Legal Job Trends in West Lothian

Legal
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in West Lothian. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Legal 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 0.78% - -
As % of the General category 1.92% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% -18.18% -6.47%

All General Skills
West Lothian

Legal 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 West Lothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 52 111 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 40.63% 90.98% 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 22 71 47
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,851 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.76% -45.25% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60,938 £50,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £70,625 £71,250 £72,750
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £32,951 £50,000
% change year-on-year +36.57% -34.10% -9.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legal relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Legal job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Legal
Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Legal

Legal
Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 5 September 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
Livingston - 1 £37,500 -
Legal
Scotland

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft