The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Law over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

Law
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank223227258
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+31
Matching permanent IT job ads13871258785
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.150 %1.026 %0.822 %
As % of the General category2.556 %2.121 %1.687 %
Number of salaries quoted12881142663
Average salary£45,000£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88 %+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£27,750£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£33,250
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %+12.78 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
542715931346540
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK45.01 %48.37 %48.74 %
Number of salaries quoted456244848337646
Average salary£50,000£52,500£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£85,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65 %+2.50 %

Law
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandNo change01368£45,000+5.88 %
LondonUp+181091£45,000-
City of LondonUp+11207£45,000-3.22 %
South EastDown-4683£62,500+56.25 %
North WestDown-2248£33,500-4.28 %
SurreyUp+647£80,000+105.12 %
ManchesterDown-141£33,750+22.72 %
East of EnglandUp+1839£52,500+16.66 %
West YorkshireDown-532£35,000-
YorkshireDown-2232£35,000-
South WestDown-626£34,000+13.33 %
BristolUp+925£33,000+13.79 %
West MidlandsDown-1924£43,500+8.75 %
EssexUp+123£60,000+20.00 %
BirminghamDown-1022£30,000-25.00 %
LeedsDown-919£30,000-14.28 %
East MidlandsDown-116£36,000-0.68 %
GuildfordDown-1316£70,000+164.15 %
WokingUp+2115£80,000+128.57 %
BerkshireDown-4915£45,000+12.50 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1114£35,750+5.14 %
NorthamptonUp+1512£35,250+3.67 %
HampshireDown-1210£80,000+146.15 %
UxbridgeDown-139£37,500-11.76 %
OxfordshireNew entry-9£45,000-
Docklands, LondonUp+247£77,500+78.16 %
AldershotNo change07£80,000+128.57 %
LiverpoolDown-137£25,000-41.17 %
MerseysideDown-257£25,000-16.66 %
ReigateNew entry-7£80,000-

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

1959 (34.51 %)Legal
2679 (24.43 %)Windows
3609 (21.91 %)Finance
4592 (21.30 %).NET
5564 (20.30 %)SQL
6544 (19.58 %)Microsoft
7520 (18.71 %)C#
8499 (17.96 %)SQL Server
9466 (16.77 %)MS Office
10438 (15.76 %)MS Excel
11436 (15.69 %)ASP.NET
12317 (11.41 %)Active Directory
13304 (10.94 %)Document Management
14303 (10.90 %)SharePoint
15293 (10.54 %)E-Commerce
16283 (10.18 %)ITIL
17276 (9.932 %)MVC
18272 (9.788 %)Windows XP
18272 (9.788 %)TDD
19253 (9.104 %)Blackberry
20245 (8.816 %)Scrum
21242 (8.708 %)JavaScript
22236 (8.492 %)T-SQL
22236 (8.492 %)Degree
23214 (7.701 %)Citrix
23214 (7.701 %)Project Management
24211 (7.593 %)ASP.NET MVC
25194 (6.981 %)Windows Server 2003
26184 (6.621 %)Windows Server 2008
27181 (6.513 %)MS Exchange

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1592 (21.30 %).NET
2436 (15.69 %)ASP.NET
3211 (7.593 %)ASP.NET MVC
4177 (6.369 %)jQuery
5168 (6.045 %)HTML
6148 (5.326 %)CSS
7138 (4.966 %)XML
8132 (4.750 %)NHibernate
9118 (4.246 %)Web Services
1096 (3.454 %)WCF
1170 (2.519 %)Ajax
1260 (2.159 %)XSLT
1354 (1.943 %)ASP
1452 (1.871 %)J2EE
1550 (1.799 %)Spring
1647 (1.691 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
1729 (1.044 %)WPF
1729 (1.044 %)Silverlight
1825 (0.900 %)SOAP
1924 (0.864 %)XHTML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1303 (10.90 %)SharePoint
2181 (6.513 %)MS Exchange
3112 (4.030 %)CMS
4104 (3.742 %)SharePoint 2010
595 (3.418 %)Exchange Server 2010
687 (3.131 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
776 (2.735 %)Exchange Server 2003
871 (2.555 %)IIS
966 (2.375 %)WorkSite
1043 (1.547 %)Exchange Server 2007
1139 (1.403 %)BizTalk Server
1231 (1.116 %)Lotus Notes
1329 (1.044 %)SharePoint Server
1426 (0.936 %)Apache
1524 (0.864 %)Tomcat
1620 (0.720 %)SAS
1712 (0.432 %)Documentum
1811 (0.396 %)Umbraco
199 (0.324 %)WordPress
208 (0.288 %)Alfresco
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1466 (16.77 %)MS Office
2438 (15.76 %)MS Excel
381 (2.915 %)MS PowerPoint
474 (2.663 %)MS Visio
533 (1.187 %)MS Project
618 (0.648 %)DeltaView
716 (0.576 %)SPSS
814 (0.504 %)Photoshop
911 (0.396 %)InfoPath
106 (0.216 %)Spreadsheet
115 (0.180 %)MATLAB
124 (0.144 %)Adobe Captivate
132 (0.072 %)Adobe Illustrator
132 (0.072 %)Acrobat
132 (0.072 %)RoboHelp
141 (0.036 %)Google Apps
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
141 (1.475 %)Visualfiles
223 (0.828 %)SAP ERP
313 (0.468 %)SAP FI/CO
313 (0.468 %)SAP CO
313 (0.468 %)SAP FI
410 (0.360 %)SAP SD
56 (0.216 %)Sentinel
56 (0.216 %)Dynamics CRM
65 (0.180 %)PeopleSoft Financials
74 (0.144 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
74 (0.144 %)HFM
83 (0.108 %)assyst
83 (0.108 %)Oracle ERP
83 (0.108 %)Oracle Financials
92 (0.072 %)Dynamics AX
92 (0.072 %)SAP CRM
92 (0.072 %)SAP MM
101 (0.036 %)SAP HR
101 (0.036 %)BusinessWorks
101 (0.036 %)Pivotal CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1138 (4.966 %)WAN
2129 (4.642 %)LAN
3119 (4.282 %)Internet
498 (3.526 %)SAN
589 (3.203 %)Firewall
685 (3.059 %)Intranet
777 (2.771 %)TCP/IP
876 (2.735 %)DNS
961 (2.195 %)VPN
1059 (2.123 %)VoIP
1156 (2.015 %)DHCP
1247 (1.691 %)MPLS
1338 (1.367 %)Wireless
1338 (1.367 %)VLAN
1437 (1.331 %)Network Security
1530 (1.080 %)VPLS
1620 (0.720 %)Extranet
1718 (0.648 %)NAS
1816 (0.576 %)Intrusion Detection
1816 (0.576 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1499 (17.96 %)SQL Server
2145 (5.218 %)SQL Server 2008
3141 (5.074 %)SQL Server 2005
4106 (3.814 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
596 (3.454 %)SQL Server Integration Services
654 (1.943 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
742 (1.511 %)Data Warehouse
836 (1.295 %)MySQL
836 (1.295 %)Crystal Reports
933 (1.187 %)SQL Server 2000
1028 (1.008 %)ETL
1121 (0.756 %)MS Access
1121 (0.756 %)IDOL
1218 (0.648 %)DTS
1316 (0.576 %)BusinessObjects
1414 (0.504 %)OLAP
1511 (0.396 %)Oracle 8/8i
1511 (0.396 %)Oracle 10g
1511 (0.396 %)Oracle 11g
1610 (0.360 %)SAP BW
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1106 (3.814 %)Selenium
256 (2.015 %)Visual Studio
343 (1.547 %)WebDriver
442 (1.511 %)NUnit
536 (1.295 %)QuickTest Pro
624 (0.864 %)Subversion
624 (0.864 %)FitNesse
719 (0.684 %)Git (software)
818 (0.648 %)TeamCity
915 (0.540 %)Cucumber
1014 (0.504 %)Team Foundation Server
1113 (0.468 %)Dreamweaver
1212 (0.432 %)JUnit
1212 (0.432 %)FrontPage
1311 (0.396 %)LoadRunner
1410 (0.360 %)WatiN
158 (0.288 %)Robotium
166 (0.216 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
166 (0.216 %)Moq
166 (0.216 %)Maven
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1959 (34.51 %)Legal
2609 (21.91 %)Finance
3180 (6.477 %)Banking
4153 (5.506 %)Retail
5149 (5.362 %)Marketing
682 (2.951 %)Games
771 (2.555 %)Publishing
869 (2.483 %)Telecoms
955 (1.979 %)Back Office
1054 (1.943 %)Billing
1146 (1.655 %)Investment Banking
1242 (1.511 %)Advertising
1323 (0.828 %)Pharmaceutical
1421 (0.756 %)Retail Banking
1514 (0.504 %)Financial Institution
1611 (0.396 %)Military
1710 (0.360 %)French Language
189 (0.324 %)Aerospace
197 (0.252 %)Electronics
205 (0.180 %)Interactive Media
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1900 (32.39 %)Analyst
2627 (22.56 %)Developer
3274 (9.860 %)Support Analyst
4175 (6.297 %)Project Manager
5172 (6.189 %)Business Analyst
6138 (4.966 %).NET Developer
7118 (4.246 %)ASP.NET Developer
8106 (3.814 %)Trainer
997 (3.490 %)IT Trainer
1095 (3.418 %)Service Analyst
1194 (3.383 %)Service Desk Analyst
1293 (3.347 %)C# Developer
1385 (3.059 %)C# .NET Developer
1484 (3.023 %)Administrator
1583 (2.987 %)Consultant
1680 (2.879 %)Architect
1779 (2.843 %)Senior Developer
1876 (2.735 %)Applications Support
1876 (2.735 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1974 (2.663 %)Test Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1253 (9.104 %)Blackberry
2109 (3.922 %)Web 2.0
388 (3.167 %)Management Information System
463 (2.267 %)iPhone
560 (2.159 %)E-Learning
640 (1.439 %)Computer Science
738 (1.367 %)Social Media
837 (1.331 %)Replication
934 (1.223 %)Social Network
1031 (1.116 %)Hedge funds
1130 (1.080 %)Online Games
1130 (1.080 %)Video Conferencing
1227 (0.972 %)Clustering
1323 (0.828 %)W3C
1422 (0.792 %)Digital Media
1521 (0.756 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1620 (0.720 %)PKI
1718 (0.648 %)N-Tier
1817 (0.612 %)SaaS
1916 (0.576 %)RMADS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1679 (24.43 %)Windows
2272 (9.788 %)Windows XP
3194 (6.981 %)Windows Server 2003
4184 (6.621 %)Windows Server 2008
5179 (6.441 %)Windows 7
696 (3.454 %)Linux
753 (1.907 %)Android
845 (1.619 %)UNIX
928 (1.008 %)Windows 2000 Server
928 (1.008 %)Windows 2000
1018 (0.648 %)Windows Vista
1116 (0.576 %)NetWare
1211 (0.396 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1211 (0.396 %)FreeBSD
134 (0.144 %)Solaris
134 (0.144 %)SUSE
134 (0.144 %)Debian
134 (0.144 %)OpenBSD
134 (0.144 %)Ubuntu
141 (0.036 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1304 (10.94 %)Document Management
2293 (10.54 %)E-Commerce
3283 (10.18 %)ITIL
4276 (9.932 %)MVC
5272 (9.788 %)TDD
6245 (8.816 %)Scrum
7214 (7.701 %)Project Management
8149 (5.362 %)BDD
9141 (5.074 %)Agile Software Development
10134 (4.822 %)Continuous Integration
11124 (4.462 %)Business Intelligence
12112 (4.030 %)Domain-Driven Design
13109 (3.922 %)PRINCE2
14106 (3.814 %)CRM
15101 (3.634 %)Business Analysis
1678 (2.807 %)Incident Management
1678 (2.807 %)Practice Management
1777 (2.771 %)Workflow
1874 (2.663 %)OO
1970 (2.519 %)Risk Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1564 (20.30 %)SQL
2520 (18.71 %)C#
3242 (8.708 %)JavaScript
4236 (8.492 %)T-SQL
5131 (4.714 %)Java
6106 (3.814 %)VB.NET
774 (2.663 %)VB
867 (2.411 %)PowerShell
954 (1.943 %)C++
1053 (1.907 %)PHP
1148 (1.727 %)VBScript
1245 (1.619 %)Ruby
1343 (1.547 %)C
1429 (1.044 %)VBA
1527 (0.972 %)Perl
1617 (0.612 %)Shell Script
1617 (0.612 %)Bash shell
1716 (0.576 %)Clojure
1815 (0.540 %)PL/SQL
1912 (0.432 %)Python
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1236 (8.492 %)Degree
2110 (3.958 %)Microsoft Certification
389 (3.203 %)Cisco Certification
466 (2.375 %)MOS
558 (2.087 %)MCSE
653 (1.907 %)CCNP
751 (1.835 %)ITIL Certification
847 (1.691 %)ISEB
943 (1.547 %)MCP
943 (1.547 %)CISSP
1040 (1.439 %)CCSA
1137 (1.331 %)MCDST
1234 (1.223 %)CCNA
1328 (1.008 %)CCSP
1427 (0.972 %)Security Cleared
1524 (0.864 %)MCITP
1623 (0.828 %)Citrix Certification
1722 (0.792 %)MBA
1722 (0.792 %)DV Cleared
1821 (0.756 %)MCTS
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1178 (6.405 %)QA
246 (1.655 %)SLA
342 (1.511 %)ISO/IEC 27001
414 (0.504 %)PCI DSS
511 (0.396 %)JSP 440
68 (0.288 %)ISO 9001
77 (0.252 %)ISO 9000
86 (0.216 %)COBIT
95 (0.180 %)HMG Infosec
102 (0.072 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
102 (0.072 %)ISO/IEC 17799
111 (0.036 %)BS7799
111 (0.036 %)Basel II
111 (0.036 %)Basel III
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1317 (11.41 %)Active Directory
2104 (3.742 %)VMware Infrastructure
334 (1.223 %)vSphere
433 (1.187 %)XenApp
519 (0.684 %)Citrix Presentation Server
616 (0.576 %)VMware ESX
715 (0.540 %)Terminal Services
813 (0.468 %)Snort
813 (0.468 %)Squid
911 (0.396 %)NDS
108 (0.288 %)XenDesktop
117 (0.252 %)XenServer
117 (0.252 %)ISA Server
126 (0.216 %)NFS
126 (0.216 %)Hyper-V
126 (0.216 %)Oracle RMAN
135 (0.180 %)VMFS
135 (0.180 %)VMware ESXi
144 (0.144 %)Xen
153 (0.108 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
144 (1.583 %)SCCM
222 (0.792 %)SCOM
316 (0.576 %)OpenView
412 (0.432 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
511 (0.396 %)vCenter
66 (0.216 %)Tivoli
66 (0.216 %)Backup Exec
66 (0.216 %)MOM
75 (0.180 %)WSUS
75 (0.180 %)HP Data Protector
75 (0.180 %)McAfee ePO
84 (0.144 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
84 (0.144 %)Nagios
93 (0.108 %)Norton AntiVirus
93 (0.108 %)NetBackup
93 (0.108 %)WMI
93 (0.108 %)HP Quality Center
102 (0.072 %)Cisco CUCM
102 (0.072 %)HP SIM
102 (0.072 %)CA SiteMinder
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1544 (19.58 %)Microsoft
2214 (7.701 %)Citrix
3181 (6.513 %)VMware
4140 (5.038 %)Cisco
578 (2.807 %)Interwoven
675 (2.699 %)SAP
763 (2.267 %)HP
853 (1.907 %)Oracle
947 (1.691 %)Altiris
1046 (1.655 %)EMC
1139 (1.403 %)Lotus
1139 (1.403 %)Open Text
1236 (1.295 %)Dell
1333 (1.187 %)PeopleSoft
1431 (1.116 %)Business Objects
1527 (0.972 %)SolarWinds
1626 (0.936 %)Symantec
1724 (0.864 %)CheckPoint
1724 (0.864 %)Google
1823 (0.828 %)Metastorm