West Midlands Law Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Law' in contract IT jobs within the West Midlands region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Law over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Barnet Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff City of London Cumbria Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Lytham St Annes Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Street Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	105	126
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	17	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	1.403 %	0.335 %
Daily rates quoted	6	1
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£250
Average daily rate	£341	£300
% change on same period last year	+13.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£303
% change on same period last year	+15.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£25.00
Average hourly rate	-	£25.67
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£26.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.43	£22.92
% change on same period last year	-6.47 %
General West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1212	1194
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.616 %	1.208 %
Daily rates quoted	323	296
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£338
Average daily rate	£358	£361
% change on same period last year	-0.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	83	88
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.74	£22.68
Average hourly rate	£26.68	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+9.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.62	£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.78	£27.25
% change on same period last year	-1.70 %
Law England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Law across the West Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Law across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Law across the West Midlands region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Birmingham	+23	9	£309	+3.00 %
Worcestershire	-	2	£500	-
Wolverhampton	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 12 (50.00 %) Legal 2 10 (41.67 %) Finance 3 7 (29.17 %) Crystal Reports 4 5 (20.83 %) SQL 5 4 (16.67 %) Microsoft 5 4 (16.67 %) HP 5 4 (16.67 %) MS Office 5 4 (16.67 %) MS Visio 5 4 (16.67 %) Document Management 6 3 (12.50 %) Billing 6 3 (12.50 %) CMS 6 3 (12.50 %) Business Analysis 6 3 (12.50 %) Project Planning 6 3 (12.50 %) UML 6 3 (12.50 %) ITIL

6 3 (12.50 %) PRINCE2 6 3 (12.50 %) Dell 6 3 (12.50 %) LAN 6 3 (12.50 %) Cisco 6 3 (12.50 %) Risk Management 6 3 (12.50 %) Workflow 6 3 (12.50 %) Practice Management 7 2 (8.333 %) SLA 7 2 (8.333 %) Windows 7 2 (8.333 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (8.333 %) Insurance 7 2 (8.333 %) Banking 8 1 (4.167 %) Government 8 1 (4.167 %) Performance Management 8 1 (4.167 %) Auditing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms 1 3 (12.50 %) CMS	Applications 1 4 (16.67 %) MS Office 1 4 (16.67 %) MS Visio 2 1 (4.167 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 3 (12.50 %) LAN 2 1 (4.167 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (4.167 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (29.17 %) Crystal Reports 2 1 (4.167 %) Data Mining
General 1 12 (50.00 %) Legal 2 10 (41.67 %) Finance 3 3 (12.50 %) Billing 4 2 (8.333 %) Insurance 4 2 (8.333 %) Banking 5 1 (4.167 %) Government 5 1 (4.167 %) Auditing	Job Titles 1 9 (37.50 %) Analyst 2 5 (20.83 %) Support Analyst 3 4 (16.67 %) IT Manager 3 4 (16.67 %) Project Manager 3 4 (16.67 %) IT Project Manager 4 2 (8.333 %) Helpdesk Team Leader 4 2 (8.333 %) PC Support 4 2 (8.333 %) Desktop Analyst 4 2 (8.333 %) Desktop Support 4 2 (8.333 %) Team Leader 4 2 (8.333 %) Solutions Designer 4 2 (8.333 %) Data Analyst 4 2 (8.333 %) Desktop Support Analyst 5 1 (4.167 %) IT Trainer 5 1 (4.167 %) Analyst Developer 5 1 (4.167 %) Desktop Engineer 5 1 (4.167 %) Architect 5 1 (4.167 %) 1st Line Support 5 1 (4.167 %) Junior 5 1 (4.167 %) Developer
Operating Systems 1 2 (8.333 %) Windows 1 2 (8.333 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (16.67 %) Document Management 2 3 (12.50 %) Business Analysis 2 3 (12.50 %) Project Planning 2 3 (12.50 %) ITIL 2 3 (12.50 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (12.50 %) UML 2 3 (12.50 %) Risk Management 2 3 (12.50 %) Workflow 2 3 (12.50 %) Practice Management 3 1 (4.167 %) Performance Management
Programming Languages 1 5 (20.83 %) SQL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (8.333 %) SLA
Systems Management 1 1 (4.167 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 4 (16.67 %) Microsoft 1 4 (16.67 %) HP 2 3 (12.50 %) Dell 2 3 (12.50 %) Cisco 3 1 (4.167 %) Reuters 3 1 (4.167 %) Wyse