The first table below looks at the demand for Fireworks 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 Fireworks over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Fireworks
Rank 121 - 116
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Fireworks 2 0 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.083% - 0.303%
As % of the Applications category 0.543% - 2.133%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
Average daily rate £350 - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.34% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £112.50 £13.88 £13.00
% change year-on-year
+710.81% +6.73%
All Applications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
368 408 422
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 15.21% 13.38% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 161 135
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 £155 £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 66 41 55
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% -11.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.36 £9.85 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £20.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Fireworks
South East

Fireworks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Fireworks Jobs Demand Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Fireworks Daily Rate Trend

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Fireworks Hourly Rate Trend

Fireworks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fireworks within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 2 £350 -
Fireworks
South East

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks.

1 10 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 10 (100.00%) Flash
2 8 (80.00%) XHTML
2 8 (80.00%) CSS
2 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (80.00%) Marketing
2 8 (80.00%) HTML5
3 7 (70.00%) Online Marketing
3 7 (70.00%) E-Commerce
3 7 (70.00%) Project Management
4 5 (50.00%) Information Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Multivariate Testing
5 2 (20.00%) ActionScript 3.0
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) Flash Lite
5 2 (20.00%) SEO
5 2 (20.00%) Adobe
5 2 (20.00%) Internet
5 2 (20.00%) ActionScript
6 1 (10.00%) Java
6 1 (10.00%) Perl
6 1 (10.00%) PHP
6 1 (10.00%) XML
6 1 (10.00%) UNIX
6 1 (10.00%) UML
6 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
6 1 (10.00%) Finance
6 1 (10.00%) STB
6 1 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (10.00%) Usability Testing

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (100.00%) Flash
2 8 (80.00%) XHTML
2 8 (80.00%) HTML5
2 8 (80.00%) CSS
3 1 (10.00%) XML
Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Internet
General
1 8 (80.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (50.00%) User Experience Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Development Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Flash Developer
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Flash Lite
2 1 (10.00%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) E-Commerce
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
1 7 (70.00%) Online Marketing
2 5 (50.00%) Information Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Multivariate Testing
3 2 (20.00%) SEO
4 1 (10.00%) Usability Testing
4 1 (10.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) ActionScript
2 2 (20.00%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (10.00%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) Perl
3 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe
Reading, Thames Valley
The successful candidate will have experience developing flash applications using AS3 (actionscript 3). You will have experience of working with Adobe Creative Studio including Flash Pro, Photoshop and...
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Posted: 11 May 2013