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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Shockwave 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 Shockwave over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Shockwave
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank572644
Rank change on same period last yearUp+72
Matching contract IT job ads73
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.085 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
England
Matching contract IT job ads827710907
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.19 %10.76 %
Daily rates quoted25113132
Average minimum daily rate£304£323
Average daily rate£324£341
% change on same period last year-4.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£291
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted14071854
Average minimum hourly rate£17.67£18.61
Average hourly rate£18.98£19.93
% change on same period last year-4.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.28£21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.59£19.58
% change on same period last year-5.05 %
Shockwave UKShockwave
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.

Shockwave
Demand Trend

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

England Shockwave Demand Trend

Shockwave
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Shockwave Daily Rate Trend

Shockwave
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Shockwave Hourly Rate Trend

Shockwave
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Shockwave within the England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
South EastUp+527--
Shockwave UKShockwave
UK

Shockwave
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Shockwave 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 Shockwave.

111 (100.00 %)Flash
26 (54.55 %).NET
26 (54.55 %)Adobe
35 (45.45 %)Sun
35 (45.45 %)Unisys
35 (45.45 %)TCP/IP
35 (45.45 %)IBM
35 (45.45 %)IIS
35 (45.45 %)Java
35 (45.45 %)SQL
35 (45.45 %)UNIX
35 (45.45 %)ICL
35 (45.45 %).NET Framework
43 (27.27 %)Citrix
43 (27.27 %)Citrix Presentation Server
43 (27.27 %)SC Cleared
43 (27.27 %)Security Cleared
43 (27.27 %)Windows
43 (27.27 %)HPUX
43 (27.27 %)Solaris
43 (27.27 %)XML
43 (27.27 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (27.27 %)Internet
43 (27.27 %)ISA Server
43 (27.27 %)Active Directory
52 (18.18 %)Microsoft
52 (18.18 %)ActionScript
52 (18.18 %)Games
61 (9.091 %)Flex 2
61 (9.091 %)Adobe Flex

Shockwave
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Shockwave 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 Shockwave. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (54.55 %).NET
25 (45.45 %).NET Framework
33 (27.27 %)XML
41 (9.091 %)XHTML
41 (9.091 %)AJAX
41 (9.091 %)CSS
41 (9.091 %)Flex 2
41 (9.091 %)Adobe Flex
41 (9.091 %)Drupal
41 (9.091 %)HTML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (45.45 %)IIS
21 (9.091 %)CMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (45.45 %)TCP/IP
23 (27.27 %)Internet
31 (9.091 %)SSH
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (100.00 %)Flash
21 (9.091 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Games
21 (9.091 %)Marketing
21 (9.091 %)Flash Games
21 (9.091 %)Online Games
21 (9.091 %)Government
21 (9.091 %)Advertising
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (45.45 %)Developer
24 (36.36 %)Flash Developer
32 (18.18 %)Security Engineer
32 (18.18 %)Security Designer
41 (9.091 %)Project Manager
41 (9.091 %)Games Developer
41 (9.091 %)Design Engineer
41 (9.091 %)Deployment Engineer
41 (9.091 %)ActionScript Developer
41 (9.091 %)Flash Games Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)E-Learning
11 (9.091 %)Cryptography
11 (9.091 %)PKI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (45.45 %)UNIX
23 (27.27 %)Windows
23 (27.27 %)HPUX
23 (27.27 %)Solaris
23 (27.27 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (9.091 %)Windows XP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)SC Cleared
13 (27.27 %)Security Cleared
21 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
21 (9.091 %)Project Management
21 (9.091 %)Service Management
21 (9.091 %)Content Management
21 (9.091 %)Web Development
21 (9.091 %)Email Marketing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (45.45 %)Java
15 (45.45 %)SQL
22 (18.18 %)ActionScript
31 (9.091 %)JavaScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (27.27 %)Active Directory
13 (27.27 %)ISA Server
13 (27.27 %)Citrix Presentation Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (54.55 %)Adobe
25 (45.45 %)Unisys
25 (45.45 %)IBM
25 (45.45 %)Sun
25 (45.45 %)ICL
33 (27.27 %)Citrix
42 (18.18 %)Microsoft
51 (9.091 %)Macromedia
51 (9.091 %)Oracle
51 (9.091 %)HP