Law
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 35 107
Rank change year-on-year -14 +72 +54
Permanent jobs citing Law 2,588 5,794 3,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.78% 5.85% 3.18%
As % of the General category 6.94% 9.78% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 2,146 1,746
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,438 £70,000 £69,125
90th Percentile £87,550 £85,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 37,270 59,215 69,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 68.80% 59.75% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18,593 39,629 37,296
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,250 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £102,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Law in the UK

Law
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Law.

Salary trend for Law in the UK

Law
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Law in the UK

Law
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
England +22 2,479 £55,000 +2.80% 2,453
UK excluding London -24 1,746 £50,000 +5.26% 1,183
Work from Home +43 851 £58,000 +5.45% 1,702
London +6 738 £65,000 -3.70% 1,571
South East +135 580 £56,250 +7.14% 388
Midlands +42 538 £45,000 +5.88% 150
North of England -12 471 £50,000 - 280
West Midlands +50 316 £45,000 -5.26% 90
North West -3 312 £60,000 +26.32% 157
East Midlands +37 222 £42,500 +6.25% 56
Yorkshire 0 132 £42,500 -22.73% 102
East of England -15 86 £55,000 +43.17% 112
South West -93 31 £56,250 +25.00% 101
Scotland -130 28 £63,750 +34.21% 84
North East +15 27 £40,000 -20.00% 24
Northern Ireland +24 8 £50,000 -12.70% 62
Channel Islands +2 3 £78,750 -7.35% 1
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 87 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 65 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (1.93%) Confluence
4 26 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.58%) Apache
6 12 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.35%) OpenEdge
8 7 (0.27%) IIS
9 6 (0.23%) CMS
10 3 (0.12%) GemFire
10 3 (0.12%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.12%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.039%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.039%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.039%) WordPress
Applications
1 119 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
2 76 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (1.39%) Maya
5 22 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 18 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 12 (0.46%) Acrobat
8 6 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.23%) Sketch
9 5 (0.19%) InVision
9 5 (0.19%) Trello
10 1 (0.039%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.039%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.039%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.73%) Elite 3E
2 19 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.70%) SAP FI
4 16 (0.62%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 16 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 15 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
5 15 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 10 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
6 10 (0.39%) TrackWise
7 9 (0.35%) SAP IBP
8 8 (0.31%) Ripple
8 8 (0.31%) Ripple XRP
9 7 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
10 5 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
10 5 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.15%) Endur
12 3 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
12 3 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
12 3 (0.12%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 447 (17.27%) Azure
2 204 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (7.42%) Power Platform
4 172 (6.65%) AWS
5 118 (4.56%) Dynamics 365
6 109 (4.21%) GCP
7 103 (3.98%) SaaS
8 57 (2.20%) Power Automate
9 55 (2.13%) Entra ID
10 49 (1.89%) PowerApps
11 40 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
12 37 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
13 36 (1.39%) Serverless
13 36 (1.39%) Snowflake
14 35 (1.35%) PaaS
15 32 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
15 32 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
16 31 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
17 27 (1.04%) Adobe Analytics
17 27 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.24%) Firewall
2 43 (1.66%) DNS
3 26 (1.00%) DHCP
4 24 (0.93%) VPN
5 22 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 20 (0.77%) Wireless
7 19 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
8 18 (0.70%) WebEx
9 16 (0.62%) Intranet
10 12 (0.46%) SAN
10 12 (0.46%) VLAN
10 12 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.43%) WAN
12 10 (0.39%) LAN
13 9 (0.35%) HTTP
13 9 (0.35%) Network Security
13 9 (0.35%) SMTP
14 6 (0.23%) Internet
15 5 (0.19%) VoIP
16 4 (0.15%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (4.64%) Power BI
2 107 (4.13%) Data Lake
3 85 (3.28%) Tableau
4 69 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
5 63 (2.43%) SQL Server
6 61 (2.36%) Big Data
6 61 (2.36%) Metadata
7 39 (1.51%) NoSQL
8 31 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 27 (1.04%) Data Mining
10 26 (1.00%) Hadoop
11 20 (0.77%) MongoDB
12 18 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
13 16 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (0.58%) Relational Database
14 15 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (0.50%) SAP BW
17 12 (0.46%) BigQuery
17 12 (0.46%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 79 (3.05%) JIRA
2 32 (1.24%) Git
3 27 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.66%) Selenium
5 15 (0.58%) Visual Studio
6 10 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 10 (0.39%) webpack
7 7 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.23%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.23%) GitLab
8 6 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.19%) Babel
9 5 (0.19%) NUnit
9 5 (0.19%) Vite
10 4 (0.15%) Appium
10 4 (0.15%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.12%) InstallShield
11 3 (0.12%) MSTest
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 688 (26.58%) Legal
2 613 (23.69%) Social Skills
3 493 (19.05%) Finance
4 422 (16.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 413 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
6 183 (7.07%) Marketing
7 101 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 100 (3.86%) Retail
9 98 (3.79%) Telecoms
10 83 (3.21%) Games
11 59 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
12 57 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 57 (2.20%) Public Sector
13 54 (2.09%) Banking
14 53 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
15 42 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
16 27 (1.04%) Military
17 24 (0.93%) Electronics
17 24 (0.93%) Financial Institution
18 22 (0.85%) Billing
Job Titles
1 463 (17.89%) Lead
2 403 (15.57%) Senior
3 330 (12.75%) Analyst
4 211 (8.15%) Principal Engineer
5 199 (7.69%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 158 (6.11%) Developer
7 141 (5.45%) Support Analyst
8 136 (5.26%) Architect
9 135 (5.22%) IT Support
10 134 (5.18%) IT Analyst
11 110 (4.25%) Consultant
12 96 (3.71%) IT Support Analyst
13 88 (3.40%) Senior Manager
14 56 (2.16%) Project Manager
14 56 (2.16%) Senior Analyst
15 54 (2.09%) Solutions Architect
16 52 (2.01%) IT Manager
16 52 (2.01%) Systems Engineer
17 50 (1.93%) Senior Architect
18 46 (1.78%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (2.86%) .NET
2 71 (2.74%) React
3 59 (2.28%) Node.js
4 49 (1.89%) REST
5 42 (1.62%) Middleware
6 41 (1.58%) RESTful
7 34 (1.31%) HTML
8 33 (1.28%) CSS
9 29 (1.12%) SOAP
10 28 (1.08%) Kafka
11 25 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
12 24 (0.93%) Spring
13 22 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
14 19 (0.73%) Redux
15 17 (0.66%) JWT
15 17 (0.66%) WPF
16 16 (0.62%) AngularJS
16 16 (0.62%) OAuth
16 16 (0.62%) Spring Boot
17 15 (0.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 290 (11.21%) Cyberattack
2 115 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
3 109 (4.21%) Product Ownership
4 85 (3.28%) Management Information System
5 84 (3.25%) Algorithms
6 57 (2.20%) FMCG
7 48 (1.85%) Onboarding
8 43 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 43 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
10 33 (1.28%) Cloud Native
10 33 (1.28%) IoT
11 32 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (1.16%) Security Posture
13 28 (1.08%) Virtual Team
14 26 (1.00%) Public Cloud
15 25 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
16 24 (0.93%) PMI
17 23 (0.89%) Data Structures
18 20 (0.77%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 196 (7.57%) Windows
2 78 (3.01%) Windows 10
3 69 (2.67%) Linux
4 51 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 19 (0.73%) Mac OS X
6 14 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.50%) Unix
8 12 (0.46%) Android
9 11 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 10 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.19%) Rocky
13 2 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.039%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (18.24%) Analytics
2 453 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
3 444 (17.16%) Agile
4 404 (15.61%) Cybersecurity
5 362 (13.99%) Line Management
6 340 (13.14%) Project Management
7 318 (12.29%) Artificial Intelligence
8 311 (12.02%) Roadmaps
9 288 (11.13%) Creative Thinking
10 273 (10.55%) Mathematics
11 262 (10.12%) Computer Science
12 251 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 250 (9.66%) Logistics
14 245 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
15 240 (9.27%) Collaborative Working
16 235 (9.08%) Business Strategy
17 225 (8.69%) DevOps
18 220 (8.50%) Data Management
18 220 (8.50%) Mentoring
19 214 (8.27%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 268 (10.36%) SQL
2 227 (8.77%) Python
3 109 (4.21%) C#
4 87 (3.36%) Java
5 83 (3.21%) JavaScript
6 52 (2.01%) PowerShell
7 44 (1.70%) TypeScript
8 25 (0.97%) Go
9 23 (0.89%) T-SQL
10 22 (0.85%) Apex Code
10 22 (0.85%) X++
11 20 (0.77%) Scala
12 18 (0.70%) C++
13 14 (0.54%) PHP
14 11 (0.43%) C
15 7 (0.27%) MATLAB
15 7 (0.27%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.27%) Rust
16 6 (0.23%) Clojure
16 6 (0.23%) Elixir
Qualifications
1 856 (33.08%) Degree
2 166 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 156 (6.03%) Master's Degree
4 143 (5.53%) Security Cleared
5 122 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (1.78%) PMI Certification
7 45 (1.74%) SC Cleared
8 44 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 25 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (0.89%) PMP
12 20 (0.77%) AWS Certification
13 19 (0.73%) PhD
14 17 (0.66%) CISSP
15 16 (0.62%) A+ Certification
16 13 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 13 (0.50%) DV Cleared
17 12 (0.46%) CCNP
18 10 (0.39%) ACCA
18 10 (0.39%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (11.05%) NCSC
2 130 (5.02%) Data Quality
3 127 (4.91%) Accessibility
4 79 (3.05%) QA
5 78 (3.01%) GDPR
6 55 (2.13%) SLA
7 42 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 41 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (0.62%) ISO 9001
10 15 (0.58%) GMP
10 15 (0.58%) NIST
11 13 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 11 (0.43%) PERC
13 10 (0.39%) GRC
14 9 (0.35%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.27%) Good Clinical Practice
15 7 (0.27%) WCAG
16 6 (0.23%) PMO
16 6 (0.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 132 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.16%) Docker
3 19 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.58%) HDFS
5 11 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.19%) DFS Replication
8 5 (0.19%) vSphere
9 2 (0.077%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.039%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.039%) Firmware
10 1 (0.039%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 99 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 52 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (1.74%) Terraform
4 43 (1.66%) SCCM
5 27 (1.04%) Ansible
6 9 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.35%) QRadar
7 8 (0.31%) Puppet
8 6 (0.23%) CASB
8 6 (0.23%) SCOM
8 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.15%) Grafana
11 3 (0.12%) EnCase
11 3 (0.12%) FTK
12 2 (0.077%) Hadoop YARN
12 2 (0.077%) RSA Security Analytics
12 2 (0.077%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.077%) SCSM
Vendors
1 550 (21.25%) Microsoft
2 164 (6.34%) SAP
3 128 (4.95%) ServiceNow
4 105 (4.06%) Google
5 91 (3.52%) Salesforce
6 83 (3.21%) Oracle
7 59 (2.28%) Adobe
8 55 (2.13%) iManage
9 50 (1.93%) Workday
10 48 (1.85%) Cisco
11 38 (1.47%) VMware
12 36 (1.39%) OpenAI
13 35 (1.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 32 (1.24%) Databricks
15 30 (1.16%) IBM
16 29 (1.12%) Aderant
17 28 (1.08%) Informatica
18 26 (1.00%) Intapp
18 26 (1.00%) MuleSoft
19 24 (0.93%) Citrix