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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 South East 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 South East region.

 Legal
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank146130158
Rank change year-on-year
Down-16Up+28
Matching contract IT job ads4660112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East0.617 %0.802 %0.746 %
As % of the General category1.484 %1.840 %1.838 %
Daily rates quoted153015
Average daily rate£350£350£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£244£290£201
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£418£474£490
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350£350
% change year-on-year
+0.850 %-
Hourly rates quoted865
Average hourly rate£16.25£17.75£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.450 %-55.62 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.35£13.40£11.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£46.10£20.50£50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£23.75£20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.050 %+18.75 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
309932616093
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East41.55 %43.60 %40.56 %
Daily rates quoted11038181473
Average daily rate£360£360£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£230£229
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£514£500£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted219216614
Average hourly rate£25.00£29.00£26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.79 %+11.53 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£10.50£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£43.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Legal EnglandLegal
England

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.

Legal
Demand Trend

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

South East Legal Demand Trend

Legal
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Legal Daily Rate Trend

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East Legal Daily Rate Histogram

Legal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireUp+1719£350+17.44 %
HampshireUp+27£430-
KentDown-37£300-17.24 %
SurreyDown-176£356+26.24 %
MiddlesexDown-43£483-
BuckinghamshireDown-231--
Legal EnglandLegal
England

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

130 (41.10 %)Finance
213 (17.81 %)Telecoms
39 (12.33 %)Security Cleared
48 (10.96 %)SAP
57 (9.589 %)Information Security
57 (9.589 %)SC Cleared
66 (8.219 %)Data Protection
66 (8.219 %)Pharmaceutical
66 (8.219 %)Project Management
75 (6.849 %)PRINCE2
75 (6.849 %)MS Excel
75 (6.849 %)Microsoft
75 (6.849 %)PRINCE2 Certification
75 (6.849 %)Law
75 (6.849 %)Data Protection Act
75 (6.849 %)Open Source
84 (5.479 %)Data Migration
84 (5.479 %)PCI DSS
84 (5.479 %)COSO
84 (5.479 %)Drupal
84 (5.479 %)MS PowerPoint
84 (5.479 %)Document Management
84 (5.479 %)Migration
84 (5.479 %)Stakeholder Management
84 (5.479 %)MS Office
84 (5.479 %)ERP
84 (5.479 %)Windows
84 (5.479 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
84 (5.479 %)Government
93 (4.110 %)Information Security Management

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (1.370 %)SPML
11 (1.370 %)WAP
11 (1.370 %).NET
11 (1.370 %)ASP.NET
11 (1.370 %)Web Services
11 (1.370 %)LAMP
11 (1.370 %)WinForms
11 (1.370 %)ASP.NET 2.0
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (5.479 %)Drupal
22 (2.740 %)WorkSite
22 (2.740 %)CMS
22 (2.740 %)SharePoint
22 (2.740 %)Documentum
31 (1.370 %)IIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (6.849 %)MS Excel
24 (5.479 %)MS PowerPoint
24 (5.479 %)MS Office
31 (1.370 %)Spreadsheet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (4.110 %)SAP HR
13 (4.110 %)SAP Oil and Gas
22 (2.740 %)SAP CO
22 (2.740 %)SAP FI/CO
22 (2.740 %)SAP Payroll
22 (2.740 %)SAP FI
31 (1.370 %)SAP R/3
31 (1.370 %)SAP SD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.370 %)Internet
11 (1.370 %)Broadband
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (2.740 %)SQL Server
21 (1.370 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (1.370 %)Crystal Reports
21 (1.370 %)SQL Server 2005
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (41.10 %)Finance
213 (17.81 %)Telecoms
36 (8.219 %)Pharmaceutical
45 (6.849 %)Law
54 (5.479 %)Government
62 (2.740 %)Marketing
62 (2.740 %)Local Government
62 (2.740 %)Military
62 (2.740 %)Aerospace
71 (1.370 %)Education
71 (1.370 %)Health
71 (1.370 %)Banking
71 (1.370 %)Retail
71 (1.370 %)Retail Banking
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
123 (31.51 %)Analyst
210 (13.70 %)Administrator
210 (13.70 %)Consultant
37 (9.589 %)Project Manager
45 (6.849 %)Business Analyst
45 (6.849 %)Commercial Manager
45 (6.849 %)Contracts Manager
45 (6.849 %)Web Analyst
54 (5.479 %)Risk Analyst
54 (5.479 %)Author
54 (5.479 %)Technical Author
63 (4.110 %)Senior Analyst
63 (4.110 %)Project Analyst
63 (4.110 %)Senior Web Analyst
63 (4.110 %)Project Consultant
72 (2.740 %)Procurement Officer
72 (2.740 %)Change Analyst
72 (2.740 %)Technical Analyst
72 (2.740 %)SAP Consultant
72 (2.740 %)Information Analyst
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (6.849 %)Data Protection Act
15 (6.849 %)Open Source
21 (1.370 %)Data Extraction
21 (1.370 %)NHS
21 (1.370 %)Management Information System
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (5.479 %)Windows
22 (2.740 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (2.740 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (1.370 %)Windows XP
31 (1.370 %)UNIX
31 (1.370 %)Windows Vista
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (9.589 %)Information Security
26 (8.219 %)Data Protection
26 (8.219 %)Project Management
35 (6.849 %)PRINCE2
44 (5.479 %)Data Migration
44 (5.479 %)Document Management
44 (5.479 %)Migration
44 (5.479 %)Stakeholder Management
44 (5.479 %)ERP
53 (4.110 %)Information Security Management
53 (4.110 %)Security Management
53 (4.110 %)Agile Software Development
53 (4.110 %)SAP Implementation
62 (2.740 %)Problem Management
62 (2.740 %)Incident Management
62 (2.740 %)Requirements Management
62 (2.740 %)Business Analysis
62 (2.740 %)Validation
62 (2.740 %)Configuration Management
62 (2.740 %)Change Management
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (2.740 %)SQL
21 (1.370 %)C#
21 (1.370 %)Java
21 (1.370 %)PHP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (12.33 %)Security Cleared
27 (9.589 %)SC Cleared
35 (6.849 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (2.740 %)DV Cleared
51 (1.370 %)CIMA
51 (1.370 %)ACCA
51 (1.370 %)Degree
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (5.479 %)PCI DSS
14 (5.479 %)COSO
14 (5.479 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (1.370 %)GAAP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.370 %)Sun Identity Manager
11 (1.370 %)OpenView
11 (1.370 %)OVSD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (10.96 %)SAP
25 (6.849 %)Microsoft
32 (2.740 %)Interwoven
32 (2.740 %)Sun
41 (1.370 %)IBM
41 (1.370 %)Cognos