Hybrid/Remote Law Job Trends

Law
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 69 95
Rank change year-on-year +21 +26 +20
Permanent jobs citing Law 989 806 897
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.60% 4.91% 2.93%
As % of the General category 7.73% 6.78% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 516 428 639
10th Percentile £38,625 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.44% -2.38%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Law falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 12,799 11,885 18,779
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.56% 72.34% 61.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,292 6,649 13,411
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,207 £80,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £99,220 £107,500 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Law and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Law job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Law.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Law

Law
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Law over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Law salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Law
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 62 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.11%) Anypoint
3 11 (1.11%) Mule
4 9 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.81%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.61%) Confluence
6 6 (0.61%) IIS
7 3 (0.30%) Apache
8 1 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.51%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.51%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.51%) DaVinci Resolve
6 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.20%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.82%) Elite 3E
2 17 (1.72%) Visualfiles
3 8 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.51%) Carpe Diem
5 4 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.30%) Aareon QL
6 3 (0.30%) MIS ActiveH
6 3 (0.30%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.30%) OPENHousing
6 3 (0.30%) Orchard Housing
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle iProcurement
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 287 (29.02%) Azure
2 222 (22.45%) SaaS
3 218 (22.04%) AWS
4 151 (15.27%) GCP
5 116 (11.73%) Power Platform
6 106 (10.72%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (6.37%) Amazon EKS
8 47 (4.75%) Entra ID
9 35 (3.54%) PowerApps
10 33 (3.34%) Cloud Computing
11 31 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (2.43%) Serverless
13 23 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
14 22 (2.22%) PaaS
15 21 (2.12%) Power Automate
16 19 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
16 19 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (1.92%) Figma
17 15 (1.52%) dbt
17 15 (1.52%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.54%) LAN
2 33 (3.34%) WAN
3 24 (2.43%) VPN
4 18 (1.82%) Network Security
5 14 (1.42%) Firewall
5 14 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.11%) SSL
7 10 (1.01%) DNS
8 7 (0.71%) DHCP
8 7 (0.71%) Internet
8 7 (0.71%) LTE
8 7 (0.71%) Wireless
9 6 (0.61%) Broadband
9 6 (0.61%) Intranet
10 5 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (0.51%) SNMP
11 3 (0.30%) BGP
11 3 (0.30%) VLAN
11 3 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.20%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.65%) Power BI
2 26 (2.63%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.43%) Metadata
4 21 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (0.91%) BigQuery
7 9 (0.91%) Looker
7 9 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (0.51%) Tableau
9 3 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.30%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.20%) GIS
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.20%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 58 (5.86%) TeamCity
2 26 (2.63%) Git
3 13 (1.31%) JIRA
4 9 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.51%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.51%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.40%) JUnit
7 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.20%) Yeoman
General
1 330 (33.37%) Social Skills
2 310 (31.34%) Finance
3 304 (30.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 272 (27.50%) Legal
5 189 (19.11%) Retail
6 171 (17.29%) Banking
7 118 (11.93%) Back Office
7 118 (11.93%) Public Sector
8 110 (11.12%) Financial Institution
9 100 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
10 80 (8.09%) Legal Technology
11 79 (7.99%) Presentation Skills
12 59 (5.97%) Marketing
13 20 (2.02%) Polish Language
14 17 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (1.42%) Italian Language
16 12 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (1.11%) German Language
18 9 (0.91%) Police
19 8 (0.81%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 221 (22.35%) Senior
2 146 (14.76%) Developer
3 99 (10.01%) Architect
4 97 (9.81%) Analyst
5 78 (7.89%) Senior Manager
6 60 (6.07%) Lead
7 57 (5.76%) Software Engineer
8 54 (5.46%) Senior Developer
9 51 (5.16%) Consultant
10 44 (4.45%) IT Manager
11 33 (3.34%) Business Analyst
12 32 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (3.13%) Service Manager
13 31 (3.13%) Systems Architect
14 29 (2.93%) IT Services Manager
14 29 (2.93%) Resilience Manager
15 25 (2.53%) Product Manager
15 25 (2.53%) Testing Manager
16 24 (2.43%) Proclaim Developer
17 22 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (5.66%) .NET
2 36 (3.64%) HTML
3 34 (3.44%) Middleware
3 34 (3.44%) React
4 25 (2.53%) CSS
5 21 (2.12%) OAuth
6 20 (2.02%) REST
6 20 (2.02%) RESTful
7 12 (1.21%) JWT
8 11 (1.11%) MUnit
8 11 (1.11%) OAuth2
8 11 (1.11%) RAML
9 10 (1.01%) Kafka
9 10 (1.01%) OpenAPI
9 10 (1.01%) OpenID
9 10 (1.01%) Swagger
10 9 (0.91%) Web Services
11 8 (0.81%) .NET Framework
11 8 (0.81%) HTML5 Canvas
12 7 (0.71%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 148 (14.96%) Cloud Native
2 110 (11.12%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.07%) Onboarding
4 49 (4.95%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.84%) Blog
6 32 (3.24%) Cyber Threat
7 30 (3.03%) Security Posture
8 28 (2.83%) Virtual Team
9 25 (2.53%) Podcast
10 24 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
12 19 (1.92%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.52%) Low-Code
14 13 (1.31%) Public Cloud
15 12 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.11%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.11%) Data Structures
17 10 (1.01%) Culture of Ownership
18 9 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.36%) Windows
2 21 (2.12%) Linux
3 19 (1.92%) Android
4 18 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.21%) VMS
6 10 (1.01%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (28.31%) Agile
2 227 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 202 (20.42%) Technology Strategy
4 193 (19.51%) Mentoring
5 167 (16.89%) AI
5 167 (16.89%) Information Security
6 160 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
7 157 (15.87%) Software Engineering
8 152 (15.37%) CI/CD
8 152 (15.37%) Project Delivery
9 151 (15.27%) Test Automation
10 147 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 146 (14.76%) Roadmaps
12 144 (14.56%) DevOps
13 125 (12.64%) Enterprise Architecture
14 111 (11.22%) Business Strategy
15 106 (10.72%) Workflow
16 104 (10.52%) Community of Practice
16 104 (10.52%) IT Strategy
17 101 (10.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 102 (10.31%) Python
2 97 (9.81%) SQL
3 92 (9.30%) Java
4 77 (7.79%) C#
5 70 (7.08%) JavaScript
6 64 (6.47%) PowerShell
7 36 (3.64%) TypeScript
8 19 (1.92%) Bicep
9 15 (1.52%) Go
10 14 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 12 (1.21%) Bash
12 11 (1.11%) DataWeave
12 11 (1.11%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.71%) C++
13 7 (0.71%) PHP
14 6 (0.61%) Rust
14 6 (0.61%) Scala
14 6 (0.61%) VBA
14 6 (0.61%) VBScript
15 4 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 177 (17.90%) Degree
2 135 (13.65%) Security Cleared
3 115 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 96 (9.71%) CISSP
5 80 (8.09%) CISM
6 51 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (3.44%) ITIL Certification
8 27 (2.73%) A+ Certification
8 27 (2.73%) Network+ Certification
9 21 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.52%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.42%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.42%) PMP
12 12 (1.21%) CEH
12 12 (1.21%) CISA
13 8 (0.81%) CREST Certified
13 8 (0.81%) CRISC
13 8 (0.81%) OSCP
14 7 (0.71%) CIPD
14 7 (0.71%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.88%) QA
2 64 (6.47%) Accessibility
3 62 (6.27%) NIST
4 56 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (5.16%) GRC
6 45 (4.55%) GDPR
7 35 (3.54%) ISO 22301
8 17 (1.72%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.72%) SOC 2
9 13 (1.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 13 (1.31%) NCSC
10 8 (0.81%) Data Quality
11 7 (0.71%) PMO
12 6 (0.61%) WCAG
13 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.30%) IFRS
14 3 (0.30%) TickIT
15 2 (0.20%) JTAG
15 2 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 64 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (1.21%) vSphere
5 9 (0.91%) Docker
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 107 (10.82%) Terraform
2 78 (7.89%) Kubernetes
3 60 (6.07%) Grafana
4 31 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.52%) Ansible
6 11 (1.11%) CloudHub
7 9 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.40%) FTK
9 3 (0.30%) Istio
10 2 (0.20%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.10%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 232 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.15%) ServiceNow
3 35 (3.54%) Salesforce
4 31 (3.13%) iManage
5 28 (2.83%) Aderant
6 27 (2.73%) CyberArk
7 26 (2.63%) Google
8 23 (2.33%) VMware
9 16 (1.62%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.62%) SAP
10 14 (1.42%) HighQ
10 14 (1.42%) Intapp
11 12 (1.21%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.11%) Adobe
13 8 (0.81%) Cisco
14 6 (0.61%) Commvault
14 6 (0.61%) Databricks
14 6 (0.61%) Okta
15 5 (0.51%) Avid
15 5 (0.51%) ForgeRock