Kent Adobe Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts within the Kent region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Docklands, London Ealing East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenock Hampshire Hertfordshire Inverclyde Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Lanarkshire North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Otley Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South Shields South Wales South West Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stockport Surrey Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Windsor Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	43	45
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	2	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	1.036 %	3.502 %
Daily rates quoted	0	5
Average minimum daily rate	-	£120
Average daily rate	-	£135
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£150
UK excluding London average daily rate	£252	£255
% change on same period last year	-1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.05	£19.83
% change on same period last year	+11.21 %
Vendors Kent
Matching contract IT job ads	193	257
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.255 %	0.256 %
Daily rates quoted	61	45
Average minimum daily rate	£289	£277
Average daily rate	£302	£292
% change on same period last year	+3.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£315	£308
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	36	60
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.29	£20.40
Average hourly rate	£24.52	£22.20
% change on same period last year	+10.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.75	£24.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
Adobe South East

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Adobe Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Maidstone	-	2	-	-

Adobe South East

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 2 (50.00 %) MS Office 1 2 (50.00 %) Microsoft 1 2 (50.00 %) Construction 1 2 (50.00 %) Publishing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Applications 1 2 (50.00 %) MS Office	General 1 2 (50.00 %) Construction 1 2 (50.00 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 2 (50.00 %) Technical Writer	Vendors 1 2 (50.00 %) Microsoft