The first table below looks at the demand for Acrobat skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 17 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 London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Acrobat
Rank 360 373 406
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +33
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 25 33 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.116% 0.123% 0.099%
As % of the Applications category 0.937% 0.992% 0.859%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 18
Average daily rate £370 £345 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.24% -6.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £181 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £411 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £415
% change year-on-year
- -27.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
Average hourly rate £22.50 £13.75 £26.31
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.63% -47.74%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £16.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+114.92% -4.28%
All Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
2669 3327 3607
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.36% 12.42% 11.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1686 2031 2185
Average daily rate £376 £390 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -8.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £205 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 167 248
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £29.10 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Acrobat
England

Acrobat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Acrobat Jobs Demand Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Acrobat Daily Rate Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Acrobat across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Acrobat Daily Rate Histogram

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Acrobat Hourly Rate Trend

Acrobat
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acrobat within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +8 6 £410 +15.49%
Paddington - 1 £370 -
Acrobat
England

Acrobat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat.

1 36 (62.07%) Adobe
2 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
2 33 (56.90%) MS Office
3 24 (41.38%) .NET
4 21 (36.21%) Windows
5 19 (32.76%) Photoshop
6 18 (31.03%) Adobe Illustrator
6 18 (31.03%) Windows 7
7 17 (29.31%) Windows XP
7 17 (29.31%) MS Excel
8 16 (27.59%) ITIL
8 16 (27.59%) MS PowerPoint
9 15 (25.86%) VB6
9 15 (25.86%) C#
9 15 (25.86%) VB
9 15 (25.86%) VB.NET
9 15 (25.86%) Smartcard
9 15 (25.86%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (24.14%) Internet
11 13 (22.41%) MS Visio
12 12 (20.69%) Finance
13 10 (17.24%) Financial Institution
13 10 (17.24%) Publishing
14 9 (15.52%) Flash
14 9 (15.52%) Hedge funds
14 9 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
14 9 (15.52%) .NET Framework
14 9 (15.52%) VMware
15 8 (13.79%) Content Management
15 8 (13.79%) CSS

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (41.38%) .NET
2 9 (15.52%) Flash
2 9 (15.52%) .NET Framework
3 8 (13.79%) CSS
4 6 (10.34%) HTML
5 3 (5.172%) jQuery
6 2 (3.448%) XHTML
7 1 (1.724%) HTML5
7 1 (1.724%) XML
7 1 (1.724%) ATL
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.448%) CMS
1 2 (3.448%) WorkSite
2 1 (1.724%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (56.90%) MS Office
2 19 (32.76%) Photoshop
3 18 (31.03%) Adobe Illustrator
4 17 (29.31%) MS Excel
5 16 (27.59%) MS PowerPoint
6 13 (22.41%) MS Visio
7 5 (8.621%) InDesign
8 4 (6.897%) Fireworks
9 2 (3.448%) Shockwave
10 1 (1.724%) Quicktime
10 1 (1.724%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (1.724%) InfoPath
10 1 (1.724%) Final Cut Pro
Communications & Networking
1 14 (24.14%) Internet
2 3 (5.172%) VPN
3 1 (1.724%) DNS
3 1 (1.724%) VoIP
3 1 (1.724%) FTP
3 1 (1.724%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (6.897%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.724%) FrontPage
General
1 12 (20.69%) Finance
2 10 (17.24%) Financial Institution
2 10 (17.24%) Publishing
3 4 (6.897%) Local Government
4 3 (5.172%) Banking
4 3 (5.172%) Marketing
4 3 (5.172%) Advertising
4 3 (5.172%) Legal
5 2 (3.448%) Law
5 2 (3.448%) Games
5 2 (3.448%) Multimedia
5 2 (3.448%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.724%) Music
6 1 (1.724%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Desktop Support
1 15 (25.86%) Support Engineer
1 15 (25.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 15 (25.86%) Desktop Engineer
1 15 (25.86%) Security Engineer
1 15 (25.86%) Windows Support Engineer
1 15 (25.86%) Security Support Engineer
2 7 (12.07%) Designer
3 6 (10.34%) Web Editor
4 5 (8.621%) Consultant
5 3 (5.172%) Analyst
5 3 (5.172%) Author
5 3 (5.172%) Technical Author
5 3 (5.172%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (5.172%) Graphic Designer
6 2 (3.448%) Senior Graphic Designer
6 2 (3.448%) Senior Designer
6 2 (3.448%) SCCM Consultant
6 2 (3.448%) Technical Writer
6 2 (3.448%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) Smartcard
2 9 (15.52%) Hedge funds
3 6 (10.34%) Digital Media
4 4 (6.897%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.172%) Blackberry
6 2 (3.448%) Video Editing
6 2 (3.448%) Online Games
6 2 (3.448%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.448%) Social Media
7 1 (1.724%) Visualisation
7 1 (1.724%) New Media
7 1 (1.724%) Copywriting
7 1 (1.724%) IPTV
7 1 (1.724%) Web 2.0
7 1 (1.724%) PDA
7 1 (1.724%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 21 (36.21%) Windows
2 18 (31.03%) Windows 7
3 17 (29.31%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.724%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.724%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.59%) ITIL
2 15 (25.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (13.79%) Content Management
4 7 (12.07%) Information Architecture
5 5 (8.621%) SEO
5 5 (8.621%) Project Management
6 2 (3.448%) E-Commerce
6 2 (3.448%) Time Management
7 1 (1.724%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.724%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.724%) Service Management
7 1 (1.724%) Information Management
7 1 (1.724%) Web Analytics
7 1 (1.724%) Incident Management
7 1 (1.724%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (1.724%) Web Development
7 1 (1.724%) Business Development
7 1 (1.724%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (1.724%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.86%) VB
1 15 (25.86%) VB.NET
1 15 (25.86%) VB6
1 15 (25.86%) C#
2 4 (6.897%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.448%) Java
4 1 (1.724%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (6.897%) Degree
2 1 (1.724%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.897%) WAI
System Software
1 9 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.448%) WSUS
1 2 (3.448%) SCCM
2 1 (1.724%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 36 (62.07%) Adobe
2 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.52%) VMware
4 5 (8.621%) Citrix
5 2 (3.448%) Interwoven
5 2 (3.448%) Apple
5 2 (3.448%) Symantec
5 2 (3.448%) SAP
6 1 (1.724%) Cisco
6 1 (1.724%) Google
6 1 (1.724%) Remedy
6 1 (1.724%) McAfee
6 1 (1.724%) Sony
6 1 (1.724%) Sage
6 1 (1.724%) Quark