The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 71 56 62
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +6
Contract jobs citing Legal 5 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.536% 0.762% 0.288%
As % of the General category 1.247% 1.354% 0.601%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £270 £175 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.28% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 £388 £363
% change year-on-year
-14.51% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.24 £17.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+77.88% -
All of the General Category
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
401 443 333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 42.98% 56.29% 47.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 222 192
Average daily rate £350 £338 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -6.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 1
Average hourly rate £14.50 £9.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.63% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Legal
Scotland

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Legal Daily Rate Trend

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Statistics
4 2 (20.00%) Derivative
5 1 (10.00%) Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Local Government
5 1 (10.00%) Capita
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) TestComplete
5 1 (10.00%) FATCA
5 1 (10.00%) Automation Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Front Office
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (10.00%) C++
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) .NET
5 1 (10.00%) Sybase
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) UNIX
5 1 (10.00%) Linux
5 1 (10.00%) ISEB
5 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (10.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) TestComplete
1 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Procurement Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Procurement Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Data Manager
3 1 (10.00%) QA Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Trainer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Migration Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Statistics
2 2 (20.00%) Derivative
3 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (10.00%) NHS
3 1 (10.00%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) C++
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) FATCA
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Capita
1 1 (10.00%) Sybase