Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts within the London 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank199276
Rank change on same period last yearUp+77
Matching contract IT job ads234211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.329 %0.213 %
As % of the category below1.731 %1.005 %
Daily rates quoted6160
Average minimum daily rate£296£254
Average daily rate£315£270
% change on same period last year+16.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£287
UK excluding London average daily rate£259£280
% change on same period last year-7.55 %
Hourly rates quoted2640
Average minimum hourly rate£17.31£16.40
Average hourly rate£19.50£18.36
% change on same period last year+6.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.69£20.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.76£20.74
% change on same period last year+19.40 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching contract IT job ads1352121003
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.04 %21.22 %
Daily rates quoted52107461
Average minimum daily rate£392£420
Average daily rate£418£447
% change on same period last year-6.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£474
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted8531282
Average minimum hourly rate£23.59£23.78
Average hourly rate£25.09£25.22
% change on same period last year-0.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.59£26.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Adobe EnglandAdobe
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.

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

Adobe
Demand Trend

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

London Adobe Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London Adobe Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London Adobe Hourly Rate Histogram

Adobe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the London 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
City of LondonUp+1235£296+74.02 %
Docklands, LondonUp+402£550-
Canary WharfNew entry-1--
UxbridgeNew entry-1--
Adobe EnglandAdobe
England

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1145 (33.88 %)Photoshop
2127 (29.67 %)Flash
3122 (28.50 %)HTML
4111 (25.93 %)Adobe Flex
591 (21.26 %)CSS
683 (19.39 %)ActionScript
773 (17.06 %)JavaScript
870 (16.36 %)XML
968 (15.89 %)Adobe Illustrator
1064 (14.95 %)MS Office
1157 (13.32 %)Microsoft
1253 (12.38 %)Java
1350 (11.68 %).NET
1449 (11.45 %)Dreamweaver
1547 (10.98 %)Banking
1646 (10.75 %)Windows
1745 (10.51 %)Finance
1843 (10.05 %)XHTML
1939 (9.112 %)SQL
2038 (8.879 %)MS Excel
2136 (8.411 %)OO
2136 (8.411 %)Investment Banking
2136 (8.411 %)RIA
2235 (8.178 %)Internet
2333 (7.710 %)Acrobat
2333 (7.710 %)Content Management
2432 (7.477 %)Web Development
2527 (6.308 %)Graphic Design
2527 (6.308 %)Unit Testing
2527 (6.308 %)Web 2.0

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1122 (28.50 %)HTML
2111 (25.93 %)Adobe Flex
391 (21.26 %)CSS
470 (16.36 %)XML
550 (11.68 %).NET
643 (10.05 %)XHTML
726 (6.075 %)AJAX
825 (5.841 %)Adobe AIR
923 (5.374 %)ASP.NET
1022 (5.140 %)ASP
1118 (4.206 %)MVC
1118 (4.206 %)WebServices
1212 (2.804 %)J2EE
1311 (2.570 %)Flex 2
147 (1.636 %)SOAP
147 (1.636 %)Spring
156 (1.402 %).NET Framework
156 (1.402 %)Servlets
156 (1.402 %)JDBC
165 (1.168 %)XSLT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (6.075 %)CMS
223 (5.374 %)Lotus Notes
315 (3.505 %)Apache
414 (3.271 %)Tomcat
414 (3.271 %)ColdFusion
510 (2.336 %)IIS
69 (2.103 %)SharePoint
74 (0.935 %)MS Exchange
83 (0.701 %)Rendezvous
83 (0.701 %)Flash Media Server
83 (0.701 %)Zope
83 (0.701 %)Plone
92 (0.467 %)Exchange Server 2003
101 (0.234 %)Exchange Server 2007
101 (0.234 %)Exchange Server 2000
101 (0.234 %)WebSphere Application Server
101 (0.234 %)ColdFusion MX
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1145 (33.88 %)Photoshop
268 (15.89 %)Adobe Illustrator
364 (14.95 %)MS Office
438 (8.879 %)MS Excel
533 (7.710 %)Acrobat
627 (6.308 %)MS Visio
723 (5.374 %)Fireworks
822 (5.140 %)QuarkXPress
822 (5.140 %)InDesign
921 (4.907 %)MS PowerPoint
1010 (2.336 %)Adobe Captivate
119 (2.103 %)Adobe Premiere
119 (2.103 %)Adobe After Effects
125 (1.168 %)Paint Shop Pro
125 (1.168 %)MS Project
134 (0.935 %)ImageReady
143 (0.701 %)Shockwave
143 (0.701 %)RoboHelp
143 (0.701 %)Spreadsheet
151 (0.234 %)InfoPath
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.701 %)WebTrends
22 (0.467 %)SAP HR-PD
22 (0.467 %)SAP HR
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (8.178 %)Internet
219 (4.439 %)Intranet
310 (2.336 %)TCP/IP
47 (1.636 %)DNS
56 (1.402 %)HTTP
56 (1.402 %)SAN
64 (0.935 %)DHCP
64 (0.935 %)Wireless
73 (0.701 %)IP Telephony
82 (0.467 %)FTP
82 (0.467 %)HTTPS
82 (0.467 %)SSL
82 (0.467 %)Firewall
91 (0.234 %)3G
91 (0.234 %)VPN
91 (0.234 %)GPRS
91 (0.234 %)LAN
91 (0.234 %)SMS
91 (0.234 %)POP3
91 (0.234 %)SMTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (4.907 %)SQL Server
26 (1.402 %)MS Access
26 (1.402 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (1.168 %)MySQL
35 (1.168 %)Crystal Reports
35 (1.168 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (0.701 %)DTS
52 (0.467 %)FileMaker
52 (0.467 %)GIS
52 (0.467 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (0.234 %)OLAP
61 (0.234 %)VLDB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1127 (29.67 %)Flash
249 (11.45 %)Dreamweaver
323 (5.374 %)Ant
420 (4.673 %)JUnit
512 (2.804 %)Subversion
611 (2.570 %)Visual Studio
75 (1.168 %)FrontPage
75 (1.168 %)Eclipse
82 (0.467 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (0.467 %)QuickTest Pro
82 (0.467 %)LoadRunner
91 (0.234 %)MSI
91 (0.234 %)NUnit
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
147 (10.98 %)Banking
245 (10.51 %)Finance
336 (8.411 %)Investment Banking
427 (6.308 %)Graphic Design
518 (4.206 %)Publishing
615 (3.505 %)Games
710 (2.336 %)Multimedia
89 (2.103 %)Marketing
98 (1.869 %)Advertising
98 (1.869 %)Government
106 (1.402 %)Animation
115 (1.168 %)Front Office
115 (1.168 %)Telecoms
115 (1.168 %)Retail
115 (1.168 %)Legal
124 (0.935 %)Video Editing
124 (0.935 %)Auditing
124 (0.935 %)Insurance
133 (0.701 %)Flash Games
133 (0.701 %)Online Games
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1174 (40.65 %)Developer
271 (16.59 %)Flex Developer
333 (7.710 %)Web Developer
425 (5.841 %)Flash Developer
524 (5.607 %)Web Designer
524 (5.607 %)Analyst
615 (3.505 %)Graphic Designer
712 (2.804 %)Trainer
811 (2.570 %)Support Analyst
811 (2.570 %)Java Developer
910 (2.336 %)Information Architect
910 (2.336 %)Support Engineer
910 (2.336 %)Architect
910 (2.336 %)Consultant
910 (2.336 %)Photoshop Designer
108 (1.869 %)ActionScript Developer
108 (1.869 %)2nd Line Support
108 (1.869 %).NET Developer
117 (1.636 %)IT Trainer
117 (1.636 %)ColdFusion Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (8.411 %)RIA
227 (6.308 %)Web 2.0
320 (4.673 %)W3C
413 (3.037 %)E-Learning
511 (2.570 %)Fixed Income
610 (2.336 %)Blackberry
77 (1.636 %)Equities
86 (1.402 %)Interactive TV
86 (1.402 %)Computer Science
95 (1.168 %)Photography
104 (0.935 %)Social Network
113 (0.701 %)Statistics
113 (0.701 %)Taxonomies
113 (0.701 %)Streaming Media
122 (0.467 %)Streaming Video
122 (0.467 %)Client/Server
122 (0.467 %)N-Tier
122 (0.467 %)MPEG
122 (0.467 %)NHS
122 (0.467 %)Multithreading
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
146 (10.75 %)Windows
223 (5.374 %)Windows XP
318 (4.206 %)Mac OS X
415 (3.505 %)UNIX
513 (3.037 %)Windows 2000
611 (2.570 %)Mac OS X Server
710 (2.336 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (0.701 %)Solaris
83 (0.701 %)Linux
83 (0.701 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (0.467 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.234 %)Windows Vista
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (8.411 %)OO
233 (7.710 %)Content Management
332 (7.477 %)Web Development
427 (6.308 %)Unit Testing
518 (4.206 %)E-Commerce
617 (3.972 %)OOP
716 (3.738 %)SEO
814 (3.271 %)Workflow
814 (3.271 %)Agile Software Development
913 (3.037 %)TDD
1012 (2.804 %)ITIL
1012 (2.804 %)Project Management
1111 (2.570 %)Web Design
129 (2.103 %)Change Management
138 (1.869 %)Process Management
138 (1.869 %)Security Cleared
146 (1.402 %)Usability Testing
146 (1.402 %)Migration
146 (1.402 %)Software Engineering
155 (1.168 %)Data Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
183 (19.39 %)ActionScript
273 (17.06 %)JavaScript
353 (12.38 %)Java
439 (9.112 %)SQL
526 (6.075 %)C#
619 (4.439 %)PHP
711 (2.570 %)C++
87 (1.636 %)DHTML
96 (1.402 %)VBScript
96 (1.402 %)VB
96 (1.402 %)VB.NET
104 (0.935 %)Transact-SQL
104 (0.935 %)VB6
113 (0.701 %)PHP5
113 (0.701 %)Python
122 (0.467 %)Lingo
122 (0.467 %)ABAP
131 (0.234 %)PL/SQL
131 (0.234 %)PowerHouse
131 (0.234 %)VBA
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (3.037 %)Degree
24 (0.935 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (0.701 %)MCP
41 (0.234 %)MCSE
41 (0.234 %)MCSA
41 (0.234 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.234 %)ITIL Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.636 %)QA
23 (0.701 %)WAI
31 (0.234 %)SLA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (2.103 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.701 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.234 %)MAILsweeper
21 (0.234 %)Foglight
21 (0.234 %)SCCM
21 (0.234 %)SCOM
21 (0.234 %)OpenView
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
157 (13.32 %)Microsoft
224 (5.607 %)Macromedia
323 (5.374 %)Lotus
422 (5.140 %)Apple
514 (3.271 %)Quark
68 (1.869 %)Perforce
77 (1.636 %)Oracle
86 (1.402 %)RedDot
95 (1.168 %)Citrix
104 (0.935 %)HP
104 (0.935 %)SAP
104 (0.935 %)IBM
104 (0.935 %)Reuters
104 (0.935 %)Bloomberg
113 (0.701 %)Red Hat
113 (0.701 %)Dell
113 (0.701 %)Google
113 (0.701 %)Fujitsu
122 (0.467 %)Novell
122 (0.467 %)Sun