The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Law over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Law
Rank 171 200 162
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -38
Permanent jobs citing Law 73 47 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.016% 0.662% 1.063%
As % of the General category 2.762% 1.937% 3.314%
Number of salaries quoted 65 44 69
Average salary £32,500 £33,250 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.25% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £22,450 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £37,500 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £41,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-9.63% +18.57%
All of the General Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2643 2426 2203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 36.78% 34.18% 32.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2109 2070 1868
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,290
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,650 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,000 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Law
England

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Law Jobs Demand Trend

Law
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Law across the North West region.

North West Law Salary Trend

Law
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Law across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Law Salary Histogram

Law
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -6 53 £32,500 -2.98%
Merseyside +31 17 £45,000 +80.00%
Lancashire - 2 £20,500 -
Cheshire - 1 £22,500 -
Law
England

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Law.

1 55 (35.48%) Legal
2 49 (31.61%) .NET
2 49 (31.61%) Windows
3 40 (25.81%) SQL Server
4 36 (23.23%) SharePoint
5 34 (21.94%) C#
6 30 (19.35%) SQL
6 30 (19.35%) Visualfiles
7 29 (18.71%) Finance
8 27 (17.42%) Management Information System
8 27 (17.42%) ASP.NET
9 25 (16.13%) Visual Studio
10 21 (13.55%) HTML
11 20 (12.90%) JavaScript
12 19 (12.26%) Microsoft
13 18 (11.61%) MS Excel
14 16 (10.32%) SharePoint 2010
14 16 (10.32%) Scrum
15 15 (9.677%) Workflow
15 15 (9.677%) Service Delivery
15 15 (9.677%) Intranet
15 15 (9.677%) E-Commerce
16 14 (9.032%) CSS
16 14 (9.032%) Knowledge Management
16 14 (9.032%) SharePoint Server
16 14 (9.032%) Retail
17 13 (8.387%) ITIL
17 13 (8.387%) VB.NET
18 12 (7.742%) Active Directory
19 11 (7.097%) Project Management

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Law. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 49 (31.61%) .NET
2 27 (17.42%) ASP.NET
3 21 (13.55%) HTML
4 14 (9.032%) CSS
5 9 (5.806%) XML
6 7 (4.516%) .NET Framework
7 6 (3.871%) Web Services
7 6 (3.871%) WCF
8 4 (2.581%) XSLT
8 4 (2.581%) jQuery
9 3 (1.935%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (1.935%) RESTful
9 3 (1.935%) Middleware
9 3 (1.935%) J2EE
9 3 (1.935%) SOAP
10 1 (0.645%) CSS3
10 1 (0.645%) HTML5
10 1 (0.645%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 36 (23.23%) SharePoint
2 16 (10.32%) SharePoint 2010
3 14 (9.032%) SharePoint Server
4 10 (6.452%) MS Exchange
5 6 (3.871%) CMS
5 6 (3.871%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (2.581%) IIS
7 4 (2.581%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (1.935%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.645%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.645%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 18 (11.61%) MS Excel
2 8 (5.161%) MS Office
3 3 (1.935%) MS Project
4 1 (0.645%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (19.35%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.677%) Intranet
2 7 (4.516%) SAN
3 5 (3.226%) WAN
4 4 (2.581%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.581%) LAN
5 3 (1.935%) Firewall
5 3 (1.935%) Extranet
6 2 (1.290%) ATM
7 1 (0.645%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.645%) DNS
7 1 (0.645%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (25.81%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.806%) Crystal Reports
3 7 (4.516%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (1.935%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.935%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (1.290%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.645%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 25 (16.13%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.226%) Eclipse
3 4 (2.581%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (1.290%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 55 (35.48%) Legal
2 29 (18.71%) Finance
3 14 (9.032%) Retail
4 1 (0.645%) Banking
4 1 (0.645%) Marketing
4 1 (0.645%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 70 (45.16%) Developer
2 23 (14.84%) .NET Developer
3 17 (10.97%) SharePoint Developer
4 14 (9.032%) Analyst
5 12 (7.742%) Case Management Developer
6 10 (6.452%) Senior Developer
6 10 (6.452%) Senior .NET Developer
7 9 (5.806%) C# .NET Developer
7 9 (5.806%) Applications Developer
7 9 (5.806%) C# Developer
8 8 (5.161%) ASP.NET Developer
8 8 (5.161%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.161%) Software Manager
8 8 (5.161%) Senior SharePoint Developer
9 7 (4.516%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (4.516%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.871%) Trainer
10 6 (3.871%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.871%) Lead Developer
11 5 (3.226%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (17.42%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.871%) Blackberry
3 2 (1.290%) iPhone
4 1 (0.645%) iPad
4 1 (0.645%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.645%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 49 (31.61%) Windows
2 9 (5.806%) Windows 7
2 9 (5.806%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (5.161%) Windows XP
4 7 (4.516%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.290%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.645%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.645%) Linux
6 1 (0.645%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (10.32%) Scrum
2 15 (9.677%) Workflow
2 15 (9.677%) Service Delivery
2 15 (9.677%) E-Commerce
3 14 (9.032%) Knowledge Management
4 13 (8.387%) ITIL
5 11 (7.097%) Project Management
5 11 (7.097%) ERP
6 8 (5.161%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (4.516%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (3.871%) Business Analysis
9 5 (3.226%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (3.226%) OOP
10 4 (2.581%) Information Security
10 4 (2.581%) Risk Management
10 4 (2.581%) Business Development
10 4 (2.581%) Asset Management
10 4 (2.581%) ITIL V3
11 3 (1.935%) Time Management
11 3 (1.935%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.94%) C#
2 30 (19.35%) SQL
3 20 (12.90%) JavaScript
4 13 (8.387%) VB.NET
5 11 (7.097%) T-SQL
6 7 (4.516%) Java
7 4 (2.581%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (6.452%) Degree
2 4 (2.581%) CISSP
2 4 (2.581%) CISM
2 4 (2.581%) MCTS
2 4 (2.581%) MCITP
3 3 (1.935%) CISA
4 1 (0.645%) ISACA
4 1 (0.645%) ISSAP
4 1 (0.645%) ISSMP
4 1 (0.645%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.645%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.581%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.935%) GAAP
3 2 (1.290%) SLA
4 1 (0.645%) BS7799
System Software
1 12 (7.742%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.161%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 6 (3.871%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.226%) vSphere
4 5 (3.226%) XenApp
5 4 (2.581%) VMware ESX
6 3 (1.935%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.290%) SCOM
2 1 (0.645%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.452%) Citrix
3 6 (3.871%) VMware
4 3 (1.935%) hybris
4 3 (1.935%) ATG
4 3 (1.935%) NetApp
5 1 (0.645%) Northgate
5 1 (0.645%) Cisco
5 1 (0.645%) Adobe
5 1 (0.645%) Apple
5 1 (0.645%) CheckPoint
Manchester, Lancashire
You shall be working within the following technical environment: *Windows 7 / XP *Case management / legal software *MS office, Active Directory, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP We are ideally looking...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £24000 - £25000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key skills - Business Analyst, Business Analysis, IT Analyst, A new opportunity has become available to join a top 20 law firm based in Manchester, we are currently looking...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key skills - Trainee Software Developer, Applications developer A brand new opportunity has become available to join a law firm based in Manchester. We are looking for a graduate...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £17000 - £22000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
North West
Manage relationships with internal business users to gather requirements, produce quality specifications and build reports- Manage the publication, maintenance and distribution of reports- Provide high quality internal data...
Michael Page
Salary: GBP26000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Main Duties: -Administer/ create sharepoint sites and enable site features -Create Forms Authentication users-Day to day support of sharepoint (basic queries, permissions, general know how questions); -Successfully...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Project Managers will be responsible for working on a variety of high profile commercially driven projects to replace retail, ERP, eCommerce and distribution systems.Project Managers must have...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Career Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Project Managers will be responsible for working on a variety of high profile commercially driven IT projects to replace head office, retail, ERP, eCommerce, call centre, warehouse and...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Career Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013