The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Law over the 3 months to 23 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Law
Rank 54 57 58
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Law 8 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.439% 0.170% 0.183%
As % of the General category 5.128% 0.571% 0.599%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
Average salary £31,500 £16,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+90.90% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
All of the General Category
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
156 175 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 28.06% 29.81% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 138 143 142
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -3.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £18,400 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Law
North East

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Law Salary Trend

Law
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Law across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 23 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -1 8 £31,500 +90.90%
Law
North East

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 14 (66.67%) OOP
1 14 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 14 (66.67%) QA
1 14 (66.67%) Selenium
1 14 (66.67%) Android
1 14 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 13 (61.90%) iPhone
2 13 (61.90%) iPad
2 13 (61.90%) Scrum
3 9 (42.86%) Java
3 9 (42.86%) PHP
3 9 (42.86%) .NET
3 9 (42.86%) Ruby
4 8 (38.10%) Symbian
5 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 5 (23.81%) Internet
6 5 (23.81%) TDD
6 5 (23.81%) Web Development
6 5 (23.81%) Cucumber
6 5 (23.81%) BDD
7 4 (19.05%) CIPD
8 2 (9.524%) Legal
9 1 (4.762%) Incident Management
9 1 (4.762%) Banking
9 1 (4.762%) Penetration Testing
9 1 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (4.762%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (4.762%) Problem Management
9 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
9 1 (4.762%) Manual Testing

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 9 (42.86%) .NET
2 1 (4.762%) COM
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Internet
2 1 (4.762%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 14 (66.67%) Selenium
2 5 (23.81%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (9.524%) Legal
2 1 (4.762%) Banking
2 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Tester
2 12 (57.14%) Test Analyst
2 12 (57.14%) Analyst
3 1 (4.762%) Deskside Support
3 1 (4.762%) IT Security Specialist
3 1 (4.762%) Test Manager
3 1 (4.762%) Desktop Support
3 1 (4.762%) QA Manager
3 1 (4.762%) Software Tester
3 1 (4.762%) QA Tester
3 1 (4.762%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 14 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 13 (61.90%) iPhone
2 13 (61.90%) iPad
3 1 (4.762%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (66.67%) Android
2 1 (4.762%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.762%) Windows XP
2 1 (4.762%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) OOP
1 14 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 13 (61.90%) Scrum
3 5 (23.81%) TDD
3 5 (23.81%) Web Development
3 5 (23.81%) BDD
4 1 (4.762%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.762%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
4 1 (4.762%) Manual Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.762%) Security Architecture
4 1 (4.762%) Project Management
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL
4 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.762%) Change Management
4 1 (4.762%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (4.762%) Information Security
4 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) Java
1 9 (42.86%) PHP
1 9 (42.86%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CIPD
2 1 (4.762%) CISSP
2 1 (4.762%) CISM
2 1 (4.762%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.762%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Symbian
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft