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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop skills within the Kent 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3940
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads614
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.014 %
As % of the category below7.595 %21.21 %
Daily rates quoted46
Average minimum daily rate£135£142
Average daily rate£145£154
% change on same period last year-6.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£154£167
UK excluding London average daily rate£221£272
% change on same period last year-18.88 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£32.50
% change on same period last year-53.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.76£25.40
% change on same period last year-30.07 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads7966
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.104 %0.066 %
Daily rates quoted279
Average minimum daily rate£196£207
Average daily rate£207£212
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£218£217
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£284
% change on same period last year+4.40 %
Hourly rates quoted2119
Average minimum hourly rate£22.89£20.12
Average hourly rate£23.96£22.33
% change on same period last year+7.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£24.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.61£19.30
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Photoshop South EastPhotoshop
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.

Photoshop
Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 20 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.

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
Tunbridge WellsNew entry-2£71-
Photoshop South EastPhotoshop
South East

Photoshop
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

17 (87.50 %)CSS
26 (75.00 %)HTML
33 (37.50 %)Flash
33 (37.50 %)XHTML
42 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
42 (25.00 %)Fireworks
42 (25.00 %)JavaScript
42 (25.00 %)ActionScript
42 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (12.50 %)Web Design
51 (12.50 %)DHTML
51 (12.50 %)GWT
51 (12.50 %)YUI
51 (12.50 %)jQuery
51 (12.50 %)AJAX
51 (12.50 %)Web Development
51 (12.50 %)Graphic Design
51 (12.50 %)Dojo
51 (12.50 %)WebLogic
51 (12.50 %)ASP
51 (12.50 %)PHP
51 (12.50 %)JSP
51 (12.50 %)XML
51 (12.50 %)XSL
51 (12.50 %)XSLT
51 (12.50 %)UML
51 (12.50 %)OO
51 (12.50 %)Finance
51 (12.50 %)E-Commerce

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %)CSS
26 (75.00 %)HTML
33 (37.50 %)XHTML
41 (12.50 %)GWT
41 (12.50 %)YUI
41 (12.50 %)jQuery
41 (12.50 %)AJAX
41 (12.50 %)Dojo
41 (12.50 %)ASP
41 (12.50 %)JSP
41 (12.50 %)XML
41 (12.50 %)XSL
41 (12.50 %)XSLT
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)WebLogic
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)Fireworks
12 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (37.50 %)Flash
22 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Graphic Design
11 (12.50 %)Finance
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Developer
22 (25.00 %)Web Developer
22 (25.00 %)Administrator
22 (25.00 %)Flash Developer
22 (25.00 %)Web Administrator
22 (25.00 %)Web Editor
22 (25.00 %)Flash Designer
31 (12.50 %)Web Designer
31 (12.50 %)Photoshop Designer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Web Design
11 (12.50 %)Web Development
11 (12.50 %)UML
11 (12.50 %)OO
11 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)JavaScript
12 (25.00 %)ActionScript
21 (12.50 %)DHTML
21 (12.50 %)PHP