The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 20 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 North East 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Legal
Rank 34 46 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing Legal 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.376% 0.617% -
As % of the General category 1.818% 2.500% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £300 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £375 £363
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.48 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
+61.64% +1.49%
All of the General Category
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
55 120 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 20.68% 24.69% 25.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 68 49
Average daily rate £425 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £263 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £539 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
Average hourly rate £11.00 £22.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.11% +28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.66%
Legal
England

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Legal Daily Rate Trend

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £300 -
Legal
England

Legal
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) Document Management
1 4 (66.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) IT Technician
2 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Document Management
1 4 (66.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft