The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Law 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 Halifax 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
Law
Rank 19 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing Law 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 0.862% 0.823% -
As % of the General category 1.031% 0.990% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £280 £361 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.43% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.37% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £33.75 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-54.07% +101.49%
All of the General Category
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
97 202 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 83.62% 83.13% 80.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 180 60
Average daily rate £365 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.94% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £466 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Law
West Yorkshire

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Law Daily Rate Trend

Law
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (100.00%) FATCA

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center