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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Photoshop over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4262
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.009 %
As % of the category below5.128 %5.839 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£227£254
% change on same period last year-10.45 %
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£20.26£24.32
% change on same period last year-16.69 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads78137
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.147 %
Daily rates quoted2415
Average minimum daily rate£289£323
Average daily rate£310£358
% change on same period last year-13.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£302£278
% change on same period last year+8.46 %
Hourly rates quoted1256
Average minimum hourly rate£20.27£11.59
Average hourly rate£22.05£12.49
% change on same period last year+76.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.83£13.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.11£19.56
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
Photoshop West MidlandsPhotoshop
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.

Photoshop
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Photoshop Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Photoshop 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 Photoshop.

15 (83.33 %)CSS
24 (66.67 %)Flash
24 (66.67 %)XHTML
24 (66.67 %)HTML
33 (50.00 %)JavaScript
33 (50.00 %)PHP
33 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
33 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
33 (50.00 %)W3C
33 (50.00 %)Fireworks
42 (33.33 %)Intranet
42 (33.33 %)Adobe
42 (33.33 %)SharePoint
42 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
42 (33.33 %)ActionScript
42 (33.33 %).NET
42 (33.33 %)MySQL
51 (16.67 %)IIS
51 (16.67 %)ASP
51 (16.67 %)SQL
51 (16.67 %)Perl
51 (16.67 %)DHTML
51 (16.67 %)XML
51 (16.67 %)Apache
51 (16.67 %)Multimedia
51 (16.67 %)AJAX
51 (16.67 %)InfoPath
51 (16.67 %)Statistics
51 (16.67 %)Web Development
51 (16.67 %)Degree

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Photoshop 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 Photoshop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %)CSS
24 (66.67 %)HTML
24 (66.67 %)XHTML
32 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
32 (33.33 %).NET
41 (16.67 %)ASP
41 (16.67 %)XML
41 (16.67 %)AJAX
41 (16.67 %)Adobe AIR
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)SharePoint
21 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (16.67 %)IIS
21 (16.67 %)Apache
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (50.00 %)Fireworks
13 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (16.67 %)InfoPath
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)Intranet
21 (16.67 %)Internet
21 (16.67 %)Extranet
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)MySQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (66.67 %)Flash
23 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Multimedia
11 (16.67 %)Graphic Design
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Developer
13 (50.00 %)Web Developer
21 (16.67 %)Web Designer
21 (16.67 %)Photoshop Designer
21 (16.67 %)Flash Designer
21 (16.67 %)Senior Flash Designer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)W3C
21 (16.67 %)Statistics
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Web Development
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)JavaScript
13 (50.00 %)PHP
22 (33.33 %)ActionScript
31 (16.67 %)DHTML
31 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)Perl
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)Degree
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Adobe