The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Law over the 3 months to 20 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 Manchester 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Law
Rank 66 78 60
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -18
Contract jobs citing Law 4 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.412% 0.493% 0.780%
As % of the General category 1.047% 1.478% 2.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £400 £290
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +37.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £35.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-54.28% +108.95%
All of the General Category
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
382 406 394
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 39.30% 33.36% 38.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 196 178
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £213 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £500 £496
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 18
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.70% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £11.30 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £34.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Law
North West

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Law Daily Rate Trend

Law
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Law Hourly Rate Trend

Law
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheadle - - - - 2
Wigan - - - -
Law
North West

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 7 (50.00%) Legal
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 5 (35.71%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) MS Office
5 2 (14.29%) MS Project
5 2 (14.29%) Web Services
5 2 (14.29%) XML
5 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 2 (14.29%) Amdocs
5 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
6 1 (7.143%) RAD
6 1 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
6 1 (7.143%) CRM
6 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
6 1 (7.143%) NFS
6 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (7.143%) SLA
6 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
6 1 (7.143%) VBA
6 1 (7.143%) .NET
6 1 (7.143%) Oracle
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) Web Services
1 2 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) ASP
2 1 (7.143%) HTML
2 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.143%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (7.143%) Lync
1 1 (7.143%) WorkSite
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) MS Office
2 2 (14.29%) MS Project
3 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
3 1 (7.143%) AutoCAD
3 1 (7.143%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visualfiles
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.143%) QlikView
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 7 (50.00%) Legal
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.143%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Trainer
2 3 (21.43%) IT Trainer
3 2 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.143%) IT Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Information Security Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Information Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Training Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.143%) IT Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Blackberry
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.143%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.143%) RAD
3 1 (7.143%) CRM
3 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
3 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.143%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (7.143%) Workflow
3 1 (7.143%) Practice Management
3 1 (7.143%) Change Control
3 1 (7.143%) Information Security
3 1 (7.143%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (7.143%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.143%) Resource Management
3 1 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (7.143%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
1 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
2 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
2 1 (7.143%) VBA
2 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (7.143%) APMP
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) NFS
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Amdocs
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle
3 1 (7.143%) SAP
3 1 (7.143%) BT
3 1 (7.143%) NEC
3 1 (7.143%) Huawei
3 1 (7.143%) Mitel