The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Legal
Rank 55 61 70
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +9
Contract jobs citing Legal 6 8 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.831% 0.984% 0.720%
As % of the General category 1.954% 2.326% 1.392%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
Average daily rate £175 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.15% -13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £375 £363
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £50.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.48 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
+61.64% +1.49%
All of the General Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
307 344 503
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 42.52% 42.31% 51.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 227 356
Average daily rate £370 £373 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.80% +14.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £293 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 13
Average hourly rate £40.29 £26.15 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.05% -12.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.11 £10.11 £9.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £31.00 £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Legal
North West

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Chester -2 5 £175 -
Legal
North West

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 9 (69.23%) Information Security
2 8 (61.54%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) CISSP
3 7 (53.85%) Service Management
3 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Analysis
5 5 (38.46%) Finance
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (15.38%) AIX
7 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
7 2 (15.38%) UNIX
7 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Firewall
7 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
7 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
7 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
7 2 (15.38%) Degree
7 2 (15.38%) Banking
8 1 (7.692%) Ethical Hacking
8 1 (7.692%) CEH
8 1 (7.692%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (7.692%) Local Government
8 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
8 1 (7.692%) Marketing
8 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
8 1 (7.692%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (7.692%) XenApp
8 1 (7.692%) Data Entry

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) GIS
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Local Government
3 1 (7.692%) Marketing
3 1 (7.692%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Consultant
2 7 (53.85%) Security Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Information Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Junior Information Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) IT Support
4 1 (7.692%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Graduate
4 1 (7.692%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) UNIX
1 2 (15.38%) AIX
2 1 (7.692%) Linux
2 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Information Security
2 8 (61.54%) ITIL
3 7 (53.85%) Service Management
3 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Analysis
4 6 (46.15%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
6 1 (7.692%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (7.692%) Workflow
6 1 (7.692%) Migration
6 1 (7.692%) Data Entry
6 1 (7.692%) Online Marketing
6 1 (7.692%) Performance Management
6 1 (7.692%) Computer Security
6 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
6 1 (7.692%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.692%) EnCE
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.692%) CEH
3 1 (7.692%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (7.692%) XenApp
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.692%) ArcSight
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco
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