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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop skills within the Lancashire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2545
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.002 %
As % of the category below31.91 %3.846 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£218£285
% change on same period last year-23.27 %
Hourly rates quoted70
Average minimum hourly rate£27.13-
Average hourly rate£28.19-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£29.25-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.82£25.79
% change on same period last year-23.14 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads4752
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.066 %0.053 %
Daily rates quoted812
Average minimum daily rate£281£263
Average daily rate£300£270
% change on same period last year+10.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£277
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£280
% change on same period last year+4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted1819
Average minimum hourly rate£23.11£20.52
Average hourly rate£24.69£23.80
% change on same period last year+3.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.26£27.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.53£19.52
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
Photoshop North WestPhotoshop
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Lancashire Photoshop Hourly Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
BlackpoolNew entry-3--
PrestonUp+12--
BlackburnNew entry-1--
BurnleyNew entry-1--
Newton-le-WillowsNew entry-1--
Photoshop North WestPhotoshop
North West

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

113 (86.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
212 (80.00 %)Flash
38 (53.33 %)Multimedia
47 (46.67 %)Aerospace
47 (46.67 %)Adobe
47 (46.67 %)HTML
47 (46.67 %)Security Cleared
56 (40.00 %)Military
65 (33.33 %)3ds Max
65 (33.33 %)Autodesk
65 (33.33 %)JavaScript
65 (33.33 %)Web Development
65 (33.33 %)Video Editing
74 (26.67 %)Adobe Premiere
83 (20.00 %)SCORM
83 (20.00 %)CSS
83 (20.00 %)Quark
83 (20.00 %)XHTML
83 (20.00 %)Graphic Design
92 (13.33 %)SC Cleared
92 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
92 (13.33 %)Dreamweaver
101 (6.667 %)Electronics
101 (6.667 %)SEO
101 (6.667 %)E-Learning
101 (6.667 %)Marketing
101 (6.667 %)W3C
101 (6.667 %)Java RMI
101 (6.667 %)ImageReady
101 (6.667 %)JSP

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (46.67 %)HTML
23 (20.00 %)XHTML
23 (20.00 %)CSS
31 (6.667 %)JSP
31 (6.667 %)XML
31 (6.667 %)XSLT
31 (6.667 %)Java RMI
31 (6.667 %)ASP
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (86.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
25 (33.33 %)3ds Max
34 (26.67 %)Adobe Premiere
41 (6.667 %)ImageReady
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (80.00 %)Flash
22 (13.33 %)Dreamweaver
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (53.33 %)Multimedia
27 (46.67 %)Aerospace
36 (40.00 %)Military
45 (33.33 %)Video Editing
53 (20.00 %)Graphic Design
61 (6.667 %)Electronics
61 (6.667 %)Marketing
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (13.33 %)Developer
12 (13.33 %)Web Designer
12 (13.33 %)Graphic Designer
21 (6.667 %)Multimedia Developer
21 (6.667 %)Web Developer
21 (6.667 %)Coordinator
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (20.00 %)SCORM
21 (6.667 %)W3C
21 (6.667 %)E-Learning
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (46.67 %)Security Cleared
25 (33.33 %)Web Development
32 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
32 (13.33 %)SC Cleared
41 (6.667 %)SEO
41 (6.667 %)Internet Marketing
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (33.33 %)JavaScript
21 (6.667 %)PHP
21 (6.667 %)Java
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (46.67 %)Adobe
25 (33.33 %)Autodesk
33 (20.00 %)Quark