The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal 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 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Legal
Rank 101 100 106
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +6
Contract jobs citing Legal 16 42 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.768% 1.286% 0.509%
As % of the General category 2.171% 3.050% 1.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 3
Average daily rate £310 £433 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.43% -8.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £241 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £587 £665 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £388 £363
% change year-on-year
-12.90% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
737 1377 1228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.36% 42.17% 44.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 933 682
Average daily rate £370 £378 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.92% -3.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 65 93
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 £13.40 £16.80 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £38.00 £38.00
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South 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 South West region.

South West 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 South 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
Bristol +8 12 £309 +3.00%
Wiltshire -3 2 £593 -8.13%
Dorset -3 1 £263 -44.73%
Legal
England

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 22 (37.29%) Finance
2 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
3 15 (25.42%) .NET
4 14 (23.73%) C#
4 14 (23.73%) ASP.NET
5 13 (22.03%) SQL
5 13 (22.03%) UML
5 13 (22.03%) SharePoint
5 13 (22.03%) MVC
6 11 (18.64%) Visualfiles
6 11 (18.64%) .NET Framework
6 11 (18.64%) Degree
6 11 (18.64%) ASP.NET MVC
7 10 (16.95%) Data Security
8 9 (15.25%) Management Information System
9 8 (13.56%) MS Excel
10 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
10 7 (11.86%) Project Management
10 7 (11.86%) Information Security
11 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (10.17%) ITIL
12 5 (8.475%) Internet
12 5 (8.475%) Telecoms
12 5 (8.475%) Law
12 5 (8.475%) Agile Software Development
12 5 (8.475%) Security Cleared
13 4 (6.780%) SC Cleared
13 4 (6.780%) Reference Data
13 4 (6.780%) QA
13 4 (6.780%) Use Case

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 15 (25.42%) .NET
2 14 (23.73%) ASP.NET
3 11 (18.64%) .NET Framework
3 11 (18.64%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (3.390%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 13 (22.03%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.085%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.695%) IIS
3 1 (1.695%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 8 (13.56%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.390%) MS Office
3 1 (1.695%) MS Project
3 1 (1.695%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 11 (18.64%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.475%) Internet
2 4 (6.780%) Firewall
3 3 (5.085%) LAN
3 3 (5.085%) WAN
3 3 (5.085%) VPN
4 2 (3.390%) 4G
4 2 (3.390%) DNS
4 2 (3.390%) DHCP
4 2 (3.390%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.695%) SAN
5 1 (1.695%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.780%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 22 (37.29%) Finance
2 5 (8.475%) Telecoms
2 5 (8.475%) Law
3 3 (5.085%) Banking
4 2 (3.390%) Retail
4 2 (3.390%) Games
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Developer
2 6 (10.17%) Project Manager
3 5 (8.475%) Analyst
3 5 (8.475%) Consultant
3 5 (8.475%) Commercial Manager
4 4 (6.780%) .NET Developer
5 3 (5.085%) Architect
5 3 (5.085%) Programmer
5 3 (5.085%) Security Consultant
5 3 (5.085%) Procurement Specialist
5 3 (5.085%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (5.085%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (5.085%) C# Developer
5 3 (5.085%) Information Security Consultant
5 3 (5.085%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (5.085%) ASP.NET Programmer
5 3 (5.085%) C# Programmer
6 2 (3.390%) Help Desk Assistant
6 2 (3.390%) IT Assistant
6 2 (3.390%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.780%) Reference Data
3 3 (5.085%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.695%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.695%) Clustering
4 1 (1.695%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.085%) Windows
2 2 (3.390%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.695%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) UML
1 13 (22.03%) MVC
2 10 (16.95%) Data Security
3 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
3 7 (11.86%) Project Management
3 7 (11.86%) Information Security
4 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (10.17%) ITIL
5 5 (8.475%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (6.780%) Use Case
6 4 (6.780%) Time Management
6 4 (6.780%) Business Analysis
6 4 (6.780%) PRINCE2
7 3 (5.085%) Change Management
7 3 (5.085%) Security Management
7 3 (5.085%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (5.085%) Data Protection
8 2 (3.390%) Product Management
8 2 (3.390%) V-Model
8 2 (3.390%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 14 (23.73%) C#
2 13 (22.03%) SQL
3 4 (6.780%) C
4 3 (5.085%) VBScript
5 2 (3.390%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.390%) VB
6 1 (1.695%) PHP
6 1 (1.695%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (18.64%) Degree
2 5 (8.475%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.780%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.085%) CISM
5 2 (3.390%) APMP
5 2 (3.390%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.390%) CISA
5 2 (3.390%) CISSP
6 1 (1.695%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.780%) QA
2 3 (5.085%) SLA
3 2 (3.390%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.695%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (5.085%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.390%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.390%) NFS
3 1 (1.695%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.695%) DameWare
1 1 (1.695%) Backup Exec
1 1 (1.695%) WSUS
1 1 (1.695%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.085%) VMware
3 2 (3.390%) Amdocs
4 1 (1.695%) HP
4 1 (1.695%) Citrix
4 1 (1.695%) Juniper
4 1 (1.695%) NetApp
4 1 (1.695%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.695%) ProCurve
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Posted: 22 April 2013