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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Bristol region.

 Legal
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank514250
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Up+8
Matching contract IT job ads427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol0.593 %0.366 %0.734 %
As % of the General category1.078 %0.866 %1.528 %
Daily rates quoted302
Average daily rate£300-£431
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220-£426
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£480-£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350£350
% change year-on-year
+0.850 %-
Hourly rates quoted010
Average hourly rate-£12.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£23.75£20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.050 %+18.75 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
371231458
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol55.04 %42.31 %48.01 %
Daily rates quoted20577217
Average daily rate£338£328£326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.050 %+0.610 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£155£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£455£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted245043
Average hourly rate£25.50£34.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+70.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.10£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.50£37.25£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Legal South WestLegal
South West

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Legal across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bristol Legal Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Legal across the Bristol region.

Bristol Legal Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Bristol Legal Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Legal across the Bristol region.

Bristol Legal Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Legal also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Legal.

12 (22.22 %)Telecoms
12 (22.22 %)Finance
12 (22.22 %)Billing
12 (22.22 %)Visualfiles
12 (22.22 %)UML
12 (22.22 %)Product Management
21 (11.11 %)Security Architecture
21 (11.11 %)WF
21 (11.11 %)Data Architecture
21 (11.11 %)OO
21 (11.11 %)SharePoint
21 (11.11 %)MS Visio
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (11.11 %)Internet
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
21 (11.11 %)C
21 (11.11 %)C#
21 (11.11 %)SQL
21 (11.11 %).NET
21 (11.11 %)MS Office
21 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
21 (11.11 %)Web Services
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
21 (11.11 %)Windows
21 (11.11 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (11.11 %)Windows SharePoint Services
21 (11.11 %)Degree
21 (11.11 %)Supplier Management
21 (11.11 %)Spring
21 (11.11 %)Education

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Legal also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Legal. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)WF
11 (11.11 %).NET
11 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
11 (11.11 %)Web Services
11 (11.11 %)Windows SharePoint Services
11 (11.11 %)Spring
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)SharePoint
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Visio
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)Internet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Telecoms
12 (22.22 %)Finance
12 (22.22 %)Billing
21 (11.11 %)Education
21 (11.11 %)Law
21 (11.11 %)Advertising
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Business Analyst
14 (44.44 %)Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Developer
22 (22.22 %)Telecoms Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Telecoms Business Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Architect
31 (11.11 %)Project Manager
31 (11.11 %)Lead Architect
31 (11.11 %)SharePoint Developer
31 (11.11 %)Administrator
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)Windows
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)UML
12 (22.22 %)Product Management
21 (11.11 %)Security Architecture
21 (11.11 %)Data Architecture
21 (11.11 %)OO
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
21 (11.11 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (11.11 %)Supplier Management
21 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)C
11 (11.11 %)C#
11 (11.11 %)SQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (11.11 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (11.11 %)Degree
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (22.22 %)Visualfiles