Legal Job Trends in West Sussex

Legal
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 25 39
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +2
Permanent jobs citing Legal 22 19 17
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 5.51% 6.17% 3.86%
As % of the General category 10.63% 9.00% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 19 5 5
10th Percentile £50,000 - £47,100
25th Percentile £65,000 £24,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £89,000 - £76,500
South East median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £41,460
% change year-on-year +28.57% +26.63% -24.62%

All General Skills
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 207 211 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 51.88% 68.51% 65.91%
Number of salaries quoted 138 91 170
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,250 £29,850
25th Percentile £37,750 £39,922 £39,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,625 £73,438
90th Percentile £74,125 £75,000 £77,625
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Legal job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Legal
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in West Sussex over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in West Sussex

Legal
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Crawley +6 11 £65,000 +170.83% 14
Gatwick - 6 £62,500 -
Burgess Hill - 4 £67,500 - 1
Worthing - 1 - -
Legal
South East

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) CMS
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 13 (59.09%) Finance
2 9 (40.91%) Law
3 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
5 4 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (13.64%) Advertising
7 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Analyst
1 6 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 5 (22.73%) Business Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Legal Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Product Owner
3 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Project Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Software Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Sustainability Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Applications Support
6 1 (4.55%) Applications Support Manager
6 1 (4.55%) C# Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Case Management Developer
6 1 (4.55%) CMS Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Contracts Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Implementation Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.55%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Case Management
1 8 (36.36%) Project Management
2 7 (31.82%) Project Planning
2 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 5 (22.73%) Agile
4 5 (22.73%) User Stories
4 5 (22.73%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (18.18%) Backlog Management
5 4 (18.18%) Coaching
5 4 (18.18%) Contract Negotiation
5 4 (18.18%) Data Enrichment
5 4 (18.18%) Practice Management
5 4 (18.18%) Programme Management
5 4 (18.18%) Scrum
6 3 (13.64%) DevOps
6 3 (13.64%) Project Governance
6 3 (13.64%) UML
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) APMP
2 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 2 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) NEC