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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop skills within the East Midlands 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6969
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads2428
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.028 %
As % of the category below10.71 %11.20 %
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£212£283
% change on same period last year-25.11 %
Hourly rates quoted42
Average minimum hourly rate£10.25£15.00
Average hourly rate£10.68£20.00
% change on same period last year-46.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£11.10£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.56£25.72
% change on same period last year-31.72 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads224250
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.299 %0.249 %
Daily rates quoted5231
Average minimum daily rate£263£276
Average daily rate£280£302
% change on same period last year-7.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£296£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£289
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted5269
Average minimum hourly rate£14.19£16.47
Average hourly rate£14.74£18.21
% change on same period last year-19.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.29£19.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.61£19.51
% change on same period last year-4.60 %
Photoshop EnglandPhotoshop
England

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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

East Midlands Photoshop Hourly Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicestershireNew entry-7--
NottinghamshireNo change07--
NorthamptonshireNew entry-3--
DerbyshireDown-22--
Photoshop EnglandPhotoshop
England

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

120 (54.05 %)HTML
120 (54.05 %)Flash
216 (43.24 %)CSS
311 (29.73 %)XHTML
311 (29.73 %)Dreamweaver
410 (27.03 %)PHP
410 (27.03 %)Adobe Illustrator
58 (21.62 %)Web Design
58 (21.62 %)Adobe
67 (18.92 %)JavaScript
67 (18.92 %).NET
76 (16.22 %)MySQL
85 (13.51 %)Content Management
85 (13.51 %)AJAX
85 (13.51 %)CMS
85 (13.51 %)XML
85 (13.51 %)ASP
85 (13.51 %)ASP.NET
94 (10.81 %)E-Commerce
94 (10.81 %)Microsoft
94 (10.81 %)Web Development
103 (8.108 %)Photography
103 (8.108 %)Games
103 (8.108 %)Internet
103 (8.108 %)Apple
103 (8.108 %)MS Excel
103 (8.108 %)PHP5
103 (8.108 %)Spreadsheet
112 (5.405 %)Graphic Design
112 (5.405 %)XSLT

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (54.05 %)HTML
216 (43.24 %)CSS
311 (29.73 %)XHTML
47 (18.92 %).NET
55 (13.51 %)AJAX
55 (13.51 %)XML
55 (13.51 %)ASP
55 (13.51 %)ASP.NET
62 (5.405 %)XSLT
71 (2.703 %).NET Framework
71 (2.703 %)LAMP
71 (2.703 %)XSL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (13.51 %)CMS
22 (5.405 %)Joomla!
31 (2.703 %)ColdFusion
31 (2.703 %)Apache
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (27.03 %)Adobe Illustrator
23 (8.108 %)MS Excel
23 (8.108 %)Spreadsheet
32 (5.405 %)Fireworks
32 (5.405 %)Maya
32 (5.405 %)InDesign
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (8.108 %)Internet
22 (5.405 %)Intranet
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (16.22 %)MySQL
22 (5.405 %)SQL Server
31 (2.703 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.703 %)RDBMS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (54.05 %)Flash
211 (29.73 %)Dreamweaver
31 (2.703 %)Visual Studio
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (8.108 %)Games
22 (5.405 %)Graphic Design
31 (2.703 %)Banking
31 (2.703 %)Finance
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (51.35 %)Developer
213 (35.14 %)Web Developer
38 (21.62 %)Web Designer
46 (16.22 %)PHP Developer
53 (8.108 %)PHP Web Developer
62 (5.405 %)Coordinator
62 (5.405 %)Technical Support
62 (5.405 %)Internet Developer
62 (5.405 %)ASP Developer
71 (2.703 %)MySQL Developer
71 (2.703 %)Web Applications Developer
71 (2.703 %)HTML Developer
71 (2.703 %)Web Administrator
71 (2.703 %)Graphic Designer
71 (2.703 %)Photoshop Designer
71 (2.703 %)JavaScript Developer
71 (2.703 %)C# Developer
71 (2.703 %)Administrator
71 (2.703 %)Applications Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (8.108 %)Photography
21 (2.703 %)W3C
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (2.703 %)Linux
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (21.62 %)Web Design
25 (13.51 %)Content Management
34 (10.81 %)E-Commerce
34 (10.81 %)Web Development
41 (2.703 %)SEO
41 (2.703 %)UML
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (27.03 %)PHP
27 (18.92 %)JavaScript
33 (8.108 %)PHP5
42 (5.405 %)C#
42 (5.405 %)ActionScript
42 (5.405 %)SQL
51 (2.703 %)VB
51 (2.703 %)VB.NET
51 (2.703 %)PHP4
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (21.62 %)Adobe
24 (10.81 %)Microsoft
33 (8.108 %)Apple
42 (5.405 %)Quark