Legal Jobs in the North West

Legal
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 141 70
Rank change year-on-year +90 -71 +32
Permanent jobs citing Legal 372 188 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.78% 2.40% 4.39%
As % of the General category 7.07% 3.53% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 208 131 258
10th Percentile £24,925 £24,783 £28,175
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year - -10.57% +18.03%
75th Percentile £66,017 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,759 £65,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

All General Skills
North West

Legal is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,258 5,320 5,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.45% 67.95% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,897 2,440 3,063
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,950 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Legal as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the North West

Legal
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Legal in the North West.

Salary trend for Legal in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in the North West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Legal in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
Manchester +87 181 £51,000 -2.86% 102
Merseyside +26 95 £42,500 - 24
Lancashire +18 47 £28,500 +16.33% 14
Cheshire +12 44 £67,500 +17.39% 28
Cumbria -8 4 £30,000 - 9
Legal
England

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (6.72%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.69%) SAS
3 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.54%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 53 (14.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (11.56%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (6.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.61%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.69%) Infor SunSystems
1 10 (2.69%) iTrent
2 7 (1.88%) BPCS
2 7 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 51 (13.71%) Azure
2 32 (8.60%) Power Platform
3 26 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.11%) SaaS
5 17 (4.57%) AWS
6 16 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.61%) GCP
9 5 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.34%) OCI
10 4 (1.08%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.81%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.81%) Serverless
12 2 (0.54%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.54%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.27%) Azure Pipelines
13 1 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.27%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.42%) DHCP
2 7 (1.88%) Firewall
3 5 (1.34%) LAN
3 5 (1.34%) SSL
4 4 (1.08%) DNS
5 3 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.81%) WAN
6 2 (0.54%) Intranet
6 2 (0.54%) Skype
7 1 (0.27%) SAN
7 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.80%) SQL Server
2 23 (6.18%) Power BI
3 12 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.96%) DynamoDB
4 11 (2.96%) MySQL
4 11 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (2.69%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (1.61%) DB2
6 6 (1.61%) Metadata
6 6 (1.61%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.08%) Tableau
8 3 (0.81%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.81%) Power Query
8 3 (0.81%) QlikView
9 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 23 (6.18%) Git
2 14 (3.76%) JIRA
3 11 (2.96%) GitLab
4 6 (1.61%) Eclipse
5 5 (1.34%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.08%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Mockito
7 1 (0.27%) QADirector
7 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 145 (38.98%) Finance
2 132 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 73 (19.62%) Law
4 47 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (11.56%) Banking
6 34 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (7.26%) Retail
8 11 (2.96%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.96%) Publishing
9 8 (2.15%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.15%) Marketing
9 8 (2.15%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.34%) Games
11 4 (1.08%) Automotive
11 4 (1.08%) Local Government
12 3 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
12 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.54%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (26.88%) Analyst
2 48 (12.90%) Senior
3 36 (9.68%) Developer
4 25 (6.72%) Systems Analyst
5 23 (6.18%) Lead
6 20 (5.38%) Financial Analyst
6 20 (5.38%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (4.84%) Architect
8 15 (4.03%) Business Analyst
8 15 (4.03%) Project Manager
9 13 (3.49%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 12 (3.23%) IT Analyst
10 12 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.23%) Technical Manager
11 11 (2.96%) Technical Leader
12 10 (2.69%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.42%) Coordinator
13 9 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (2.42%) Product Manager
13 9 (2.42%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.06%) .NET
2 22 (5.91%) XML
3 21 (5.65%) HTML
4 20 (5.38%) JSON
5 16 (4.30%) CSS
6 12 (3.23%) Node.js
6 12 (3.23%) React
7 6 (1.61%) REST
7 6 (1.61%) SOAP
8 4 (1.08%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.81%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.81%) Vue
10 2 (0.54%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.54%) Playwright
10 2 (0.54%) Smart Contracts
11 1 (0.27%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.27%) Jest
11 1 (0.27%) PySpark
11 1 (0.27%) React Native
11 1 (0.27%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.03%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.23%) Credit Risk
3 10 (2.69%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.88%) iSeries
4 7 (1.88%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.61%) Blog
5 6 (1.61%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.61%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.34%) Digital Media
6 5 (1.34%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.08%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.81%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.81%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.54%) IoT
9 2 (0.54%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.65%) Windows
2 10 (2.69%) Windows 10
2 10 (2.69%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.61%) Windows 8
3 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (21.51%) Agile
2 75 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
5 46 (12.37%) Coaching
6 43 (11.56%) Business Analysis
7 42 (11.29%) Mentoring
8 37 (9.95%) Customer Service
9 36 (9.68%) Risk Management
9 36 (9.68%) Roadmaps
10 34 (9.14%) Data Management
11 33 (8.87%) ITIL
11 33 (8.87%) Process Improvement
12 32 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
12 32 (8.60%) Data Governance
13 29 (7.80%) Project Management
14 28 (7.53%) Decision-Making
14 28 (7.53%) DevOps
15 26 (6.99%) Data Privacy
15 26 (6.99%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.33%) C#
2 28 (7.53%) SQL
3 12 (3.23%) Python
4 11 (2.96%) PHP
4 11 (2.96%) VB.NET
5 10 (2.69%) Java
5 10 (2.69%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.88%) RPG
6 7 (1.88%) RPG IV
7 4 (1.08%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.54%) C++
9 2 (0.54%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.27%) Bash
10 1 (0.27%) Go
10 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (13.44%) Degree
2 9 (2.42%) CISSP
2 9 (2.42%) HNC
2 9 (2.42%) HND
3 8 (2.15%) CISM
4 7 (1.88%) AAT
4 7 (1.88%) CIMA
5 6 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.08%) CEH
7 2 (0.54%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.54%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.54%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.27%) CISA
8 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.27%) PMP
8 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (15.59%) GDPR
2 37 (9.95%) QA
3 25 (6.72%) Data Quality
4 20 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (4.03%) PMO
5 15 (4.03%) SLA
6 8 (2.15%) IFRS
6 8 (2.15%) IFRS 9
6 8 (2.15%) NEBOSH
7 7 (1.88%) COSHH
8 6 (1.61%) NIST
9 5 (1.34%) GRC
10 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.81%) PSD2
12 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.54%) EMIR
12 2 (0.54%) MiFID
12 2 (0.54%) TickIT
13 1 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.61%) Docker
3 6 (1.61%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.27%) Nessus
2 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 114 (30.65%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.45%) SAP
3 13 (3.49%) Google
3 13 (3.49%) IBM
4 11 (2.96%) iManage
4 11 (2.96%) Oracle
5 10 (2.69%) Infor
5 10 (2.69%) VMware
6 6 (1.61%) Avaya
7 5 (1.34%) Citrix
8 4 (1.08%) YouTube
9 3 (0.81%) Intapp
9 3 (0.81%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.54%) Aderant
10 2 (0.54%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.54%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.54%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.54%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.54%) Xamarin
10 2 (0.54%) Zscaler