The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Law over the 3 months to 19 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 North West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Law
Rank 110 125 115
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -10
Contract jobs citing Law 7 9 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.293% 0.296% 0.331%
As % of the General category 0.763% 0.862% 0.791%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £250 - £120
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £400 £293
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +36.75%
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
917 1044 1265
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 38.42% 34.36% 41.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 593 715
Average daily rate £350 £360 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 36 53
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.75 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.66% +36.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £11.35 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Law
England

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 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
Manchester +4 4 £250 - 5
Lancashire - - - -
Merseyside - - - - 3
Law
England

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
1 8 (36.36%) Legal
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) CIPD
3 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 6 (27.27%) Project Management
4 4 (18.18%) MS Office
5 3 (13.64%) Windows
6 2 (9.091%) Amdocs
6 2 (9.091%) MS Project
6 2 (9.091%) Web Services
6 2 (9.091%) XML
6 2 (9.091%) ITIL
6 2 (9.091%) PRINCE2
6 2 (9.091%) SQL
6 2 (9.091%) T-SQL
6 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
6 2 (9.091%) Banking
6 2 (9.091%) Supplier Management
6 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
7 1 (4.545%) APMP
7 1 (4.545%) Lync
7 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (4.545%) Change Control
7 1 (4.545%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (4.545%) Visualfiles
7 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (4.545%) Huawei
7 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.545%) Document Management

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (9.091%) Web Services
1 2 (9.091%) XML
2 1 (4.545%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.545%) .NET
2 1 (4.545%) XSLT
2 1 (4.545%) ASP
2 1 (4.545%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) Lync
1 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (4.545%) WorkSite
1 1 (4.545%) MS Exchange
1 1 (4.545%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Office
2 2 (9.091%) MS Project
2 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.545%) AutoCAD
3 1 (4.545%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Visualfiles
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (4.545%) QlikView
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.545%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
1 8 (36.36%) Legal
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Trainer
2 3 (13.64%) IT Trainer
3 2 (9.091%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.545%) IT Support
4 1 (4.545%) Information Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Training Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.545%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) .NET Developer
4 1 (4.545%) Information Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) IT Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.545%) E-Learning
1 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Project Management
2 2 (9.091%) ITIL
2 2 (9.091%) PRINCE2
2 2 (9.091%) Supplier Management
3 1 (4.545%) Change Control
3 1 (4.545%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
3 1 (4.545%) Document Management
3 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.545%) Project Planning
3 1 (4.545%) Resource Management
3 1 (4.545%) CRM
3 1 (4.545%) Data Modelling
3 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.545%) Workflow
3 1 (4.545%) Practice Management
3 1 (4.545%) Migration
3 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (4.545%) Information Security
3 1 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
1 2 (9.091%) T-SQL
2 1 (4.545%) VB.NET
2 1 (4.545%) VBA
2 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) CIPD
2 1 (4.545%) APMP
2 1 (4.545%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) CCNA
2 1 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (4.545%) XenApp
1 1 (4.545%) NFS
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) Amdocs
3 1 (4.545%) Huawei
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco
3 1 (4.545%) Citrix
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle
3 1 (4.545%) SAP
3 1 (4.545%) Mitel
3 1 (4.545%) BT
3 1 (4.545%) NEC
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