The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridgeshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 39 55 48
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -7
Contract jobs citing Adobe 11 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.011% 1.020% 0.567%
As % of the Vendors category 4.015% 2.160% 1.493%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £243 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £210
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £25.00 - £10.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.51 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-14.33% -18.55%
All Vendors
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
274 324 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 50.09% 47.23% 38.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 159 78
Average daily rate £325 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £219 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 31 50
Average hourly rate £17.50 £35.75 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.04% +164.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £47.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Adobe
East of England

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cambridge +18 10 £260 +9.47%
Adobe
East of England

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 9 (50.00%) Windows
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) MS Office
3 6 (33.33%) Acrobat
3 6 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (33.33%) InDesign
3 6 (33.33%) FrameMaker
4 5 (27.78%) Cisco
4 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (27.78%) MCP
5 4 (22.22%) HTML
6 3 (16.67%) C++
6 3 (16.67%) Photoshop
6 3 (16.67%) UNIX
6 3 (16.67%) Linux
6 3 (16.67%) MCSE
6 3 (16.67%) MCSA
6 3 (16.67%) Flash
6 3 (16.67%) Python
6 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 3 (16.67%) Broadband
6 3 (16.67%) CheckPoint
6 3 (16.67%) RoboHelp
6 3 (16.67%) Ethernet
6 3 (16.67%) HTTP
6 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 3 (16.67%) VPN
6 3 (16.67%) DNS
6 3 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (16.67%) Remedy

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 4 (22.22%) HTML
2 3 (16.67%) Flash
2 3 (16.67%) HTML5
2 3 (16.67%) Silverlight
3 1 (5.556%) CSS
3 1 (5.556%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (5.556%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Office
2 6 (33.33%) Acrobat
2 6 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (33.33%) InDesign
2 6 (33.33%) FrameMaker
3 3 (16.67%) Photoshop
3 3 (16.67%) RoboHelp
3 3 (16.67%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Broadband
1 3 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 3 (16.67%) HTTP
1 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 3 (16.67%) VPN
1 3 (16.67%) DNS
1 3 (16.67%) xDSL
2 1 (5.556%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (16.67%) Publishing
2 2 (11.11%) Danish Language
2 2 (11.11%) French Language
2 2 (11.11%) German Language
2 2 (11.11%) Hebrew Language
2 2 (11.11%) Swedish Language
2 2 (11.11%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Author
1 6 (33.33%) Technical Author
2 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Support Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Graphic Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Instructional Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Designer
4 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) ColdFusion Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Streaming Media
2 2 (11.11%) Graphic Design
2 2 (11.11%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) UNIX
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Benchmarking
1 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (11.11%) CAD
2 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (5.556%) OO
3 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C++
1 3 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.556%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (27.78%) MCP
2 3 (16.67%) MCSE
2 3 (16.67%) MCSA
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco
3 3 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 3 (16.67%) Remedy
4 2 (11.11%) McAfee
4 2 (11.11%) Symantec
4 2 (11.11%) Lotus
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix
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