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Legal Counsel Jobs in Germany

Consulting appears in 45% of analyzed listings. Munich is the most frequently named city, and 47% are marked as hybrid.

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Job-market data

What the listings show

Based on 170 job listings we analyzed since 15 March 2026. Not a list of current vacancies.

170
job listings analyzed
105
companies behind these listings
51%
of listings offer hybrid or remote work
68%
of listings name a city
Skill signals

Which skills recur

Share of 170 analyzed listings that name each skill. One listing can name several.

Business methods61% of listings

Consulting
45%
Compliance
22%
Digitalisierung
8%
Project Management
5%
Risk Management
4%
Data Analysis
3%

Industrial & electrical12% of listings

Automation
8%
Instandhaltung / Wartung
3%
IoT
1%
Inbetriebnahme
1%
Photovoltaik
1%
Positioning

What gets you in, and what sets you apart

Use this to decide what your CV leads with: expected skills keep you in the running, rarer ones set you apart.

Shares of the analyzed listings; skills are extracted from each listing.

Your edge

Rarer but present. These are what set a candidate apart.

  • Compliance37 listings · 22%
  • GDPR20 listings · 12%
  • Security20 listings · 12%
  • Digitalisierung14 listings · 8%
Use the findings

What to take into your search

Skill requirements vary by listing

In the listingsEven the most named skills (Consulting, Compliance and GDPR) each appear in fewer than half of listings.How to use itChoose examples that fit the specific posting. No one keyword represents the whole job type.

Fully remote listings are less common

In the listingsOnly 4% of listings are fully remote. Hybrid is 47% and onsite 22%.How to use itIf you need fully remote work, check the work mode before spending time on an application.
Working conditions

Work patterns and requirements

Work mode

47%Hybrid
Hybrid 47%
Unspecified 27%
Onsite 22%
Remote 4%
Do these jobs need German?

Of 170 analyzed listings, 88 require German, 22 say it is optional or a plus, and 60 do not say.

German optional 12%
German a plus 1%
German required 52%
Not stated 35%

10% of the listings are written in English.

Seniority
Mid-level 42%
Senior 19%
Junior 9%
Lead/Principal 1%
Unspecified 29%
Who these listings are open to
Part-time 4%
Unspecified 13%

Full-time 83% (not shown in the bar).

Where the jobs cluster

Top locations

116 listings name a city (68%)
54 name no city (32%)

These postings don't specify a city in the data we have. That doesn't mean location isn't required, only that none was listed.

Cities named most often

  1. 1Munich19 listings11%
  2. 2Berlin12 listings7%
  3. 3Stuttgart8 listings5%
  4. 4Frankfurt7 listings4%
  5. 5Düsseldorf5 listings3%
  6. 6Hamburg5 listings3%

Counts and shares are of all 170 analyzed listings.

How you work

Soft skills that recur

Soft skills employers name

Communication
47%
Self-Motivation
27%
Adaptability
26%
Teamwork
24%
Negotiation
20%
Problem Solving
15%

Share of all analyzed listings that name each soft skill.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does a skill percentage mean every employer requires it?

No. It is the share of analyzed listings that explicitly name the skill. Read each posting, then show examples only for skills you actually have.

What if a listing has no city?

54 of 170 analyzed listings have no city in our data. They are not assigned to a city in the chart; this does not establish whether remote work is possible.

Why can the open listings differ from the market figures?

The market figures come from an analysis dated 22 September 2026. The open listings are loaded from the current index and can change between visits.

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Related job types and cities

Related job types

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Source: Kariyan job index, Germany. Some location, language and seniority fields are incomplete. We do not publish salary, demographic or response-rate data.

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