The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 54 67 62
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -5
Contract jobs citing Legal 9 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.400% 0.103% 0.461%
As % of the General category 2.922% 0.213% 0.870%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
Average daily rate £453 - £130
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £363 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
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
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
308 469 460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 47.90% 48.45% 53.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 204 212
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £464 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 34 33
Average hourly rate £16.75 £33.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +109.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.00 £11.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £49.00 £35.00
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 9 (47.37%) Retail
3 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
4 5 (26.32%) Project Management
4 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
4 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
6 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
6 3 (15.79%) Programme Management
7 2 (10.53%) Information Security
7 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
7 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (10.53%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
7 2 (10.53%) Billing
7 2 (10.53%) Project Planning
8 1 (5.263%) Degree
8 1 (5.263%) FMCG
8 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
8 1 (5.263%) Software Deployment
8 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
8 1 (5.263%) NFS
8 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
8 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
8 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (5.263%) Windows
8 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
8 1 (5.263%) Oracle
8 1 (5.263%) MS Office

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Office
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 9 (47.37%) Retail
3 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.53%) Billing
5 1 (5.263%) Marketing
5 1 (5.263%) Law
5 1 (5.263%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Software Development Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Development Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Development Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Coordinator
2 3 (15.79%) Software Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Portfolio Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Software Development Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Software Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Project Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (5.263%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.263%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.263%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
1 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
1 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
1 5 (26.32%) Project Management
2 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
3 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.79%) Programme Management
4 2 (10.53%) Project Planning
4 2 (10.53%) Information Security
4 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.263%) Data Security
5 1 (5.263%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.263%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) NFS
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle
1 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.263%) Amdocs