Legal Job Trends in Yorkshire

Legal
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 79 67 79
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 +16
Permanent jobs citing Legal 90 91 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 2.67% 2.92% 3.29%
As % of the General category 4.52% 4.25% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 63 50 56
10th Percentile £28,500 £37,716 £25,500
25th Percentile £41,832 £42,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -26.23% +35.56%
75th Percentile £78,776 £54,688 £75,829
90th Percentile £95,000 £67,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £57,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +18.42% +1.79% -2.61%

All General Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,992 2,141 2,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.99% 68.78% 64.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 740 1,637
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,434 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,300 £84,964
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Legal job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Legal
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Legal

Legal
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Salary histogram for Legal in Yorkshire

Legal
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire -1 81 £52,500 +16.67% 26
South Yorkshire -19 6 £87,500 +105.88% 15
North Yorkshire +3 3 £39,785 +6.09% 11
Legal
England

Legal
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.22%) CMS
2 2 (2.22%) HCL Notes
2 2 (2.22%) IIS
2 2 (2.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (2.22%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.11%) Confluence
3 1 (1.11%) FileNet
Applications
1 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.33%) Chatbot
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.11%) Navisworks
3 1 (1.11%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.33%) SaaS
2 16 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.00%) Azure
4 7 (7.78%) AWS
5 6 (6.67%) Power Automate
5 6 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.67%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.56%) Google Workspace
7 4 (4.44%) IaaS
7 4 (4.44%) PaaS
8 2 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.22%) Serverless
9 1 (1.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.44%) Firewall
2 3 (3.33%) Network Security
3 2 (2.22%) AMQP
3 2 (2.22%) Intranet
4 1 (1.11%) LAN
4 1 (1.11%) VPN
4 1 (1.11%) WAN
4 1 (1.11%) Wireless
4 1 (1.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.67%) Power BI
2 3 (3.33%) Tableau
3 2 (2.22%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.11%) JIRA
General
1 25 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.33%) Finance
3 16 (17.78%) Law
4 6 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.44%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.22%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.11%) Automotive
9 1 (1.11%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Local Government
9 1 (1.11%) Marketing
9 1 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (15.56%) IT Support
2 13 (14.44%) Analyst
3 11 (12.22%) Lead
4 9 (10.00%) Architect
5 7 (7.78%) Lead Architect
5 7 (7.78%) Product Manager
6 6 (6.67%) Consultant
6 6 (6.67%) IT Support Specialist
6 6 (6.67%) Senior
6 6 (6.67%) Support Specialist
6 6 (6.67%) Technical Architect
7 5 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) Developer
7 5 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) IT Director
7 5 (5.56%) IT Manager
7 5 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) VMware Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.44%) .NET
1 4 (4.44%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.22%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.22%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (2.22%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (2.22%) CSS
2 2 (2.22%) HTML
2 2 (2.22%) Middleware
2 2 (2.22%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (2.22%) React
2 2 (2.22%) Spring
2 2 (2.22%) Spring Boot
2 2 (2.22%) Spring Cloud
2 2 (2.22%) WCF
3 1 (1.11%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.33%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.22%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.22%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.11%) NHS
5 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.44%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.11%) Android
4 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (16.67%) Case Management
4 13 (14.44%) Coaching
5 11 (12.22%) Agile
5 11 (12.22%) AI
6 9 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 9 (10.00%) Document Management
6 9 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 8 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (8.89%) Process Improvement
7 8 (8.89%) User Experience
8 7 (7.78%) Analytics
8 7 (7.78%) People Management
8 7 (7.78%) Performance Management
8 7 (7.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (7.78%) Strategic Thinking
8 7 (7.78%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (6.67%) Data Privacy
9 6 (6.67%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.11%) SQL
2 4 (4.44%) C#
2 4 (4.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.44%) VBA
3 2 (2.22%) C++
3 2 (2.22%) Java
3 2 (2.22%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (6.67%) CISSP
1 6 (6.67%) Degree
2 5 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 5 (5.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 5 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.22%) CISM
3 2 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.22%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.11%) CISA
4 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.11%) CRISC
4 1 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.11%) GDPR
2 7 (7.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (7.78%) SLA
3 6 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.56%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.33%) EU AI Act
5 3 (3.33%) NCSC
5 3 (3.33%) NIST
6 2 (2.22%) QA
6 2 (2.22%) WCAG
7 1 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.11%) GRC
7 1 (1.11%) ISO 19650
7 1 (1.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 5 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.56%) Google
2 5 (5.56%) VMware
3 4 (4.44%) Citrix
4 3 (3.33%) PayPal
5 2 (2.22%) Lotus
5 2 (2.22%) Oracle
6 1 (1.11%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.11%) IBM
6 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow