The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cambridge 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 31 47 35
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -12
Contract jobs citing Adobe 5 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.608% 0.448% 1.042%
As % of the Vendors category 3.333% 1.136% 3.261%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £213 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £211
% change year-on-year
- +42.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £25.00 - £10.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.51 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-2.91% -22.17%
All Vendors
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
150 176 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 48.23% 39.46% 31.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 102 39
Average daily rate £340 £320 £329
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £175 £174
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 22 16
Average hourly rate £30.00 £35.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.89% +182.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.30 £47.50 £29.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Adobe
Cambridgeshire

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 7 (46.67%) Windows
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (40.00%) InDesign
2 6 (40.00%) FrameMaker
2 6 (40.00%) Acrobat
3 5 (33.33%) MS Office
4 3 (20.00%) MCP
4 3 (20.00%) UNIX
4 3 (20.00%) C++
4 3 (20.00%) HTML
4 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (20.00%) RoboHelp
4 3 (20.00%) Remedy
4 3 (20.00%) Benchmarking
4 3 (20.00%) Linux
4 3 (20.00%) MCSE
4 3 (20.00%) MCSA
4 3 (20.00%) Flash
4 3 (20.00%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 3 (20.00%) Broadband
4 3 (20.00%) Ethernet
4 3 (20.00%) HTTP
4 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (20.00%) VPN
4 3 (20.00%) DNS
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco
4 3 (20.00%) Publishing
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 (20.00%) HTML
1 3 (20.00%) Flash
1 3 (20.00%) Silverlight
1 3 (20.00%) HTML5
Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 6 (40.00%) InDesign
1 6 (40.00%) FrameMaker
1 6 (40.00%) Acrobat
2 5 (33.33%) MS Office
3 3 (20.00%) RoboHelp
3 3 (20.00%) Adobe Captivate
3 3 (20.00%) Photoshop
4 2 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Broadband
1 3 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (20.00%) HTTP
1 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (20.00%) VPN
1 3 (20.00%) DNS
1 3 (20.00%) xDSL
General
1 3 (20.00%) Publishing
1 3 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (13.33%) Danish Language
2 2 (13.33%) French Language
2 2 (13.33%) German Language
2 2 (13.33%) Hebrew Language
2 2 (13.33%) Swedish Language
2 2 (13.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Author
1 6 (40.00%) Technical Author
2 3 (20.00%) Instructional Designer
2 3 (20.00%) Graphic Designer
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Streaming Media
2 2 (13.33%) Graphic Design
2 2 (13.33%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) UNIX
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Benchmarking
1 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (13.33%) CAD
3 1 (6.667%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C++
1 3 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) MCP
1 3 (20.00%) MCSE
1 3 (20.00%) MCSA
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (20.00%) Remedy
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco