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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop 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 Photoshop over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3924
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads5696
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.097 %
As % of the category below25.23 %33.10 %
Daily rates quoted2470
Average minimum daily rate£230£263
Average daily rate£256£267
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£281£272
UK excluding London average daily rate£229£241
% change on same period last year-4.84 %
Hourly rates quoted54
Average minimum hourly rate£25.60£26.00
Average hourly rate£27.28£26.75
% change on same period last year+1.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.96£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.14£23.88
% change on same period last year-19.86 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads222290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.296 %0.293 %
Daily rates quoted72131
Average minimum daily rate£268£260
Average daily rate£287£267
% change on same period last year+7.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£305£274
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£285
% change on same period last year+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted6042
Average minimum hourly rate£20.78£16.62
Average hourly rate£21.51£17.65
% change on same period last year+21.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.25£18.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.01£18.99
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Photoshop East of EnglandPhotoshop
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.

Photoshop
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Photoshop Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire Photoshop Daily Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire Photoshop Hourly Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
St AlbansNew entry-6--
WatfordDown-243£200-23.76 %
WareNew entry-1--
Photoshop East of EnglandPhotoshop
East of England

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Photoshop 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 Photoshop.

165 (57.52 %)Adobe Illustrator
259 (52.21 %)Flash
344 (38.94 %)Web Design
430 (26.55 %)SEO
529 (25.66 %)E-Commerce
529 (25.66 %)HTML
627 (23.89 %)Adobe
723 (20.35 %)CSS
820 (17.70 %)Dreamweaver
919 (16.81 %)ActionScript
1018 (15.93 %)Internet
1018 (15.93 %)Telecoms
1116 (14.16 %)AJAX
1215 (13.27 %)WAI
1314 (12.39 %)JavaScript
1314 (12.39 %)XML
1412 (10.62 %)Web Development
1511 (9.735 %)Web 2.0
1610 (8.850 %)Animation
1610 (8.850 %)Handset
1610 (8.850 %)Advertising
179 (7.965 %)Content Management
179 (7.965 %)Multimedia
179 (7.965 %)Degree
179 (7.965 %)XHTML
179 (7.965 %)SQL Server
179 (7.965 %)ASP
188 (7.080 %)ImageReady
188 (7.080 %)Macromedia
188 (7.080 %)Acrobat

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Photoshop 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 Photoshop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (25.66 %)HTML
223 (20.35 %)CSS
316 (14.16 %)AJAX
414 (12.39 %)XML
59 (7.965 %)ASP
59 (7.965 %)XHTML
64 (3.540 %)ASP.NET
64 (3.540 %).NET
73 (2.655 %)DOM
73 (2.655 %)XSL
73 (2.655 %)JSP
81 (0.885 %)CGI
81 (0.885 %)SGML
81 (0.885 %)Adobe Flex
81 (0.885 %)XSLT
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (4.425 %)Apache
23 (2.655 %)CMS
23 (2.655 %)IIS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
165 (57.52 %)Adobe Illustrator
28 (7.080 %)Adobe Premiere
28 (7.080 %)ImageReady
28 (7.080 %)Acrobat
37 (6.195 %)Fireworks
46 (5.310 %)RoboDemo
46 (5.310 %)FrameMaker
46 (5.310 %)Adobe After Effects
46 (5.310 %)Adobe Captivate
46 (5.310 %)RoboHelp
46 (5.310 %)FreeHand
55 (4.425 %)MS Excel
64 (3.540 %)MS Office
73 (2.655 %)QuarkXPress
81 (0.885 %)3ds Max
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (15.93 %)Internet
23 (2.655 %)SSH
23 (2.655 %)SMTP
23 (2.655 %)FTP
23 (2.655 %)HTTP
23 (2.655 %)TCP/IP
32 (1.770 %)Intranet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (7.965 %)SQL Server
23 (2.655 %)RDBMS
32 (1.770 %)MySQL
32 (1.770 %)Datawarehouse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
159 (52.21 %)Flash
220 (17.70 %)Dreamweaver
32 (1.770 %)Visual Studio
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (15.93 %)Telecoms
210 (8.850 %)Advertising
210 (8.850 %)Animation
39 (7.965 %)Multimedia
46 (5.310 %)Pharmaceutical
55 (4.425 %)Retail
55 (4.425 %)Graphic Design
64 (3.540 %)Marketing
64 (3.540 %)Games
73 (2.655 %)Publishing
73 (2.655 %)Video Editing
81 (0.885 %)Education
81 (0.885 %)Electric
81 (0.885 %)Health
81 (0.885 %)Legal
81 (0.885 %)Manufacturing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
135 (30.97 %)Web Designer
222 (19.47 %)Developer
321 (18.58 %)Photoshop Designer
412 (10.62 %)Senior Web Designer
58 (7.080 %)Author
58 (7.080 %)Technical Author
67 (6.195 %)Senior Photoshop Designer
76 (5.310 %)Graphic Designer
76 (5.310 %)Web Developer
76 (5.310 %)ASP Developer
76 (5.310 %)Flash Designer
85 (4.425 %)Junior
93 (2.655 %)Junior Developer
93 (2.655 %)Multimedia Designer
93 (2.655 %)Junior ASP Developer
102 (1.770 %)Webmaster
102 (1.770 %)Flash Developer
102 (1.770 %)Applications Developer
111 (0.885 %)Senior Developer
111 (0.885 %)Team Leader
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (9.735 %)Web 2.0
210 (8.850 %)Handset
37 (6.195 %)Streaming Video
46 (5.310 %)W3C
55 (4.425 %)Streaming Media
62 (1.770 %)Interactive TV
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (2.655 %)Windows
22 (1.770 %)UNIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (38.94 %)Web Design
230 (26.55 %)SEO
329 (25.66 %)E-Commerce
412 (10.62 %)Web Development
59 (7.965 %)Content Management
64 (3.540 %)Information Management
72 (1.770 %)Project Management
72 (1.770 %)Internet Marketing
81 (0.885 %)Digital Marketing
81 (0.885 %)CAD
81 (0.885 %)Email Marketing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (16.81 %)ActionScript
214 (12.39 %)JavaScript
36 (5.310 %)PHP
45 (4.425 %)C#
45 (4.425 %)Java
54 (3.540 %)SQL
63 (2.655 %)XPath
71 (0.885 %)VB
71 (0.885 %)Perl
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (7.965 %)Degree
26 (5.310 %)HND
31 (0.885 %)Postgraduate
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (13.27 %)WAI
23 (2.655 %)WCAG
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (23.89 %)Adobe
28 (7.080 %)Macromedia
35 (4.425 %)Quark
44 (3.540 %)Microsoft
51 (0.885 %)Oracle
51 (0.885 %)Apple
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