# Market evidence report — lawyer

Source: **67 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 67), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 44 | 66 % |
| senior | 12 | 18 % |
| n/a | 5 | 7 % |
| lead | 4 | 6 % |
| junior | 2 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 4 | 6 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 6 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | legal research | 17 | 25 % |
| 2 | litigation | 12 | 18 % |
| 3 | regulatory compliance | 10 | 15 % |
| 4 | contract negotiation | 8 | 12 % |
| 5 | advocacy | 7 | 10 % |
| 6 | legal advice | 7 | 10 % |
| 7 | legal writing | 7 | 10 % |
| 8 | contract drafting | 6 | 9 % |
| 9 | legal analysis | 6 | 9 % |
| 10 | motion practice | 5 | 7 % |
| 11 | negotiation | 5 | 7 % |
| 12 | administrative law | 4 | 6 % |
| 13 | civil litigation | 4 | 6 % |
| 14 | compliance | 4 | 6 % |
| 15 | discovery management | 4 | 6 % |
| 16 | employment law | 4 | 6 % |
| 17 | risk management | 4 | 6 % |
| 18 | securities law | 4 | 6 % |
| 19 | analytical skills | 3 | 4 % |
| 20 | brief writing | 3 | 4 % |
| 21 | case management | 3 | 4 % |
| 22 | data analysis | 3 | 4 % |
| 23 | due diligence | 3 | 4 % |
| 24 | investigations | 3 | 4 % |
| 25 | legal strategy | 3 | 4 % |
| 26 | risk assessment | 3 | 4 % |
| 27 | software troubleshooting | 3 | 4 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | client communication | 5 | 7 % |
| 2 | agreement drafting | 3 | 4 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 67 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

67 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- legal research — 25 % (17 ads)
- litigation — 18 % (12 ads)
- regulatory compliance — 15 % (10 ads)
- contract negotiation — 12 % (8 ads)
- advocacy — 10 % (7 ads)
- legal advice — 10 % (7 ads)
- legal writing — 10 % (7 ads)
- contract drafting — 9 % (6 ads)
- legal analysis — 9 % (6 ads)
- motion practice — 7 % (5 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 6 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 6 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 3 % (2 ads)
- Office 365 — 3 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 66 % · senior 18 % · n/a 7 % · lead 6 % · junior 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Desktop Support Technician | 2 |
| Litigation Attorney | 2 |
| Antitrust Associate | Washington DC | Am Law 200 ranked | 1 |
| Antitrust Associate Attorney (Mid-Level) | 1 |
| Appellate Associate (Washington DC) | 1 |
| Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory | 1 |
| Associate Attorney - Plaintiff PI | 1 |
| Associate Attorney (Transactional) | 1 |
| Associate Attorney, Corporate | 1 |
| Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Public Sector | 1 |
| Associate General Counsel-  Corporate / Finance Transactions | 1 |
| Associate/Counsel (Attorney) – ERISA/Fiduciary | 1 |
| Attorney | 1 |
| Attorney Recruiting Specialist | 1 |
| Barrister 8yrs Call | 1 |
| Chief Legal Officer | 1 |
| Commercial Contracts Attorney | 1 |
| Corporate Attorney | 1 |
| Corporate Counsel | 1 |
| Counsel, AI Risk & Compliance | 1 |
| Desktop Technician (as back up) Chantilly, VA | 1 |
| Director of the Legal Division (Senior Staff Attorney) | 1 |
| Employment Law Attorney (Human Resources Division - DC) | 1 |
| EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY: DISTRICT III: UPPER EASTERN SHORE (RE-POST) | 1 |
| Family Defense Disability Social Worker | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.