The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal 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 Legal over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Legal
Rank 100 114 115
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +1
Contract jobs citing Legal 19 21 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.805% 0.666% 0.498%
As % of the General category 2.246% 1.928% 1.166%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 7
Average daily rate £188 £388 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-51.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £307 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £480 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £388 £363
% change year-on-year
-12.90% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £32.25 £14.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.41% -
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 West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
846 1089 1286
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 35.83% 34.53% 42.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 578 719
Average daily rate £353 £350 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.85% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 39 50
Average hourly rate £19.04 £20.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.56 £30.00 £42.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Legal Daily Rate Trend

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Legal Daily Rate Histogram

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 West region.

North West Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Legal Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Manchester +21 9 £200 -41.17%
Cheshire +2 6 £175 -51.72%
Legal
England

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 18 (40.91%) Finance
2 14 (31.82%) Information Security
3 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (25.00%) CISSP
4 8 (18.18%) SQL
4 8 (18.18%) ITIL
5 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
5 7 (15.91%) Windows
5 7 (15.91%) Service Management
5 7 (15.91%) Project Management
5 7 (15.91%) Law
5 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 7 (15.91%) Degree
6 6 (13.64%) Banking
6 6 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (13.64%) MS Excel
6 6 (13.64%) PRINCE2
6 6 (13.64%) Risk Analysis
7 5 (11.36%) Data Protection
7 5 (11.36%) Windows 7
8 4 (9.091%) MS Office
8 4 (9.091%) T-SQL
8 4 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (9.091%) Data Management
8 4 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (6.818%) Project Planning
9 3 (6.818%) QA
9 3 (6.818%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (6.818%) Computer Science

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.273%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.273%) ASP
1 1 (2.273%) Web Services
1 1 (2.273%) XML
1 1 (2.273%) XSLT
1 1 (2.273%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.545%) MS Exchange
1 2 (4.545%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.273%) WorkSite
2 1 (2.273%) Lync
2 1 (2.273%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.273%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.091%) MS Office
3 2 (4.545%) MS Project
4 1 (2.273%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) Visualfiles
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (2.273%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.273%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.273%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.818%) Firewall
2 2 (4.545%) Internet
2 2 (4.545%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.545%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.273%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.273%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.273%) GIS
General
1 18 (40.91%) Finance
2 7 (15.91%) Law
3 6 (13.64%) Banking
4 2 (4.545%) Retail Banking
4 2 (4.545%) Retail
5 1 (2.273%) Marketing
5 1 (2.273%) Local Government
5 1 (2.273%) French Language
5 1 (2.273%) German Language
5 1 (2.273%) Italian Language
5 1 (2.273%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (25.00%) Consultant
2 9 (20.45%) Security Consultant
2 9 (20.45%) Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Project Manager
4 4 (9.091%) Developer
5 3 (6.818%) IT Trainer
5 3 (6.818%) Operations Analyst
5 3 (6.818%) Trainer
5 3 (6.818%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.545%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.545%) Graduate
6 2 (4.545%) Information Security Consultant
6 2 (4.545%) Security Analyst
6 2 (4.545%) Business Manager
6 2 (4.545%) Security Specialist
7 1 (2.273%) Junior Information Analyst
7 1 (2.273%) Process Improvement Manager
7 1 (2.273%) Risk Consultant
7 1 (2.273%) Information Governance Officer
7 1 (2.273%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.818%) Computer Science
1 3 (6.818%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.273%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (2.273%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.273%) E-Learning
2 1 (2.273%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Windows 7
3 2 (4.545%) UNIX
3 2 (4.545%) AIX
4 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.273%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.273%) Linux
4 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Information Security
2 8 (18.18%) ITIL
3 7 (15.91%) Service Management
3 7 (15.91%) Project Management
3 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (13.64%) PRINCE2
4 6 (13.64%) Risk Analysis
5 5 (11.36%) Data Protection
6 4 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.091%) Data Management
7 3 (6.818%) Project Planning
7 3 (6.818%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.818%) Workflow
7 3 (6.818%) Practice Management
8 2 (4.545%) Service Delivery
8 2 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (4.545%) Migration
8 2 (4.545%) Ethical Hacking
8 2 (4.545%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) SQL
2 4 (9.091%) T-SQL
3 3 (6.818%) VBA
4 1 (2.273%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.273%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.273%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) CISSP
2 7 (15.91%) Degree
3 2 (4.545%) CISA
3 2 (4.545%) CISM
3 2 (4.545%) CEH
3 2 (4.545%) EnCE
4 1 (2.273%) CCNA
4 1 (2.273%) ISEB
4 1 (2.273%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.273%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.818%) QA
2 2 (4.545%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.273%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.273%) BS7799
System Software
1 2 (4.545%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.273%) XenApp
2 1 (2.273%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (2.273%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.545%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.273%) ArcSight
3 1 (2.273%) Cisco
3 1 (2.273%) SAP
3 1 (2.273%) Oracle
3 1 (2.273%) Citrix
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