The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 268 260 288
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +28
Contract jobs citing Law 292 341 328
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.675% 0.644% 0.573%
As % of the General category 1.544% 1.428% 1.158%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 176 173
Average daily rate £310 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £400 £293
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +36.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 26
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +18.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.80 £17.15 £14.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.50 £34.75 £32.50
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
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
18910 23887 28321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 43.70% 45.11% 49.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11802 14645 17354
Average daily rate £450 £440 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 591 652 886
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.97 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Law
UK

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 England region.

England Law Hourly Rate Trend

Law
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Law Hourly Rate Histogram

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 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
London +25 232 £316 -20.93% 162
South East +7 20 £350 -11.11% 20
East of England +4 15 £500 +25.00% 3
South West +20 8 £265 -51.81% 8
North West +15 7 £250 - 11
West Midlands 0 6 £313 -21.97%
Yorkshire +6 3 £294 +26.34% 4
East Midlands - - - -
North East - - - -
Law
UK

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 324 (53.11%) Legal
2 223 (36.56%) Windows
3 150 (24.59%) Finance
4 149 (24.43%) MS Office
5 132 (21.64%) Microsoft
6 109 (17.87%) ITIL
7 105 (17.21%) Active Directory
8 94 (15.41%) Citrix
9 90 (14.75%) MS Excel
10 88 (14.43%) Blackberry
11 84 (13.77%) Windows 7
12 83 (13.61%) Document Management
13 77 (12.62%) Windows XP
14 68 (11.15%) Banking
15 64 (10.49%) SQL
16 61 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
17 58 (9.508%) XenApp
18 57 (9.344%) Project Management
19 53 (8.689%) Telecoms
19 53 (8.689%) MS Exchange
20 49 (8.033%) Windows Server 2008
21 46 (7.541%) PRINCE2
22 44 (7.213%) WorkSite
23 42 (6.885%) SharePoint
24 40 (6.557%) Windows Server 2003
25 39 (6.393%) VMware
26 37 (6.066%) .NET
27 35 (5.738%) ITIL Certification
27 35 (5.738%) Degree
28 34 (5.574%) E-Commerce

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 37 (6.066%) .NET
2 26 (4.262%) ASP.NET
3 15 (2.459%) ASP.NET MVC
4 14 (2.295%) XML
5 10 (1.639%) WinForms
6 9 (1.475%) Web Services
7 8 (1.311%) jQuery
7 8 (1.311%) WCF
8 6 (0.984%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.820%) HTML
9 5 (0.820%) CSS
9 5 (0.820%) NHibernate
10 4 (0.656%) Software Packaging
10 4 (0.656%) WPF
10 4 (0.656%) Application Packaging
10 4 (0.656%) XSLT
10 4 (0.656%) ASP
11 3 (0.492%) CSS3
11 3 (0.492%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 3 (0.492%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 61 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 53 (8.689%) MS Exchange
3 44 (7.213%) WorkSite
4 42 (6.885%) SharePoint
5 29 (4.754%) Exchange Server 2010
6 23 (3.770%) IIS
7 15 (2.459%) Exchange Server 2007
7 15 (2.459%) Exchange Server 2003
8 12 (1.967%) CMS
9 10 (1.639%) Lync
10 7 (1.148%) CM System
11 6 (0.984%) SharePoint 2010
12 4 (0.656%) Documentum
13 3 (0.492%) Windows Azure
13 3 (0.492%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.328%) Amazon AWS
14 2 (0.328%) BizTalk Server
15 1 (0.164%) SAS
15 1 (0.164%) NetWeaver
15 1 (0.164%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 149 (24.43%) MS Office
2 90 (14.75%) MS Excel
3 21 (3.443%) MS PowerPoint
4 12 (1.967%) MS Project
5 8 (1.311%) Adobe Captivate
6 5 (0.820%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.328%) Maya
7 2 (0.328%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.164%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.164%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.164%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.492%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (0.492%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.328%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (0.328%) SAP SRM
2 2 (0.328%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.164%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.164%) CODA-Financials
3 1 (0.164%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.164%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.164%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.164%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.164%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.164%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.164%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.164%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.164%) Cognos Planning
3 1 (0.164%) assyst
3 1 (0.164%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.164%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.164%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.426%) LAN
2 26 (4.262%) SAN
3 23 (3.770%) WAN
4 20 (3.279%) TCP/IP
4 20 (3.279%) Firewall
5 19 (3.115%) Internet
6 18 (2.951%) DNS
7 17 (2.787%) Intranet
8 15 (2.459%) VoIP
9 9 (1.475%) DHCP
9 9 (1.475%) HTTP
10 8 (1.311%) Network Security
10 8 (1.311%) Extranet
10 8 (1.311%) VPN
10 8 (1.311%) SMTP
11 7 (1.148%) NAS
12 6 (0.984%) Wireless
13 5 (0.820%) LDAP
13 5 (0.820%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.656%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.246%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.639%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (1.311%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (1.148%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (1.148%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (0.984%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (0.984%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.984%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.656%) SAP Data Services
7 3 (0.492%) SAP BW
7 3 (0.492%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (0.328%) QlikView
8 2 (0.328%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (0.328%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.328%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.164%) DTS
9 1 (0.164%) OLAP
9 1 (0.164%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.164%) SAP BI
9 1 (0.164%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 17 (2.787%) InstallShield
2 9 (1.475%) MSI
3 6 (0.984%) Selenium
4 5 (0.820%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.328%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.328%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (0.328%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.164%) WebDriver
General
1 324 (53.11%) Legal
2 150 (24.59%) Finance
3 68 (11.15%) Banking
4 53 (8.689%) Telecoms
5 15 (2.459%) Marketing
6 10 (1.639%) Financial Institution
7 7 (1.148%) Games
7 7 (1.148%) French Language
8 6 (0.984%) Investment Banking
8 6 (0.984%) Retail
8 6 (0.984%) Publishing
9 4 (0.656%) Advertising
10 3 (0.492%) Back Office
10 3 (0.492%) Billing
11 2 (0.328%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.328%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.164%) Electronics
12 1 (0.164%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.164%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.164%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 205 (33.61%) Analyst
2 69 (11.31%) Service Analyst
3 64 (10.49%) Service Desk Analyst
4 54 (8.852%) Support Analyst
5 49 (8.033%) Project Manager
6 47 (7.705%) Trainer
6 47 (7.705%) IT Trainer
7 40 (6.557%) Developer
8 30 (4.918%) Consultant
9 23 (3.770%) Business Analyst
10 20 (3.279%) Help Desk Analyst
10 20 (3.279%) Applications Support
11 18 (2.951%) Administrator
12 17 (2.787%) Test Analyst
13 15 (2.459%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 14 (2.295%) .NET Developer
15 13 (2.131%) Systems Analyst
15 13 (2.131%) Help Desk Support
15 13 (2.131%) Team Leader
16 11 (1.803%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 88 (14.43%) Blackberry
2 32 (5.246%) Smartphone
3 31 (5.082%) Handset
4 30 (4.918%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.279%) E-Learning
6 10 (1.639%) Digital Media
7 8 (1.311%) iPhone
7 8 (1.311%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (0.984%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.820%) Clustering
9 5 (0.820%) Statistics
9 5 (0.820%) SecurID
10 4 (0.656%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.492%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.492%) NHS
11 3 (0.492%) CLARiiON
11 3 (0.492%) PKI
11 3 (0.492%) Computer Science
11 3 (0.492%) Freedom of Information Act
11 3 (0.492%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 223 (36.56%) Windows
2 84 (13.77%) Windows 7
3 77 (12.62%) Windows XP
4 49 (8.033%) Windows Server 2008
5 40 (6.557%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (0.984%) Windows Mobile
6 6 (0.984%) Windows 2000
7 4 (0.656%) Solaris
7 4 (0.656%) Linux
8 3 (0.492%) UNIX
9 2 (0.328%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.328%) Android
9 2 (0.328%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.328%) SUSE
9 2 (0.328%) AIX
10 1 (0.164%) NetWare
10 1 (0.164%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (17.87%) ITIL
2 83 (13.61%) Document Management
3 57 (9.344%) Project Management
4 46 (7.541%) PRINCE2
5 34 (5.574%) E-Commerce
6 32 (5.246%) CRM
7 31 (5.082%) Business Analysis
8 26 (4.262%) Information Security
9 24 (3.934%) Data Protection
9 24 (3.934%) Change Control
10 23 (3.770%) Migration
10 23 (3.770%) Agile Software Development
11 22 (3.607%) Service Management
12 21 (3.443%) TDD
13 20 (3.279%) Change Management
13 20 (3.279%) Workflow
14 18 (2.951%) Risk Management
14 18 (2.951%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (2.787%) Scrum
16 16 (2.623%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 64 (10.49%) SQL
2 26 (4.262%) C#
3 14 (2.295%) VB.NET
3 14 (2.295%) T-SQL
4 10 (1.639%) VB
5 9 (1.475%) Ruby
6 8 (1.311%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.311%) VBScript
6 8 (1.311%) VBA
7 5 (0.820%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.656%) VB6
9 3 (0.492%) Java
9 3 (0.492%) C
9 3 (0.492%) Clojure
10 2 (0.328%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.328%) ABAP
11 1 (0.164%) PHP
11 1 (0.164%) Korn
11 1 (0.164%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.164%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 35 (5.738%) ITIL Certification
1 35 (5.738%) Degree
2 30 (4.918%) MOS
3 20 (3.279%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (3.279%) ISEB
4 15 (2.459%) MCSE
5 14 (2.295%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.131%) CISSP
6 13 (2.131%) MCSA
7 11 (1.803%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.639%) PMP
8 10 (1.639%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.475%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.475%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (1.475%) CIPD
10 8 (1.311%) MCP
11 7 (1.148%) MBA
12 6 (0.984%) CCIE
13 5 (0.820%) CCNA
14 4 (0.656%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.754%) QA
2 14 (2.295%) SLA
3 13 (2.131%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.984%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.164%) GAAP
5 1 (0.164%) FATCA
5 1 (0.164%) HMG Infosec
System Software
1 105 (17.21%) Active Directory
2 58 (9.508%) XenApp
3 21 (3.443%) XenDesktop
4 20 (3.279%) Microsoft App-V
5 11 (1.803%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.148%) Terminal Services
7 6 (0.984%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 6 (0.984%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.984%) VMware ESX
8 5 (0.820%) NFS
8 5 (0.820%) XenServer
9 4 (0.656%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.492%) Snort
10 3 (0.492%) vSphere
11 2 (0.328%) UAG
11 2 (0.328%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (0.328%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.164%) NDS
12 1 (0.164%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.164%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 27 (4.426%) SCCM
2 8 (1.311%) HP SIM
3 5 (0.820%) WSUS
3 5 (0.820%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 5 (0.820%) SCOM
4 4 (0.656%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (0.656%) NetBackup
4 4 (0.656%) Backup Exec
4 4 (0.656%) OpenView
5 2 (0.328%) MOM
5 2 (0.328%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.164%) DameWare
6 1 (0.164%) Nagios
6 1 (0.164%) Puppet
6 1 (0.164%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.164%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.164%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 132 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 94 (15.41%) Citrix
3 39 (6.393%) VMware
4 24 (3.934%) Oracle
5 22 (3.607%) SAP
6 16 (2.623%) HP
7 15 (2.459%) Cisco
7 15 (2.459%) Juniper
8 13 (2.131%) Sun
9 10 (1.639%) CheckPoint
9 10 (1.639%) Adobe
10 9 (1.475%) Interwoven
10 9 (1.475%) Symantec
11 8 (1.311%) NetApp
12 7 (1.148%) Apple
12 7 (1.148%) AppSense
12 7 (1.148%) Cadence
13 6 (0.984%) SolarWinds
13 6 (0.984%) Amdocs
13 6 (0.984%) Teradata
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