The first table below looks at the demand for Adobe Illustrator 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 Adobe Illustrator over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Illustrator
Rank 114 110 101
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -9
Contract jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 11 25 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.445% 0.801% 0.922%
As % of the Applications category 2.973% 6.098% 6.475%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 7
Average daily rate £188 £150 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -36.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £214 £215 £238
% change year-on-year
-0.58% -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £17.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+23.52% -17.07%
All Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
370 410 417
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 14.98% 13.14% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 164 131
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 £158 £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 62 38 55
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+106.89% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.95 £9.95 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
Adobe Illustrator
South East

Adobe Illustrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Adobe Illustrator Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Adobe Illustrator Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Adobe Illustrator Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Reading - 3 £188 -
Slough - 2 £188 -
Maidenhead - 2 £188 -
Adobe Illustrator
South East

Adobe Illustrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Adobe Illustrator 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 Adobe Illustrator.

1 13 (92.86%) Photoshop
2 12 (85.71%) HTML
3 11 (78.57%) Adobe
3 11 (78.57%) InDesign
4 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
5 7 (50.00%) Dreamweaver
5 7 (50.00%) Information Architecture
6 6 (42.86%) OmniGraffle
6 6 (42.86%) MS Visio
6 6 (42.86%) Telecoms
7 5 (35.71%) E-Commerce
7 5 (35.71%) CSS
7 5 (35.71%) Axure RP
7 5 (35.71%) Interactive Media
8 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
9 3 (21.43%) ActionScript
9 3 (21.43%) Flash
9 3 (21.43%) jQuery
10 2 (14.29%) Degree
10 2 (14.29%) Apache Flex
10 2 (14.29%) ActionScript 2.0
10 2 (14.29%) XML
10 2 (14.29%) MS Office
10 2 (14.29%) FTP
10 2 (14.29%) Retail
11 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
11 1 (7.143%) Web Design
11 1 (7.143%) Advertising
11 1 (7.143%) Publishing
11 1 (7.143%) Games

Adobe Illustrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Adobe Illustrator 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 Adobe Illustrator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (85.71%) HTML
2 5 (35.71%) CSS
3 3 (21.43%) Flash
3 3 (21.43%) jQuery
4 2 (14.29%) Apache Flex
4 2 (14.29%) XML
5 1 (7.143%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 13 (92.86%) Photoshop
2 11 (78.57%) InDesign
3 6 (42.86%) OmniGraffle
3 6 (42.86%) MS Visio
4 2 (14.29%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) FTP
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Dreamweaver
2 5 (35.71%) Axure RP
General
1 6 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 5 (35.71%) Interactive Media
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.143%) Advertising
4 1 (7.143%) Publishing
4 1 (7.143%) Games
4 1 (7.143%) Music
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Designer
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
2 5 (35.71%) User Experience Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Photoshop Designer
3 3 (21.43%) User Experience Designer
4 2 (14.29%) UI Designer
4 2 (14.29%) Coordinator
4 2 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (7.143%) Web Designer
5 1 (7.143%) Flash Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Graphic Designer
5 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Graduate
5 1 (7.143%) Creative Web Designer
5 1 (7.143%) Digital Designer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Designer
5 1 (7.143%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Blackberry
1 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
1 1 (7.143%) New Media
1 1 (7.143%) Graphic Design
1 1 (7.143%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.143%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Information Architecture
2 5 (35.71%) E-Commerce
3 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.143%) Web Design
3 1 (7.143%) Scrum
3 1 (7.143%) HOOD
3 1 (7.143%) Analytics
3 1 (7.143%) Web Development
3 1 (7.143%) Interactive Advertising
3 1 (7.143%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 3 (21.43%) ActionScript
3 2 (14.29%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (7.143%) PHP
4 1 (7.143%) Lua
4 1 (7.143%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Adobe
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) Facebook
3 1 (7.143%) Google