The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 17 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 Essex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Legal
Rank 39 34 38
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Contract jobs citing Legal 7 10 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.720% 2.439% 3.038%
As % of the General category 5.303% 7.407% 7.595%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
Average daily rate £375 £170 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+120.58% +13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £363 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
Average hourly rate £27.48 £17.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.64% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
+29.41% +1.49%
All of the General Category
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
132 135 158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 32.43% 32.93% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 60 61
Average daily rate £375 £396 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.30% +21.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £244 £170 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 14 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.47% -30.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.00 £8.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.10 £30.00 £38.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Legal
East of England

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Brentwood - 2 £213 -
Legal
East of England

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 5 (45.45%) Finance
1 5 (45.45%) MS Excel
2 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
2 4 (36.36%) MS Office
2 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
3 3 (27.27%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (27.27%) Advertising
3 3 (27.27%) COM
3 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 3 (27.27%) XML
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) UNIX
4 2 (18.18%) XHTML
4 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) JSP
4 2 (18.18%) Linux
4 2 (18.18%) OO
4 2 (18.18%) RAD
4 2 (18.18%) RUP
4 2 (18.18%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) Java
4 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) J2EE

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 3 (27.27%) COM
1 3 (27.27%) XML
2 2 (18.18%) XHTML
2 2 (18.18%) Ajax
2 2 (18.18%) WebSphere
2 2 (18.18%) WebCenter
2 2 (18.18%) CSS
2 2 (18.18%) JSP
2 2 (18.18%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) MS Excel
2 4 (36.36%) MS Office
3 2 (18.18%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (9.091%) MS Project
4 1 (9.091%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.091%) WebFOCUS
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Ant
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Advertising
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Billing
3 2 (18.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Desktop Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
5 1 (9.091%) Coordinator
5 1 (9.091%) Author
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Author
5 1 (9.091%) Java Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Blackberry
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.091%) STB
2 1 (9.091%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
1 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
2 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
2 2 (18.18%) UNIX
2 2 (18.18%) Android
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) OO
2 2 (18.18%) RAD
2 2 (18.18%) RUP
2 2 (18.18%) Scrum
2 2 (18.18%) Content Management
2 2 (18.18%) Document Management
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.091%) Change Management
3 1 (9.091%) DMAIC
3 1 (9.091%) Release Management
3 1 (9.091%) ETL
3 1 (9.091%) Six Sigma
3 1 (9.091%) CAD
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) DFSS
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
1 2 (18.18%) FQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Six Sigma Green Belt
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) IBM
2 2 (18.18%) Apple
2 2 (18.18%) FatWire
2 2 (18.18%) Facebook
2 2 (18.18%) Twitter
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) CA
3 1 (9.091%) Adobe