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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Law' in IT jobs across the UK together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Law over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLaw
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank197228
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads17631941
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.021 %0.835 %
As % of the category below1.967 %1.633 %
Salaries quoted16211570
Average minimum salary£37,141£35,513
Average salary£39,452£37,452
% change on same period last year+5.34 %
Average maximum salary£41,763£39,390
UK excluding London average salary£36,603£31,783
% change on same period last year+15.16 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads89614118888
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled51.88 %51.16 %
Salaries quoted7368594092
Average minimum salary£43,604£45,355
Average salary£48,024£49,756
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Average maximum salary£52,445£54,156
UK excluding London average salary£41,278£41,791
% change on same period last year-1.22 %

Law
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Law within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Law Demand Trend

Law
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Law within the UK.

Law Salary Trend

Law
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Law over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

Law Salary Histogram

Law
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 10 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+331745£39,411+4.91 %
LondonUp+251319£40,426+2.66 %
City of LondonUp+15543£38,726+2.73 %
South EastDown-34112£40,642+22.77 %
South WestUp+111111£35,591-24.90 %
BristolUp+75107£35,547+18.48 %
North WestUp+5371£32,189+2.76 %
West MidlandsUp+1950£36,780+25.77 %
ManchesterUp+4949£29,844-0.83 %
HampshireDown-4847£46,583+49.96 %
YorkshireDown-2844£29,590+1.09 %
BirminghamUp+738£33,323+13.37 %
West YorkshireDown-2433£29,437+1.82 %
LeedsDown-627£29,283+2.74 %
BerkshireUp+3823£37,455-19.18 %
SurreyUp+2121£38,225+34.66 %
East of EnglandUp+1918£30,882-1.08 %
East MidlandsUp+1115£32,929+30.41 %
ScotlandUp+2113£43,583+46.85 %
CambridgeshireUp+812£30,333+9.37 %
NottinghamshireUp+212£32,929+43.55 %
BasingstokeDown-1012£53,750+81.17 %
NottinghamDown-312£32,929+51.64 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1311£44,500-33.08 %
GlasgowUp+1811£43,909+33.63 %
LancashireUp+810£44,500-6.31 %
GuildfordUp+79£38,500+57.90 %
KentDown-109£20,500-26.12 %
East SussexUp+48£38,000+28.19 %
WorcestershireUp+98£47,813+36.60 %

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11564 (41.66 %)Legal
2987 (26.29 %)Windows
3948 (25.25 %)MS Office
4859 (22.88 %)Microsoft
5734 (19.55 %)SQL
6624 (16.62 %)Active Directory
7603 (16.06 %)MS Excel
8556 (14.81 %)Document Management
9531 (14.14 %)SQL Server
10498 (13.27 %)Finance
11474 (12.63 %).NET
12414 (11.03 %)Windows XP
13341 (9.084 %)Windows Server 2003
14336 (8.950 %)C#
15323 (8.604 %)CRM
15323 (8.604 %)Interwoven
16314 (8.364 %)Project Management
17300 (7.991 %)ITIL
18296 (7.885 %)ASP.NET
19274 (7.299 %)MS Exchange
20263 (7.006 %)Citrix
21252 (6.713 %)Blackberry
22251 (6.686 %)WAN
23248 (6.606 %)MOS
24241 (6.420 %)SharePoint
25240 (6.393 %)PRINCE2
26239 (6.367 %)Degree
27232 (6.180 %)Business Analysis
28222 (5.914 %)LAN
29218 (5.807 %)VMware

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1474 (12.63 %).NET
2296 (7.885 %)ASP.NET
3209 (5.567 %)HTML
4196 (5.221 %)XML
5137 (3.649 %)CSS
6125 (3.330 %)ASP
754 (1.438 %)XSLT
848 (1.279 %).NET Framework
942 (1.119 %)AJAX
1032 (0.852 %)XHTML
1129 (0.773 %)ADO
1228 (0.746 %)XSL
1325 (0.666 %)J2EE
1419 (0.506 %)WebServices
1517 (0.453 %)JSP
1517 (0.453 %)Servlets
1616 (0.426 %)COM+
1711 (0.293 %)ActiveX
1711 (0.293 %)J2SE
1810 (0.266 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1274 (7.299 %)MS Exchange
2241 (6.420 %)SharePoint
3193 (5.141 %)Exchange Server 2003
4144 (3.836 %)CMS
5116 (3.090 %)IIS
6113 (3.010 %)WorkSite
752 (1.385 %)Lotus Notes
839 (1.039 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
934 (0.906 %)Documentum
1032 (0.852 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1127 (0.719 %)Exchange Server 2007
1216 (0.426 %)Exchange Server 2000
1313 (0.346 %)LiveLink
1412 (0.320 %)Immediacy CMS
1511 (0.293 %)Umbraco
169 (0.240 %)SharePoint Portal Server
176 (0.160 %)Lotus Domino
184 (0.107 %)SAS
184 (0.107 %)Exchange Server 5.5
193 (0.080 %)GroupWise
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1948 (25.25 %)MS Office
2603 (16.06 %)MS Excel
3119 (3.170 %)MS PowerPoint
484 (2.238 %)DeltaView
558 (1.545 %)MS Project
648 (1.279 %)MS Visio
735 (0.932 %)Photoshop
826 (0.693 %)Acrobat
910 (0.266 %)ImageReady
108 (0.213 %)InfoPath
115 (0.133 %)Spreadsheet
115 (0.133 %)Adobe Illustrator
123 (0.080 %)Adobe Captivate
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
119 (0.506 %)Pivotal CRM
215 (0.400 %)Oracle Applications
311 (0.293 %)SAP CRM
311 (0.293 %)Oracle Financials
47 (0.186 %)e-Work
56 (0.160 %)assyst
65 (0.133 %)Oracle EBS
71 (0.027 %)Microsoft CRM
71 (0.027 %)Axapta
71 (0.027 %)Navision
71 (0.027 %)SAP SD
71 (0.027 %)WebTrends
71 (0.027 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1251 (6.686 %)WAN
2222 (5.914 %)LAN
3176 (4.688 %)Intranet
4167 (4.449 %)Firewall
5125 (3.330 %)SAN
6114 (3.037 %)Internet
778 (2.078 %)TCP/IP
866 (1.758 %)VPN
957 (1.518 %)DNS
957 (1.518 %)DHCP
1049 (1.305 %)Extranet
1144 (1.172 %)MPLS
1242 (1.119 %)VoIP
1336 (0.959 %)SMS
1426 (0.693 %)VLAN
1522 (0.586 %)SMTP
1621 (0.559 %)Wireless
1717 (0.453 %)Network Security
1813 (0.346 %)GSM
1813 (0.346 %)OSPF
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1531 (14.14 %)SQL Server
2176 (4.688 %)SQL Server 2005
3162 (4.315 %)SQL Server 2000
4113 (3.010 %)Crystal Reports
557 (1.518 %)DTS
647 (1.252 %)Datawarehouse
734 (0.906 %)Informix
833 (0.879 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
929 (0.773 %)BusinessObjects
1028 (0.746 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1123 (0.613 %)MS Access
1218 (0.479 %)ETL
1315 (0.400 %)MySQL
1315 (0.400 %)Data Cleansing
1411 (0.293 %)Oracle 10g
1411 (0.293 %)RDBMS
1510 (0.266 %)Oracle 8/8i
167 (0.186 %)Oracle Reports
176 (0.160 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
183 (0.080 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
154 (1.438 %)Visual Studio
248 (1.279 %)TestDirector
342 (1.119 %)Flash
429 (0.773 %)Dreamweaver
520 (0.533 %)QuickTest Pro
617 (0.453 %)FrontPage
713 (0.346 %)WinRunner
713 (0.346 %)Oracle Forms
812 (0.320 %)Oracle Developer 2000
911 (0.293 %)NUnit
911 (0.293 %)VSS/SourceSafe
109 (0.240 %)LoadRunner
109 (0.240 %)Selenium
118 (0.213 %)MSI
127 (0.186 %)Rational Robot
135 (0.133 %)Rational Rose
143 (0.080 %)CruiseControl
143 (0.080 %)SilkPerformer
143 (0.080 %)ERwin
143 (0.080 %)jMock
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11564 (41.66 %)Legal
2498 (13.27 %)Finance
3145 (3.863 %)Banking
4103 (2.744 %)Health
597 (2.584 %)Pensions
696 (2.557 %)Marketing
790 (2.397 %)Insurance
790 (2.397 %)Telecoms
860 (1.598 %)Billing
956 (1.492 %)Government
1044 (1.172 %)Education
1138 (1.012 %)Back Office
1229 (0.773 %)Investment Banking
1322 (0.586 %)Electronics
1416 (0.426 %)Construction
1513 (0.346 %)Publishing
1611 (0.293 %)Front Office
1710 (0.266 %)Financial Institution
188 (0.213 %)Retail
197 (0.186 %)Private Banking
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11329 (35.40 %)Analyst
2495 (13.19 %)Developer
3397 (10.58 %)Support Analyst
4377 (10.04 %)Trainer
5368 (9.803 %)IT Trainer
6233 (6.207 %)Business Analyst
7205 (5.461 %)Helpdesk Analyst
8184 (4.901 %)Project Manager
9180 (4.795 %)Administrator
10118 (3.143 %)IT Manager
11112 (2.983 %)Web Developer
11112 (2.983 %)Team Leader
12110 (2.930 %).NET Developer
1395 (2.531 %)DBA
1486 (2.291 %)2nd Line Support
1585 (2.264 %)IT Support Analyst
1585 (2.264 %)Helpdesk Support
1585 (2.264 %)Programmer
1675 (1.998 %)Junior
1773 (1.945 %)Support Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1252 (6.713 %)Blackberry
2101 (2.690 %)E-Learning
349 (1.305 %)Clustering
439 (1.039 %)Client/Server
527 (0.719 %)Management Information System
527 (0.719 %)Web 2.0
622 (0.586 %)PDA
721 (0.559 %)Video Conferencing
818 (0.479 %)Replication
917 (0.453 %)PMI
1014 (0.373 %)Derivative
1014 (0.373 %)Data Protection Act
1113 (0.346 %)Computer Science
1210 (0.266 %)Statistics
1210 (0.266 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
138 (0.213 %)N-Tier
138 (0.213 %)Mainframe
138 (0.213 %)Podcast
147 (0.186 %)CLARiiON
156 (0.160 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1987 (26.29 %)Windows
2414 (11.03 %)Windows XP
3341 (9.084 %)Windows Server 2003
4176 (4.688 %)Windows 2000
583 (2.211 %)Windows Vista
672 (1.918 %)Windows 2000 Server
746 (1.225 %)Linux
821 (0.559 %)Windows NT
914 (0.373 %)UNIX
914 (0.373 %)Solaris
914 (0.373 %)Red Hat Linux
1012 (0.320 %)Windows Server 2008
118 (0.213 %)NetWare
127 (0.186 %)HPUX
131 (0.027 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1556 (14.81 %)Document Management
2323 (8.604 %)CRM
3314 (8.364 %)Project Management
4300 (7.991 %)ITIL
5240 (6.393 %)PRINCE2
6232 (6.180 %)Business Analysis
7161 (4.289 %)Practice Management
8143 (3.809 %)Business Development
988 (2.344 %)Change Management
1080 (2.131 %)Content Management
1174 (1.971 %)Web Development
1269 (1.838 %)UML
1368 (1.811 %)Workflow
1464 (1.705 %)Business Intelligence
1557 (1.518 %)Service Delivery
1651 (1.359 %)ERP
1747 (1.252 %)Release Management
1846 (1.225 %)Disaster Recovery
1846 (1.225 %)Service Management
1945 (1.199 %)OO
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1734 (19.55 %)SQL
2336 (8.950 %)C#
3188 (5.008 %)JavaScript
4183 (4.875 %)VB
5181 (4.822 %)VB.NET
6102 (2.717 %)VBScript
791 (2.424 %)VBA
874 (1.971 %)Java
948 (1.279 %)Transact-SQL
1040 (1.066 %)C
1132 (0.852 %)PHP
1231 (0.826 %)C++
1327 (0.719 %)VB6
1414 (0.373 %)PL/SQL
1414 (0.373 %)ActionScript
1513 (0.346 %)Perl
1611 (0.293 %)VC++
1710 (0.266 %)Assembly Language
185 (0.133 %)Shell Script
185 (0.133 %)DHTML
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1248 (6.606 %)MOS
2239 (6.367 %)Degree
3188 (5.008 %)Microsoft Certification
4116 (3.090 %)MCSE
551 (1.359 %)MCP
646 (1.225 %)Cisco Certification
742 (1.119 %)PRINCE2 Certification
836 (0.959 %)CCNA
935 (0.932 %)MCSD
935 (0.932 %)ITIL Certification
1026 (0.693 %)MCDST
1026 (0.693 %)ISEB
1119 (0.506 %)MCSA
1218 (0.479 %)Citrix Certification
1317 (0.453 %)CIPD
1416 (0.426 %)CCNP
1416 (0.426 %)CCA
1513 (0.346 %)CCEA
1513 (0.346 %)MCAD
1513 (0.346 %)MCTS
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
187 (2.318 %)SLA
223 (0.613 %)QA
322 (0.586 %)ISO27001
417 (0.453 %)ISO17799
55 (0.133 %)COBIT
55 (0.133 %)BS7799
64 (0.107 %)ISO9001
71 (0.027 %)BS15000
71 (0.027 %)TickIT
71 (0.027 %)MiFID
71 (0.027 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1624 (16.62 %)Active Directory
297 (2.584 %)Backup Exec
385 (2.264 %)Terminal Services
463 (1.678 %)VMware Infrastructure
532 (0.852 %)Citrix Presentation Server
626 (0.693 %)VMware ESX
717 (0.453 %)MetaFrame
813 (0.346 %)Terminal Server
912 (0.320 %)ISA Server
912 (0.320 %)NetBackup
103 (0.080 %)Oracle RMAN
103 (0.080 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
103 (0.080 %)NDS
112 (0.053 %)VMware Server
112 (0.053 %)AquaLogic
121 (0.027 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
134 (0.906 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
232 (0.852 %)MOM
311 (0.293 %)SCOM
410 (0.266 %)Norton AntiVirus
58 (0.213 %)OpenView
67 (0.186 %)Legato
75 (0.133 %)ZENworks
84 (0.107 %)MAILsweeper
84 (0.107 %)OpenView Configuration Management
91 (0.027 %)BMC PATROL
91 (0.027 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
91 (0.027 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1859 (22.88 %)Microsoft
2323 (8.604 %)Interwoven
3263 (7.006 %)Citrix
4218 (5.807 %)VMware
5204 (5.434 %)Hummingbird
6190 (5.061 %)Cisco
796 (2.557 %)HP
866 (1.758 %)Visualfiles
959 (1.572 %)Oracle
1057 (1.518 %)Symantec
1153 (1.412 %)Lotus
1240 (1.066 %)Adobe
1335 (0.932 %)Remedy
1433 (0.879 %)Metastorm
1531 (0.826 %)Open Text
1629 (0.773 %)Business Objects
1725 (0.666 %)Dell
1725 (0.666 %)Avaya
1725 (0.666 %)Novell
1824 (0.639 %)RedDot