The first table below looks at the demand for Fireworks 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 Fireworks over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Fireworks
Rank 49 68 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Contract jobs citing Fireworks 10 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.529% 0.415% -
As % of the Applications category 9.259% 2.985% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 0
Average daily rate £388 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.89% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.34% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £112.50 £13.88 £19.28
% change year-on-year
+710.81% -28.02%
All Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
108 134 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 16.51% 13.91% 13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 39 39
Average daily rate £320 £338 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.18% +27.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £160 £167
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £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 £15.56 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-0.38% -2.75%
Fireworks
East of England

Fireworks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Fireworks Jobs Demand Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Fireworks Daily Rate Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fireworks across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Fireworks Daily Rate Histogram

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Fireworks Hourly Rate Trend

Fireworks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fireworks within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 3 £400 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £113 -
Fireworks
East of England

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks.

1 12 (80.00%) Photoshop
2 11 (73.33%) CSS
2 11 (73.33%) Adobe
3 9 (60.00%) Axure RP
4 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
4 8 (53.33%) XHTML
4 8 (53.33%) HTML
4 8 (53.33%) Ajax
5 7 (46.67%) Web Development
5 7 (46.67%) XPath
5 7 (46.67%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (46.67%) XML
5 7 (46.67%) XSLT
5 7 (46.67%) OO
5 7 (46.67%) HTML5
6 6 (40.00%) CSS3
6 6 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (33.33%) Apple
7 5 (33.33%) E-Commerce
8 3 (20.00%) Web Design
8 3 (20.00%) Retail
8 3 (20.00%) Web Accessibility
8 3 (20.00%) User Experience Design
8 3 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
8 3 (20.00%) User Stories
9 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
9 2 (13.33%) Degree
9 2 (13.33%) Psychology
9 2 (13.33%) jQuery
9 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (73.33%) CSS
2 8 (53.33%) XHTML
2 8 (53.33%) HTML
2 8 (53.33%) Ajax
3 7 (46.67%) XML
3 7 (46.67%) XSLT
3 7 (46.67%) HTML5
4 6 (40.00%) CSS3
5 2 (13.33%) jQuery
5 2 (13.33%) JSP
6 1 (6.667%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (80.00%) Photoshop
2 7 (46.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (6.667%) MS Visio
3 1 (6.667%) OmniGraffle
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (6.667%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) UI Developer
1 8 (53.33%) Developer
2 7 (46.67%) UI Programmer
2 7 (46.67%) Designer
3 6 (40.00%) User Experience Designer
4 3 (20.00%) Front-End Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Designer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior UI Developer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Web Designer
6 1 (6.667%) JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Psychology
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Web Development
1 7 (46.67%) OO
2 6 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 3 (20.00%) Web Design
4 3 (20.00%) Web Accessibility
4 3 (20.00%) User Experience Design
4 3 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (20.00%) User Stories
5 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Project Management
6 1 (6.667%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
2 7 (46.67%) XPath
3 2 (13.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Adobe
2 5 (33.33%) Apple
3 2 (13.33%) ATG