What Principal Legal Jobs Ask For
Across 137 open Principal Legal postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are dfars, program-management, contract-negotiation.
Updated October 29, 2026
141 open Principal Legal postings. The percentages below are measured over the 137 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| dfars | 34% |
| program-management | 20% |
| contract-negotiation | 18% |
| ai | 18% |
| acceptance-criteria | 15% |
| regulatory-compliance | 15% |
| risk-assessment | 15% |
| business-development | 13% |
| stakeholder-management | 13% |
| cloud | 11% |
| process-improvement | 9% |
| automation | 9% |
| cybersecurity | 9% |
| iso-13485 | 9% |
| technical-writing | 8% |
| machine-learning | 7% |
| saas | 7% |
| sap | 7% |
| oracle | 7% |
| contract-drafting | 6% |
| nist | 6% |
| sharepoint | 5% |
| fedramp | 4% |
| go-to-market | 4% |
| itar | 4% |
| agile | 4% |
| cisco | 4% |
| corrective-action | 4% |
| networking | 4% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Legal levels
Most Legal postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- legal-research 2,429
- ai 1,947
- regulatory-compliance 1,590
- risk-assessment 1,111
- gdpr 719
- business-development 669
- stakeholder-management 664
- corrective-action 542
- cloud 521
- automation 521
- cybersecurity 508
- process-improvement 439