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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 84 141
Rank change year-on-year +23 +57 +13
Permanent jobs citing Legal 3,892 3,938 4,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.92% 3.90% 2.91%
As % of the General category 6.56% 5.72% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 1,567 2,003
10th Percentile £27,575 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -
75th Percentile £72,557 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% +1.04% +6.67%

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 59,322 68,855 101,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.79% 68.16% 64.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,670 37,231 50,896
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 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +6 2,945 £52,000 -5.45% 1,673
UK excluding London +20 2,766 £45,000 -7.22% 1,108
Work from Home +1 1,087 £55,000 - 590
London +22 980 £67,500 +3.85% 628
Scotland +63 777 £55,000 -0.38% 56
North of England +65 656 £45,750 -2.66% 285
South East -30 553 £37,500 -25.00% 273
North West +78 374 £47,500 - 177
Midlands +9 347 £50,000 - 182
West Midlands +8 243 £50,000 -4.76% 116
South West -40 222 £42,500 -6.08% 187
Yorkshire +34 204 £34,000 -24.44% 75
East of England -37 155 £50,000 - 115
East Midlands +25 104 £45,000 +20.00% 66
North East +37 78 £53,750 -10.42% 38
Wales +17 32 £50,000 -17.65% 45
Northern Ireland +33 18 £30,000 -46.43% 10
Channel Islands - 6 £85,000 - 1

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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 (7.19%) Apache Spark
2 194 (4.98%) SharePoint
3 110 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 104 (2.67%) Apache
5 84 (2.16%) SAS
6 47 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
6 47 (1.21%) FileNet
7 33 (0.85%) CMS
8 20 (0.51%) Camunda
9 12 (0.31%) Confluence
9 12 (0.31%) IIS
10 8 (0.21%) WordPress
11 6 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
12 5 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
12 5 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 4 (0.10%) NServiceBus
13 4 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
14 3 (0.077%) Apache Pulsar
15 2 (0.051%) Luigi
Applications
1 379 (9.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 350 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
3 102 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 79 (2.03%) AutoCAD
5 26 (0.67%) Revit
5 26 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 25 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
7 17 (0.44%) SPSS
8 15 (0.39%) MS Visio
9 14 (0.36%) Simulink
10 7 (0.18%) Chatbot
10 7 (0.18%) Stateflow
11 5 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.077%) ProjectWise
13 2 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 2 (0.051%) FileZilla
13 2 (0.051%) S-PLUS
14 1 (0.026%) Sketch
14 1 (0.026%) Trello
14 1 (0.026%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 38 (0.98%) Elite 3E
2 27 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.31%) NEC Housing
4 12 (0.31%) Relativity
5 11 (0.28%) iTrent
5 11 (0.28%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
6 10 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
7 8 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
7 8 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.18%) BPCS
8 7 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
9 6 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.15%) ResourceLink
9 6 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.15%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
10 5 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 483 (12.41%) AWS
2 466 (11.97%) Azure
3 288 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
4 229 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 135 (3.47%) SaaS
6 104 (2.67%) GCP
7 90 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 67 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
9 61 (1.57%) Serverless
10 60 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 56 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
12 52 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
12 52 (1.34%) Amazon ECS
12 52 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
13 51 (1.31%) Amazon EMR
13 51 (1.31%) Amazon SQS
14 50 (1.28%) Amazon S3
14 50 (1.28%) PowerApps
15 46 (1.18%) GitHub
16 45 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 121 (3.11%) Firewall
2 53 (1.36%) WAN
3 49 (1.26%) Internet
4 46 (1.18%) LAN
5 43 (1.10%) Wireless
6 36 (0.92%) SAN
7 31 (0.80%) DNS
8 30 (0.77%) Intranet
9 28 (0.72%) DHCP
9 28 (0.72%) TCP/IP
10 27 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
10 27 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (0.59%) VoIP
12 22 (0.57%) VPN
13 13 (0.33%) SNMP
14 11 (0.28%) Network Security
14 11 (0.28%) Skype
15 10 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
15 10 (0.26%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (8.63%) NoSQL
2 260 (6.68%) Big Data
3 217 (5.58%) Hadoop
4 183 (4.70%) Power BI
5 141 (3.62%) SQL Server
6 104 (2.67%) Apache Hive
7 83 (2.13%) HBase
8 78 (2.00%) Relational Database
9 66 (1.70%) Data Lake
10 65 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
11 54 (1.39%) Electronic Patient Records
12 47 (1.21%) Apache Cassandra
12 47 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
13 39 (1.00%) MySQL
13 39 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
14 36 (0.92%) Tableau
15 32 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 29 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
17 21 (0.54%) EDRMS
18 20 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 130 (3.34%) Git
2 125 (3.21%) Jenkins
3 107 (2.75%) JIRA
4 69 (1.77%) JUnit
5 67 (1.72%) Bitbucket Server
6 33 (0.85%) CircleCI
7 27 (0.69%) Mockito
8 26 (0.67%) Jasmine
9 20 (0.51%) Gradle
9 20 (0.51%) Maven
9 20 (0.51%) Travis CI
10 19 (0.49%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.31%) GitLab
12 10 (0.26%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.23%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
15 6 (0.15%) Eclipse
16 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
16 5 (0.13%) Selenium
16 5 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 1,956 (50.26%) Finance
2 1,297 (33.32%) Law
3 1,239 (31.83%) Social Skills
4 1,152 (29.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 556 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 324 (8.32%) Banking
7 276 (7.09%) Marketing
8 267 (6.86%) Retail
9 132 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
10 125 (3.21%) Manufacturing
11 100 (2.57%) Public Sector
12 93 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 91 (2.34%) Local Government
14 75 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 66 (1.70%) Publishing
16 51 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
17 50 (1.28%) Investment Banking
18 45 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
19 42 (1.08%) Automotive
20 34 (0.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 730 (18.76%) Software Engineer
2 669 (17.19%) Analyst
3 490 (12.59%) Senior
4 269 (6.91%) Java Engineer
4 269 (6.91%) Java Software Engineer
5 230 (5.91%) Lead
6 227 (5.83%) Big Data Engineer
6 227 (5.83%) Big Data Software Engineer
7 217 (5.58%) Data Engineer
8 208 (5.34%) AWS Engineer
9 207 (5.32%) AWS Software Engineer
10 205 (5.27%) Developer
11 163 (4.19%) Senior Analyst
12 142 (3.65%) Full Stack Engineer
13 141 (3.62%) Project Manager
14 133 (3.42%) Full Stack Software Engineer
15 124 (3.19%) Python Engineer
16 123 (3.16%) Python Software Engineer
17 115 (2.95%) Architect
18 113 (2.90%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (5.11%) Spring
2 159 (4.09%) React
3 144 (3.70%) HTML
4 128 (3.29%) Kafka
5 122 (3.13%) AngularJS
6 116 (2.98%) .NET
7 110 (2.83%) J2EE
8 103 (2.65%) CSS
9 99 (2.54%) Node.js
10 89 (2.29%) JSON
11 88 (2.26%) XML
12 84 (2.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 80 (2.06%) PySpark
14 79 (2.03%) JMS
15 72 (1.85%) Spring Boot
16 67 (1.72%) Web Services
17 66 (1.70%) Hibernate
18 50 (1.28%) GraphQL
18 50 (1.28%) REST
19 47 (1.21%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 553 (14.21%) Algorithms
2 290 (7.45%) Management Information System
3 269 (6.91%) Onboarding
4 150 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 107 (2.75%) Driving Licence
6 100 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
7 80 (2.06%) Data Structures
8 78 (2.00%) Credit Risk
8 78 (2.00%) Product Ownership
9 70 (1.80%) Housing Association
10 60 (1.54%) Public Cloud
11 54 (1.39%) Data Centre
12 51 (1.31%) Security Posture
13 43 (1.10%) Legacy Code
14 35 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
15 34 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
16 33 (0.85%) Life Science
17 32 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
18 29 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
18 29 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 264 (6.78%) Windows
2 111 (2.85%) Unix
3 96 (2.47%) Windows 10
4 85 (2.18%) Windows Server
5 76 (1.95%) Linux
6 53 (1.36%) Android
7 49 (1.26%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.21%) VMS
10 8 (0.21%) Windows 8
11 7 (0.18%) Mac OS
12 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.077%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.051%) AIX
14 2 (0.051%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.026%) Robot Operating System
15 1 (0.026%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,310 (33.66%) Agile
2 1,077 (27.67%) Risk Management
3 821 (21.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 793 (20.38%) Software Engineering
5 741 (19.04%) CI/CD
6 703 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
7 689 (17.70%) SDLC
8 597 (15.34%) Artificial Intelligence
9 573 (14.72%) Visualisation
10 529 (13.59%) Operational Stability
11 526 (13.51%) Machine Learning
12 460 (11.82%) Decision-Making
13 414 (10.64%) Community of Practice
14 372 (9.56%) Project Management
15 321 (8.25%) Customer Service
16 298 (7.66%) Data Protection
17 293 (7.53%) Data Management
18 289 (7.43%) Information Security
19 288 (7.40%) Coaching
20 280 (7.19%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 733 (18.83%) SQL
2 551 (14.16%) Java
3 515 (13.23%) Python
4 139 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 124 (3.19%) Scala
6 115 (2.95%) C#
7 97 (2.49%) PL/SQL
8 88 (2.26%) TypeScript
9 43 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 41 (1.05%) PowerShell
11 35 (0.90%) C
11 35 (0.90%) Ruby
12 27 (0.69%) Go
13 21 (0.54%) Kotlin
14 20 (0.51%) C++
15 19 (0.49%) PHP
16 18 (0.46%) VB.NET
17 17 (0.44%) RPG
18 15 (0.39%) MATLAB
19 14 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 733 (18.83%) Degree
2 113 (2.90%) HNC
3 98 (2.52%) CISSP
4 95 (2.44%) Master's Degree
5 78 (2.00%) HND
6 75 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 64 (1.64%) Security Cleared
8 53 (1.36%) DBS Check
9 52 (1.34%) CISM
10 43 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (0.90%) ACCA
12 33 (0.85%) CISA
12 33 (0.85%) SC Cleared
13 25 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (0.57%) MBA
15 21 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
15 21 (0.54%) GIAC
16 20 (0.51%) MRICS
17 19 (0.49%) Azure Certification
18 18 (0.46%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (7.99%) GDPR
2 219 (5.63%) QA
3 162 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 112 (2.88%) Data Quality
5 74 (1.90%) SLA
6 65 (1.67%) NIST
7 53 (1.36%) IFRS
8 45 (1.16%) PMO
9 40 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 40 (1.03%) IFRS 9
10 39 (1.00%) GRC
11 34 (0.87%) Accessibility
12 32 (0.82%) ISO 9001
13 26 (0.67%) NEBOSH
14 24 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 21 (0.54%) ISO 22301
16 20 (0.51%) 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 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 83 (2.13%) HDFS
3 62 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 48 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 28 (0.72%) Firmware
6 25 (0.64%) Docker
7 20 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
8 12 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.21%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.13%) XenApp
12 4 (0.10%) vSphere
13 3 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.051%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.051%) pfSense
14 2 (0.051%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.026%) LXC
15 1 (0.026%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 143 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 94 (2.42%) Terraform
3 42 (1.08%) SCCM
4 35 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (0.62%) Ansible
5 24 (0.62%) SCOM
6 15 (0.39%) Functional Safety
7 13 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.21%) vCenter Server
9 6 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.15%) QRadar
9 6 (0.15%) vRealize
10 5 (0.13%) Grafana
10 5 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
11 4 (0.10%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.077%) Control-M
12 3 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.077%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.077%) Puppet
13 2 (0.051%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 792 (20.35%) Microsoft
2 184 (4.73%) Oracle
3 181 (4.65%) Databricks
4 138 (3.55%) SAP
5 104 (2.67%) iManage
6 91 (2.34%) VMware
7 76 (1.95%) Citrix
8 68 (1.75%) Informatica
9 63 (1.62%) Google
10 55 (1.41%) Alteryx
10 55 (1.41%) Cisco
11 53 (1.36%) Cloudera
12 50 (1.28%) IBM
13 43 (1.10%) Intapp
14 42 (1.08%) ServiceNow
15 37 (0.95%) Aderant
15 37 (0.95%) HP
16 35 (0.90%) Dell
17 31 (0.80%) Veeam
18 26 (0.67%) Pega