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 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 107 80
Rank change year-on-year +26 -27 +72
Permanent jobs citing Law 2,164 1,727 5,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.86% 3.02% 3.97%
As % of the General category 4.84% 4.57% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,185 1,446 2,336
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,431 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,975
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%

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 44,736 37,827 92,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.22% 66.24% 68.39%
Number of salaries quoted 19,535 26,190 50,702
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £44,362
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £79,225 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +10.53%

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 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Law in the UK

Law
Top 19 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 8 November 2024. 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 +22 2,030 £55,000 +4.76% 753
UK excluding London +5 1,254 £47,500 -5.00% 597
London +41 844 £70,000 +7.69% 329
Work from Home +19 695 £55,000 - 2,066
North of England +6 442 £52,500 +5.00% 144
Midlands -25 331 £45,000 - 95
South East +47 276 £45,000 -13.46% 175
North West +11 234 £56,250 +2.27% 102
West Midlands -24 210 £45,000 -7.69% 46
Yorkshire +5 163 £47,500 -5.00% 27
East Midlands -19 121 £45,000 +5.88% 49
South West -1 76 £48,000 +2.13% 35
Scotland +30 74 £55,000 -8.33% 59
North East -15 45 £50,000 +4.17% 15
East of England -69 35 £47,500 -9.52% 61
Wales +10 13 £40,000 +11.11% 5
Northern Ireland +7 3 - - 38
Channel Islands -8 2 £61,000 +35.56%
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 50 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 19 (0.88%) Confluence
3 19 (0.88%) SAS
4 14 (0.65%) CMS
5 10 (0.46%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.42%) IIS
7 6 (0.28%) Apache
7 6 (0.28%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.14%) Moodle
10 1 (0.046%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.046%) Camunda
10 1 (0.046%) nginx
10 1 (0.046%) WordPress
Applications
1 112 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.32%) Sketch
7 4 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.14%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.14%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.14%) SketchUp
8 3 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.14%) Trello
9 2 (0.092%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.092%) SPSS
10 1 (0.046%) InDesign
10 1 (0.046%) Maya
10 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 68 (3.14%) Ripple
2 59 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 30 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
4 28 (1.29%) Elite 3E
5 21 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
6 19 (0.88%) Visualfiles
7 18 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
7 18 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
8 12 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
8 12 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
8 12 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
8 12 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
9 11 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
10 9 (0.42%) Ripple XRP
11 5 (0.23%) Endur
12 4 (0.18%) Aareon QL
12 4 (0.18%) MIS ActiveH
12 4 (0.18%) OPENHousing
12 4 (0.18%) Orchard Housing
12 4 (0.18%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 392 (18.11%) Azure
2 239 (11.04%) AWS
3 213 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (5.82%) Power Platform
5 112 (5.18%) GCP
6 108 (4.99%) SaaS
7 94 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
8 61 (2.82%) Entra ID
9 52 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
9 52 (2.40%) OCI
10 36 (1.66%) PowerApps
11 35 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
12 34 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
13 22 (1.02%) OneDrive
14 21 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
15 18 (0.83%) Serverless
16 17 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
17 14 (0.65%) Azure Storage
17 14 (0.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 100 (4.62%) Firewall
2 73 (3.37%) LAN
3 58 (2.68%) WAN
4 50 (2.31%) Network Security
5 29 (1.34%) DNS
6 26 (1.20%) DHCP
6 26 (1.20%) VPN
7 25 (1.16%) Internet
8 23 (1.06%) Wireless
9 22 (1.02%) SAN
10 16 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 16 (0.74%) WebEx
10 16 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (0.69%) DSL
11 15 (0.69%) Skype
12 13 (0.60%) TCP/IP
13 11 (0.51%) Broadband
14 10 (0.46%) Intranet
15 9 (0.42%) MPLS
16 8 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (3.56%) Power BI
2 73 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 53 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (2.31%) MySQL
5 35 (1.62%) NoSQL
6 33 (1.52%) Data Lake
7 31 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 27 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 23 (1.06%) MongoDB
10 22 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
11 21 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
11 21 (0.97%) DynamoDB
12 20 (0.92%) QlikView
13 19 (0.88%) Relational Database
14 17 (0.79%) Power Query
15 16 (0.74%) Data Mining
16 14 (0.65%) Big Data
17 13 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
17 13 (0.60%) Hadoop
18 11 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 42 (1.94%) Git
1 42 (1.94%) JIRA
2 22 (1.02%) Visual Studio
3 18 (0.83%) Bitbucket
4 16 (0.74%) Artifactory
5 15 (0.69%) Selenium
6 14 (0.65%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.60%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
8 10 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.37%) Babel
9 8 (0.37%) webpack
10 7 (0.32%) GitLab
10 7 (0.32%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.28%) Katalon Studio
11 6 (0.28%) MSI
12 5 (0.23%) Ant
12 5 (0.23%) Maven
13 4 (0.18%) Jasmine
13 4 (0.18%) NUnit
General
1 621 (28.70%) Social Skills
2 539 (24.91%) Legal
3 528 (24.40%) Finance
4 292 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
5 134 (6.19%) Banking
6 133 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 112 (5.18%) Financial Institution
8 81 (3.74%) Marketing
9 69 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 66 (3.05%) Retail
11 58 (2.68%) Telecoms
12 56 (2.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 31 (1.43%) Public Sector
14 26 (1.20%) Games
15 21 (0.97%) Multimedia
15 21 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (0.92%) Aerospace
17 17 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.69%) Electronics
19 14 (0.65%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 366 (16.91%) Analyst
2 318 (14.70%) Senior
3 221 (10.21%) Developer
4 177 (8.18%) Lead
5 128 (5.91%) Software Engineer
6 113 (5.22%) Consultant
7 105 (4.85%) Architect
8 85 (3.93%) Senior Manager
9 81 (3.74%) IT Manager
10 80 (3.70%) IT Analyst
11 75 (3.47%) Project Manager
12 70 (3.23%) IT Support
13 54 (2.50%) Cloud Engineer
14 53 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
15 51 (2.36%) Support Analyst
16 48 (2.22%) Support Engineer
16 48 (2.22%) Support Specialist
17 47 (2.17%) Systems Analyst
18 46 (2.13%) SAP Manager
19 45 (2.08%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (6.01%) .NET
2 118 (5.45%) HTML
3 85 (3.93%) Oracle Fusion
4 80 (3.70%) CSS
5 79 (3.65%) React
6 74 (3.42%) REST
7 58 (2.68%) RESTful
7 58 (2.68%) Spring
8 46 (2.13%) SOAP
9 31 (1.43%) Node.js
10 27 (1.25%) ASP.NET
11 26 (1.20%) Web Services
12 24 (1.11%) Kafka
13 23 (1.06%) Middleware
14 21 (0.97%) ASP.NET Web API
15 20 (0.92%) GraphQL
15 20 (0.92%) XML
16 19 (0.88%) Spring Boot
17 18 (0.83%) .NET Framework
18 15 (0.69%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 102 (4.71%) Management Information System
2 87 (4.02%) Blockchain
3 64 (2.96%) Onboarding
4 58 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
6 52 (2.40%) Cloud Native
7 50 (2.31%) Public Cloud
8 48 (2.22%) Life Science
9 45 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
9 45 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
10 42 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
11 40 (1.85%) Product Ownership
12 39 (1.80%) Virtual Team
13 35 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
14 30 (1.39%) NFT
15 27 (1.25%) Driving Licence
16 26 (1.20%) Data Centre
17 25 (1.16%) Algorithms
18 23 (1.06%) FMCG
19 22 (1.02%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 270 (12.48%) Windows
2 88 (4.07%) Windows 10
3 82 (3.79%) Windows Server
4 51 (2.36%) Linux
5 32 (1.48%) Android
6 22 (1.02%) Unix
7 18 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (0.60%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.32%) VMS
13 4 (0.18%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
14 3 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
14 3 (0.14%) VxWorks
15 1 (0.046%) AIX
15 1 (0.046%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
2 325 (15.02%) Agile
3 238 (11.00%) Project Management
4 201 (9.29%) Mentoring
5 198 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 196 (9.06%) Software Engineering
7 184 (8.50%) DevOps
8 178 (8.23%) Business Development
9 170 (7.86%) Analytics
10 163 (7.53%) Cybersecurity
10 163 (7.53%) Roadmaps
11 134 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence
11 134 (6.19%) Computer Science
12 130 (6.01%) ITIL
13 124 (5.73%) Customer Service
14 123 (5.68%) Business Intelligence
15 118 (5.45%) Migration
16 114 (5.27%) ERP
17 113 (5.22%) Decision-Making
17 113 (5.22%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 270 (12.48%) SQL
2 156 (7.21%) Python
3 150 (6.93%) C#
4 147 (6.79%) Java
5 140 (6.47%) JavaScript
6 72 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 46 (2.13%) TypeScript
8 40 (1.85%) T-SQL
9 37 (1.71%) Rust
10 34 (1.57%) C++
11 30 (1.39%) Solidity
12 28 (1.29%) Go
13 22 (1.02%) Bash
13 22 (1.02%) Scala
14 20 (0.92%) R
15 19 (0.88%) Ruby
16 16 (0.74%) VB
17 15 (0.69%) PHP
18 11 (0.51%) C
18 11 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 400 (18.48%) Degree
2 170 (7.86%) Security Cleared
3 62 (2.87%) SC Cleared
4 56 (2.59%) Master's Degree
5 51 (2.36%) CISSP
6 43 (1.99%) Azure Certification
7 41 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.25%) CISA
10 26 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.11%) AWS Certification
12 23 (1.06%) PhD
13 22 (1.02%) DV Cleared
14 20 (0.92%) CCNP
14 20 (0.92%) CRISC
14 20 (0.92%) HNC
15 19 (0.88%) CISM
15 19 (0.88%) HND
16 18 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 17 (0.79%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (3.28%) GDPR
2 71 (3.28%) SLA
3 58 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 54 (2.50%) Data Quality
5 47 (2.17%) QA
6 39 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (1.16%) PMO
8 19 (0.88%) PCI DSS
9 17 (0.79%) GAAP
10 15 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (0.65%) GRC
12 13 (0.60%) NIST
13 12 (0.55%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.42%) CDISC
14 9 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 9 (0.42%) NEBOSH
14 9 (0.42%) P3O
15 6 (0.28%) Good Clinical Practice
16 5 (0.23%) GMP
System Software
1 167 (7.72%) Active Directory
2 63 (2.91%) Docker
3 21 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.42%) XenApp
7 7 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.23%) HDFS
10 4 (0.18%) DFS Replication
10 4 (0.18%) Firmware
11 3 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
11 3 (0.14%) vSphere
12 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.046%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.046%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 116 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.03%) Terraform
3 21 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.69%) SCCM
5 13 (0.60%) Grafana
6 12 (0.55%) Ansible
6 12 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.55%) vCenter Server
7 10 (0.46%) Nessus
8 6 (0.28%) QRadar
8 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.18%) AirWatch
9 4 (0.18%) Argo
9 4 (0.18%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.18%) SCOM
10 3 (0.14%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.14%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 476 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 135 (6.24%) Oracle
3 98 (4.53%) SAP
4 73 (3.37%) iManage
5 55 (2.54%) Cisco
6 44 (2.03%) VMware
7 34 (1.57%) Citrix
8 31 (1.43%) Databricks
9 27 (1.25%) Aderant
10 26 (1.20%) Google
10 26 (1.20%) ServiceNow
11 25 (1.16%) Intapp
12 22 (1.02%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.69%) Salesforce
14 14 (0.65%) Apple
14 14 (0.65%) UiPath
15 13 (0.60%) CheckPoint
15 13 (0.60%) DocuSign
15 13 (0.60%) Remedy
16 12 (0.55%) BMC