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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Legal' 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 Legal over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Legal
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank161206
Rank change on same period last yearUp+45
Matching permanent IT job ads23642307
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.248 %0.945 %
As % of the category below2.378 %1.794 %
Salaries quoted19981839
Average minimum salary£38,274£38,254
Average salary£41,308£41,120
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
Average maximum salary£44,341£43,987
UK excluding London average salary£38,569£37,894
% change on same period last year+1.77 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads99394128570
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled52.47 %52.65 %
Salaries quoted81071100642
Average minimum salary£43,071£46,016
Average salary£47,375£50,514
% change on same period last year-6.21 %
Average maximum salary£51,679£55,011
UK excluding London average salary£40,890£42,387
% change on same period last year-3.53 %

Legal
Demand Trend

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

Legal Demand Trend

Legal
Salary Trend

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

Legal Salary Trend

Legal
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Legal over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Legal Salary Histogram

Legal
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Legal within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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+482297£41,379+0.47 %
LondonUp+421428£43,147-0.62 %
City of LondonUp+6605£40,453-2.58 %
South EastUp+20303£42,320+4.70 %
YorkshireUp+22197£33,775+21.43 %
West YorkshireUp+41163£33,721+27.06 %
North WestUp+90128£34,723-0.10 %
BerkshireUp+30101£43,275-8.24 %
LeedsUp+23101£35,832+26.22 %
South WestDown-181£33,754-13.09 %
West MidlandsDown-272£40,235+13.95 %
ManchesterUp+6564£34,017-5.89 %
East of EnglandUp+1157£48,346+7.91 %
HampshireDown-3353£35,265+7.32 %
East MidlandsUp+5650£33,028+13.88 %
ReadingUp+2942£36,765-16.96 %
HertfordshireUp+2437£56,188-2.70 %
ScotlandUp+2136£35,466-5.38 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3634£47,657+14.46 %
CheshireUp+1932£40,230+42.26 %
LiversedgeNew entry-32£33,389-
SurreyUp+130£55,643+24.89 %
BirminghamDown-428£28,833+12.41 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2525£29,167-22.22 %
South YorkshireDown-1423£37,952+38.67 %
BristolDown-2223£36,935+8.85 %
BasingstokeDown-1621£30,310-54.24 %
SheffieldDown-721£37,725+36.16 %
SomersetUp+620£23,222-41.94 %
MerseysideUp+1620£28,227-8.01 %

Legal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Legal.

11661 (34.80 %)Law
21405 (29.44 %)Finance
3949 (19.88 %)MS Office
4927 (19.42 %)Windows
4927 (19.42 %)Microsoft
5699 (14.64 %)SQL
6686 (14.37 %)MS Excel
7682 (14.29 %)SQL Server
8677 (14.18 %).NET
9465 (9.742 %)C#
10451 (9.449 %)ASP.NET
11428 (8.967 %)Project Management
12417 (8.737 %)Document Management
13407 (8.527 %)Active Directory
14357 (7.480 %)Banking
15345 (7.228 %)Degree
16309 (6.474 %)Interwoven
17287 (6.013 %)MS Exchange
18263 (5.510 %)SharePoint
19262 (5.489 %)XML
20256 (5.364 %)PRINCE2
20256 (5.364 %)Citrix
21253 (5.301 %)MOS
22250 (5.238 %)Windows XP
23246 (5.154 %)Blackberry
24242 (5.070 %)SQL Server 2000
25238 (4.986 %)Microsoft Certification
26232 (4.861 %)ITIL
27229 (4.798 %)VB.NET
28217 (4.546 %)Exchange Server 2003

Legal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Legal. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1677 (14.18 %).NET
2451 (9.449 %)ASP.NET
3262 (5.489 %)XML
4198 (4.148 %)ASP
5175 (3.666 %)HTML
695 (1.990 %)CSS
774 (1.550 %)WebServices
871 (1.488 %).NET Framework
967 (1.404 %)XSLT
1053 (1.110 %)ADO
1053 (1.110 %)AJAX
1144 (0.922 %)XSL
1232 (0.670 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1324 (0.503 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1324 (0.503 %)ADO.NET
1423 (0.482 %)XHTML
1521 (0.440 %)WinForms
1620 (0.419 %)J2EE
1719 (0.398 %)DOM
1813 (0.272 %)JSP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1287 (6.013 %)MS Exchange
2263 (5.510 %)SharePoint
3217 (4.546 %)Exchange Server 2003
4143 (2.996 %)CMS
5110 (2.305 %)WorkSite
6107 (2.242 %)IIS
772 (1.508 %)Exchange Server 2000
870 (1.467 %)Documentum
952 (1.089 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1029 (0.608 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1128 (0.587 %)Lotus Notes
1221 (0.440 %)Apache
1317 (0.356 %)Exchange Server 2007
1414 (0.293 %)LiveLink
1512 (0.251 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1512 (0.251 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1611 (0.230 %)Umbraco
178 (0.168 %)Lotus Domino
184 (0.084 %)Tomcat
184 (0.084 %)OpenEdge
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1949 (19.88 %)MS Office
2686 (14.37 %)MS Excel
3107 (2.242 %)MS PowerPoint
496 (2.011 %)MS Visio
581 (1.697 %)DeltaView
664 (1.341 %)MS Project
735 (0.733 %)Photoshop
834 (0.712 %)Acrobat
917 (0.356 %)Spreadsheet
105 (0.105 %)Adobe Illustrator
114 (0.084 %)InDesign
123 (0.063 %)Adobe Captivate
123 (0.063 %)Fireworks
132 (0.042 %)SPSS
132 (0.042 %)Adobe Director
141 (0.021 %)MATLAB
141 (0.021 %)Simulink
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
130 (0.629 %)SAP HR
222 (0.461 %)Temenos Globus
222 (0.461 %)Temenos T24
314 (0.293 %)SAP FI
314 (0.293 %)SAP FI/CO
314 (0.293 %)Summit
314 (0.293 %)SAP CO
413 (0.272 %)Pivotal CRM
413 (0.272 %)Oracle Financials
511 (0.230 %)Great Plains
511 (0.230 %)FLEXCUBE
511 (0.230 %)Misys Equation
511 (0.230 %)Misys Midas
610 (0.210 %)MAXIMO
79 (0.189 %)Oracle Applications
88 (0.168 %)e-Work
88 (0.168 %)FRx
96 (0.126 %)BPCS
105 (0.105 %)SAP MM
105 (0.105 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1203 (4.253 %)Internet
2174 (3.646 %)Intranet
3131 (2.745 %)LAN
4126 (2.640 %)TCP/IP
5121 (2.535 %)WAN
6117 (2.451 %)Firewall
793 (1.948 %)VPN
886 (1.802 %)SAN
978 (1.634 %)Extranet
1069 (1.446 %)DNS
1148 (1.006 %)VoIP
1230 (0.629 %)Network Security
1328 (0.587 %)SMTP
1425 (0.524 %)DHCP
1521 (0.440 %)DEFINITY
1617 (0.356 %)MPLS
1716 (0.335 %)Wireless
1812 (0.251 %)Reverse Proxy
1812 (0.251 %)SMS
1911 (0.230 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1682 (14.29 %)SQL Server
2242 (5.070 %)SQL Server 2000
3203 (4.253 %)SQL Server 2005
4114 (2.388 %)Crystal Reports
541 (0.859 %)SQL Server 7
640 (0.838 %)BusinessObjects
640 (0.838 %)MS Access
735 (0.733 %)Datawarehouse
831 (0.649 %)DTS
927 (0.566 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1026 (0.545 %)MySQL
1118 (0.377 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1217 (0.356 %)RDBMS
1315 (0.314 %)Oracle Reports
1410 (0.210 %)EDRMS
159 (0.189 %)Oracle 10g
159 (0.189 %)Oracle 9i
159 (0.189 %)ETL
168 (0.168 %)DB2
168 (0.168 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
151 (1.069 %)Visual Studio
223 (0.482 %)TestDirector
319 (0.398 %)Flash
418 (0.377 %)Dreamweaver
517 (0.356 %)FrontPage
615 (0.314 %)Eclipse
712 (0.251 %)VSS/SourceSafe
811 (0.230 %)WinRunner
99 (0.189 %)QuickTest Pro
108 (0.168 %)NUnit
116 (0.126 %)SilkPerformer
116 (0.126 %)MSI
116 (0.126 %)Oracle Forms
125 (0.105 %)Oracle Developer 2000
125 (0.105 %)TestPartner
125 (0.105 %)QADirector
134 (0.084 %)Rational Robot
143 (0.063 %)WebSpeed
151 (0.021 %)ClearQuest
151 (0.021 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11661 (34.80 %)Law
21405 (29.44 %)Finance
3357 (7.480 %)Banking
4195 (4.085 %)Marketing
5184 (3.855 %)Pensions
6172 (3.604 %)Insurance
6172 (3.604 %)Health
7149 (3.122 %)Telecoms
8135 (2.828 %)Government
988 (1.844 %)Investment Banking
1077 (1.613 %)Education
1172 (1.508 %)Retail
1263 (1.320 %)Billing
1362 (1.299 %)Back Office
1460 (1.257 %)Publishing
1555 (1.152 %)Front Office
1640 (0.838 %)Manufacturing
1739 (0.817 %)Construction
1833 (0.691 %)Financial Institution
1926 (0.545 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11295 (27.13 %)Analyst
2647 (13.56 %)Developer
3515 (10.79 %)Trainer
4461 (9.658 %)IT Trainer
5385 (8.066 %)Support Analyst
6334 (6.998 %)Business Analyst
7324 (6.788 %)Consultant
8286 (5.992 %)Project Manager
9217 (4.546 %)Helpdesk Analyst
10191 (4.002 %).NET Developer
11116 (2.430 %)Helpdesk Support
12115 (2.409 %)Team Leader
13102 (2.137 %)Administrator
1499 (2.074 %)Web Developer
1499 (2.074 %)IT Support Analyst
1596 (2.011 %)Senior Analyst
1693 (1.948 %)Commercial Manager
1791 (1.907 %)Programmer
1890 (1.886 %)C# Developer
1988 (1.844 %)2nd Line Support
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1246 (5.154 %)Blackberry
286 (1.802 %)E-Learning
373 (1.529 %)Derivative
448 (1.006 %)Management Information System
543 (0.901 %)Fixed Income
640 (0.838 %)Clustering
640 (0.838 %)Client/Server
640 (0.838 %)PDA
736 (0.754 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
835 (0.733 %)PKI
835 (0.733 %)Computer Science
931 (0.649 %)Equities
1028 (0.587 %)Credit Risk
1127 (0.566 %)N-Tier
1226 (0.545 %)PMI
1325 (0.524 %)Data Conversion
1423 (0.482 %)Mathematics
1423 (0.482 %)Speech Recognition
1522 (0.461 %)French Language
1621 (0.440 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1927 (19.42 %)Windows
2250 (5.238 %)Windows XP
3207 (4.337 %)Windows 2000
4115 (2.409 %)Windows Server 2003
580 (1.676 %)UNIX
664 (1.341 %)Linux
757 (1.194 %)Windows NT
821 (0.440 %)Solaris
918 (0.377 %)NetWare
105 (0.105 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.063 %)Mac OS X
122 (0.042 %)Tru64
122 (0.042 %)AIX
122 (0.042 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1428 (8.967 %)Project Management
2417 (8.737 %)Document Management
3256 (5.364 %)PRINCE2
4232 (4.861 %)ITIL
5206 (4.316 %)CRM
6149 (3.122 %)Practice Management
7144 (3.017 %)Business Analysis
8131 (2.745 %)Information Security
9127 (2.661 %)Business Development
10117 (2.451 %)Content Management
11109 (2.284 %)Risk Management
1297 (2.032 %)UML
1391 (1.907 %)Asset Management
1391 (1.907 %)Web Development
1490 (1.886 %)Migration
1588 (1.844 %)Change Management
1682 (1.718 %)Service Delivery
1779 (1.655 %)OO
1874 (1.550 %)Workflow
1972 (1.508 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1699 (14.64 %)SQL
2465 (9.742 %)C#
3229 (4.798 %)VB.NET
4191 (4.002 %)VB
5170 (3.562 %)JavaScript
699 (2.074 %)Java
789 (1.865 %)Transact-SQL
882 (1.718 %)C
977 (1.613 %)C++
1074 (1.550 %)VBA
1153 (1.110 %)VBScript
1240 (0.838 %)VB6
1328 (0.587 %)Perl
1421 (0.440 %)JCL
1518 (0.377 %)PHP
1617 (0.356 %)Shell Script
1716 (0.335 %)Delphi
1811 (0.230 %)Korn
1910 (0.210 %)DHTML
209 (0.189 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1345 (7.228 %)Degree
2253 (5.301 %)MOS
3238 (4.986 %)Microsoft Certification
4157 (3.289 %)MCSE
561 (1.278 %)CISSP
651 (1.069 %)Cisco Certification
749 (1.027 %)PRINCE2 Certification
848 (1.006 %)CCNA
947 (0.985 %)MCP
1043 (0.901 %)MCSD
1129 (0.608 %)MCSA
1228 (0.587 %)Citrix Certification
1327 (0.566 %)ITIL Certification
1426 (0.545 %)ISEB
1525 (0.524 %)CCA
1623 (0.482 %)PMI Certification
1721 (0.440 %)PMP
1815 (0.314 %)CCEA
1815 (0.314 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1914 (0.293 %)MCT
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1116 (2.430 %)QA
2107 (2.242 %)SLA
351 (1.069 %)ISO27001
433 (0.691 %)MiFID
433 (0.691 %)Basel II
531 (0.649 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
626 (0.545 %)COBIT
722 (0.461 %)BS7799
815 (0.314 %)ISO17799
98 (0.168 %)PCI DSS
107 (0.147 %)HL7
107 (0.147 %)DICOM
116 (0.126 %)ISO14001
124 (0.084 %)ISO9001
132 (0.042 %)GAAP
141 (0.021 %)PCI QSA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1407 (8.527 %)Active Directory
230 (0.629 %)VMware Infrastructure
321 (0.440 %)RACF
419 (0.398 %)Citrix Presentation Server
516 (0.335 %)Backup Exec
516 (0.335 %)AquaLogic
615 (0.314 %)Terminal Services
710 (0.210 %)ISA Server
89 (0.189 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
98 (0.168 %)Oracle RAC
107 (0.147 %)Terminal Server
116 (0.126 %)VMware ESX
125 (0.105 %)NDS
125 (0.105 %)MetaFrame
134 (0.084 %)VMware Server
142 (0.042 %)NetBackup
151 (0.021 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
128 (0.587 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
214 (0.293 %)CiscoWorks
214 (0.293 %)Norton AntiVirus
312 (0.251 %)MOM
411 (0.230 %)Tivoli
411 (0.230 %)ZENworks
411 (0.230 %)SCOM
55 (0.105 %)Netcool
64 (0.084 %)OpenView Configuration Management
64 (0.084 %)OpenView
73 (0.063 %)Netcool/Proviso
73 (0.063 %)MAILsweeper
82 (0.042 %)OVSD
82 (0.042 %)WSUS
82 (0.042 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
82 (0.042 %)Legato
82 (0.042 %)ServiceCenter
91 (0.021 %)BMC PATROL
91 (0.021 %)ARCserve
91 (0.021 %)EMC NetWorker
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1927 (19.42 %)Microsoft
2309 (6.474 %)Interwoven
3256 (5.364 %)Citrix
4182 (3.813 %)Hummingbird
5124 (2.598 %)Oracle
6111 (2.326 %)Cisco
7108 (2.263 %)VMware
883 (1.739 %)SAP
970 (1.467 %)Visualfiles
1056 (1.173 %)Open Text
1155 (1.152 %)Adobe
1253 (1.110 %)HP
1343 (0.901 %)IBM
1441 (0.859 %)Cognos
1540 (0.838 %)Business Objects
1639 (0.817 %)Laserform
1737 (0.775 %)Bloomberg
1737 (0.775 %)Symantec
1834 (0.712 %)EMC
1933 (0.691 %)Lotus
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