Law Job Trends in Wales

Law
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 63 69
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Law 3 21 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.35% 1.60% 2.82%
As % of the General category 0.57% 3.29% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 0 12 27
10th Percentile - £36,855 £27,150
25th Percentile - £39,450 £32,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.80%
75th Percentile - £44,688 £52,500
90th Percentile - £53,125 -
UK median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%

All General Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 522 639 621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 60.98% 48.70% 62.60%
Number of salaries quoted 375 348 479
10th Percentile £24,600 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,733 £34,000 £32,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,093
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Law relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Law job vacancy trend in Wales

Law
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Law

Law
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Wales region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
South Wales +5 3 - - 9
Law
UK

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 3 (100.00%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Modbus
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 3 (100.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) CAN bus
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Cognitive Science
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 3 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 3 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Psychology
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) R
1 3 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Qualtrics
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk