The first table below looks at the demand for Fireworks skills 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 Fireworks 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 of the Applications category 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Fireworks
Rank 105 129 119
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -10
Contract jobs citing Fireworks 11 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.519% 0.169% 0.112%
As % of the Applications category 3.395% 1.285% 0.912%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 0
Average daily rate £385 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.20% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.34% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £112.50 £13.88 £12.28
% change year-on-year
+710.81% +13.03%
All Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
324 389 329
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 15.28% 13.19% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 125 112
Average daily rate £275 £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £110 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 73 101
Average hourly rate £21.50 £16.25 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.30% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £32.55 £36.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
Fireworks
England

Fireworks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Fireworks Jobs Demand Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Fireworks across the East of England region.

East of England Fireworks Daily Rate Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England Fireworks Daily Rate Histogram

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Fireworks across the East of England region.

East of England Fireworks Hourly Rate Trend

Fireworks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fireworks 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 +11 8 £385 +6.20%
Essex +4 3 - -
Fireworks
England

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks.

1 15 (83.33%) Photoshop
2 14 (77.78%) CSS
3 11 (61.11%) HTML
3 11 (61.11%) JavaScript
3 11 (61.11%) Adobe
4 9 (50.00%) Axure RP
5 8 (44.44%) Ajax
5 8 (44.44%) XHTML
6 7 (38.89%) XML
6 7 (38.89%) XSLT
6 7 (38.89%) OO
6 7 (38.89%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (38.89%) Web Development
6 7 (38.89%) XPath
6 7 (38.89%) HTML5
7 6 (33.33%) CSS3
7 6 (33.33%) Web Design
7 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (27.78%) Apple
8 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
8 5 (27.78%) jQuery
9 3 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
9 3 (16.67%) Marketing
9 3 (16.67%) User Experience Design
9 3 (16.67%) Web Accessibility
9 3 (16.67%) New Media
9 3 (16.67%) User Stories
9 3 (16.67%) PHP
9 3 (16.67%) Advertising
9 3 (16.67%) Retail

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (77.78%) CSS
2 11 (61.11%) HTML
3 8 (44.44%) Ajax
3 8 (44.44%) XHTML
4 7 (38.89%) XML
4 7 (38.89%) XSLT
4 7 (38.89%) HTML5
5 6 (33.33%) CSS3
6 5 (27.78%) jQuery
7 2 (11.11%) JSP
8 1 (5.556%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (83.33%) Photoshop
2 7 (38.89%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (5.556%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (5.556%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (16.67%) Marketing
1 3 (16.67%) Advertising
1 3 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
1 11 (61.11%) UI Developer
2 10 (55.56%) UI Programmer
3 8 (44.44%) Designer
4 6 (33.33%) User Experience Designer
5 5 (27.78%) Senior Developer
5 5 (27.78%) Senior UI Developer
6 4 (22.22%) Senior Designer
7 3 (16.67%) Front-End Developer
8 2 (11.11%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 1 (5.556%) Digital Designer
9 1 (5.556%) Senior Digital Designer
9 1 (5.556%) JavaScript Developer
9 1 (5.556%) Web Designer
9 1 (5.556%) Senior Consultant
9 1 (5.556%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) New Media
2 2 (11.11%) Psychology
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) OO
1 7 (38.89%) Web Development
2 6 (33.33%) Web Design
2 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
4 3 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (16.67%) User Experience Design
4 3 (16.67%) Web Accessibility
4 3 (16.67%) User Stories
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.556%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) JavaScript
2 7 (38.89%) XPath
3 3 (16.67%) PHP
4 2 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Adobe
2 5 (27.78%) Apple
3 2 (11.11%) ATG