The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 48 67 58
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -9
Contract jobs citing Adobe 16 8 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.458% 0.819% 0.703%
As % of the Vendors category 5.351% 2.216% 1.336%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 4
Average daily rate £400 £363 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% +178.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £300 £216
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +38.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £11.50 £8.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.29% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.51 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-14.33% -18.55%
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
299 361 449
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 45.93% 36.95% 52.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 136 171
Average daily rate £366 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.64% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 36 69
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.97 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.58% -48.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.38 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Adobe
East of England

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Adobe Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Adobe Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe 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
Welwyn Garden City - 4 £400 -
Hemel Hempstead +10 2 £113 -
Adobe
East of England

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 21 (72.41%) Photoshop
2 19 (65.52%) CSS
3 15 (51.72%) JavaScript
4 14 (48.28%) HTML5
5 12 (41.38%) OO
5 12 (41.38%) CSS3
6 11 (37.93%) Fireworks
6 11 (37.93%) XHTML
6 11 (37.93%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (34.48%) Ajax
7 10 (34.48%) HTML
8 9 (31.03%) XML
8 9 (31.03%) XSLT
8 9 (31.03%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (31.03%) XPath
9 8 (27.59%) E-Commerce
10 7 (24.14%) Web Development
10 7 (24.14%) Axure RP
11 6 (20.69%) jQuery
12 5 (17.24%) Android
12 5 (17.24%) Windows
12 5 (17.24%) Apple
12 5 (17.24%) Quark
12 5 (17.24%) QuarkXPress
12 5 (17.24%) MS Office
13 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
13 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
13 4 (13.79%) Java
13 4 (13.79%) InDesign
13 4 (13.79%) Web Design

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 19 (65.52%) CSS
2 14 (48.28%) HTML5
3 12 (41.38%) CSS3
4 11 (37.93%) XHTML
5 10 (34.48%) Ajax
5 10 (34.48%) HTML
6 9 (31.03%) XML
6 9 (31.03%) XSLT
7 6 (20.69%) jQuery
8 2 (6.897%) Sass
8 2 (6.897%) Node.js
8 2 (6.897%) Flash
8 2 (6.897%) JSP
8 2 (6.897%) YUI
9 1 (3.448%) DHTML
9 1 (3.448%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) IIS
2 1 (3.448%) CMS
2 1 (3.448%) TeamSite
2 1 (3.448%) Adobe CQ
2 1 (3.448%) LiveSite
Applications
1 21 (72.41%) Photoshop
2 11 (37.93%) Fireworks
2 11 (37.93%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (17.24%) QuarkXPress
3 5 (17.24%) MS Office
4 4 (13.79%) InDesign
5 1 (3.448%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (3.448%) OmniGraffle
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) ATM
1 1 (3.448%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Axure RP
2 2 (6.897%) Selenium
3 1 (3.448%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
1 3 (10.34%) Retail
2 2 (6.897%) Marketing
2 2 (6.897%) Publishing
3 1 (3.448%) Games
3 1 (3.448%) German Language
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Developer
2 9 (31.03%) UI Developer
3 8 (27.59%) UI Programmer
4 7 (24.14%) Designer
5 6 (20.69%) Front-End Developer
6 5 (17.24%) Senior Developer
6 5 (17.24%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 3 (10.34%) User Experience Designer
8 2 (6.897%) Senior UI Developer
8 2 (6.897%) JavaScript Developer
9 1 (3.448%) Web Designer
9 1 (3.448%) Project Administrator
9 1 (3.448%) Graphic Designer
9 1 (3.448%) Art Worker
9 1 (3.448%) Lead Developer
9 1 (3.448%) Administrator
9 1 (3.448%) IT Technician
9 1 (3.448%) Digital Designer
9 1 (3.448%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) iPhone
1 3 (10.34%) Blackberry
1 3 (10.34%) iPad
2 1 (3.448%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Android
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Phone 8
3 3 (10.34%) Windows Phone
4 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.448%) Mac OS X
4 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.448%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) OO
2 9 (31.03%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (27.59%) E-Commerce
4 7 (24.14%) Web Development
5 4 (13.79%) Web Design
6 3 (10.34%) Workflow
6 3 (10.34%) TDD
6 3 (10.34%) Web Application Development
6 3 (10.34%) Web Accessibility
7 2 (6.897%) Waterfall
7 2 (6.897%) Web Usability
7 2 (6.897%) User Experience Design
7 2 (6.897%) MVC
7 2 (6.897%) Unit Testing
7 2 (6.897%) Scrum
8 1 (3.448%) Web Analytics
8 1 (3.448%) Business Analysis
8 1 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (3.448%) Time Management
8 1 (3.448%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) JavaScript
2 9 (31.03%) XPath
3 4 (13.79%) Java
4 2 (6.897%) C#
5 1 (3.448%) VB
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Apple
1 5 (17.24%) Quark
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) ATG
4 1 (3.448%) Omniture
4 1 (3.448%) Elastic Path