Legal Job Trends in Wigan

Legal
Manchester > Wigan

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Wigan. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 13 3
Rank change year-on-year - -10 +9
Permanent jobs citing Legal 0 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wigan - 4.17% 11.76%
As % of the General category - 6.25% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median annual salary £73,750 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +63.89% -18.18% +15.79%

All General Skills
Wigan

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 Wigan.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 32 32 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wigan 91.43% 66.67% 58.82%
Number of salaries quoted 13 15 6
10th Percentile £24,930 £25,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £26,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £38,500 £36,444
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +5.64% -14.25%
75th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £43,390
90th Percentile £43,750 £55,500 £51,500
Manchester median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,021
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.82% +1.86%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Wigan

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Wigan

Legal
Salary Trend in Wigan

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wigan citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wigan citing Legal