The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Law over the 3 months to 19 June 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 East of England 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Law
Rank 103 107 127
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +20
Contract jobs citing Law 15 29 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.678% 0.960% 0.108%
As % of the General category 2.011% 2.718% 0.282%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 0
Average daily rate £500 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £400 £293
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +36.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 £33.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.59% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-54.28% +108.95%
All of the General Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
746 1067 1065
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 33.74% 35.33% 38.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 461 477
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £244 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 89 85
Average hourly rate £32.50 £29.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% +28.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £16.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £47.50 £38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Law
England

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Law Jobs Demand Trend

Law
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Law across the East of England region.

East of England Law Daily Rate Trend

Law
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Law across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England Law Daily Rate Histogram

Law
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Law across the East of England region.

East of England Law Hourly Rate Trend

Law
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Essex -11 7 £288 -36.11%
Hertfordshire +18 5 £550 +83.33% 1
Suffolk - 4 - - 1
Bedfordshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - - 1
Law
England

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Law 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 Law.

1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) MS Office
3 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 5 (27.78%) Document Management
4 5 (27.78%) Legal
4 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
4 5 (27.78%) Blackberry
5 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
5 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
6 3 (16.67%) SAP
6 3 (16.67%) Citrix
6 3 (16.67%) Finance
7 2 (11.11%) VMware
7 2 (11.11%) E-Learning
7 2 (11.11%) Change Management
7 2 (11.11%) Practice Management
7 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (11.11%) Marketing
7 2 (11.11%) Social Media
7 2 (11.11%) Facebook
7 2 (11.11%) WorkSite
7 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
7 2 (11.11%) ERP
8 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
8 1 (5.556%) SQL
8 1 (5.556%) .NET
8 1 (5.556%) Oracle
8 1 (5.556%) IIS

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Law 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 Law. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) .NET
1 1 (5.556%) ASP
1 1 (5.556%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (11.11%) WorkSite
2 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Office
2 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) SAP FI
1 1 (5.556%) SAP MM
1 1 (5.556%) SAP SD
1 1 (5.556%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
1 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.556%) VPN
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
1 1 (5.556%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (27.78%) Legal
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Service Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Data Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IT Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Training Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Trainer
5 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Support
5 1 (5.556%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) ERP Manager
5 1 (5.556%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Blackberry
2 2 (11.11%) E-Learning
2 2 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Document Management
2 2 (11.11%) Change Management
2 2 (11.11%) Practice Management
2 2 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (5.556%) Network Load Balancing
3 1 (5.556%) Logistics
3 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) DFS Replication
2 1 (5.556%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) SAP
2 3 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (11.11%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) Facebook
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle
4 1 (5.556%) HP
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