Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 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 City of London region.

 Legal
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1299778
Rank change year-on-year
Down-32Down-19
Matching contract IT job ads9153145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London1.061 %1.311 %1.800 %
As % of the General category1.506 %1.980 %2.715 %
Daily rates quoted622251
Average daily rate£440£370£351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.91 %+5.560 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£185£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£450£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350£350
% change year-on-year
+0.850 %-
Hourly rates quoted71119
Average hourly rate£21.00£19.00£22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.52 %-16.48 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.40£14.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.00£22.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£23.75£20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.050 %+18.75 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
604226775340
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London70.44 %66.20 %66.28 %
Daily rates quoted391714832595
Average daily rate£500£450£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£300£310
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£600£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted5467180
Average hourly rate£22.25£19.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.10 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.03£14.00£14.10
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Legal LondonLegal
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Legal Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

City of London Legal Hourly Rate Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

173 (39.46 %)Banking
254 (29.19 %)Finance
344 (23.78 %)Investment Banking
433 (17.84 %)Law
528 (15.14 %)SQL
622 (11.89 %)Project Management
622 (11.89 %)Business Analysis
721 (11.35 %)MS Excel
820 (10.81 %)Microsoft
918 (9.730 %)MS Office
1017 (9.189 %)SQL Server
1115 (8.108 %)Migration
1214 (7.568 %)Workflow
1214 (7.568 %)Derivative
1313 (7.027 %)Windows
1412 (6.486 %)PRINCE2
1412 (6.486 %)Business Objects
1412 (6.486 %)BusinessObjects
1511 (5.946 %)Document Management
1610 (5.405 %)CMS
1610 (5.405 %)Equities
1610 (5.405 %).NET
1610 (5.405 %)C#
1610 (5.405 %)Java
179 (4.865 %)VB
179 (4.865 %)Oracle
179 (4.865 %)ITIL
179 (4.865 %)Change Management
179 (4.865 %)Management Information System
179 (4.865 %)Front Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (5.405 %).NET
27 (3.784 %)ASP
27 (3.784 %)HTML
34 (2.162 %)Silverlight
34 (2.162 %)ASP.NET
34 (2.162 %)XML
43 (1.622 %)WCF
43 (1.622 %)WPF
52 (1.081 %)Hibernate
52 (1.081 %)J2EE
52 (1.081 %)CSS
52 (1.081 %)XSLT
61 (0.541 %)JSP
61 (0.541 %)Servlets
61 (0.541 %)Struts
61 (0.541 %)Web Services
61 (0.541 %)XSL
61 (0.541 %)EJB
61 (0.541 %)Windows SharePoint Services
61 (0.541 %)AJAX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (5.405 %)CMS
26 (3.243 %)SharePoint
35 (2.703 %)Oracle Workflow
43 (1.622 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
43 (1.622 %)Apache
43 (1.622 %)Tomcat
43 (1.622 %)Documentum
43 (1.622 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (1.081 %)WorkSite
52 (1.081 %)Exchange Server 5.5
52 (1.081 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (1.081 %)IIS
52 (1.081 %)MS Exchange
52 (1.081 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.541 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.541 %)Alfresco
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (11.35 %)MS Excel
218 (9.730 %)MS Office
33 (1.622 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.081 %)InfoPath
42 (1.081 %)MS Visio
51 (0.541 %)MS Project
51 (0.541 %)DeltaView
51 (0.541 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.541 %)CA Clarity
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (3.784 %)BusinessWorks
17 (3.784 %)TIBCO iProcess
24 (2.162 %)CODA-Financials
33 (1.622 %)assyst
41 (0.541 %)SAP FI
41 (0.541 %)SAP CO
41 (0.541 %)SAP FI/CO
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (2.703 %)Intranet
15 (2.703 %)Internet
15 (2.703 %)DNS
15 (2.703 %)Firewall
23 (1.622 %)Extranet
23 (1.622 %)DHCP
23 (1.622 %)TCP/IP
32 (1.081 %)Network Security
41 (0.541 %)LAN
41 (0.541 %)WAN
41 (0.541 %)Cisco IPT
41 (0.541 %)Cisco PIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (9.189 %)SQL Server
212 (6.486 %)BusinessObjects
38 (4.324 %)Reference Data
46 (3.243 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (2.703 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (2.703 %)Crystal Reports
55 (2.703 %)BusinessObjects XI
64 (2.162 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
64 (2.162 %)Essbase
64 (2.162 %)DTS
64 (2.162 %)MS Access
73 (1.622 %)RDBMS
82 (1.081 %)SAP BW
91 (0.541 %)SAP BI
91 (0.541 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.541 %)Data Mart
91 (0.541 %)Data Cleansing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (1.622 %)TestDirector
22 (1.081 %)CruiseControl
22 (1.081 %)FrontPage
31 (0.541 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.541 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.541 %)Subversion
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
173 (39.46 %)Banking
254 (29.19 %)Finance
344 (23.78 %)Investment Banking
433 (17.84 %)Law
59 (4.865 %)Front Office
59 (4.865 %)Telecoms
68 (4.324 %)Back Office
68 (4.324 %)Government
68 (4.324 %)Billing
74 (2.162 %)Retail
74 (2.162 %)Insurance
82 (1.081 %)Education
82 (1.081 %)General Ledger
82 (1.081 %)Corporate Banking
91 (0.541 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (0.541 %)Local Government
91 (0.541 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.541 %)Publishing
91 (0.541 %)Home Office
91 (0.541 %)Health
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
199 (53.51 %)Analyst
252 (28.11 %)Business Analyst
330 (16.22 %)Project Manager
416 (8.649 %)Support Analyst
59 (4.865 %)Banking Business Analyst
68 (4.324 %)Developer
76 (3.243 %)Service Desk Analyst
76 (3.243 %)Technical Leader
76 (3.243 %)Service Analyst
85 (2.703 %)Systems Analyst
85 (2.703 %)Financial Analyst
85 (2.703 %)Senior Analyst
85 (2.703 %)Administrator
94 (2.162 %)Documentation Analyst
94 (2.162 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
94 (2.162 %)Legal Analyst
94 (2.162 %)Data Analyst
94 (2.162 %)Technical Business Analyst
94 (2.162 %)Business Manager
94 (2.162 %)Technical Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (7.568 %)Derivative
210 (5.405 %)Equities
39 (4.865 %)Management Information System
47 (3.784 %)Equity Derivative
47 (3.784 %)Credit Risk
54 (2.162 %)Market Risk
54 (2.162 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
63 (1.622 %)Blackberry
63 (1.622 %)Japanese Language
72 (1.081 %)Data Integration
72 (1.081 %)Taxonomies
81 (0.541 %)Mainframe
81 (0.541 %)Interest Rate Derivative
81 (0.541 %)E-Learning
81 (0.541 %)Spanish Language
81 (0.541 %)French Language
81 (0.541 %)German Language
81 (0.541 %)Italian Language
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (7.027 %)Windows
26 (3.243 %)Windows XP
35 (2.703 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (1.622 %)Windows 2000
52 (1.081 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.541 %)Windows Server 2008
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (11.89 %)Project Management
122 (11.89 %)Business Analysis
215 (8.108 %)Migration
314 (7.568 %)Workflow
412 (6.486 %)PRINCE2
511 (5.946 %)Document Management
69 (4.865 %)ITIL
69 (4.865 %)Change Management
69 (4.865 %)Risk Management
78 (4.324 %)User Acceptance Testing
78 (4.324 %)PRINCE
87 (3.784 %)Agile Software Development
87 (3.784 %)Problem Management
87 (3.784 %)Financial Modelling
96 (3.243 %)Test Scripting
105 (2.703 %)UML
105 (2.703 %)Data Modelling
105 (2.703 %)Content Management
114 (2.162 %)Information Architecture
114 (2.162 %)Stakeholder Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
128 (15.14 %)SQL
210 (5.405 %)C#
210 (5.405 %)Java
39 (4.865 %)VB
47 (3.784 %)VBA
56 (3.243 %)T-SQL
64 (2.162 %)JavaScript
73 (1.622 %)VB.NET
82 (1.081 %)ABAP
82 (1.081 %)C
91 (0.541 %)PL/SQL
91 (0.541 %)VB6
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (3.784 %)Degree
26 (3.243 %)Security Cleared
34 (2.162 %)MOS
43 (1.622 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (1.622 %)MCSE
43 (1.622 %)BC Cleared
52 (1.081 %)CTC Cleared
52 (1.081 %)MCP
61 (0.541 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.541 %)Cisco Certification
61 (0.541 %)CCNP
61 (0.541 %)CCNA
61 (0.541 %)CISA
61 (0.541 %)MBA
61 (0.541 %)SC Cleared
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.622 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.541 %)SLA
21 (0.541 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (4.324 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (1.622 %)SCCM
22 (1.081 %)Backup Exec
22 (1.081 %)MIMEsweeper
31 (0.541 %)MSI
31 (0.541 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
120 (10.81 %)Microsoft
212 (6.486 %)Business Objects
39 (4.865 %)Oracle
47 (3.784 %)TIBCO
47 (3.784 %)SAP
47 (3.784 %)Hummingbird
56 (3.243 %)Thunderhead
65 (2.703 %)Sybase
74 (2.162 %)PeopleSoft
74 (2.162 %)CODA
74 (2.162 %)Ariba
83 (1.622 %)Interwoven
83 (1.622 %)Open Text
92 (1.081 %)LANDesk
92 (1.081 %)Remedy
92 (1.081 %)McAfee
101 (0.541 %)Clearswift
101 (0.541 %)Symantec
101 (0.541 %)CheckPoint
101 (0.541 %)Citrix