The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Law over the 3 months to 17 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 South 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Law
Rank 109 130 113
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -17
Contract jobs citing Law 6 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.293% 0.272% 0.143%
As % of the General category 0.831% 0.646% 0.319%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 1
Average daily rate £265 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.21% +5.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.37% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £33.75 £16.75
% change year-on-year
-54.07% +101.49%
All of the General Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
722 1393 1253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.25% 42.03% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 934 693
Average daily rate £373 £378 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.19% -4.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 70 96
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -27.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.26 £17.60 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Law
England

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bristol +9 6 £265 -50.69%
Law
England

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Legal
3 4 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) .NET
3 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 3 (25.00%) PRINCE
4 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) TDD
5 2 (16.67%) Banking
5 2 (16.67%) Retail
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Ruby
5 2 (16.67%) Use Case
5 2 (16.67%) Workflow
5 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 2 (16.67%) WinForms
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) C
5 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 2 (16.67%) jQuery
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (16.67%) NHibernate

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 4 (33.33%) .NET
1 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (16.67%) WinForms
2 2 (16.67%) NHibernate
2 2 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (8.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (8.333%) CMS
2 1 (8.333%) CM System
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LAN
1 1 (8.333%) WAN
1 1 (8.333%) DHCP
1 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
1 1 (8.333%) VPN
1 1 (8.333%) DNS
1 1 (8.333%) Intranet
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.333%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 4 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 2 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Coordinator
4 1 (8.333%) Communications Manager
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) IT Assistant
4 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Assistant
4 1 (8.333%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (8.333%) Social Media
3 1 (8.333%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.333%) Fat Client
3 1 (8.333%) Thin Client
3 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE
3 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Workflow
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) TDD
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Use Case
3 2 (16.67%) BDD
4 1 (8.333%) Analytics
4 1 (8.333%) Email Marketing
4 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.333%) Online Marketing
4 1 (8.333%) Web Marketing
4 1 (8.333%) Content Management
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (8.333%) Contact Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
2 2 (16.67%) Ruby
2 2 (16.67%) C
3 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) APMP
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.333%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) DameWare
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Citrix
2 1 (8.333%) Google
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle
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