The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 Chester 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 21 19 21
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Contract jobs citing Legal 4 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 2.837% 2.586% 1.829%
As % of the General category 11.11% 13.64% 6.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £175 - £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £381 £350
% change year-on-year
-11.47% +8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £50.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £17.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+77.88% -
All of the General Category
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
36 22 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 25.53% 18.97% 29.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 19
Average daily rate £250 £375 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +4.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £172 £350 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £445 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 2
Average hourly rate £44.90 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Legal
Cheshire

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 8 (72.73%) Information Security
2 7 (63.64%) CISSP
3 6 (54.55%) Service Management
3 6 (54.55%) ITIL
3 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (45.45%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (45.45%) Risk Analysis
4 5 (45.45%) Finance
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
6 2 (18.18%) AIX
6 2 (18.18%) UNIX
6 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Firewall
6 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
6 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
6 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) Banking
7 1 (9.091%) Ethical Hacking
7 1 (9.091%) CEH
7 1 (9.091%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (9.091%) Local Government
7 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
7 1 (9.091%) Marketing
7 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
7 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (9.091%) XenApp
7 1 (9.091%) Data Entry
7 1 (9.091%) Online Marketing

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.091%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (9.091%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) GIS
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 1 (9.091%) Local Government
3 1 (9.091%) Marketing
3 1 (9.091%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Consultant
2 6 (54.55%) Security Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Security Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Information Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Security Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Junior Information Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) IT Support
4 1 (9.091%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Junior
4 1 (9.091%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) AIX
1 2 (18.18%) UNIX
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Information Security
2 6 (54.55%) Service Management
2 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (45.45%) Risk Assessment
3 5 (45.45%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 1 (9.091%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (9.091%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
5 1 (9.091%) Data Entry
5 1 (9.091%) Online Marketing
5 1 (9.091%) Computer Security
5 1 (9.091%) Workflow
5 1 (9.091%) Migration
5 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
5 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 1 (9.091%) CEH
3 1 (9.091%) EnCE
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.091%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) XenApp
1 1 (9.091%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.091%) ArcSight
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix
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