The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 23 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 East of England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 85 109 109
Rank change year-on-year
+24 0
Contract jobs citing Adobe 31 25 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.462% 0.847% 0.485%
As % of the Vendors category 3.280% 1.925% 1.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 8
Average daily rate £385 £300 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.33% +71.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £175 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £363 £220
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £300 £211
% change year-on-year
-0.83% +42.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 £29.00 £10.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.41% +184.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.51 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-14.33% -18.55%
All Vendors
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
945 1299 1261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 44.58% 44.03% 47.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 569 494
Average daily rate £338 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £181 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 124 183
Average hourly rate £21.75 £27.00 £25.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.44% +7.19%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Adobe
England

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England Adobe Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hertfordshire +13 14 £400 +10.34%
Cambridgeshire +16 11 £243 -3.00%
Essex -1 4 £333 +77.33%
Bedfordshire +8 2 - -
Adobe
England

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 26 (46.43%) Photoshop
2 23 (41.07%) CSS
3 19 (33.93%) Windows
3 19 (33.93%) HTML5
4 18 (32.14%) JavaScript
5 16 (28.57%) OO
5 16 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
6 15 (26.79%) HTML
6 15 (26.79%) Microsoft
7 14 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
7 14 (25.00%) CSS3
8 13 (23.21%) XHTML
9 12 (21.43%) XML
9 12 (21.43%) MS Office
9 12 (21.43%) Ajax
10 11 (19.64%) XSLT
10 11 (19.64%) E-Commerce
10 11 (19.64%) Fireworks
11 10 (17.86%) jQuery
12 9 (16.07%) XPath
13 8 (14.29%) InDesign
13 8 (14.29%) Java
14 7 (12.50%) Analytics
14 7 (12.50%) Axure RP
14 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (12.50%) Publishing
14 7 (12.50%) Web Development
15 6 (10.71%) FrameMaker
15 6 (10.71%) Web Design
15 6 (10.71%) Acrobat

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 23 (41.07%) CSS
2 19 (33.93%) HTML5
3 15 (26.79%) HTML
4 14 (25.00%) CSS3
5 13 (23.21%) XHTML
6 12 (21.43%) XML
6 12 (21.43%) Ajax
7 11 (19.64%) XSLT
8 10 (17.86%) jQuery
9 5 (8.929%) Flash
10 4 (7.143%) Sass
10 4 (7.143%) JSP
11 3 (5.357%) REST
11 3 (5.357%) Silverlight
12 2 (3.571%) MooTools
12 2 (3.571%) YUI
12 2 (3.571%) Dojo
12 2 (3.571%) Node.js
12 2 (3.571%) LESS
12 2 (3.571%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.143%) IIS
2 3 (5.357%) CMS
2 3 (5.357%) Adobe CQ
3 2 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (3.571%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.571%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (1.786%) ColdFusion
4 1 (1.786%) TeamSite
4 1 (1.786%) LiveSite
Applications
1 26 (46.43%) Photoshop
2 16 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
3 12 (21.43%) MS Office
4 11 (19.64%) Fireworks
5 8 (14.29%) InDesign
6 6 (10.71%) FrameMaker
6 6 (10.71%) Acrobat
7 4 (7.143%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (5.357%) RoboHelp
9 2 (3.571%) MS PowerPoint
9 2 (3.571%) QuarkXPress
9 2 (3.571%) MS Excel
10 1 (1.786%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (7.143%) Google Analytics
1 4 (7.143%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.929%) TCP/IP
1 5 (8.929%) DNS
2 3 (5.357%) VPN
2 3 (5.357%) Broadband
2 3 (5.357%) Ethernet
2 3 (5.357%) HTTP
2 3 (5.357%) xDSL
3 2 (3.571%) DHCP
3 2 (3.571%) LAN
4 1 (1.786%) ATM
4 1 (1.786%) SMTP
4 1 (1.786%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.571%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.786%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Axure RP
2 2 (3.571%) Selenium
3 1 (1.786%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.786%) Dreamweaver
General
1 7 (12.50%) Publishing
2 3 (5.357%) Retail
2 3 (5.357%) German Language
2 3 (5.357%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.357%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.571%) Danish Language
3 2 (3.571%) French Language
3 2 (3.571%) Hebrew Language
3 2 (3.571%) Swedish Language
3 2 (3.571%) Marketing
3 2 (3.571%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.786%) Legal
4 1 (1.786%) Games
Job Titles
1 19 (33.93%) Developer
2 10 (17.86%) UI Developer
2 10 (17.86%) Designer
3 8 (14.29%) Front-End Developer
3 8 (14.29%) UI Programmer
4 7 (12.50%) Author
4 7 (12.50%) Technical Author
5 5 (8.929%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.929%) Analyst
5 5 (8.929%) Senior Developer
5 5 (8.929%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 4 (7.143%) Graphic Designer
7 3 (5.357%) Instructional Designer
7 3 (5.357%) Architect
7 3 (5.357%) User Experience Designer
8 2 (3.571%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 2 (3.571%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 2 (3.571%) Senior UI Developer
8 2 (3.571%) Support Technician
8 2 (3.571%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.357%) Blackberry
1 3 (5.357%) Streaming Media
1 3 (5.357%) Graphic Design
1 3 (5.357%) iPad
1 3 (5.357%) iPhone
2 2 (3.571%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.93%) Windows
2 5 (8.929%) Windows XP
2 5 (8.929%) Android
3 4 (7.143%) Apple iOS
4 3 (5.357%) UNIX
4 3 (5.357%) Linux
4 3 (5.357%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (5.357%) Windows Phone 8
4 3 (5.357%) Windows Phone
4 3 (5.357%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.571%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.571%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.786%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.786%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.57%) OO
2 14 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (19.64%) E-Commerce
4 7 (12.50%) Analytics
4 7 (12.50%) Web Development
5 6 (10.71%) Web Design
6 5 (8.929%) Unit Testing
7 4 (7.143%) MVC
8 3 (5.357%) Benchmarking
8 3 (5.357%) CAD
8 3 (5.357%) Web Analytics
8 3 (5.357%) Content Management
8 3 (5.357%) TDD
8 3 (5.357%) Web Application Development
8 3 (5.357%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (5.357%) Web Accessibility
8 3 (5.357%) Test Automation
9 2 (3.571%) Image Processing
9 2 (3.571%) Web Usability
9 2 (3.571%) User Experience Design
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.14%) JavaScript
2 9 (16.07%) XPath
3 8 (14.29%) Java
4 6 (10.71%) SQL
5 3 (5.357%) C#
5 3 (5.357%) C++
5 3 (5.357%) Python
6 2 (3.571%) VB
6 2 (3.571%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.929%) MCP
3 3 (5.357%) MCSE
3 3 (5.357%) MCSA
3 3 (5.357%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.786%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.571%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (26.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.929%) Apple
2 5 (8.929%) Cisco
3 4 (7.143%) Google
4 3 (5.357%) CheckPoint
4 3 (5.357%) Omniture
4 3 (5.357%) ATG
4 3 (5.357%) Remedy
4 3 (5.357%) Elastic Path
5 2 (3.571%) McAfee
5 2 (3.571%) FatWire
5 2 (3.571%) Symantec
5 2 (3.571%) Quark
5 2 (3.571%) Lotus
5 2 (3.571%) Citrix
6 1 (1.786%) Telerik
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