The first table below looks at the demand for Acrobat skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Applications category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Acrobat
Rank 114 135 124
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -11
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 5 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.206% 0.065% 0.137%
As % of the Applications category 1.362% 0.488% 0.966%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
Average hourly rate £36.00 £16.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+118.18% +1.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £16.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+114.92% -4.28%
All Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
367 410 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 15.08% 13.38% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 163 131
Average daily rate £325 £350 £283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +23.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £157 £210 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 40 55
Average hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -11.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.37 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Acrobat
South East

Acrobat
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Acrobat across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Berkshire Acrobat Jobs Demand Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Acrobat across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Acrobat Daily Rate Trend

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Acrobat across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Acrobat Hourly Rate Trend

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Acrobat across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire Acrobat Hourly Rate Histogram

Acrobat
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acrobat within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Acrobat
South East

Acrobat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Acrobat 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Acrobat.

1 9 (100.00%) MS Office
2 7 (77.78%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
4 3 (33.33%) XMetaL
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
6 1 (11.11%) DHCP
6 1 (11.11%) VPN
6 1 (11.11%) Adobe
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Quark
6 1 (11.11%) QuarkXPress
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
6 1 (11.11%) Linux
6 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
6 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
6 1 (11.11%) CSS
6 1 (11.11%) MCP
6 1 (11.11%) Drupal
6 1 (11.11%) Android
6 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
6 1 (11.11%) Google Apps
6 1 (11.11%) Publishing
6 1 (11.11%) LAMP
6 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (11.11%) Google

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Acrobat also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Acrobat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (77.78%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) CSS
2 1 (11.11%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (100.00%) MS Office
2 3 (33.33%) XMetaL
3 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) QuarkXPress
4 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Google Apps
4 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Author
1 7 (77.78%) Technical Author
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000
2 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe
1 1 (11.11%) Quark
1 1 (11.11%) Google