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 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 34 77
Rank change year-on-year -24 +43 +83
Permanent jobs citing Law 2,153 5,351 4,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.26% 5.76% 4.21%
As % of the General category 6.30% 9.58% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 2,104 1,915
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
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 34,187 55,853 75,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.63% 60.14% 69.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,619 38,659 40,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £43,897
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 £50,393 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.09% -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 3 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 3 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 +26 2,047 £55,000 - 3,085
UK excluding London -27 1,403 £50,000 - 1,118
London 0 664 £67,500 +3.85% 2,194
Work from Home +22 551 £57,500 +4.55% 1,732
Midlands +34 486 £45,000 +2.27% 170
South East +120 476 £52,500 - 422
North of England -10 305 £50,000 - 229
West Midlands +41 301 £45,000 -14.29% 94
East Midlands +40 185 £45,000 +12.50% 74
North West -36 149 £60,000 +23.71% 116
Yorkshire +4 127 £45,000 -14.29% 91
East of England -6 56 £57,500 +9.52% 82
Scotland -113 40 £52,500 +10.53% 76
South West -49 30 £57,500 +20.91% 93
North East +11 29 £45,000 -10.00% 24
Northern Ireland +19 5 £50,000 -12.70% 32
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 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 69 (3.20%) 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 1 (0.046%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.046%) SAS
11 1 (0.046%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.046%) WordPress
Applications
1 110 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.07%) 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 34 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 24 (1.11%) Ripple
3 24 (1.11%) Ripple XRP
4 20 (0.93%) 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%) Endur
9 9 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
11 4 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle Payroll
12 3 (0.14%) Relativity
12 3 (0.14%) SAP IBP
12 3 (0.14%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 379 (17.60%) Azure
2 212 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
3 171 (7.94%) AWS
4 161 (7.48%) Power Platform
5 111 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
6 98 (4.55%) SaaS
7 75 (3.48%) GCP
8 55 (2.55%) Entra ID
9 44 (2.04%) Power Automate
10 42 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
10 42 (1.95%) PowerApps
11 36 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
11 36 (1.67%) Serverless
12 32 (1.49%) PaaS
13 30 (1.39%) OneDrive
14 28 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
14 28 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 27 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
16 22 (1.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 21 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 80 (3.72%) Firewall
2 44 (2.04%) DNS
3 30 (1.39%) DHCP
4 24 (1.11%) 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 9 (0.42%) HTTP
13 9 (0.42%) Internet
13 9 (0.42%) SAN
13 9 (0.42%) SMTP
13 9 (0.42%) VoIP
14 6 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (4.37%) Power BI
2 74 (3.44%) Data Lake
3 58 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (2.55%) NoSQL
4 55 (2.55%) Tableau
5 53 (2.46%) Big Data
6 52 (2.42%) SQL Server
7 36 (1.67%) MongoDB
8 33 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 27 (1.25%) Data Mining
9 27 (1.25%) Hadoop
9 27 (1.25%) Metadata
10 25 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
10 25 (1.16%) DynamoDB
11 19 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
12 17 (0.79%) Relational Database
13 16 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 15 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 13 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 69 (3.20%) 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%) MSTest
11 3 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 552 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 478 (22.20%) Finance
3 373 (17.32%) Legal
4 359 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 123 (5.71%) Marketing
6 116 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 105 (4.88%) Manufacturing
8 80 (3.72%) Retail
9 77 (3.58%) Telecoms
10 64 (2.97%) Banking
11 63 (2.93%) Games
12 56 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
13 53 (2.46%) Financial Institution
14 45 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
15 44 (2.04%) Public Sector
16 38 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
17 35 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
18 24 (1.11%) Digital Economy
18 24 (1.11%) Electronics
19 22 (1.02%) Billing
Job Titles
1 388 (18.02%) Lead
2 363 (16.86%) Senior
3 321 (14.91%) Analyst
4 192 (8.92%) Principal Engineer
5 163 (7.57%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 153 (7.11%) Developer
7 130 (6.04%) IT Support
8 128 (5.95%) IT Analyst
9 126 (5.85%) Support Analyst
10 106 (4.92%) Consultant
11 103 (4.78%) Architect
12 92 (4.27%) IT Support Analyst
13 70 (3.25%) 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 58 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
19 53 (2.46%) IT Manager
20 52 (2.42%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (3.62%) .NET
2 76 (3.53%) React
3 72 (3.34%) Node.js
4 56 (2.60%) REST
5 40 (1.86%) RESTful
6 38 (1.76%) Spring
7 37 (1.72%) 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 (1.11%) 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%) Algorithms
1 94 (4.37%) Product Ownership
2 93 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
3 69 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 56 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 53 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
6 46 (2.14%) FMCG
7 39 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 38 (1.76%) Blockchain
9 34 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
10 33 (1.53%) Security Posture
11 32 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 32 (1.49%) Virtual Team
12 31 (1.44%) IoT
13 30 (1.39%) Public Cloud
14 26 (1.21%) Cloud Native
15 25 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
16 24 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
16 24 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
17 21 (0.98%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 203 (9.43%) Windows
2 86 (3.99%) Windows 10
3 58 (2.69%) 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
1 404 (18.76%) Agile
2 372 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
3 343 (15.93%) Analytics
4 296 (13.75%) Project Management
5 278 (12.91%) Roadmaps
6 242 (11.24%) Artificial Intelligence
7 234 (10.87%) Mentoring
8 233 (10.82%) Logistics
9 223 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 218 (10.13%) DevOps
11 214 (9.94%) Mathematics
12 207 (9.61%) Computer Science
13 206 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
14 203 (9.43%) Collaborative Working
15 185 (8.59%) Data Management
16 184 (8.55%) Decision-Making
17 179 (8.31%) Physics
18 172 (7.99%) Business Strategy
19 170 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
20 167 (7.76%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 237 (11.01%) SQL
2 218 (10.13%) Python
3 114 (5.29%) C#
4 103 (4.78%) Java
5 77 (3.58%) JavaScript
6 54 (2.51%) PowerShell
7 47 (2.18%) 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
1 700 (32.51%) Degree
2 127 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 124 (5.76%) Security Cleared
4 122 (5.67%) Master's Degree
5 90 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (1.95%) PMI Certification
7 32 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.44%) SC Cleared
9 29 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 29 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 23 (1.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 23 (1.07%) PMP
11 17 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.74%) PhD
13 15 (0.70%) A+ Certification
14 14 (0.65%) CCNP
15 11 (0.51%) CISSP
16 10 (0.46%) MCSA
17 8 (0.37%) ACCA
17 8 (0.37%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (5.85%) Accessibility
2 87 (4.04%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.55%) GDPR
4 50 (2.32%) SLA
5 43 (2.00%) QA
6 38 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 37 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.56%) GRC
9 11 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (0.51%) NIST
9 11 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.51%) PMO
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
1 141 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.32%) Docker
3 18 (0.84%) 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 (1.90%) 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%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.046%) Kibana
13 1 (0.046%) logstash
Vendors
1 486 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 151 (7.01%) SAP
3 100 (4.64%) ServiceNow
4 87 (4.04%) Google
5 83 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 68 (3.16%) iManage
6 68 (3.16%) Oracle
7 58 (2.69%) Cisco
8 45 (2.09%) Workday
9 42 (1.95%) Adobe
9 42 (1.95%) VMware
10 33 (1.53%) Databricks
11 32 (1.49%) OpenAI
12 31 (1.44%) Intapp
13 29 (1.35%) Aderant
13 29 (1.35%) Citrix
13 29 (1.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 22 (1.02%) IBM
15 21 (0.98%) Concur
15 21 (0.98%) Siemens