East of England Fireworks Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Adobe Fireworks skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Fireworks over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Adobe Fireworks
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland South East South West Southampton Surrey Sussex UK Ware West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worthing Wymondham Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	143	125
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	8	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	1.278 %	2.960 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£167
Average daily rate	-	£171
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£175
UK excluding London average daily rate	£130	£220
% change on same period last year	-40.90 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.00	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£22.47	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-25.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.93	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.61	£19.56
% change on same period last year	+15.61 %
Applications East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	626	642
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.825 %	0.681 %
Daily rates quoted	148	205
Average minimum daily rate	£256	£270
Average daily rate	£273	£281
% change on same period last year	-2.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£290	£292
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£281
% change on same period last year	+6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	157	119
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.42	£17.68
Average hourly rate	£20.56	£18.97
% change on same period last year	+8.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.69	£20.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.92	£19.17
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %
Fireworks 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.

Fireworks
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Fireworks across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fireworks across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Fireworks within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	-1	5	-	-
Cambridgeshire	-13	2	-	-
Norfolk	-	1	-	-

Fireworks England

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 20 (95.24 %) Photoshop 2 18 (85.71 %) Dreamweaver 3 15 (71.43 %) HTML 4 11 (52.38 %) Flash 5 10 (47.62 %) Adobe Illustrator 6 8 (38.10 %) CSS 6 8 (38.10 %) Adobe 7 7 (33.33 %) Acrobat 7 7 (33.33 %) JavaScript 8 6 (28.57 %) MS Office 8 6 (28.57 %) RoboHelp 8 6 (28.57 %) Macromedia 8 6 (28.57 %) Microsoft 9 5 (23.81 %) Adobe Captivate 9 5 (23.81 %) Pharmaceutical

9 5 (23.81 %) RoboDemo 9 5 (23.81 %) XML 10 4 (19.05 %) ActionScript 10 4 (19.05 %) XHTML 11 3 (14.29 %) Publishing 11 3 (14.29 %) Web Design 12 2 (9.524 %) SEO 12 2 (9.524 %) Multimedia 12 2 (9.524 %) AJAX 12 2 (9.524 %) Graphic Design 12 2 (9.524 %) Visual Studio 12 2 (9.524 %) C# 12 2 (9.524 %) ImageReady 13 1 (4.762 %) CGI 13 1 (4.762 %) Quicktime

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 15 (71.43 %) HTML 2 8 (38.10 %) CSS 3 5 (23.81 %) XML 4 4 (19.05 %) XHTML 5 2 (9.524 %) AJAX 6 1 (4.762 %) CGI 6 1 (4.762 %) SGML 6 1 (4.762 %) XSLT 6 1 (4.762 %) .NET 6 1 (4.762 %) ASP.NET	Applications 1 20 (95.24 %) Photoshop 2 10 (47.62 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 7 (33.33 %) Acrobat 4 6 (28.57 %) RoboHelp 4 6 (28.57 %) MS Office 5 5 (23.81 %) Adobe Captivate 5 5 (23.81 %) RoboDemo 6 2 (9.524 %) ImageReady 7 1 (4.762 %) Quicktime 7 1 (4.762 %) FreeHand
Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.762 %) RIP 1 1 (4.762 %) Internet	Development Applications 1 18 (85.71 %) Dreamweaver 2 11 (52.38 %) Flash 3 2 (9.524 %) Visual Studio
General 1 5 (23.81 %) Pharmaceutical 2 3 (14.29 %) Publishing 3 2 (9.524 %) Multimedia 3 2 (9.524 %) Graphic Design 4 1 (4.762 %) Animation 4 1 (4.762 %) Video Editing 4 1 (4.762 %) Interactive Media 4 1 (4.762 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 12 (57.14 %) Developer 2 4 (19.05 %) Web Developer 2 4 (19.05 %) Flash Developer 3 3 (14.29 %) Web Designer 4 2 (9.524 %) Senior Flash Developer 4 2 (9.524 %) Senior Developer 4 2 (9.524 %) Author 5 1 (4.762 %) Technical Author 5 1 (4.762 %) Content Editor 5 1 (4.762 %) Interactive Designer 5 1 (4.762 %) Graphic Designer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.762 %) Web 2.0	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (14.29 %) Web Design 2 2 (9.524 %) SEO 3 1 (4.762 %) Web Development 3 1 (4.762 %) Use Case 3 1 (4.762 %) E-Commerce 3 1 (4.762 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 7 (33.33 %) JavaScript 2 4 (19.05 %) ActionScript 3 2 (9.524 %) C# 4 1 (4.762 %) Perl 4 1 (4.762 %) PHP 4 1 (4.762 %) SQL 4 1 (4.762 %) VB	Vendors 1 8 (38.10 %) Adobe 2 6 (28.57 %) Macromedia 2 6 (28.57 %) Microsoft 3 1 (4.762 %) Oracle 3 1 (4.762 %) Apple