How long can you expect a legal IT professional to remain in one job? To be honest, it’s a real ‘how long is a piece of string’ question, but there are some general trends that hold true.
Junior people tend to move every year to two years, but senior people tend to hang around longer. The average across the legal IT industry is about 18-24 months. But although job durations have been in decline during the past four years, the average duration is now rising again as what we once called the ‘boom in the market’ continues to slow.
