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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Acrobat skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Acrobat
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7795
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.646 %1.000 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£100
Average daily rate-£105
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£110
UK excluding London average daily rate-£230
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£12.00
Average hourly rate£28.75£13.50
% change on same period last year+112.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.75£17.00
% change on same period last year+69.11 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads189300
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.252 %0.299 %
Daily rates quoted69136
Average minimum daily rate£272£290
Average daily rate£291£300
% change on same period last year-2.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£289
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted4143
Average minimum hourly rate£21.43£17.99
Average hourly rate£22.18£18.70
% change on same period last year+18.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.93£19.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.61£19.51
% change on same period last year-4.60 %
Acrobat East of EnglandAcrobat
East of England

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.

Acrobat
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Acrobat Demand Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Acrobat Daily Rate Trend

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Acrobat Hourly Rate Trend

Acrobat
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat.

111 (100.00 %)Adobe
29 (81.82 %)MS Office
36 (54.55 %)Photoshop
36 (54.55 %)RoboHelp
36 (54.55 %)RoboDemo
36 (54.55 %)Pharmaceutical
36 (54.55 %)Adobe Captivate
45 (45.45 %)Project Planning
45 (45.45 %)Fireworks
45 (45.45 %)Macromedia
45 (45.45 %)PHP
45 (45.45 %)MySQL
45 (45.45 %)UNIX
45 (45.45 %)Flash
45 (45.45 %)Dreamweaver
54 (36.36 %)Microsoft
54 (36.36 %)HTML

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (36.36 %)HTML
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (81.82 %)MS Office
26 (54.55 %)RoboHelp
26 (54.55 %)RoboDemo
26 (54.55 %)Adobe Captivate
26 (54.55 %)Photoshop
35 (45.45 %)Fireworks
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (45.45 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (45.45 %)Flash
15 (45.45 %)Dreamweaver
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (54.55 %)Pharmaceutical
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (90.91 %)Developer
25 (45.45 %)PHP Developer
31 (9.091 %)Flash Developer
31 (9.091 %)Author
31 (9.091 %)Technical Author
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (45.45 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (45.45 %)Project Planning
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (45.45 %)PHP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (100.00 %)Adobe
25 (45.45 %)Macromedia
34 (36.36 %)Microsoft