The first table below looks at the demand for Expression Studio skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Expression Studio over the 3 months to 24 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 Development Applications category for the 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Expression Studio
Rank - 558 570
Contract jobs citing Expression Studio 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England - 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.020% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £360
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £360
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4623 4974 6010
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.12% 9.325% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2946 3009 3467
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 205 309
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Expression Studio
UK

Expression Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Expression Studio Jobs Demand Trend

Expression Studio
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Expression Studio Daily Rate Trend

Expression Studio
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Expression Studio 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 Expression Studio.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture

Expression Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Expression Studio 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 Expression Studio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) UI Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe