The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Legal
Rank 51 58 50
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -8
Contract jobs citing Legal 1 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.185% 0.873% 0.372%
As % of the General category 0.629% 3.448% 1.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
Average daily rate - £450 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £381 £350
% change year-on-year
-11.47% +8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £17.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+77.88% -
All of the General Category
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
159 174 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 29.44% 25.33% 25.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 84 71
Average daily rate £375 £363 £336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +7.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £288 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £478 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 19
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.70 £11.70 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.00 £48.25 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Legal
East of England

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Legal across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Cambridgeshire Legal Jobs Demand Trend

Legal
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Legal Daily Rate Trend

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +8 1 - -
Legal
East of England

Legal
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) COBIT
1 2 (66.67%) QA
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) COBIT
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft