Legal Jobs in England

Legal
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Legal over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 79 129
Rank change year-on-year +9 +50 +21
Permanent jobs citing Legal 2,977 3,570 4,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.44% 4.04% 3.02%
As % of the General category 5.82% 5.92% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,602 1,425 1,805
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,144 60,335 88,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.14% 68.19% 64.57%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 32,893 45,490
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Legal
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Legal in England

Legal
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Legal in England

Legal
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Legal in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Legal in England

Legal
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London +21 991 £65,000 - 765
North of England +68 662 £46,500 -1.06% 297
South East -28 554 £37,500 -27.88% 377
North West +79 375 £46,500 -2.11% 179
Midlands +15 369 £50,000 -2.44% 212
West Midlands +13 253 £50,000 -4.76% 142
South West -41 221 £43,500 -5.95% 202
Yorkshire +36 206 £34,000 -24.44% 88
East of England -43 154 £50,000 - 131
East Midlands +37 116 £45,000 +38.46% 69
North East +46 81 £53,750 -10.42% 36
Legal
UK

Legal
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 182 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 102 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 79 (2.65%) SAS
4 25 (0.84%) CMS
5 12 (0.40%) IIS
6 10 (0.34%) Confluence
7 9 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.20%) WordPress
9 5 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 4 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
11 3 (0.10%) Apache
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.10%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.067%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.067%) Drupal
12 2 (0.067%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.067%) IBM Domino
12 2 (0.067%) Luigi
Applications
1 363 (12.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 335 (11.25%) Microsoft Office
3 98 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 78 (2.62%) AutoCAD
5 26 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 25 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 25 (0.84%) Revit
7 17 (0.57%) SPSS
8 15 (0.50%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.30%) Simulink
10 7 (0.24%) Chatbot
10 7 (0.24%) Stateflow
11 5 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.10%) ProjectWise
13 2 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.067%) FileZilla
14 1 (0.034%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.034%) InVision
14 1 (0.034%) Sketch
14 1 (0.034%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 37 (1.24%) Elite 3E
2 27 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.40%) Relativity
5 11 (0.37%) ResourceLink
5 11 (0.37%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.34%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.34%) iTrent
6 10 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (0.27%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.24%) BPCS
8 7 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
8 7 (0.24%) NEC Housing
9 6 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
9 6 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.20%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
10 5 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 379 (12.73%) Azure
2 261 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
3 220 (7.39%) Power Platform
4 108 (3.63%) Entra ID
5 105 (3.53%) AWS
5 105 (3.53%) SaaS
6 55 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (1.71%) GCP
8 49 (1.65%) PowerApps
9 42 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (0.81%) OneDrive
10 24 (0.81%) Power Automate
11 16 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
12 14 (0.47%) PaaS
13 12 (0.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 12 (0.40%) WhatsApp
14 11 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (0.37%) Dropbox
14 11 (0.37%) IaaS
15 10 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 117 (3.93%) Firewall
2 52 (1.75%) WAN
3 48 (1.61%) Internet
4 45 (1.51%) LAN
5 37 (1.24%) Wireless
6 30 (1.01%) Intranet
7 28 (0.94%) DNS
7 28 (0.94%) SAN
7 28 (0.94%) TCP/IP
8 26 (0.87%) DHCP
9 25 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
10 21 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (0.64%) VPN
12 15 (0.50%) VoIP
13 13 (0.44%) SNMP
14 11 (0.37%) Network Security
15 10 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.34%) SSL
15 10 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
15 10 (0.34%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (5.84%) Power BI
2 135 (4.53%) SQL Server
3 55 (1.85%) Relational Database
4 52 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (1.24%) MySQL
6 35 (1.18%) Tableau
7 31 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (0.84%) Big Data
9 25 (0.84%) Data Lake
10 21 (0.71%) EDRMS
11 20 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
11 20 (0.67%) NoSQL
12 19 (0.64%) DB2
13 16 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
13 16 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.50%) Metadata
15 14 (0.47%) EDMS
16 13 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.44%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 93 (3.12%) JIRA
2 54 (1.81%) Git
3 19 (0.64%) Visual Studio
4 13 (0.44%) CircleCI
5 12 (0.40%) GitLab
6 8 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (0.27%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.24%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.20%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.17%) fastlane
9 5 (0.17%) Selenium
9 5 (0.17%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.13%) Android Studio
10 4 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.10%) FitNesse
11 3 (0.10%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.10%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,196 (40.17%) Finance
2 1,049 (35.24%) Social Skills
3 575 (19.31%) Law
4 508 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
5 448 (15.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 311 (10.45%) Banking
7 254 (8.53%) Retail
8 224 (7.52%) Marketing
9 124 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
10 102 (3.43%) Manufacturing
11 84 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
12 80 (2.69%) Local Government
13 78 (2.62%) Public Sector
14 73 (2.45%) Telecoms
15 61 (2.05%) Publishing
16 43 (1.44%) Investment Banking
17 38 (1.28%) Automotive
17 38 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
17 38 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
18 33 (1.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 655 (22.00%) Analyst
2 465 (15.62%) Senior
3 210 (7.05%) Lead
4 174 (5.84%) Senior Analyst
5 156 (5.24%) Developer
6 134 (4.50%) Project Manager
7 104 (3.49%) IT Support
8 97 (3.26%) Architect
9 94 (3.16%) Financial Analyst
10 93 (3.12%) IT Manager
11 82 (2.75%) Senior Manager
12 81 (2.72%) Coordinator
13 72 (2.42%) Business Analyst
14 68 (2.28%) Support Analyst
15 67 (2.25%) Solutions Architect
16 66 (2.22%) Software Engineer
17 65 (2.18%) IT Analyst
17 65 (2.18%) Systems Analyst
18 57 (1.91%) Product Manager
19 56 (1.88%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (3.76%) .NET
2 73 (2.45%) HTML
3 64 (2.15%) CSS
4 44 (1.48%) React
5 42 (1.41%) XML
6 41 (1.38%) JSON
7 39 (1.31%) ASP.NET
8 27 (0.91%) .NET Framework
8 27 (0.91%) REST
8 27 (0.91%) Web Services
9 26 (0.87%) AngularJS
10 17 (0.57%) Node.js
11 15 (0.50%) .NET Core
11 15 (0.50%) Blazor
12 14 (0.47%) SOAP
13 13 (0.44%) PySpark
13 13 (0.44%) Swagger
13 13 (0.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 11 (0.37%) EDI
15 10 (0.34%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 283 (9.51%) Management Information System
2 110 (3.69%) Driving Licence
3 93 (3.12%) Onboarding
4 86 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
5 74 (2.49%) Algorithms
6 70 (2.35%) Housing Association
7 69 (2.32%) Credit Risk
8 66 (2.22%) Product Ownership
9 63 (2.12%) Data Structures
10 55 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 48 (1.61%) Cloud Native
12 46 (1.55%) Security Posture
13 38 (1.28%) Public Cloud
14 35 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
15 33 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
16 31 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
17 29 (0.97%) Life Science
18 26 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
18 26 (0.87%) Social Media
19 24 (0.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 238 (7.99%) Windows
2 91 (3.06%) Windows 10
3 68 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 49 (1.65%) Android
5 47 (1.58%) Apple iOS
6 21 (0.71%) Linux
7 12 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.27%) VMS
8 8 (0.27%) Windows 8
9 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.067%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.034%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.034%) Unix
13 1 (0.034%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 636 (21.36%) Agile
2 565 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
3 377 (12.66%) Risk Management
4 347 (11.66%) Project Management
5 314 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 304 (10.21%) Coaching
7 297 (9.98%) Information Security
8 287 (9.64%) Customer Service
9 284 (9.54%) Decision-Making
10 272 (9.14%) Data Protection
11 267 (8.97%) Data Management
12 264 (8.87%) Cybersecurity
13 257 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
14 256 (8.60%) Time Management
15 251 (8.43%) Process Improvement
16 239 (8.03%) Analytics
17 235 (7.89%) Mentoring
18 230 (7.73%) Roadmaps
19 220 (7.39%) ITIL
20 199 (6.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 312 (10.48%) SQL
2 171 (5.74%) Python
3 111 (3.73%) C#
4 99 (3.33%) JavaScript
5 67 (2.25%) PowerShell
6 51 (1.71%) TypeScript
7 50 (1.68%) Java
8 43 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 22 (0.74%) Kotlin
10 20 (0.67%) Go
11 18 (0.60%) PHP
11 18 (0.60%) VB.NET
12 17 (0.57%) RPG
13 16 (0.54%) C
14 14 (0.47%) R
15 12 (0.40%) C++
16 11 (0.37%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.37%) VB
17 10 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 648 (21.77%) Degree
2 110 (3.69%) HNC
3 89 (2.99%) CISSP
4 81 (2.72%) Master's Degree
5 78 (2.62%) HND
6 53 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (1.75%) Security Cleared
8 48 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 44 (1.48%) CISM
10 39 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (1.11%) CISA
12 28 (0.94%) ACCA
13 25 (0.84%) APMG
14 23 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
15 22 (0.74%) MBA
16 21 (0.71%) SC Cleared
17 20 (0.67%) MRICS
18 19 (0.64%) Azure Certification
19 18 (0.60%) CIMA
19 18 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (9.10%) GDPR
2 208 (6.99%) QA
3 157 (5.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 99 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 58 (1.95%) NIST
6 54 (1.81%) SLA
7 48 (1.61%) IFRS
8 45 (1.51%) PMO
9 38 (1.28%) GRC
10 37 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 36 (1.21%) IFRS 9
12 32 (1.07%) ISO 9001
13 29 (0.97%) Accessibility
14 26 (0.87%) NEBOSH
15 24 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 22 (0.74%) ISO 22301
17 18 (0.60%) PCI DSS
18 14 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 11 (0.37%) ISO 14000
19 11 (0.37%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 191 (6.42%) Active Directory
2 49 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 28 (0.94%) Firmware
5 25 (0.84%) RACF
6 20 (0.67%) Docker
6 20 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
7 12 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.27%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.13%) vSphere
10 4 (0.13%) XenApp
11 3 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.067%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.067%) pfSense
12 2 (0.067%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.034%) LXC
13 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 35 (1.18%) SCCM
2 27 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (0.81%) SCOM
4 20 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 15 (0.50%) Functional Safety
6 13 (0.44%) Ansible
6 13 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.44%) Terraform
7 8 (0.27%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.20%) QRadar
8 6 (0.20%) vRealize
9 5 (0.17%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.13%) AirWatch
11 3 (0.10%) Control-M
11 3 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.10%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.10%) Puppet
12 2 (0.067%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.067%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.067%) Nessus
Vendors
1 760 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.17%) SAP
3 90 (3.02%) iManage
4 74 (2.49%) VMware
5 73 (2.45%) Citrix
6 65 (2.18%) Oracle
7 52 (1.75%) Cisco
8 50 (1.68%) IBM
9 48 (1.61%) Google
10 40 (1.34%) Intapp
11 36 (1.21%) ServiceNow
12 33 (1.11%) Databricks
12 33 (1.11%) HP
13 32 (1.07%) Aderant
14 31 (1.04%) Veeam
15 25 (0.84%) CyberArk
15 25 (0.84%) NCR
16 24 (0.81%) Salesforce
17 22 (0.74%) OpenAI
18 19 (0.64%) Adobe