The first table below looks at the demand for Adobe Illustrator skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe Illustrator over the 3 months to 22 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 Applications category for the Hertfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Illustrator
Rank 55 65 56
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -9
Contract jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 9 10 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.382% 1.024% 0.937%
As % of the Applications category 8.333% 7.353% 7.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 5
Average daily rate £197 £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.65% -9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £350 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £368 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 £215 £238
% change year-on-year
-1.16% -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £17.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+20.58% -20.93%
All Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
108 136 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 16.59% 13.92% 13.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 41 38
Average daily rate £318 £338 £231
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.92% +45.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £150 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 32 39
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.02 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.65% -24.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.09 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £34.60 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
Adobe Illustrator
East of England

Adobe Illustrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Adobe Illustrator across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Hertfordshire Adobe Illustrator Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Adobe Illustrator Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Adobe Illustrator Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe Illustrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Adobe Illustrator Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £85 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £144 -
Adobe Illustrator
East of England

Adobe Illustrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Adobe Illustrator 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 Adobe Illustrator.

1 20 (90.91%) Photoshop
2 11 (50.00%) Adobe
3 9 (40.91%) Axure RP
4 8 (36.36%) HTML
4 8 (36.36%) CSS
5 7 (31.82%) Fireworks
6 6 (27.27%) Workflow
7 5 (22.73%) Retail
7 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
7 5 (22.73%) HTML5
7 5 (22.73%) CSS3
7 5 (22.73%) Marketing
8 4 (18.18%) jQuery
8 4 (18.18%) Rapid Prototyping
8 4 (18.18%) User Stories
8 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
8 4 (18.18%) XHTML
8 4 (18.18%) E-Commerce
8 4 (18.18%) MS Office
8 4 (18.18%) Quark
8 4 (18.18%) QuarkXPress
8 4 (18.18%) InDesign
9 3 (13.64%) Industrial Design
10 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (9.091%) Web Design
10 2 (9.091%) Advertising
10 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (9.091%) ATG
10 2 (9.091%) Project Management
10 2 (9.091%) Java

Adobe Illustrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Adobe Illustrator 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 Adobe Illustrator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (36.36%) HTML
1 8 (36.36%) CSS
2 5 (22.73%) HTML5
2 5 (22.73%) CSS3
3 4 (18.18%) jQuery
3 4 (18.18%) XHTML
4 2 (9.091%) JSP
4 2 (9.091%) XML
4 2 (9.091%) XSLT
4 2 (9.091%) Sass
4 2 (9.091%) LESS
4 2 (9.091%) Ajax
5 1 (4.545%) Flash
Applications
1 20 (90.91%) Photoshop
2 7 (31.82%) Fireworks
3 4 (18.18%) MS Office
3 4 (18.18%) QuarkXPress
3 4 (18.18%) InDesign
4 1 (4.545%) OmniGraffle
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) ATM
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (22.73%) Retail
1 5 (22.73%) Marketing
2 2 (9.091%) Advertising
3 1 (4.545%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Designer
2 12 (54.55%) User Experience Designer
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Designer
4 3 (13.64%) Graphic Designer
5 2 (9.091%) Web Designer
5 2 (9.091%) Junior
5 2 (9.091%) Developer
5 2 (9.091%) UI Programmer
5 2 (9.091%) Junior Designer
5 2 (9.091%) UI Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Interaction Designer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.545%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Psychology
2 1 (4.545%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) Android
2 1 (4.545%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.545%) Windows 8
2 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Workflow
2 4 (18.18%) Rapid Prototyping
2 4 (18.18%) User Stories
2 4 (18.18%) E-Commerce
3 3 (13.64%) Industrial Design
4 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (9.091%) Web Design
4 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.091%) Project Management
4 2 (9.091%) OO
4 2 (9.091%) Waterfall
4 2 (9.091%) Web Accessibility
4 2 (9.091%) User Experience Design
4 2 (9.091%) Web Development
5 1 (4.545%) Usability Testing
5 1 (4.545%) Information Architecture
5 1 (4.545%) Scrum
5 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.091%) Java
2 2 (9.091%) XPath
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Adobe
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Quark
3 2 (9.091%) ATG
3 2 (9.091%) Apple