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 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 69 26
Rank change year-on-year +9 -43 +43
Permanent jobs citing Law 19 6 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.71% 0.81% 7.47%
As % of the General category 3.19% 1.16% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 33
10th Percentile - - £27,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £47,750
90th Percentile - - £52,500
UK median annual salary £56,875 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.09% +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 general skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 595 517 898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 53.70% 70.15% 66.42%
Number of salaries quoted 349 228 677
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £49,750 £43,190
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +15.19% -3.73%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £57,450
90th Percentile £78,792 £73,295 £68,750
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -10.10%

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
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in Wales over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Law in Wales

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 19 February 2026. 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 -1 8 £46,250 -11.90% 4
West Wales +4 6 £42,500 - 1
North Wales - 4 £47,500 - 1
Dyfed - 1 - -
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Google Workspace
1 4 (21.05%) SaaS
1 4 (21.05%) Slack
1 4 (21.05%) SurveyMonkey
2 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 3 (15.79%) GCP
3 2 (10.53%) Datadog
3 2 (10.53%) Google Sheets
4 1 (5.26%) Azure
4 1 (5.26%) Google Analytics
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Wireless
2 4 (21.05%) Bluetooth
2 4 (21.05%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (21.05%) Modbus
2 4 (21.05%) Network Security
2 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
2 4 (21.05%) VLAN
2 4 (21.05%) Wireshark
2 4 (21.05%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Looker
2 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) RDBMS
2 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Burp Suite
1 4 (21.05%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (52.63%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Military
3 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
3 6 (31.58%) Welsh Language
4 4 (21.05%) Aerospace
4 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
4 4 (21.05%) Marketing
5 3 (15.79%) Finance
5 3 (15.79%) Legal
6 2 (10.53%) Banking
6 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (10.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Report Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Customer Support Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Head of Support
2 4 (21.05%) Support Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Incident Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Principal Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Principal Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Management Information System
2 4 (21.05%) CAN bus
2 4 (21.05%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (21.05%) IoT
2 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
2 4 (21.05%) Operational Technology
2 4 (21.05%) SCADA
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) e-Learning
4 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Android
1 4 (21.05%) Kali Linux
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
1 4 (21.05%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (57.89%) Decision-Making
3 7 (36.84%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (31.58%) Customer Experience
4 6 (31.58%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 6 (31.58%) Performance Metrics
4 6 (31.58%) Time Management
4 6 (31.58%) Translating Business Requirements
5 5 (26.32%) AI
5 5 (26.32%) Coaching
5 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
5 5 (26.32%) Prototyping
6 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
6 4 (21.05%) CRM
6 4 (21.05%) Cryptography
6 4 (21.05%) Ergonomics
6 4 (21.05%) Human Factors
6 4 (21.05%) Psychology
6 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) C++
1 4 (21.05%) Java
1 4 (21.05%) Python
1 4 (21.05%) R
1 4 (21.05%) Rust
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (21.05%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.53%) GDPR
2 2 (10.53%) GRC
2 2 (10.53%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Nessus
1 4 (21.05%) Nmap
2 2 (10.53%) Grafana
2 2 (10.53%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Google
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco
2 4 (21.05%) Qualtrics
2 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
2 4 (21.05%) Splunk
3 2 (10.53%) GoldenSource
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) PagerDuty
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle