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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5170
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.700 %0.469 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£110-
Average daily rate£136-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£163-
UK excluding London average daily rate£267£278
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£17.00
Average hourly rate-£17.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.31£20.56
% change on same period last year+18.27 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads353426
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.502 %0.430 %
Daily rates quoted9763
Average minimum daily rate£334£342
Average daily rate£357£360
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted1635
Average minimum hourly rate£19.89£17.09
Average hourly rate£21.32£17.97
% change on same period last year+18.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.74£18.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£24.36
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Adobe ScotlandAdobe
Scotland

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Adobe
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Adobe across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Edinburgh Adobe Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adobe across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Edinburgh Adobe Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Adobe across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

15 (45.45 %)JavaScript
15 (45.45 %)CSS
24 (36.36 %)XML
24 (36.36 %)Photoshop
24 (36.36 %)ASP
24 (36.36 %)VBScript
24 (36.36 %)Microsoft
24 (36.36 %)FrontPage
24 (36.36 %)Pensions
33 (27.27 %)Finance
33 (27.27 %)HTML
42 (18.18 %)XHTML
42 (18.18 %)Systems Analysis
42 (18.18 %)Adobe Flex
51 (9.091 %)RIA
51 (9.091 %)Aquila
51 (9.091 %)Web Development
51 (9.091 %)WAI
51 (9.091 %)iBATIS
51 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
51 (9.091 %)W3C
51 (9.091 %)Internet
51 (9.091 %)Publishing
51 (9.091 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (9.091 %)Hibernate
51 (9.091 %)TDD
51 (9.091 %)Data Management
51 (9.091 %)Content Management
51 (9.091 %)MS Excel
51 (9.091 %)XSL

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (45.45 %)CSS
24 (36.36 %)XML
24 (36.36 %)ASP
33 (27.27 %)HTML
42 (18.18 %)XHTML
42 (18.18 %)Adobe Flex
51 (9.091 %)Hibernate
51 (9.091 %)iBATIS
51 (9.091 %)XSL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (36.36 %)Photoshop
21 (9.091 %)MS Excel
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)Internet
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)MySQL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (36.36 %)FrontPage
21 (9.091 %)Ant
21 (9.091 %)JUnit
21 (9.091 %)Flash
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (36.36 %)Pensions
23 (27.27 %)Finance
31 (9.091 %)Publishing
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (36.36 %)Analyst
23 (27.27 %)Developer
32 (18.18 %)Systems Analyst
32 (18.18 %)Flex Developer
41 (9.091 %)Web Developer
41 (9.091 %)PHP Developer
41 (9.091 %)PHP Web Developer
41 (9.091 %)Business Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Business Systems Analyst
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)W3C
11 (9.091 %)RIA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (18.18 %)Systems Analysis
21 (9.091 %)Web Development
21 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
21 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
21 (9.091 %)SSADM
21 (9.091 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (9.091 %)TDD
21 (9.091 %)Data Management
21 (9.091 %)Content Management
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (45.45 %)JavaScript
24 (36.36 %)VBScript
31 (9.091 %)Java
31 (9.091 %)PHP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (9.091 %)WAI
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (36.36 %)Microsoft
21 (9.091 %)Aquila