The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 18 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 Kent 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Legal
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Legal 11 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 4.167% - -
As % of the General category 9.821% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £240 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -5.55%
All of the General Category
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
112 100 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 42.42% 41.32% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 61 37
Average daily rate £375 £306 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.44% +2.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £138 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £450 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 11
Average hourly rate £27.89 £11.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+147.93% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.60 £8.79
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £63.75 £35.50 £31.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Legal
South East

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Sittingbourne - - - -
Legal
South East

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 20 (76.92%) Degree
2 12 (46.15%) BGP
2 12 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (46.15%) Internet
2 12 (46.15%) MPLS
2 12 (46.15%) OSPF
2 12 (46.15%) IPv6
2 12 (46.15%) CCNP
2 12 (46.15%) JNCIP
3 11 (42.31%) Wireless
3 11 (42.31%) HP
3 11 (42.31%) Juniper
4 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (38.46%) RHCE
4 10 (38.46%) MCSE
4 10 (38.46%) VoIP
4 10 (38.46%) DHCP
4 10 (38.46%) DNS
4 10 (38.46%) Change Management
4 10 (38.46%) Aruba
5 8 (30.77%) Banking
6 7 (26.92%) Front Office
6 7 (26.92%) Web Development
6 7 (26.92%) Investment Banking
6 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
6 7 (26.92%) HTML5
6 7 (26.92%) Backbone.js
6 7 (26.92%) KnockoutJS
6 7 (26.92%) AngularJS
7 6 (23.08%) Cisco

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 7 (26.92%) HTML5
1 7 (26.92%) Backbone.js
1 7 (26.92%) KnockoutJS
1 7 (26.92%) AngularJS
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (46.15%) IPv6
1 12 (46.15%) Internet
1 12 (46.15%) MPLS
1 12 (46.15%) OSPF
1 12 (46.15%) BGP
2 11 (42.31%) Wireless
3 10 (38.46%) VoIP
3 10 (38.46%) DHCP
3 10 (38.46%) DNS
4 3 (11.54%) Junos
5 2 (7.692%) IP Telephony
5 2 (7.692%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (3.846%) Firewall
General
1 8 (30.77%) Banking
2 7 (26.92%) Investment Banking
2 7 (26.92%) Front Office
3 2 (7.692%) Finance
3 2 (7.692%) Law
3 2 (7.692%) Marketing
4 1 (3.846%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Analyst
2 12 (46.15%) Network Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) Developer
4 7 (26.92%) JavaScript Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Procurement Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Python Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Security Risk Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Supplier Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Information Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Contracts Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Risk Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Information Security Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Security Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Commercial Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Change Management
2 7 (26.92%) Web Development
3 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
4 2 (7.692%) Project Management
4 2 (7.692%) Process Management
4 2 (7.692%) Network Management
5 1 (3.846%) Benchmarking
5 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.846%) Investment Management
5 1 (3.846%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.846%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (3.846%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.692%) Python
2 2 (7.692%) IronPython
2 2 (7.692%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (76.92%) Degree
2 12 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (46.15%) CCNP
2 12 (46.15%) JNCIP
3 10 (38.46%) MCSE
3 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (38.46%) RHCE
4 1 (3.846%) CISA
4 1 (3.846%) CISM
4 1 (3.846%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) HP
1 11 (42.31%) Juniper
2 10 (38.46%) Aruba
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco
4 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.692%) Red Hat