (1.89%) ServiceNow
14 25 (1.31%) Virgin Media
15 24 (1.26%) MuleSoft
16 22 (1.15%) Palo Alto
17 18 (0.94%) SolarWinds
18 16 (0.84%) Informatica
19 15 (0.79%) Apple