Companies hiring legal, compliance & risk in United Kingdom
As of 4 November 2026, 1,144 companies are hiring legal, compliance & risk in United Kingdom, with 3,603 open roles; 2,139 opened in the last 30 days and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Top city
- London · 1,033 roles
- Largest role family
- lawyers and legal counsel · 40%
- Leadership roles (director+)
- 360 · 185 companies
- Remote share, last 30 days
- 19%
- Postings with a salary
- 8% · 86 companies
- Most-named tool
- Power BI · 51 companies
Most new legal, compliance & risk roles, last 30 days
Companies with the most new postings in the last 30 days; job boards and directories left out. Headquartered in United Kingdom. Open legal, compliance & risk roles and all open roles per company.
| Company | Size | new, 30 d | open legal, compliance & risk | all open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DWFGeneralist law firms | 1001-5000 employees | 34 | 78 | 127 |
Carpenters GroupPersonal injury law | 1001-5000 employees | 32 | 33 | 45 |
NationwideRetail & commercial banks | 10,001+ employees | 24 | 45 | 439 |
FreethsGeneralist law firms | 1001-5000 employees | 19 | 21 | 62 |
Clyde & Co.Commercial corporate law firms | 5001-10000 employees | 15 | 114 | 201 |
BarclaysRetail & commercial banks | 10,001+ employees | 11 | 68 | 778 |
Stowe Family LawFamily law practices | 201-500 employees | 10 | 5 | 8 |
VodafoneIt & telecoms provider | 10,001+ employees | 10 | 44 | 1,599 |
CapsticksPersonal injury law | 501-1000 employees | 9 | 17 | 36 |
Turner & TownsendBuilding consultancy supervision | 5001-10000 employees | 9 | 134 | 3,588 |
PwC UKSME accounting tax practice | 10,001+ employees | 8 | 13 | 321 |
UKAS - UK Accreditation ServiceManagement system certification | 201-500 employees | 8 | 3 | 16 |
HaleonOtc health product manufacturers | 10,001+ employees | 7 | 14 | 666 |
M&GWealth management general | 5001-10000 employees | 7 | 12 | 112 |
Burness PaullGeneralist law firms | 501-1000 employees | 6 | 6 | 8 |
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By city, seniority and role family
Postings, then companies. Cities as the posting states them.
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| London | 1,033 · 420 |
| Manchester | 119 · 43 |
| Glasgow | 61 · 26 |
| Birmingham | 55 · 34 |
| LONDON | 54 · 11 |
| Belfast | 52 · 12 |
| Bristol | 45 · 24 |
| Leeds | 39 · 25 |
| Blackburn | 27 · 1 |
| Cardiff | 26 · 14 |
| Reading | 25 · 12 |
| United Kingdom | 24 · 10 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| partner | 3 · 2 |
| Unpaid | 2 · 1 |
| Trainee, apprentice | 58 · 29 |
| Entry | 406 · 187 |
| Mid | 203 · 120 |
| Senior | 1,497 · 668 |
| Manager | 309 · 195 |
| Director | 234 · 149 |
| VP | 109 · 25 |
| C-level | 17 · 11 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| lawyers and legal counsel | 1,450 · 532 |
| compliance | 607 · 387 |
| risk management | 547 · 217 |
| paralegal and legal support | 325 · 128 |
| contracts management | 317 · 171 |
| financial crime and investigations | 293 · 159 |
Tools legal, compliance & risk postings in United Kingdom ask for
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| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Hybrid | 334 · 161 |
| Onsite | 157 · 87 |
| Remote | 114 · 64 |
| postings · companies | |
|---|---|
| Posted in the last 7 days | 468 · 230 |
| Posted in the last 30 days | 2,139 · 785 |
| All open | 3,603 · 1,144 |
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1,144 companies have 3,603 open legal, compliance & risk roles in United Kingdom; 785 of them posted 2,139 in the last 30 days. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/hiring/legal_compliance_and_risk/united-kingdom)
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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →
- Job postingsRead hourly from the applicant tracking systems behind company career sites, with portals filling the gaps. Reposts collapse into one record; a role closes when the company closes it.
- Function and familyRole tree v2: every title classified into a function and a family, in every language.
- LocationThe posting's stated location, normalised to city and country. This page counts roles located in United Kingdom.
- ExclusionsJob boards, directories and aggregators are kept out of company lists; staffing firms stay in only for their own hiring.
Legal, compliance & risk hiring in United Kingdom: questions
What counts as a legal, compliance & risk role?
A posting classified into the legal, compliance & risk function by our role tree (v2), whatever the title says. "Account Executive", "Vertriebsmitarbeiter" and "SDR" all land in the same function, then in a family such as lawyers and legal counsel.
Why is United Kingdom the posting's country, not the company's?
This page counts roles located in United Kingdom. A US company hiring in Berlin counts; a British company hiring in Paris does not. Company pages show the reverse view.
How fresh is it?
Career systems are checked hourly, so a role usually shows up the same day it opens and disappears the day it closes. Reposts collapse into one record.
Can I get the hiring manager?
Yes. For each company, the person the new hires report to, with a verified e-mail. The first 15 companies are on this page; the rest, and a weekly feed of new legal, compliance & risk hiring in United Kingdom, is in the product.
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