Legal
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies. 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 61 81 143
Rank change year-on-year +20 +62 +12
Permanent jobs citing Legal 3,869 4,007 4,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.90% 3.95% 2.88%
As % of the General category 6.53% 5.78% 4.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,763 1,564 2,002
10th Percentile £27,550 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% -3.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,289 69,287 100,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.78% 68.22% 64.09%
Number of salaries quoted 39,672 37,345 51,003
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Legal in the UK

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Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Legal in the UK

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Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the UK 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
England +5 2,926 £52,250 -5.00% 1,692
UK excluding London +17 2,742 £45,000 -7.22% 1,099
Work from Home -2 1,082 £55,000 - 569
London +23 982 £68,500 +5.38% 645
Scotland +62 774 £55,000 - 52
North of England +61 653 £45,750 +1.10% 282
South East -32 548 £37,875 -27.86% 274
North West +90 372 £47,500 - 179
Midlands +8 333 £50,000 - 181
West Midlands +8 237 £50,000 -4.76% 122
South West -44 224 £43,000 -4.97% 183
Yorkshire +36 204 £34,000 -24.44% 74
East of England -39 154 £50,000 - 115
East Midlands +18 96 £45,000 +20.00% 59
North East +39 77 £53,750 -10.42% 33
Wales +19 32 £50,000 -17.65% 39
Northern Ireland +38 18 £30,000 -46.43% 10
Channel Islands - 6 £85,000 - 1

Legal
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
1 280 (7.24%) Apache Spark
2 194 (5.01%) SharePoint
3 112 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 104 (2.69%) Apache
5 84 (2.17%) SAS
6 47 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
6 47 (1.21%) FileNet
7 32 (0.83%) CMS
8 20 (0.52%) Camunda
9 12 (0.31%) Confluence
9 12 (0.31%) IIS
10 8 (0.21%) WordPress
11 6 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
12 5 (0.13%) NServiceBus
12 5 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 4 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
14 3 (0.078%) Apache Pulsar
15 2 (0.052%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 374 (9.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 343 (8.87%) Microsoft Office
3 101 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 80 (2.07%) AutoCAD
5 27 (0.70%) Revit
6 26 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 25 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
8 17 (0.44%) SPSS
9 14 (0.36%) MS Visio
9 14 (0.36%) Simulink
10 7 (0.18%) Chatbot
10 7 (0.18%) Stateflow
11 5 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.078%) ProjectWise
13 2 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.052%) FileZilla
13 2 (0.052%) S-PLUS
14 1 (0.026%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.026%) InDesign
14 1 (0.026%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 39 (1.01%) Elite 3E
2 27 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.31%) Relativity
5 11 (0.28%) iTrent
5 11 (0.28%) NEC Housing
5 11 (0.28%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
7 9 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
8 8 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
9 7 (0.18%) BPCS
10 6 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
10 6 (0.16%) SAP HCM
11 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
11 5 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
11 5 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 482 (12.46%) AWS
2 465 (12.02%) Azure
3 288 (7.44%) Microsoft 365
4 230 (5.94%) Power Platform
5 136 (3.52%) SaaS
6 103 (2.66%) GCP
7 88 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 67 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
9 62 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
10 61 (1.58%) Serverless
11 56 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
12 52 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
12 52 (1.34%) Amazon ECS
12 52 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
13 51 (1.32%) Amazon EMR
13 51 (1.32%) Amazon SQS
14 50 (1.29%) Amazon S3
14 50 (1.29%) PowerApps
15 46 (1.19%) GitHub
16 45 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 118 (3.05%) Firewall
2 53 (1.37%) WAN
3 50 (1.29%) Internet
4 46 (1.19%) LAN
5 40 (1.03%) Wireless
6 36 (0.93%) SAN
7 30 (0.78%) Intranet
8 28 (0.72%) DNS
8 28 (0.72%) TCP/IP
9 27 (0.70%) DHCP
9 27 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
10 26 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (0.62%) VoIP
12 23 (0.59%) VPN
13 13 (0.34%) Skype
13 13 (0.34%) SNMP
14 12 (0.31%) Network Security
15 10 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
15 10 (0.26%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (8.68%) NoSQL
2 260 (6.72%) Big Data
3 217 (5.61%) Hadoop
4 183 (4.73%) Power BI
5 144 (3.72%) SQL Server
6 104 (2.69%) Apache Hive
7 83 (2.15%) HBase
8 79 (2.04%) Relational Database
9 66 (1.71%) Data Lake
10 64 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
11 54 (1.40%) Electronic Patient Records
12 47 (1.21%) Apache Cassandra
12 47 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
13 40 (1.03%) MySQL
14 39 (1.01%) Qlik Sense
15 36 (0.93%) Tableau
16 32 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 29 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
18 21 (0.54%) EDRMS
19 20 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 130 (3.36%) Git
2 124 (3.20%) Jenkins
3 107 (2.77%) JIRA
4 69 (1.78%) JUnit
5 67 (1.73%) Bitbucket Server
6 33 (0.85%) CircleCI
7 27 (0.70%) Mockito
8 26 (0.67%) Jasmine
9 20 (0.52%) Gradle
9 20 (0.52%) Maven
9 20 (0.52%) Travis CI
10 19 (0.49%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.31%) GitLab
12 10 (0.26%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.26%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
14 6 (0.16%) Eclipse
14 6 (0.16%) Selenium
14 6 (0.16%) WebDriver
15 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
General
1 1,946 (50.30%) Finance
2 1,300 (33.60%) Law
3 1,241 (32.08%) Social Skills
4 1,154 (29.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 556 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
6 315 (8.14%) Banking
7 272 (7.03%) Marketing
8 251 (6.49%) Retail
9 132 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
10 123 (3.18%) Manufacturing
11 98 (2.53%) Public Sector
12 93 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
13 90 (2.33%) Local Government
14 74 (1.91%) Telecoms
15 67 (1.73%) Publishing
16 52 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
17 51 (1.32%) Investment Banking
18 45 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
19 42 (1.09%) Automotive
20 34 (0.88%) Games
Job Titles
1 730 (18.87%) Software Engineer
2 647 (16.72%) Analyst
3 477 (12.33%) Senior
4 269 (6.95%) Java Engineer
4 269 (6.95%) Java Software Engineer
5 229 (5.92%) Lead
6 227 (5.87%) Big Data Engineer
6 227 (5.87%) Big Data Software Engineer
7 216 (5.58%) Data Engineer
8 208 (5.38%) AWS Engineer
9 207 (5.35%) AWS Software Engineer
9 207 (5.35%) Developer
10 152 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
11 142 (3.67%) Full Stack Engineer
12 140 (3.62%) Project Manager
13 133 (3.44%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 124 (3.20%) Python Engineer
15 123 (3.18%) Python Software Engineer
16 119 (3.08%) Architect
17 115 (2.97%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (5.14%) Spring
2 159 (4.11%) React
3 145 (3.75%) HTML
4 128 (3.31%) Kafka
5 123 (3.18%) AngularJS
6 118 (3.05%) .NET
7 110 (2.84%) J2EE
8 102 (2.64%) CSS
9 99 (2.56%) Node.js
10 91 (2.35%) JSON
10 91 (2.35%) XML
11 84 (2.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 79 (2.04%) JMS
12 79 (2.04%) PySpark
13 72 (1.86%) Spring Boot
14 69 (1.78%) Web Services
15 66 (1.71%) Hibernate
16 51 (1.32%) REST
17 50 (1.29%) GraphQL
18 47 (1.21%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 553 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 291 (7.52%) Management Information System
3 268 (6.93%) Onboarding
4 149 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 102 (2.64%) Driving Licence
6 100 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
7 80 (2.07%) Data Structures
8 79 (2.04%) Credit Risk
9 78 (2.02%) Product Ownership
10 70 (1.81%) Housing Association
11 60 (1.55%) Public Cloud
12 53 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 52 (1.34%) Security Posture
14 43 (1.11%) Legacy Code
15 34 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
16 33 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
16 33 (0.85%) Life Science
17 31 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
18 29 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
18 29 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 263 (6.80%) Windows
2 110 (2.84%) Unix
3 94 (2.43%) Windows 10
4 85 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 73 (1.89%) Linux
6 52 (1.34%) Android
7 49 (1.27%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.21%) VMS
10 8 (0.21%) Windows 8
11 7 (0.18%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.052%) AIX
14 2 (0.052%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.026%) Robot Operating System
15 1 (0.026%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,312 (33.91%) Agile
2 1,081 (27.94%) Risk Management
3 823 (21.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 793 (20.50%) Software Engineering
5 741 (19.15%) CI/CD
6 704 (18.20%) Problem-Solving
7 681 (17.60%) SDLC
8 596 (15.40%) Artificial Intelligence
9 573 (14.81%) Visualisation
10 529 (13.67%) Operational Stability
11 525 (13.57%) Machine Learning
12 459 (11.86%) Decision-Making
13 414 (10.70%) Community of Practice
14 370 (9.56%) Project Management
15 322 (8.32%) Customer Service
16 288 (7.44%) Information Security
17 284 (7.34%) Data Protection
18 282 (7.29%) Data Management
19 281 (7.26%) Coaching
20 279 (7.21%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 733 (18.95%) SQL
2 551 (14.24%) Java
3 513 (13.26%) Python
4 140 (3.62%) JavaScript
5 124 (3.20%) Scala
6 117 (3.02%) C#
7 97 (2.51%) PL/SQL
8 87 (2.25%) TypeScript
9 43 (1.11%) PowerShell
10 42 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 35 (0.90%) C
11 35 (0.90%) Ruby
12 27 (0.70%) Go
13 21 (0.54%) Kotlin
14 20 (0.52%) C++
15 19 (0.49%) PHP
16 18 (0.47%) VB.NET
17 17 (0.44%) RPG
18 15 (0.39%) MATLAB
19 14 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 726 (18.76%) Degree
2 113 (2.92%) HNC
3 99 (2.56%) CISSP
4 95 (2.46%) Master's Degree
5 78 (2.02%) HND
6 75 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 64 (1.65%) Security Cleared
8 53 (1.37%) CISM
9 52 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 42 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (0.90%) ACCA
12 34 (0.88%) SC Cleared
13 33 (0.85%) CISA
14 25 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
15 23 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
16 22 (0.57%) MBA
17 20 (0.52%) GIAC
17 20 (0.52%) MRICS
18 18 (0.47%) Azure Certification
18 18 (0.47%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 298 (7.70%) GDPR
2 210 (5.43%) QA
3 159 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 113 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 73 (1.89%) SLA
6 63 (1.63%) NIST
7 53 (1.37%) IFRS
8 45 (1.16%) PMO
9 41 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
10 40 (1.03%) IFRS 9
11 39 (1.01%) GRC
12 32 (0.83%) Accessibility
12 32 (0.83%) ISO 9001
13 26 (0.67%) NEBOSH
14 24 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 22 (0.57%) ISO 22301
16 20 (0.52%) PCI DSS
17 15 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 11 (0.28%) ISO 14000
18 11 (0.28%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 180 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 83 (2.15%) HDFS
3 59 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 48 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 27 (0.70%) Firmware
6 25 (0.65%) Docker
7 19 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
8 12 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.21%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.13%) XenApp
11 4 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.078%) vSphere
13 2 (0.052%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.052%) pfSense
13 2 (0.052%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.026%) LXC
14 1 (0.026%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 143 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 94 (2.43%) Terraform
3 42 (1.09%) SCCM
4 35 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.59%) Ansible
5 23 (0.59%) SCOM
6 15 (0.39%) Functional Safety
7 12 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.18%) vCenter Server
9 6 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.16%) QRadar
9 6 (0.16%) vRealize
10 5 (0.13%) AirWatch
10 5 (0.13%) Grafana
10 5 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (0.10%) Control-M
12 3 (0.078%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.078%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.078%) Puppet
13 2 (0.052%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 783 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 184 (4.76%) Oracle
3 180 (4.65%) Databricks
4 133 (3.44%) SAP
5 106 (2.74%) iManage
6 88 (2.27%) VMware
7 77 (1.99%) Citrix
8 68 (1.76%) Informatica
9 62 (1.60%) Google
10 55 (1.42%) Alteryx
10 55 (1.42%) Cisco
11 53 (1.37%) Cloudera
12 50 (1.29%) IBM
13 44 (1.14%) Intapp
14 43 (1.11%) ServiceNow
15 38 (0.98%) HP
16 37 (0.96%) Aderant
17 35 (0.90%) Dell
18 31 (0.80%) Veeam
19 26 (0.67%) Pega