England Fireworks Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Adobe Fireworks skills within the England region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Fireworks over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Adobe Fireworks
Location Berkshire Bootle Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Crewe Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland South East Southampton Surrey Sussex UK Ware West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worthing Wymondham Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	457	492
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	102	143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.136 %	0.145 %
As % of the category below	1.191 %	1.376 %
Daily rates quoted	15	22
Average minimum daily rate	£219	£191
Average daily rate	£253	£213
% change on same period last year	+18.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£287	£235
UK excluding London average daily rate	£130	£202
% change on same period last year	-35.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	21	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.94	£29.67
Average hourly rate	£22.63	£32.75
% change on same period last year	-30.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.32	£35.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.97	£24.86
% change on same period last year	-19.67 %
Applications England
Matching contract IT job ads	8562	10389
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	11.41 %	10.51 %
Daily rates quoted	2510	2795
Average minimum daily rate	£305	£308
Average daily rate	£326	£326
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£346	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£299	£285
% change on same period last year	+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	1545	1771
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.35	£18.42
Average hourly rate	£18.71	£19.68
% change on same period last year	-4.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.06	£20.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.01	£18.99
% change on same period last year	-5.13 %
Fireworks UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Fireworks
Daily Rate Trend

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

Fireworks
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fireworks across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fireworks across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Fireworks
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fireworks within the England region over the 3 months to 25 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
London	+66	59	£284	+30.08 %
South East	+47	12	-	-
North West	-5	9	-	-
Yorkshire	+17	7	£130	-
East of England	-9	7	-	-
West Midlands	+11	4	-	-
North East	-	1	-	-
East Midlands	-6	1	-	-
Midlands	+10	1	-	-

Fireworks UK

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 164 (77.73 %) Photoshop 2 141 (66.82 %) HTML 3 134 (63.51 %) CSS 4 108 (51.18 %) Flash 5 105 (49.76 %) Dreamweaver 6 91 (43.13 %) JavaScript 7 78 (36.97 %) Adobe Illustrator 8 59 (27.96 %) Adobe 9 52 (24.64 %) XHTML 10 44 (20.85 %) ActionScript 11 40 (18.96 %) .NET 12 36 (17.06 %) XML 13 31 (14.69 %) Web Design 14 30 (14.22 %) W3C 15 28 (13.27 %) Macromedia

16 27 (12.80 %) Web Development 17 25 (11.85 %) SQL Server 18 24 (11.37 %) ASP 19 23 (10.90 %) ASP.NET 20 22 (10.43 %) AJAX 21 21 (9.953 %) Microsoft 22 20 (9.479 %) Marketing 23 19 (9.005 %) Content Management 23 19 (9.005 %) E-Commerce 24 18 (8.531 %) C# 24 18 (8.531 %) Acrobat 25 17 (8.057 %) CMS 26 15 (7.109 %) Finance 27 14 (6.635 %) FreeHand 27 14 (6.635 %) PHP

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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 1 141 (66.82 %) HTML 2 134 (63.51 %) CSS 3 52 (24.64 %) XHTML 4 40 (18.96 %) .NET 5 36 (17.06 %) XML 6 24 (11.37 %) ASP 7 23 (10.90 %) ASP.NET 8 22 (10.43 %) AJAX 9 10 (4.739 %) WebServices 10 9 (4.265 %) JSP 11 8 (3.791 %) XSLT 12 7 (3.318 %) Adobe Flex 13 6 (2.844 %) XSL 14 5 (2.370 %) Fusebox 15 4 (1.896 %) .NET Framework 16 3 (1.422 %) Google Maps API 16 3 (1.422 %) WAP 17 2 (0.948 %) LAMP 18 1 (0.474 %) MooTools 18 1 (0.474 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 17 (8.057 %) CMS 2 11 (5.213 %) IIS 3 9 (4.265 %) ColdFusion 4 4 (1.896 %) OpenCms 4 4 (1.896 %) DotNetNuke 5 3 (1.422 %) EPiServer 5 3 (1.422 %) Apache 5 3 (1.422 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.474 %) Tomcat 6 1 (0.474 %) Content Management Server
Applications 1 164 (77.73 %) Photoshop 2 78 (36.97 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 18 (8.531 %) Acrobat 4 14 (6.635 %) ImageReady 4 14 (6.635 %) MS Office 4 14 (6.635 %) FreeHand 5 10 (4.739 %) MS Visio 6 7 (3.318 %) MS PowerPoint 7 6 (2.844 %) Adobe Captivate 7 6 (2.844 %) RoboHelp 7 6 (2.844 %) RoboDemo 8 4 (1.896 %) QuarkXPress 8 4 (1.896 %) 3ds Max 9 3 (1.422 %) MS Excel 9 3 (1.422 %) InDesign 10 2 (0.948 %) Adobe Premiere 10 2 (0.948 %) Paint Shop Pro 10 2 (0.948 %) MS Project 11 1 (0.474 %) Quicktime 11 1 (0.474 %) Adobe After Effects	Business Applications 1 5 (2.370 %) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking 1 6 (2.844 %) Internet 2 5 (2.370 %) SMS 3 4 (1.896 %) Intranet 4 3 (1.422 %) 3G 4 3 (1.422 %) FTP 5 2 (0.948 %) HTTP 6 1 (0.474 %) DNS 6 1 (0.474 %) SSL 6 1 (0.474 %) SAN 6 1 (0.474 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 25 (11.85 %) SQL Server 2 10 (4.739 %) SQL Server 2000 3 9 (4.265 %) MySQL 4 5 (2.370 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (0.948 %) SQL Server 7 5 2 (0.948 %) MS Access 6 1 (0.474 %) ETL 6 1 (0.474 %) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications 1 108 (51.18 %) Flash 2 105 (49.76 %) Dreamweaver 3 10 (4.739 %) Visual Studio 4 2 (0.948 %) Eclipse 5 1 (0.474 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 1 (0.474 %) Subversion	General 1 20 (9.479 %) Marketing 2 15 (7.109 %) Finance 3 14 (6.635 %) Graphic Design 4 8 (3.791 %) Banking 4 8 (3.791 %) Retail 5 7 (3.318 %) Government 6 6 (2.844 %) Publishing 6 6 (2.844 %) Investment Banking 7 5 (2.370 %) Construction 7 5 (2.370 %) Advertising 7 5 (2.370 %) Pharmaceutical 7 5 (2.370 %) Games 8 4 (1.896 %) Video Editing 8 4 (1.896 %) Financial Institution 8 4 (1.896 %) Health 8 4 (1.896 %) Pensions 8 4 (1.896 %) Multimedia 9 3 (1.422 %) Online Games 10 2 (0.948 %) Music 10 2 (0.948 %) Animation
Job Titles 1 98 (46.45 %) Developer 2 69 (32.70 %) Web Designer 3 65 (30.81 %) Web Developer 4 17 (8.057 %) Flash Developer 5 11 (5.213 %) .NET Developer 6 9 (4.265 %) Photoshop Designer 7 8 (3.791 %) Flash Designer 8 7 (3.318 %) Graphic Designer 9 6 (2.844 %) C# Developer 9 6 (2.844 %) Lead Designer 10 5 (2.370 %) ASP Developer 10 5 (2.370 %) .NET Web Developer 10 5 (2.370 %) C# Web Developer 10 5 (2.370 %) Interactive Designer 11 4 (1.896 %) UI Designer 11 4 (1.896 %) Content Editor 11 4 (1.896 %) ASP.NET Developer 12 3 (1.422 %) Junior Developer 12 3 (1.422 %) Senior Web Designer 12 3 (1.422 %) Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 30 (14.22 %) W3C 2 9 (4.265 %) E-Learning 3 8 (3.791 %) Blog 4 7 (3.318 %) Social Network 5 4 (1.896 %) Web 2.0 6 3 (1.422 %) Wiki 6 3 (1.422 %) Podcast 7 2 (0.948 %) SCORM 7 2 (0.948 %) Management Information System 8 1 (0.474 %) VLE 8 1 (0.474 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.474 %) Statistics 8 1 (0.474 %) Ergonomics
Operating Systems 1 14 (6.635 %) Windows 2 4 (1.896 %) Mac OS X 3 3 (1.422 %) Linux 4 2 (0.948 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (0.474 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.474 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (14.69 %) Web Design 2 27 (12.80 %) Web Development 3 19 (9.005 %) E-Commerce 3 19 (9.005 %) Content Management 4 8 (3.791 %) OOP 5 7 (3.318 %) Project Management 6 5 (2.370 %) Internet Marketing 7 4 (1.896 %) OO 7 4 (1.896 %) UML 7 4 (1.896 %) SEO 8 3 (1.422 %) Digital Marketing 8 3 (1.422 %) Security Cleared 9 2 (0.948 %) Email Marketing 9 2 (0.948 %) Migration 9 2 (0.948 %) Scrum 9 2 (0.948 %) Agile Software Development 9 2 (0.948 %) PRINCE2 9 2 (0.948 %) CRM 10 1 (0.474 %) E-business 10 1 (0.474 %) B2B
Programming Languages 1 91 (43.13 %) JavaScript 2 44 (20.85 %) ActionScript 3 18 (8.531 %) C# 4 14 (6.635 %) PHP 5 11 (5.213 %) SQL 6 10 (4.739 %) Java 6 10 (4.739 %) VB 7 9 (4.265 %) VB.NET 7 9 (4.265 %) VBScript 8 8 (3.791 %) DHTML 9 4 (1.896 %) VB6 10 3 (1.422 %) VBA 11 2 (0.948 %) Lingo 11 2 (0.948 %) PHP5 11 2 (0.948 %) C++ 11 2 (0.948 %) Transact-SQL 12 1 (0.474 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 6 (2.844 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.844 %) WAI 2 2 (0.948 %) WCAG 3 1 (0.474 %) QA	Vendors 1 59 (27.96 %) Adobe 2 28 (13.27 %) Macromedia 3 21 (9.953 %) Microsoft 4 9 (4.265 %) Google 5 3 (1.422 %) Tridion 5 3 (1.422 %) Vignette 5 3 (1.422 %) MKS 5 3 (1.422 %) RedDot 6 2 (0.948 %) Red Hat 6 2 (0.948 %) Apple 6 2 (0.948 %) Quark 7 1 (0.474 %) Oracle