The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Legal
Rank 78 101 113
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +12
Contract jobs citing Legal 156 125 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.446% 1.589% 1.490%
As % of the General category 4.288% 2.641% 2.211%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 62 102
Average daily rate £463 £475 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £327 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £673 £623 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £388 £363
% change year-on-year
-14.51% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 9
Average hourly rate £21.75 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.85 £17.70 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £22.50 £35.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £17.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+77.88% -
All of the General Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
3638 4733 6602
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 57.03% 60.18% 67.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2769 3569 4975
Average daily rate £475 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £310 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 68 88
Average hourly rate £21.50 £20.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.87% -6.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £14.85 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.65 £27.75 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Legal
London

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Legal Daily Rate Trend

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Legal Daily Rate Histogram

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 90 (31.91%) Law
2 83 (29.43%) Finance
3 75 (26.60%) Windows
4 51 (18.09%) Banking
5 47 (16.67%) MS Office
6 40 (14.18%) ITIL
6 40 (14.18%) Microsoft
7 38 (13.48%) Active Directory
8 34 (12.06%) Project Management
9 31 (10.99%) Degree
9 31 (10.99%) Windows 7
10 29 (10.28%) Document Management
11 28 (9.929%) Investment Banking
12 26 (9.220%) Windows XP
13 24 (8.511%) Stakeholder Management
14 21 (7.447%) Blackberry
15 20 (7.092%) Citrix
15 20 (7.092%) MS Excel
15 20 (7.092%) Windows Server 2008
16 18 (6.383%) PRINCE2
16 18 (6.383%) SQL
17 17 (6.028%) Publishing
17 17 (6.028%) Information Security
18 16 (5.674%) Migration
18 16 (5.674%) Windows Server 2003
19 15 (5.319%) Marketing
20 14 (4.965%) User Acceptance Testing
20 14 (4.965%) Telecoms
20 14 (4.965%) MS Exchange
21 13 (4.610%) MS Visio

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 11 (3.901%) HTML
2 7 (2.482%) Flash
3 5 (1.773%) XML
4 4 (1.418%) .NET
4 4 (1.418%) XSLT
5 3 (1.064%) XSD
6 2 (0.709%) Application Packaging
6 2 (0.709%) COM
6 2 (0.709%) CSS
7 1 (0.355%) Web Services
7 1 (0.355%) ASP
7 1 (0.355%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.355%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.355%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.355%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.355%) Backbone.js
7 1 (0.355%) KnockoutJS
7 1 (0.355%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (0.355%) HTML5
7 1 (0.355%) Velocity
Application Platforms
1 14 (4.965%) MS Exchange
2 13 (4.610%) WorkSite
3 10 (3.546%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 9 (3.191%) CMS
4 9 (3.191%) IIS
4 9 (3.191%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.482%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (2.482%) Adobe CQ
5 7 (2.482%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (2.128%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (2.128%) SAS
7 3 (1.064%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.355%) TeamSite
8 1 (0.355%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.355%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.355%) WordPress
8 1 (0.355%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.355%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.355%) CM System
8 1 (0.355%) Lync
Applications
1 47 (16.67%) MS Office
2 20 (7.092%) MS Excel
3 13 (4.610%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.837%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (2.482%) Photoshop
6 6 (2.128%) MS Project
7 2 (0.709%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.709%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (0.709%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.355%) Summit
2 1 (0.355%) Agresso
2 1 (0.355%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.355%) Algo Collateral
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.191%) LAN
1 9 (3.191%) WAN
2 8 (2.837%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.837%) Firewall
3 7 (2.482%) HTTP
4 6 (2.128%) Intranet
4 6 (2.128%) Internet
5 5 (1.773%) Wireless
5 5 (1.773%) SAN
5 5 (1.773%) Network Security
6 3 (1.064%) DNS
6 3 (1.064%) Extranet
6 3 (1.064%) VPN
7 2 (0.709%) Nortel Meridian
7 2 (0.709%) IP Telephony
7 2 (0.709%) DHCP
7 2 (0.709%) SMTP
7 2 (0.709%) LDAP
7 2 (0.709%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.709%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.901%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.773%) SAP BI
3 3 (1.064%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (1.064%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (1.064%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.355%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.355%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.355%) TOAD
4 1 (0.355%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.355%) OLAP
4 1 (0.355%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.355%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.355%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.546%) InstallShield
2 7 (2.482%) MSI
3 2 (0.709%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.355%) ERwin
4 1 (0.355%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 90 (31.91%) Law
2 83 (29.43%) Finance
3 51 (18.09%) Banking
4 28 (9.929%) Investment Banking
5 17 (6.028%) Publishing
6 15 (5.319%) Marketing
7 14 (4.965%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.901%) Retail
9 10 (3.546%) Retail Banking
10 7 (2.482%) Front Office
11 5 (1.773%) Billing
11 5 (1.773%) French Language
12 4 (1.418%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.709%) Advertising
13 2 (0.709%) Back Office
14 1 (0.355%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.355%) Local Government
14 1 (0.355%) German Language
14 1 (0.355%) Polish Language
14 1 (0.355%) Arabic Language
Job Titles
1 92 (32.62%) Analyst
2 41 (14.54%) Business Analyst
3 37 (13.12%) Project Manager
4 23 (8.156%) Support Analyst
5 20 (7.092%) Service Analyst
6 18 (6.383%) Consultant
7 17 (6.028%) Service Desk Analyst
8 15 (5.319%) Trainer
9 14 (4.965%) IT Trainer
10 11 (3.901%) Legal Analyst
10 11 (3.901%) Applications Support
10 11 (3.901%) Developer
11 8 (2.837%) Credit Risk Analyst
11 8 (2.837%) Applications Support Analyst
11 8 (2.837%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
12 7 (2.482%) Help Desk Support
12 7 (2.482%) FPGA Engineer
12 7 (2.482%) Web Producer
13 6 (2.128%) Risk Analyst
13 6 (2.128%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.447%) Blackberry
2 13 (4.610%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.546%) Credit Risk
4 8 (2.837%) Computer Science
5 7 (2.482%) VHDL
5 7 (2.482%) Verilog
5 7 (2.482%) ASIC
5 7 (2.482%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 7 (2.482%) Derivative
6 6 (2.128%) SWIFT
7 5 (1.773%) Handset
7 5 (1.773%) E-Learning
7 5 (1.773%) FMCG
7 5 (1.773%) iPad
7 5 (1.773%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (1.773%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.773%) Freedom of Information Act
7 5 (1.773%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.064%) W3C
8 3 (1.064%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 75 (26.60%) Windows
2 31 (10.99%) Windows 7
3 26 (9.220%) Windows XP
4 20 (7.092%) Windows Server 2008
5 16 (5.674%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.064%) Android
7 1 (0.355%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.355%) NetWare
7 1 (0.355%) UNIX
7 1 (0.355%) Linux
7 1 (0.355%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.355%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (14.18%) ITIL
2 34 (12.06%) Project Management
3 29 (10.28%) Document Management
4 24 (8.511%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (6.383%) PRINCE2
6 17 (6.028%) Information Security
7 16 (5.674%) Migration
8 14 (4.965%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (4.610%) E-Commerce
9 13 (4.610%) Change Management
10 12 (4.255%) GAP Analysis
10 12 (4.255%) Risk Management
11 11 (3.901%) Practice Management
11 11 (3.901%) Data Protection
11 11 (3.901%) Business Analysis
12 10 (3.546%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (3.191%) UML
13 9 (3.191%) Release Management
14 8 (2.837%) Information Assurance
14 8 (2.837%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.383%) SQL
2 8 (2.837%) VBScript
3 3 (1.064%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.709%) VBA
4 2 (0.709%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.709%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.355%) PHP
5 1 (0.355%) C
5 1 (0.355%) C#
5 1 (0.355%) VB
5 1 (0.355%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (10.99%) Degree
2 12 (4.255%) SC Cleared
2 12 (4.255%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.901%) MOS
4 10 (3.546%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (3.191%) CISSP
6 7 (2.482%) CISM
7 4 (1.418%) BC Cleared
7 4 (1.418%) ISEB
7 4 (1.418%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.709%) CITP
8 2 (0.709%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (0.709%) JNCIE
8 2 (0.709%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.709%) MCSE
8 2 (0.709%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (0.709%) CCIE
8 2 (0.709%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.709%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.355%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.191%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.482%) COBIT
3 4 (1.418%) QA
3 4 (1.418%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.064%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.064%) FATCA
5 2 (0.709%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.355%) Basel II
6 1 (0.355%) SLA
6 1 (0.355%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.355%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.355%) Basel III
6 1 (0.355%) MiFID
System Software
1 38 (13.48%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.610%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (3.191%) XenApp
4 8 (2.837%) XenDesktop
5 2 (0.709%) UAG
5 2 (0.709%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (0.709%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.709%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.355%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.355%) NDS
6 1 (0.355%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.355%) XenServer
6 1 (0.355%) Snort
6 1 (0.355%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 11 (3.901%) SCCM
2 2 (0.709%) SCOM
2 2 (0.709%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (0.709%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (0.355%) DameWare
3 1 (0.355%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (0.355%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 40 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.092%) Citrix
3 9 (3.191%) Adobe
3 9 (3.191%) SAP
4 7 (2.482%) VMware
4 7 (2.482%) Altera
5 6 (2.128%) Cisco
6 5 (1.773%) Symantec
7 4 (1.418%) Riverbed
7 4 (1.418%) Hummingbird
8 3 (1.064%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.064%) Juniper
9 2 (0.709%) Civica
9 2 (0.709%) F5
9 2 (0.709%) Business Objects
9 2 (0.709%) Charles River
9 2 (0.709%) Nortel
9 2 (0.709%) Interwoven
9 2 (0.709%) Avaya
10 1 (0.355%) AppSense
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