It doesn't take a genius to understand that the COVID pandemic shook up the legal market - including in the UK, where a recent review provided a detailed overview of the impact of the pandemic.

The monthly average number of jobs posted to law jobs site Simply Law Jobs in 2020 was 5,328, a 60 per cent decrease from 2019.

The report also uncovered the challenges of searching for a job during a global pandemic and how priorities have changed as a result of the events in 2020.

From an interview of 138 legal professionals in December 2020, 64 per cent of those surveyed claimed their priorities had changed. The top three reasons as to why include searching for a better work/home balance, the lowering of salary expectations and the willingness to branch out into other sectors to secure employment.

You can read the full report by downloading it here .