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 12 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 71 62
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Law 7 13 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.71% 1.06% 3.27%
As % of the General category 1.23% 2.09% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 29
10th Percentile £39,025 £39,119 £27,200
25th Percentile £41,688 - £32,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £40,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +8.11% -5.58%
75th Percentile £50,688 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,275 £65,250 £53,050
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% -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 568 622 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 57.43% 50.82% 64.81%
Number of salaries quoted 408 341 460
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £25,313
25th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £33,382
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,125
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £72,253
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% - -

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
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in Wales over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 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 +1 6 £46,250 +15.63% 2
Dyfed -2 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Google Workspace
1 4 (57.14%) SurveyMonkey
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Bluetooth
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (57.14%) Modbus
1 4 (57.14%) Network Security
1 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
1 4 (57.14%) VLAN
1 4 (57.14%) Wireshark
1 4 (57.14%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Burp Suite
1 4 (57.14%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (57.14%) Aerospace
1 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Principal Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Principal Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) CAN bus
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (57.14%) IoT
1 4 (57.14%) Operational Technology
1 4 (57.14%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) e-Learning
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Android
1 4 (57.14%) Kali Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) AI
1 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
1 5 (71.43%) Prototyping
2 4 (57.14%) Cognitive Science
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Cryptography
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Data Science
2 4 (57.14%) Ergonomics
2 4 (57.14%) Human Factors
2 4 (57.14%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
2 4 (57.14%) Psychology
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (57.14%) Smart Manufacturing
2 4 (57.14%) Statistics
2 4 (57.14%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C++
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) Python
1 4 (57.14%) R
1 4 (57.14%) Rust
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Nessus
1 4 (57.14%) Nmap
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Google
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Qualtrics
2 4 (57.14%) Red Hat
2 4 (57.14%) Splunk
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle