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 cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 35 76
Rank change year-on-year -23 +41 +85
Permanent jobs citing Law 2,151 5,276 4,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.26% 5.69% 4.23%
As % of the General category 6.30% 9.47% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 2,102 1,936
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -0.47% +6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,173
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All General Skills
UK

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,161 55,731 76,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.59% 60.15% 69.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17,617 38,619 40,825
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.32% -9.52% +5.00%

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 2 April 2025.

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 2 April 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
England +29 2,045 £55,000 - 3,001
UK excluding London -29 1,404 £50,000 - 1,072
London -3 661 £67,500 +3.85% 2,165
Work from Home +23 552 £57,500 +4.55% 2,151
Midlands +32 486 £45,000 +1.12% 151
South East +117 476 £52,500 - 412
North of England -11 307 £50,000 - 217
West Midlands +40 301 £45,000 -14.29% 87
East Midlands +37 185 £45,000 +12.50% 62
North West -35 150 £60,000 +23.71% 112
Yorkshire -1 128 £45,000 -14.29% 82
East of England -14 54 £56,250 +7.14% 80
Scotland -110 40 £52,500 +10.53% 73
South West -32 31 £57,500 +20.91% 82
North East +9 29 £45,000 -10.00% 25
Northern Ireland +21 5 £50,000 -12.70% 30
Channel Islands +5 3 £78,750 -7.35%
Isle of Man - 2 £39,000 -

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 84 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 69 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 57 (2.65%) Confluence
4 30 (1.39%) Apache Spark
5 19 (0.88%) Apache
6 15 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.42%) OpenEdge
8 7 (0.33%) IIS
9 6 (0.28%) CMS
10 3 (0.14%) GemFire
10 3 (0.14%) SugarCRM
11 2 (0.093%) SAS
12 1 (0.046%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.046%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.046%) WordPress
Applications
1 110 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.88%) Maya
5 17 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.56%) Acrobat
7 10 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (0.33%) Trello
9 4 (0.19%) Sketch
10 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.14%) InVision
11 2 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.093%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.046%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.046%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.046%) InDesign
12 1 (0.046%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 26 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 24 (1.12%) Ripple
3 24 (1.12%) Ripple XRP
4 21 (0.98%) Elite 3E
5 17 (0.79%) SAP FI
6 16 (0.74%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 15 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
7 15 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
7 15 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
8 10 (0.46%) TrackWise
9 9 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
9 9 (0.42%) Endur
9 9 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
10 4 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Payroll
11 3 (0.14%) Relativity
11 3 (0.14%) Visualfiles
12 2 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 378 (17.57%) Azure
2 213 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (7.86%) AWS
4 160 (7.44%) Power Platform
5 110 (5.11%) Dynamics 365
6 97 (4.51%) SaaS
7 74 (3.44%) GCP
8 55 (2.56%) Entra ID
9 44 (2.05%) Power Automate
10 42 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
10 42 (1.95%) PowerApps
11 36 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
12 35 (1.63%) Serverless
13 31 (1.44%) PaaS
14 30 (1.39%) OneDrive
15 28 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
15 28 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 27 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (1.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 21 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 80 (3.72%) Firewall
2 44 (2.05%) DNS
3 30 (1.39%) DHCP
4 24 (1.12%) Wireless
5 21 (0.98%) WebEx
6 20 (0.93%) VPN
7 19 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
7 19 (0.88%) TCP/IP
8 18 (0.84%) WAN
9 17 (0.79%) LAN
10 16 (0.74%) Intranet
10 16 (0.74%) Network Security
11 15 (0.70%) VLAN
12 11 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.46%) SAN
14 9 (0.42%) HTTP
14 9 (0.42%) Internet
14 9 (0.42%) SMTP
14 9 (0.42%) VoIP
15 6 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (4.37%) Power BI
2 72 (3.35%) Data Lake
3 57 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (2.56%) NoSQL
5 54 (2.51%) Tableau
6 53 (2.46%) SQL Server
7 52 (2.42%) Big Data
8 36 (1.67%) MongoDB
9 34 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 28 (1.30%) Data Mining
11 27 (1.26%) Hadoop
11 27 (1.26%) Metadata
12 25 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
12 25 (1.16%) DynamoDB
13 19 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
14 17 (0.79%) Relational Database
15 16 (0.74%) Delta Lake
16 15 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
17 14 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 13 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 69 (3.21%) JIRA
2 32 (1.49%) Git
3 30 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.70%) Visual Studio
5 14 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 14 (0.65%) webpack
6 9 (0.42%) Babel
6 9 (0.42%) GitLab
6 9 (0.42%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.33%) Selenium
8 6 (0.28%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.23%) Ant
9 5 (0.23%) Vite
10 4 (0.19%) Appium
10 4 (0.19%) MSI
10 4 (0.19%) NUnit
10 4 (0.19%) Storybook
10 4 (0.19%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.14%) InstallShield
11 3 (0.14%) MSTest
General
1 547 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 476 (22.13%) Finance
3 371 (17.25%) Legal
4 353 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (5.58%) Marketing
6 116 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 104 (4.83%) Manufacturing
8 78 (3.63%) Retail
9 76 (3.53%) Telecoms
10 63 (2.93%) Banking
11 57 (2.65%) Games
11 57 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 52 (2.42%) Financial Institution
13 43 (2.00%) Public Sector
14 42 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
16 35 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
17 24 (1.12%) Digital Economy
17 24 (1.12%) Electronics
18 22 (1.02%) Billing
Job Titles
1 386 (17.95%) Lead
2 360 (16.74%) Senior
3 323 (15.02%) Analyst
4 192 (8.93%) Principal Engineer
5 163 (7.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 153 (7.11%) Developer
7 130 (6.04%) IT Support
8 128 (5.95%) IT Analyst
9 126 (5.86%) Support Analyst
10 107 (4.97%) Consultant
11 98 (4.56%) Architect
12 92 (4.28%) IT Support Analyst
13 71 (3.30%) Senior Manager
14 67 (3.11%) Software Engineer
15 65 (3.02%) Project Engineer
16 60 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
17 59 (2.74%) Logistics Engineer
18 57 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
19 54 (2.51%) IT Manager
20 52 (2.42%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (3.63%) .NET
2 76 (3.53%) React
3 72 (3.35%) Node.js
4 56 (2.60%) REST
5 39 (1.81%) RESTful
6 38 (1.77%) Spring
7 36 (1.67%) Middleware
8 34 (1.58%) Kafka
9 33 (1.53%) AngularJS
10 32 (1.49%) HTML
11 30 (1.39%) CSS
11 30 (1.39%) SOAP
11 30 (1.39%) Spring Boot
12 26 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
13 24 (1.12%) ASP.NET Web API
14 21 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
15 20 (0.93%) WPF
16 18 (0.84%) Redux
17 17 (0.79%) PySpark
18 15 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 94 (4.37%) Product Ownership
2 93 (4.32%) Algorithms
3 88 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
4 69 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 56 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 53 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 46 (2.14%) FMCG
8 39 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
9 38 (1.77%) Blockchain
10 34 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
11 33 (1.53%) Security Posture
12 32 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (1.49%) Virtual Team
13 31 (1.44%) IoT
14 30 (1.39%) Public Cloud
15 25 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
16 24 (1.12%) Cloud Native
16 24 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
16 24 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
17 21 (0.98%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 204 (9.48%) Windows
2 86 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 59 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 56 (2.60%) Linux
5 19 (0.88%) Mac OS X
6 18 (0.84%) Unix
7 17 (0.79%) Android
8 14 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.14%) Rocky
12 1 (0.046%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (18.74%) Agile
2 366 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
3 339 (15.76%) Analytics
4 291 (13.53%) Project Management
5 276 (12.83%) Roadmaps
6 238 (11.06%) Artificial Intelligence
7 234 (10.88%) Mentoring
8 233 (10.83%) Logistics
9 219 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 216 (10.04%) DevOps
11 211 (9.81%) Mathematics
12 207 (9.62%) Computer Science
12 207 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 203 (9.44%) Collaborative Working
14 185 (8.60%) Data Management
15 183 (8.51%) Decision-Making
16 179 (8.32%) Physics
17 172 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
18 167 (7.76%) Systems Engineering
19 165 (7.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 238 (11.06%) SQL
2 218 (10.13%) Python
3 113 (5.25%) C#
4 102 (4.74%) Java
5 77 (3.58%) JavaScript
6 54 (2.51%) PowerShell
7 47 (2.19%) TypeScript
8 33 (1.53%) C++
9 26 (1.21%) Apex Code
10 25 (1.16%) Go
11 23 (1.07%) Scala
11 23 (1.07%) T-SQL
12 16 (0.74%) X++
13 13 (0.60%) Rust
14 11 (0.51%) Clojure
14 11 (0.51%) Elixir
15 10 (0.46%) C
15 10 (0.46%) PHP
16 8 (0.37%) Ruby
17 7 (0.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 695 (32.31%) Degree
2 127 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 123 (5.72%) Master's Degree
3 123 (5.72%) Security Cleared
4 90 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (1.91%) PMI Certification
6 32 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (1.44%) SC Cleared
8 29 (1.35%) AWS Certification
8 29 (1.35%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 23 (1.07%) PMP
10 17 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.74%) PhD
12 15 (0.70%) A+ Certification
13 14 (0.65%) CCNP
14 11 (0.51%) CISSP
15 10 (0.46%) MCSA
16 7 (0.33%) ACCA
16 7 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (5.86%) Accessibility
2 88 (4.09%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.56%) GDPR
4 50 (2.32%) SLA
5 43 (2.00%) QA
6 38 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 37 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.56%) GRC
8 12 (0.56%) PMO
9 11 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (0.51%) NIST
9 11 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.46%) GMP
10 10 (0.46%) ISO 9001
10 10 (0.46%) PERC
11 8 (0.37%) GAAP
11 8 (0.37%) Good Clinical Practice
12 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.23%) P3O
14 4 (0.19%) GLP
System Software
1 142 (6.60%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.32%) Docker
3 19 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.79%) HDFS
5 15 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.42%) DFS Replication
9 4 (0.19%) XenApp
10 3 (0.14%) vSphere
11 1 (0.046%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 125 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (2.09%) SCCM
4 41 (1.91%) Terraform
5 23 (1.07%) Ansible
6 14 (0.65%) QRadar
7 10 (0.46%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
10 4 (0.19%) Grafana
10 4 (0.19%) SCOM
11 3 (0.14%) EnCase
11 3 (0.14%) FTK
12 2 (0.093%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.093%) Hadoop YARN
12 2 (0.093%) Nagios
12 2 (0.093%) RSA Security Analytics
13 1 (0.046%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.046%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.046%) Puppet
Vendors
1 484 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 151 (7.02%) SAP
3 99 (4.60%) ServiceNow
4 87 (4.04%) Google
5 80 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 68 (3.16%) iManage
7 66 (3.07%) Oracle
8 58 (2.70%) Cisco
9 45 (2.09%) Workday
10 43 (2.00%) VMware
11 40 (1.86%) Adobe
12 33 (1.53%) Databricks
13 32 (1.49%) Intapp
13 32 (1.49%) OpenAI
14 30 (1.39%) Citrix
15 29 (1.35%) Aderant
15 29 (1.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 22 (1.02%) IBM
17 21 (0.98%) Concur
17 21 (0.98%) Siemens