Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal over the 3 months to 25 November 2009 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.

 Legal
Location
3 months to
25 Nov 2009
Same period 2008Same period 2007
Rank195151251
Rank change year-on-year
Down-44Up+100
Matching contract IT job ads311652567
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.758 %1.048 %0.610 %
As % of the General category1.518 %2.324 %1.332 %
Daily rates quoted153239153
Average daily rate£425£336£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.67 %-16.12 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£222£225£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£553£643
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£365£431
% change year-on-year
-3.420 %-15.36 %
Hourly rates quoted199861
Average hourly rate£21.00£21.00£21.00
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.76£17.50£16.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£56.81£30.60£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.38£20.75£20.00
% change year-on-year
-6.620 %+3.750 %
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
204862805442559
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK49.90 %45.09 %45.81 %
Daily rates quoted93651012415187
Average daily rate£450£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£240£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£375
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
Hourly rates quoted95519692764
Average hourly rate£24.00£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.000 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£13.00£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£56.25£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£28.50£27.00
% change year-on-year
-21.05 %+5.550 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Legal within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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 within the UK.

Legal Daily Rate Trend

Legal
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal within the UK over the 3 months to 25 November 2009.

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 within the UK.

Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal within the UK over the 3 months to 25 November 2009.

Legal Hourly Rate Histogram

Legal
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 25 November 2009. 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
EnglandDown-59296£425+27.62 %
LondonDown-38197£450+37.50 %
City of LondonDown-1990£450+38.46 %
South EastDown-4033£360+11.11 %
North WestUp+3525£353-0.70 %
BerkshireDown-219£413+8.55 %
South WestUp+1913£360-12.72 %
ManchesterUp+1813£130-53.86 %
West MidlandsUp+3412£350-6.66 %
East of EnglandUp+239£275-27.63 %
GloucestershireUp+238£360-23.80 %
WalesUp+98£235-56.58 %
BracknellDown-48£360+5.88 %
YorkshireUp+97£293-16.42 %
CheltenhamUp+156£360-23.40 %
West YorkshireUp+146£260-21.21 %
NewburyUp+36--
HertfordshireUp+245£340-12.82 %
SurreyUp+145--
South WalesUp+145£235-56.58 %
BirminghamUp+75£350-
CardiffNew entry-5£235-
East MidlandsUp+184£440-
BristolUp+174£375-
ScotlandUp+283--
MerseysideUp+203£360-
LiverpoolUp+163£360-
Docklands, LondonUp+113£480+24.67 %
GloucesterUp+63£360-
West WalesUp+63--

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 November 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1234 (37.44 %)Finance
2133 (21.28 %)Banking
384 (13.44 %)Project Management
477 (12.32 %)Windows
572 (11.52 %)Investment Banking
669 (11.04 %)Law
768 (10.88 %)SQL
860 (9.600 %)Government
958 (9.280 %)Microsoft
1046 (7.360 %)SQL Server
1145 (7.200 %)SAP
1244 (7.040 %)MS Office
1244 (7.040 %)Oracle
1340 (6.400 %)PRINCE2
1340 (6.400 %)Document Management
1340 (6.400 %)Business Analysis
1439 (6.240 %).NET
1439 (6.240 %)MS Excel
1537 (5.920 %)Workflow
1537 (5.920 %)Security Cleared
1636 (5.760 %)Windows XP
1734 (5.440 %)Active Directory
1832 (5.120 %)ITIL
1832 (5.120 %)Degree
1930 (4.800 %)Java
1930 (4.800 %)Migration
2029 (4.640 %)Blackberry
2128 (4.480 %)C#
2128 (4.480 %)Equities
2128 (4.480 %)Derivative

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 November 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
139 (6.240 %).NET
213 (2.080 %)XML
213 (2.080 %)HTML
310 (1.600 %)ASP.NET
310 (1.600 %)WCF
49 (1.440 %)WPF
49 (1.440 %)Silverlight
58 (1.280 %)J2EE
58 (1.280 %)JSP
58 (1.280 %)Web Services
66 (0.960 %)ASP
75 (0.800 %)CSS
84 (0.640 %)LINQ
84 (0.640 %)WinForms
84 (0.640 %)AJAX
84 (0.640 %)WebSphere
84 (0.640 %)Application Packaging
93 (0.480 %)WF
93 (0.480 %)XHTML
102 (0.320 %)XSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
121 (3.360 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
218 (2.880 %)MS Exchange
315 (2.400 %)Oracle Workflow
414 (2.240 %)Exchange Server 2003
511 (1.760 %)CMS
610 (1.600 %)SharePoint
76 (0.960 %)SharePoint Server 2007
76 (0.960 %)WorkSite
76 (0.960 %)Exchange Server 2007
85 (0.800 %)BizTalk Server
85 (0.800 %)Documentum
94 (0.640 %)SAS
94 (0.640 %)IIS
103 (0.480 %)Lotus Notes
112 (0.320 %)CICS
112 (0.320 %)WebLogic
112 (0.320 %)Exchange Server 5.5
121 (0.160 %)SharePoint Portal Server
121 (0.160 %)Alfresco
121 (0.160 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
144 (7.040 %)MS Office
239 (6.240 %)MS Excel
315 (2.400 %)MS Visio
411 (1.760 %)MS PowerPoint
56 (0.960 %)MS Project
62 (0.320 %)Photoshop
62 (0.320 %)DeltaView
71 (0.160 %)InfoPath
71 (0.160 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.160 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
121 (3.360 %)BusinessWorks
217 (2.720 %)TIBCO iProcess
311 (1.760 %)SAP FI
48 (1.280 %)SAP Oil and Gas
57 (1.120 %)assyst
65 (0.800 %)CODA-Financials
65 (0.800 %)SAP R/3
74 (0.640 %)SAP SD
74 (0.640 %)SAP FI/CO
74 (0.640 %)SAP CO
83 (0.480 %)Oracle EBS
83 (0.480 %)SAP PS
92 (0.320 %)Oracle ERP
92 (0.320 %)Oracle Applications
92 (0.320 %)SAP Payroll
92 (0.320 %)Sophis RISQUE
101 (0.160 %)SAP FI-AA
101 (0.160 %)Oracle Payroll
101 (0.160 %)Findur
101 (0.160 %)SAP HR
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
126 (4.160 %)Internet
212 (1.920 %)Intranet
310 (1.600 %)SAN
49 (1.440 %)Firewall
49 (1.440 %)TCP/IP
58 (1.280 %)DNS
58 (1.280 %)DHCP
66 (0.960 %)VoIP
75 (0.800 %)LAN
75 (0.800 %)TETRA
84 (0.640 %)WAN
93 (0.480 %)VPN
93 (0.480 %)Extranet
93 (0.480 %)Network Security
102 (0.320 %)SMS
102 (0.320 %)Broadband
111 (0.160 %)LDAP
111 (0.160 %)FTP
111 (0.160 %)OSPF
111 (0.160 %)BGP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (7.360 %)SQL Server
217 (2.720 %)RDBMS
311 (1.760 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (1.120 %)BusinessObjects
47 (1.120 %)Crystal Reports
47 (1.120 %)MS Access
56 (0.960 %)Reference Data
65 (0.800 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (0.800 %)ETL
74 (0.640 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (0.640 %)Essbase
74 (0.640 %)Datawarehouse
74 (0.640 %)OLAP
83 (0.480 %)Data Mining
92 (0.320 %)Oracle Reports
92 (0.320 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.320 %)DB2
92 (0.320 %)EDRMS
92 (0.320 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.160 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (0.800 %)PowerBuilder
15 (0.800 %)MSI
24 (0.640 %)Atlassian Bamboo
33 (0.480 %)CruiseControl
41 (0.160 %)LSMW
41 (0.160 %)Subversion
41 (0.160 %)Oracle APEX
41 (0.160 %)MyEclipse
41 (0.160 %)InstallShield
41 (0.160 %)ERwin
41 (0.160 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.160 %)PVCS
41 (0.160 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.160 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.160 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1234 (37.44 %)Finance
2133 (21.28 %)Banking
372 (11.52 %)Investment Banking
469 (11.04 %)Law
560 (9.600 %)Government
626 (4.160 %)Telecoms
725 (4.000 %)Back Office
824 (3.840 %)Marketing
923 (3.680 %)Health
1022 (3.520 %)Front Office
1120 (3.200 %)Insurance
1218 (2.880 %)Retail
1310 (1.600 %)Billing
149 (1.440 %)Education
157 (1.120 %)Auditing
166 (0.960 %)Games
166 (0.960 %)Pharmaceutical
175 (0.800 %)Pensions
184 (0.640 %)Local Government
193 (0.480 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1187 (29.92 %)Analyst
292 (14.72 %)Project Manager
292 (14.72 %)Business Analyst
352 (8.320 %)Developer
444 (7.040 %)Consultant
541 (6.560 %)Support Analyst
629 (4.640 %)Contracts Manager
719 (3.040 %)Administrator
818 (2.880 %)Commercial Manager
915 (2.400 %)Senior Manager
915 (2.400 %)SAP Consultant
1013 (2.080 %)Team Leader
1013 (2.080 %)IT Trainer
1013 (2.080 %)Trainer
1112 (1.920 %)Senior Analyst
1211 (1.760 %)Programme Manager
1211 (1.760 %)Desktop Support
1211 (1.760 %)Senior Project Manager
1211 (1.760 %)Java Developer
1211 (1.760 %)SQL Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
129 (4.640 %)Blackberry
228 (4.480 %)Equities
228 (4.480 %)Derivative
324 (3.840 %)Management Information System
419 (3.040 %)NHS
516 (2.560 %)Credit Risk
615 (2.400 %)Market Risk
711 (1.760 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
711 (1.760 %)Data Protection Act
88 (1.280 %)Equity Derivative
96 (0.960 %)Client/Server
105 (0.800 %)Freedom of Information
105 (0.800 %)Greek Language
114 (0.640 %)Computer Science
114 (0.640 %)Fixed Income
122 (0.320 %)Clustering
122 (0.320 %)AS400
122 (0.320 %)Interest Rate Derivative
122 (0.320 %)French Language
122 (0.320 %)Japanese Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
177 (12.32 %)Windows
236 (5.760 %)Windows XP
320 (3.200 %)Windows Server 2003
411 (1.760 %)UNIX
510 (1.600 %)Windows Vista
68 (1.280 %)Windows 2000
77 (1.120 %)Solaris
86 (0.960 %)Windows Server 2008
92 (0.320 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (0.320 %)Linux
92 (0.320 %)HPUX
101 (0.160 %)VMS
101 (0.160 %)NetWare
101 (0.160 %)zOS
101 (0.160 %)Windows Mobile
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
184 (13.44 %)Project Management
240 (6.400 %)PRINCE2
240 (6.400 %)Document Management
240 (6.400 %)Business Analysis
337 (5.920 %)Workflow
432 (5.120 %)ITIL
530 (4.800 %)Migration
627 (4.320 %)Stakeholder Management
724 (3.840 %)Risk Management
724 (3.840 %)Data Protection
823 (3.680 %)Change Management
922 (3.520 %)Agile Software Development
1020 (3.200 %)Scrum
1118 (2.880 %)CRM
1217 (2.720 %)Information Security
1314 (2.240 %)Data Analysis
1314 (2.240 %)OOP
1413 (2.080 %)Service Management
1512 (1.920 %)ERP
1512 (1.920 %)Content Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
168 (10.88 %)SQL
230 (4.800 %)Java
328 (4.480 %)C#
418 (2.880 %)C
514 (2.240 %)VB
612 (1.920 %)VBA
78 (1.280 %)VB.NET
78 (1.280 %)PL/SQL
87 (1.120 %)T-SQL
87 (1.120 %)JavaScript
87 (1.120 %)ABAP
92 (0.320 %)C++
92 (0.320 %)COBOL
92 (0.320 %)VBScript
101 (0.160 %)Perl
101 (0.160 %)VC++
101 (0.160 %)PL/1
101 (0.160 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
137 (5.920 %)Security Cleared
232 (5.120 %)Degree
326 (4.160 %)SC Cleared
413 (2.080 %)DV Cleared
511 (1.760 %)MOS
65 (0.800 %)Cisco Certification
65 (0.800 %)PRINCE2 Certification
74 (0.640 %)Microsoft Certification
74 (0.640 %)MCP
83 (0.480 %)CCNP
83 (0.480 %)CCNA
83 (0.480 %)PMI Certification
83 (0.480 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
92 (0.320 %)BC Cleared
92 (0.320 %)CTC Cleared
92 (0.320 %)MCDST
92 (0.320 %)ACCA
92 (0.320 %)CIMA
92 (0.320 %)HND
92 (0.320 %)MCSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (2.240 %)QA
28 (1.280 %)Basel II
35 (0.800 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.640 %)ISO27001
53 (0.480 %)SLA
62 (0.320 %)ISO9001
62 (0.320 %)COBIT
71 (0.160 %)MiFID
71 (0.160 %)ISO17799
71 (0.160 %)WCAG
71 (0.160 %)TickIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
134 (5.440 %)Active Directory
22 (0.320 %)ISA Server
22 (0.320 %)Backup Exec
22 (0.320 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.320 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.160 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.160 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.160 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.800 %)SCCM
22 (0.320 %)Sysprep
22 (0.320 %)MOM
22 (0.320 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.160 %)MIMEsweeper
31 (0.160 %)MAILsweeper
31 (0.160 %)DameWare
31 (0.160 %)EMC Navisphere
31 (0.160 %)OVSD
31 (0.160 %)ServiceCenter
31 (0.160 %)OpenView
31 (0.160 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
158 (9.280 %)Microsoft
245 (7.200 %)SAP
344 (7.040 %)Oracle
426 (4.160 %)Thunderhead
525 (4.000 %)Hummingbird
624 (3.840 %)TIBCO
714 (2.240 %)Cisco
811 (1.760 %)Interwoven
910 (1.600 %)HP
910 (1.600 %)Siebel
109 (1.440 %)VMware
118 (1.280 %)Open Text
127 (1.120 %)Cognos
127 (1.120 %)Business Objects
127 (1.120 %)PeopleSoft
127 (1.120 %)Citrix
136 (0.960 %)EMC
136 (0.960 %)IBM
136 (0.960 %)Sun
145 (0.800 %)NetApp