The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Legal 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 West Yorkshire 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
Legal
Rank 72 87 63
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -24
Contract jobs citing Legal 19 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.497% 0.433% 0.981%
As % of the General category 4.279% 1.017% 2.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 6
Average daily rate £338 £425 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.58% +15.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £184 £111 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £515 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £363 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £10.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
+29.41% +1.49%
All of the General Category
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
444 688 476
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 34.99% 42.52% 42.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 451 231
Average daily rate £361 £378 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.43% -0.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £496 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 17
Average hourly rate £16.25 £17.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £10.50 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.40 £50.60 £30.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
Legal
Yorkshire

Legal
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -3 11 £225 -47.05%
Halifax - 3 £350 -
Legal
Yorkshire

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 24 (48.00%) Finance
2 13 (26.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (18.00%) Law
4 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (16.00%) MS Office
5 7 (14.00%) Windows
5 7 (14.00%) Project Management
5 7 (14.00%) Practice Management
5 7 (14.00%) Dynamics AX
6 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
6 6 (12.00%) MS Excel
7 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
8 4 (8.000%) PRINCE2
8 4 (8.000%) Windows XP
8 4 (8.000%) Banking
8 4 (8.000%) Retail
8 4 (8.000%) Windows 7
9 3 (6.000%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (6.000%) Product Management
9 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (6.000%) Copywriting
9 3 (6.000%) Marketing
9 3 (6.000%) Use Case
9 3 (6.000%) Content Management
9 3 (6.000%) Data Analysis
9 3 (6.000%) SEO
9 3 (6.000%) Amdocs
9 3 (6.000%) MS Exchange
9 3 (6.000%) ERP
9 3 (6.000%) NFS

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (2.000%) .NET
1 1 (2.000%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (6.000%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.000%) WorkSite
3 1 (2.000%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.000%) Lync
3 1 (2.000%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (16.00%) MS Office
2 6 (12.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (6.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.000%) LAN
1 2 (4.000%) WAN
1 2 (4.000%) SAN
1 2 (4.000%) Internet
1 2 (4.000%) NAS
2 1 (2.000%) Extranet
2 1 (2.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.000%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.000%) PVCS
1 1 (2.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (2.000%) WebSpeed
1 1 (2.000%) JIRA
General
1 24 (48.00%) Finance
2 9 (18.00%) Law
3 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 4 (8.000%) Banking
4 4 (8.000%) Retail
5 3 (6.000%) Marketing
6 1 (2.000%) Back Office
6 1 (2.000%) Games
Job Titles
1 28 (56.00%) Analyst
2 19 (38.00%) Business Analyst
3 6 (12.00%) Project Manager
4 5 (10.00%) Consultant
5 4 (8.000%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.000%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (6.000%) Business Consultant
6 3 (6.000%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (6.000%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Developer
7 2 (4.000%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Messaging Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Messaging Engineer
7 2 (4.000%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.000%) IT Trainer
7 2 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (4.000%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.000%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.000%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (4.000%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.000%) Management Information System
1 3 (6.000%) Copywriting
2 1 (2.000%) NHS
2 1 (2.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Windows
2 4 (8.000%) Windows XP
2 4 (8.000%) Windows 7
3 3 (6.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (6.000%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.000%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (14.00%) Practice Management
2 7 (14.00%) Project Management
3 4 (8.000%) PRINCE2
4 3 (6.000%) ERP
4 3 (6.000%) Benchmarking
4 3 (6.000%) SEO
4 3 (6.000%) Data Analysis
4 3 (6.000%) Content Management
4 3 (6.000%) Use Case
4 3 (6.000%) Product Management
4 3 (6.000%) Customer Insight
5 2 (4.000%) Time Management
5 2 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (4.000%) Document Management
5 2 (4.000%) Business Analysis
5 2 (4.000%) ITIL
5 2 (4.000%) UML
5 2 (4.000%) CRM
6 1 (2.000%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.000%) SQL
2 1 (2.000%) VB
2 1 (2.000%) VB.NET
2 1 (2.000%) VBA
2 1 (2.000%) VB6
2 1 (2.000%) C#
2 1 (2.000%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 2 (4.000%) MCSE
1 2 (4.000%) ISEB
1 2 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.000%) MOS
2 1 (2.000%) MCDST
2 1 (2.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.000%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.000%) NFS
2 2 (4.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.000%) Citrix
2 3 (6.000%) Amdocs
3 2 (4.000%) Cisco
3 2 (4.000%) Ariba
3 2 (4.000%) F5
4 1 (2.000%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (2.000%) Sculptor
4 1 (2.000%) Interwoven
4 1 (2.000%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.000%) Progress