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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Liverpool region.

 Legal
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank172527
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads132
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool0.877 %1.676 %0.870 %
As % of the General category2.778 %3.571 %2.381 %
Daily rates quoted020
Average daily rate-£356-
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350£350
% change year-on-year
+0.850 %-
Hourly rates quoted012
Average hourly rate-£14.00£14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--3.440 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£23.75£20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.050 %+18.75 %
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
368484
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool31.58 %46.93 %36.52 %
Daily rates quoted242135
Average daily rate£310£350£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42 %-22.22 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£228£140£278
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£456£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted0410
Average hourly rate-£13.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--33.33 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Legal MerseysideLegal
Merseyside

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.

Legal
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Legal across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Liverpool Legal Demand Trend

Legal
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Legal across the Liverpool region.

Liverpool Legal Daily Rate Trend

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Liverpool Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

13 (60.00 %)PRINCE2
13 (60.00 %)Project Management
13 (60.00 %)Finance
13 (60.00 %)Government
22 (40.00 %)Data Analysis
22 (40.00 %)Resource Management
31 (20.00 %)Spring
31 (20.00 %)Back Office
31 (20.00 %)Banking
31 (20.00 %)Content Management
31 (20.00 %)CMS
31 (20.00 %)RedDot
31 (20.00 %)C
31 (20.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server
31 (20.00 %)MS Office
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (20.00 %)Web Services
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (20.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (20.00 %)HP
31 (20.00 %)Citrix
31 (20.00 %)PRINCE
31 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Internet

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)Spring
11 (20.00 %).NET
11 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (20.00 %)Web Services
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)CMS
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Office
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)Internet
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Finance
13 (60.00 %)Government
21 (20.00 %)Back Office
21 (20.00 %)Banking
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Project Manager
13 (60.00 %)Senior Project Manager
13 (60.00 %)Senior Manager
21 (20.00 %)Helpdesk Support
21 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
21 (20.00 %)Developer
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Windows XP
11 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)PRINCE2
13 (60.00 %)Project Management
22 (40.00 %)Data Analysis
22 (40.00 %)Resource Management
31 (20.00 %)Content Management
31 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (20.00 %)PRINCE
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)C
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (20.00 %)RedDot
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft
11 (20.00 %)HP
11 (20.00 %)Citrix