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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5366
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.344 %0.198 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£252£255
% change on same period last year-1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.88£19.83
% change on same period last year+15.40 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads291506
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.504 %
Daily rates quoted67117
Average minimum daily rate£286£336
Average daily rate£303£372
% change on same period last year-18.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted2489
Average minimum hourly rate£20.61£14.67
Average hourly rate£21.39£15.65
% change on same period last year+36.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.17£16.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Adobe West MidlandsAdobe
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Adobe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Adobe across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham Adobe Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Adobe 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.

13 (60.00 %)CSS
13 (60.00 %)HTML
13 (60.00 %)JavaScript
13 (60.00 %)Photoshop
22 (40.00 %)Macromedia
22 (40.00 %)Web Design
22 (40.00 %)Fireworks
22 (40.00 %)ASP
22 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
22 (40.00 %)JSP
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (20.00 %)XHTML
31 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (20.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)DHCP
31 (20.00 %)Ethernet
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (20.00 %)MS Office
31 (20.00 %)Perl
31 (20.00 %)PHP
31 (20.00 %)VBScript
31 (20.00 %)VB
31 (20.00 %)McAfee Security
31 (20.00 %)Altiris
31 (20.00 %)PDA
31 (20.00 %)Active Directory
31 (20.00 %)Acrobat
31 (20.00 %)W3C

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Adobe 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)CSS
13 (60.00 %)HTML
22 (40.00 %)ASP
22 (40.00 %)JSP
31 (20.00 %)XHTML
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (60.00 %)Photoshop
22 (40.00 %)Fireworks
31 (20.00 %)MS Office
31 (20.00 %)Acrobat
31 (20.00 %)FreeHand
31 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)DHCP
11 (20.00 %)Ethernet
11 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
13 (60.00 %)Web Developer
21 (20.00 %)Desktop Support
21 (20.00 %)Desktop Support Specialist
21 (20.00 %)Support Specialist
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)PDA
11 (20.00 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (20.00 %)Windows XP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Web Design
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)JavaScript
21 (20.00 %)Perl
21 (20.00 %)PHP
21 (20.00 %)VBScript
21 (20.00 %)VB
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Macromedia
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft
21 (20.00 %)McAfee Security
21 (20.00 %)Altiris