Legal Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Legal
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 51 54
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +32
Permanent jobs citing Legal 80 57 96
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 4.21% 3.95% 4.41%
As % of the General category 7.44% 6.03% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 55 37 49
10th Percentile £28,500 £42,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £41,832 - £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% +27.78%
75th Percentile £74,962 £59,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,600 £103,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +22.22%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,075 945 1,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 56.64% 65.53% 67.49%
Number of salaries quoted 588 453 1,105
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,800 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,500 £90,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Legal job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

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Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Legal

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Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Legal in West Yorkshire

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Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Leeds +7 74 £52,500 +5.00% 14
Bradford - 6 £95,000 - 4
Legal
Yorkshire

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 4 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.75%) CMS
2 3 (3.75%) Umbraco
3 2 (2.50%) HCL Notes
3 2 (2.50%) IIS
3 2 (2.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.25%) Confluence
4 1 (1.25%) FileNet
Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.75%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.25%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.25%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.25%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (1.25%) Navisworks
3 1 (1.25%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.25%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 18 (22.50%) SaaS
2 16 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.00%) Azure
4 6 (7.50%) AWS
4 6 (7.50%) Power Automate
4 6 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.50%) PowerApps
5 5 (6.25%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.75%) IaaS
6 3 (3.75%) PaaS
7 2 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) Firewall
2 3 (3.75%) Network Security
3 2 (2.50%) AMQP
3 2 (2.50%) Intranet
4 1 (1.25%) LAN
4 1 (1.25%) VPN
4 1 (1.25%) WAN
4 1 (1.25%) Wireless
4 1 (1.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.50%) Power BI
2 4 (5.00%) Tableau
3 2 (2.50%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 22 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.50%) Finance
3 15 (18.75%) Law
4 5 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.75%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.75%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.25%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Local Government
7 1 (1.25%) Marketing
7 1 (1.25%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (17.50%) IT Support
2 12 (15.00%) Analyst
3 9 (11.25%) Lead
4 6 (7.50%) Architect
4 6 (7.50%) IT Support Specialist
4 6 (7.50%) Product Manager
4 6 (7.50%) Support Specialist
5 5 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Consultant
5 5 (6.25%) Data Analyst
5 5 (6.25%) Developer
5 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Lead Architect
5 5 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Senior
5 5 (6.25%) VMware Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) HR Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.00%) .NET
1 4 (5.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.50%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.50%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (2.50%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (2.50%) CSS
2 2 (2.50%) HTML
2 2 (2.50%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (2.50%) React
2 2 (2.50%) Spring
2 2 (2.50%) Spring Boot
2 2 (2.50%) Spring Cloud
2 2 (2.50%) WCF
3 1 (1.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.75%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.50%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.50%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.50%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.25%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.25%) NHS
5 1 (1.25%) Photography
5 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.50%) Windows
2 5 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.25%) Android
4 1 (1.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 16 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (17.50%) Case Management
3 12 (15.00%) Coaching
4 11 (13.75%) AI
5 9 (11.25%) Agile
5 9 (11.25%) User Experience
6 8 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (8.75%) Customer Service
7 7 (8.75%) Data Privacy
7 7 (8.75%) Document Management
7 7 (8.75%) Mentoring
7 7 (8.75%) People Management
7 7 (8.75%) Performance Management
8 6 (7.50%) Analytics
8 6 (7.50%) IT Strategy
8 6 (7.50%) Process Improvement
8 6 (7.50%) Roadmaps
8 6 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (7.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.50%) SQL
2 4 (5.00%) C#
2 4 (5.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.00%) VBA
3 2 (2.50%) C++
3 2 (2.50%) Java
3 2 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.25%) AWS Certification
1 5 (6.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 5 (6.25%) Azure Certification
1 5 (6.25%) CISSP
1 5 (6.25%) Degree
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.50%) CISM
2 2 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (2.50%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.50%) GDPR
2 6 (7.50%) Accessibility
2 6 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.25%) SLA
4 4 (5.00%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.75%) EU AI Act
5 3 (3.75%) NCSC
6 2 (2.50%) NIST
6 2 (2.50%) QA
6 2 (2.50%) WCAG
7 1 (1.25%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 9 (11.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.25%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.25%) Google
2 5 (6.25%) VMware
3 4 (5.00%) Citrix
4 3 (3.75%) PayPal
5 2 (2.50%) Lotus
5 2 (2.50%) Oracle
6 1 (1.25%) Adobe
6 1 (1.25%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.25%) Hootsuite
6 1 (1.25%) IBM