England FrameMaker Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Adobe FrameMaker 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 FrameMaker over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Dorset East of England England Gloucestershire Guildford Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hounslow London Manchester Marlow North West Oxfordshire Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Stratford-upon-Avon Surrey UK Warwickshire West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	520	570
Rank change on same period last year	+50
Matching contract IT job ads	39	63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.052 %	0.064 %
As % of the category below	0.456 %	0.606 %
Daily rates quoted	7	4
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£244
Average daily rate	£298	£256
% change on same period last year	+16.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£298	£269
UK excluding London average daily rate	£298	£256
% change on same period last year	+16.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.00	£23.13
Average hourly rate	£29.54	£24.44
% change on same period last year	+20.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.07	£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.54	£23.04
% change on same period last year	+28.18 %
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 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing FrameMaker across the 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 FrameMaker across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FrameMaker across the England region over the 3 months to 25 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 jobs citing FrameMaker 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
East of England	+5	10	-	-
South East	+40	9	£200	-11.11 %
South West	+12	9	£315	+14.42 %
London	+67	5	-	-
Yorkshire	+14	3	-	-
West Midlands	+9	2	-	-
North West	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FrameMaker 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 FrameMaker.

1 21 (33.33 %) Adobe 2 14 (22.22 %) HTML 2 14 (22.22 %) MS Visio 3 13 (20.63 %) Microsoft 4 12 (19.05 %) MS Excel 4 12 (19.05 %) RoboHelp 5 9 (14.29 %) FrontPage 6 8 (12.70 %) Adobe Illustrator 6 8 (12.70 %) Acrobat 6 8 (12.70 %) Photoshop 7 7 (11.11 %) PageMaker 7 7 (11.11 %) MS PowerPoint 7 7 (11.11 %) Telecoms 8 6 (9.524 %) Publishing 8 6 (9.524 %) GoLive

8 6 (9.524 %) QA 8 6 (9.524 %) Security Cleared 8 6 (9.524 %) Dreamweaver 8 6 (9.524 %) MS Project 8 6 (9.524 %) XML 9 5 (7.937 %) HNC 9 5 (7.937 %) Education 9 5 (7.937 %) AutoCAD 9 5 (7.937 %) CorelDRAW 10 4 (6.349 %) Degree 10 4 (6.349 %) HND 10 4 (6.349 %) MS Office 10 4 (6.349 %) Oracle 11 3 (4.762 %) AIX 11 3 (4.762 %) DV Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FrameMaker 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 FrameMaker. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 14 (22.22 %) HTML 2 6 (9.524 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 2 (3.175 %) SharePoint 1 2 (3.175 %) Documentum 2 1 (1.587 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 14 (22.22 %) MS Visio 2 12 (19.05 %) RoboHelp 2 12 (19.05 %) MS Excel 3 8 (12.70 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 8 (12.70 %) Acrobat 3 8 (12.70 %) Photoshop 4 7 (11.11 %) PageMaker 4 7 (11.11 %) MS PowerPoint 5 6 (9.524 %) MS Project 6 5 (7.937 %) CorelDRAW 6 5 (7.937 %) AutoCAD 7 4 (6.349 %) MS Office 8 1 (1.587 %) QuarkXPress	Communications & Networking 1 2 (3.175 %) RNC 2 1 (1.587 %) ZigBee 2 1 (1.587 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.587 %) Oracle 10g	Development Applications 1 9 (14.29 %) FrontPage 2 6 (9.524 %) Dreamweaver 2 6 (9.524 %) GoLive 3 2 (3.175 %) PVCS 4 1 (1.587 %) Flash
General 1 7 (11.11 %) Telecoms 2 6 (9.524 %) Publishing 3 5 (7.937 %) Education 4 2 (3.175 %) Finance 5 1 (1.587 %) Automotive 5 1 (1.587 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (1.587 %) Electronics 5 1 (1.587 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (1.587 %) Military 5 1 (1.587 %) Multimedia	Job Titles 1 53 (84.13 %) Author 1 53 (84.13 %) Technical Author 2 7 (11.11 %) Technical Writer 3 3 (4.762 %) Developer 4 2 (3.175 %) Programmer 4 2 (3.175 %) Technical Specialist 4 2 (3.175 %) Software Programmer 4 2 (3.175 %) Documentation Specialist 4 2 (3.175 %) Software Developer 5 1 (1.587 %) Instructional Designer 5 1 (1.587 %) Database Manager
Operating Systems 1 3 (4.762 %) AIX 2 1 (1.587 %) Windows Server 2003 2 1 (1.587 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (9.524 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (4.762 %) DV Cleared 2 3 (4.762 %) Migration 3 1 (1.587 %) Data Management 3 1 (1.587 %) Data Validation 3 1 (1.587 %) CAD 3 1 (1.587 %) Quality Management 3 1 (1.587 %) Risk Management 3 1 (1.587 %) Validation
Programming Languages 1 1 (1.587 %) Java	Qualifications 1 5 (7.937 %) HNC 2 4 (6.349 %) HND 2 4 (6.349 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (9.524 %) QA	Systems Management 1 3 (4.762 %) OVSD
Vendors 1 21 (33.33 %) Adobe 2 13 (20.63 %) Microsoft 3 4 (6.349 %) Oracle 4 1 (1.587 %) Ericsson