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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 Manchester 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 Manchester region.

 Legal
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank555656
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1No change0
Matching contract IT job ads11516
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester1.260 %0.620 %1.331 %
As % of the General category2.778 %1.567 %4.061 %
Daily rates quoted313
Average daily rate£220£425£360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.23 %+18.05 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350£350
% change year-on-year
+0.850 %-
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£23.75£20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.050 %+18.75 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
396319394
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester45.36 %39.53 %32.78 %
Daily rates quoted127100110
Average daily rate£275£400£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.25 %+14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£138£205£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted263119
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.90£8.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.55£34.77£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Legal North WestLegal
North West

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Manchester Legal Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Legal Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Legal Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

111 (40.74 %)Finance
27 (25.93 %)Firewall
27 (25.93 %)SQL
27 (25.93 %)SQL Server
36 (22.22 %).NET
36 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
36 (22.22 %)Law
45 (18.52 %)Telecoms
45 (18.52 %)IPsec
45 (18.52 %)CCSA
45 (18.52 %)IP Telephony
45 (18.52 %)CCSE
45 (18.52 %)OSPF
45 (18.52 %)CCNP
45 (18.52 %)CCNA
45 (18.52 %)HP
45 (18.52 %)Cisco Certification
45 (18.52 %)LAN
45 (18.52 %)WAN
45 (18.52 %)TCP/IP
45 (18.52 %)VPN
45 (18.52 %)Cisco
45 (18.52 %)Video Conferencing
45 (18.52 %)ProCurve
54 (14.81 %)MS Project
54 (14.81 %)Banking
63 (11.11 %)Risk Management
63 (11.11 %)MS Visio
63 (11.11 %)VBScript
63 (11.11 %)VB.NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (22.22 %).NET
23 (11.11 %)ASP.NET
23 (11.11 %)XML
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (14.81 %)MS Project
23 (11.11 %)MS Visio
31 (3.704 %)MS Office
31 (3.704 %)MS Excel
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (11.11 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (25.93 %)Firewall
25 (18.52 %)IPsec
25 (18.52 %)IP Telephony
25 (18.52 %)OSPF
25 (18.52 %)LAN
25 (18.52 %)WAN
25 (18.52 %)TCP/IP
25 (18.52 %)VPN
31 (3.704 %)Intrusion Detection
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (25.93 %)SQL Server
21 (3.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (40.74 %)Finance
26 (22.22 %)Law
35 (18.52 %)Telecoms
44 (14.81 %)Banking
51 (3.704 %)Retail
51 (3.704 %)Insurance
51 (3.704 %)Retail Banking
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (25.93 %)Developer
25 (18.52 %).NET Developer
25 (18.52 %)Analyst
25 (18.52 %)Network Engineer
25 (18.52 %)Business Analyst
34 (14.81 %)Project Manager
43 (11.11 %)Cisco Network Engineer
43 (11.11 %)SQL Developer
43 (11.11 %)SQL Server Developer
43 (11.11 %)Cisco Engineer
43 (11.11 %)VB.NET Developer
43 (11.11 %)Consultant
52 (7.407 %)Security Consultant
61 (3.704 %)IT Trainer
61 (3.704 %)ABAP Developer
61 (3.704 %)Business Consultant
61 (3.704 %)Team Leader
61 (3.704 %)IT Project Manager
61 (3.704 %)Change Consultant
61 (3.704 %)Development Team Leader
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (18.52 %)Video Conferencing
21 (3.704 %)Cryptography
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (11.11 %)Risk Management
22 (7.407 %)ITIL
22 (7.407 %)Project Management
22 (7.407 %)Workflow
22 (7.407 %)Information Security
31 (3.704 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (3.704 %)Change Management
31 (3.704 %)Vulnerability Assessment
31 (3.704 %)Data Protection
31 (3.704 %)Use Case
31 (3.704 %)Incident Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (25.93 %)SQL
23 (11.11 %)VBScript
23 (11.11 %)VB.NET
23 (11.11 %)JavaScript
32 (7.407 %)T-SQL
41 (3.704 %)C
41 (3.704 %)ABAP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (18.52 %)CCSA
15 (18.52 %)CCSE
15 (18.52 %)CCNP
15 (18.52 %)CCNA
15 (18.52 %)Cisco Certification
22 (7.407 %)CISSP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (7.407 %)ISO27001
12 (7.407 %)PCI DSS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
25 (18.52 %)HP
25 (18.52 %)Cisco
25 (18.52 %)ProCurve
33 (11.11 %)SAP
41 (3.704 %)Microsoft