The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe 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 Vendors for the Bristol 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 45 - 43
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Adobe 5 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.936% - 0.930%
As % of the Vendors category 2.304% - 2.469%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
Average daily rate £206 - £250
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 - £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £274 - £270
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £300 £225
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £19.75
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -11.39%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
217 265 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.64% 31.18% 37.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 169 110
Average daily rate £325 £313 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -10.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £160 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 19
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £16.25 £11.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £40.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Adobe
South West

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Adobe Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol Adobe Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 4 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 3 (25.00%) CSS
2 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (25.00%) Business Development
2 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (25.00%) Usability Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Product Management
2 3 (25.00%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 3 (25.00%) Axure RP
3 2 (16.67%) CSS3
3 2 (16.67%) XHTML
3 2 (16.67%) jQuery
3 2 (16.67%) HTML5
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Graphic Design
3 2 (16.67%) Video Editing
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.333%) PHP
4 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
4 1 (8.333%) SQL
4 1 (8.333%) ActionScript
4 1 (8.333%) MySQL
4 1 (8.333%) XML
4 1 (8.333%) UNIX
4 1 (8.333%) OOP
4 1 (8.333%) JBoss
4 1 (8.333%) Flash
4 1 (8.333%) Process Management
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Development
1 3 (25.00%) HTML
1 3 (25.00%) CSS
2 2 (16.67%) XHTML
2 2 (16.67%) jQuery
2 2 (16.67%) HTML5
2 2 (16.67%) CSS3
3 1 (8.333%) Apache Flex
3 1 (8.333%) Adobe AIR
3 1 (8.333%) XML
3 1 (8.333%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) TeamSite
1 1 (8.333%) Drupal
1 1 (8.333%) WordPress
1 1 (8.333%) Magento
1 1 (8.333%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (8.333%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Intranet
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
1 1 (8.333%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Balsamiq Mockups
1 3 (25.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (8.333%) Subversion
2 1 (8.333%) Flex Builder
2 1 (8.333%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Designer
2 3 (25.00%) User Experience Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Front-End Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Designer
4 1 (8.333%) Instructional Designer
4 1 (8.333%) ActionScript Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Photoshop Designer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Drupal Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Graphic Design
1 2 (16.67%) Video Editing
2 1 (8.333%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (25.00%) Business Development
1 3 (25.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (25.00%) Product Management
2 1 (8.333%) Time Management
2 1 (8.333%) Content Management
2 1 (8.333%) OOP
2 1 (8.333%) Process Management
2 1 (8.333%) Change Management
2 1 (8.333%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.333%) PHP
2 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
2 1 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) ActionScript
2 1 (8.333%) XPath
2 1 (8.333%) PHP4
2 1 (8.333%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
1 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) JBoss