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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Legal' in contract IT jobs within the Yorkshire 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 Legal over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Legal
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank91109
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads3031
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.031 %
As % of the category below2.473 %2.042 %
Daily rates quoted74
Average minimum daily rate£341£369
Average daily rate£350£381
% change on same period last year-8.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£399£439
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£26.87£22.00
Average hourly rate£27.70£22.75
% change on same period last year+21.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.53£23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.04£26.37
% change on same period last year-12.62 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads12131518
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.715 %1.537 %
Daily rates quoted322394
Average minimum daily rate£352£370
Average daily rate£374£389
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Hourly rates quoted8382
Average minimum hourly rate£22.15£25.43
Average hourly rate£23.44£27.03
% change on same period last year-13.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.72£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.07£26.79
% change on same period last year+4.77 %
Legal EnglandLegal
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 Legal across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Legal Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Legal Hourly Rate Trend

Legal
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Legal across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Yorkshire Legal Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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.

LocationRank 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
West YorkshireDown-118£342+30.34 %
South YorkshireUp+126--
North YorkshireNew entry-5£401-
Legal EnglandLegal
England

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

166 (57.89 %)Finance
233 (28.95 %)Law
329 (25.44 %)SQL
422 (19.30 %)Windows
518 (15.79 %)PRINCE2
518 (15.79 %)Project Management
518 (15.79 %)Billing
615 (13.16 %)Windows Server 2003
615 (13.16 %)Active Directory
615 (13.16 %)UML
714 (12.28 %)ITIL
714 (12.28 %)MS Visio
813 (11.40 %)Microsoft
813 (11.40 %)Windows 2000
912 (10.53 %)Crystal Reports
912 (10.53 %)Sun
1010 (8.772 %)Back Office
1010 (8.772 %)Intranet
1010 (8.772 %)Citrix
1010 (8.772 %)Solaris
119 (7.895 %)Health
128 (7.018 %)CMS
137 (6.140 %).NET
137 (6.140 %)NHS
137 (6.140 %)Insurance
146 (5.263 %)SQL Server
155 (4.386 %)VERITAS
155 (4.386 %)Service Delivery
155 (4.386 %)Java
155 (4.386 %)SAN

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (6.140 %).NET
24 (3.509 %)WebServices
33 (2.632 %)Application Packaging
42 (1.754 %).NET Framework
42 (1.754 %)XML
42 (1.754 %)DOM
42 (1.754 %)SAX
51 (0.877 %)Hibernate
51 (0.877 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.877 %)XHTML
51 (0.877 %)HTML
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (7.018 %)CMS
25 (4.386 %)MS Exchange
25 (4.386 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (1.754 %)Apache
41 (0.877 %)Exchange Server 2000
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (12.28 %)MS Visio
22 (1.754 %)MS Project
22 (1.754 %)MS Office
22 (1.754 %)MS Excel
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.754 %)Dynamics CRM
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (8.772 %)Intranet
25 (4.386 %)SAN
31 (0.877 %)LDAP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (10.53 %)Crystal Reports
26 (5.263 %)SQL Server
34 (3.509 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.877 %)Data Cleansing
41 (0.877 %)MS Access
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.754 %)JUnit
12 (1.754 %)Visual Studio
12 (1.754 %)Eclipse
21 (0.877 %)TestDirector
21 (0.877 %)CheckStyle
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
166 (57.89 %)Finance
233 (28.95 %)Law
318 (15.79 %)Billing
410 (8.772 %)Back Office
59 (7.895 %)Health
67 (6.140 %)Insurance
72 (1.754 %)Government
72 (1.754 %)Publishing
72 (1.754 %)Banking
72 (1.754 %)Construction
81 (0.877 %)Education
81 (0.877 %)Financial Institution
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (32.46 %)Analyst
220 (17.54 %)Support Analyst
315 (13.16 %)Project Manager
413 (11.40 %)Systems Support
413 (11.40 %)Solutions Designer
512 (10.53 %)Developer
611 (9.649 %)2nd Line Support
710 (8.772 %)Administrator
710 (8.772 %)Systems Analyst
710 (8.772 %)Data Analyst
710 (8.772 %)Systems Support Analyst
710 (8.772 %)Financial Analyst
87 (6.140 %)Applications Support
96 (5.263 %)Consultant
105 (4.386 %)Systems Administrator
105 (4.386 %)Support Engineer
105 (4.386 %)Solaris Administrator
105 (4.386 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
113 (2.632 %)Helpdesk Support
113 (2.632 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (6.140 %)NHS
23 (2.632 %)AS400
31 (0.877 %)PDA
31 (0.877 %)Computer Science
31 (0.877 %)Data Conversion
31 (0.877 %)NPfIT
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (19.30 %)Windows
215 (13.16 %)Windows Server 2003
313 (11.40 %)Windows 2000
410 (8.772 %)Solaris
54 (3.509 %)UNIX
54 (3.509 %)HPUX
63 (2.632 %)AIX
63 (2.632 %)Linux
63 (2.632 %)Windows XP
72 (1.754 %)Windows NT
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (15.79 %)PRINCE2
118 (15.79 %)Project Management
215 (13.16 %)UML
314 (12.28 %)ITIL
45 (4.386 %)Service Delivery
54 (3.509 %)Practice Management
54 (3.509 %)Technical Architecture
54 (3.509 %)Release Management
63 (2.632 %)Automated Testing
63 (2.632 %)Supplier Management
63 (2.632 %)Requirements Analysis
63 (2.632 %)Change Management
63 (2.632 %)PRINCE
72 (1.754 %)CRM
72 (1.754 %)Migration
72 (1.754 %)Unit Testing
72 (1.754 %)Business Analysis
72 (1.754 %)Data Migration
81 (0.877 %)Manual Testing
81 (0.877 %)Software Engineering
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (25.44 %)SQL
25 (4.386 %)Java
33 (2.632 %)C#
33 (2.632 %)Progress 4GL
42 (1.754 %)XPath
42 (1.754 %)VB.NET
51 (0.877 %)VB
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.632 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (1.754 %)MCSE
22 (1.754 %)Degree
31 (0.877 %)HNC
31 (0.877 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.877 %)Sun Certification
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.386 %)SLA
21 (0.877 %)QA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (13.16 %)Active Directory
24 (3.509 %)Backup Exec
32 (1.754 %)NetBackup
41 (0.877 %)VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.509 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.877 %)ServiceCenter
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (11.40 %)Microsoft
212 (10.53 %)Sun
310 (8.772 %)Citrix
45 (4.386 %)VERITAS
54 (3.509 %)Symantec
63 (2.632 %)EMC
63 (2.632 %)Brocade
63 (2.632 %)Progress
63 (2.632 %)Cisco
72 (1.754 %)Oracle
72 (1.754 %)Reuters
72 (1.754 %)Mitel
72 (1.754 %)Altiris
81 (0.877 %)VMware
81 (0.877 %)HP
81 (0.877 %)Cognos