The first table below looks at the demand for Fireworks 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 Fireworks over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Fireworks
Rank 361 368 389
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +21
Contract jobs citing Fireworks 26 50 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.118% 0.183% 0.144%
As % of the Applications category 0.953% 1.462% 1.246%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 33
Average daily rate £285 £250 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.00% -23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £215 £249
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £625 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £363 £325
% change year-on-year
-10.34% +11.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £175.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -91.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £112.50 £13.88 £19.28
% change year-on-year
+710.81% -28.02%
All Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
2728 3420 3531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.40% 12.51% 11.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1726 2089 2140
Average daily rate £375 £390 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -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 157 175 239
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.76 £33.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
Fireworks
England

Fireworks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Fireworks Jobs Demand Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Fireworks Daily Rate Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fireworks across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Fireworks Daily Rate Histogram

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Fireworks Hourly Rate Trend

Fireworks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fireworks within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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 +13 9 £388 -19.89%
Docklands, London 0 2 £115 -81.60%
Fireworks
England

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks.

1 41 (69.49%) Photoshop
2 29 (49.15%) CSS
3 28 (47.46%) Adobe Illustrator
4 27 (45.76%) HTML
5 22 (37.29%) JavaScript
6 19 (32.20%) E-Commerce
7 17 (28.81%) jQuery
8 16 (27.12%) Axure RP
9 15 (25.42%) HTML5
10 14 (23.73%) MS Visio
11 13 (22.03%) Web Design
12 12 (20.34%) Dreamweaver
13 11 (18.64%) Adobe
14 10 (16.95%) Apple iOS
14 10 (16.95%) CSS3
15 9 (15.25%) Android
16 8 (13.56%) User Experience Design
16 8 (13.56%) Marketing
16 8 (13.56%) Windows
16 8 (13.56%) Banking
16 8 (13.56%) Retail
16 8 (13.56%) CMS
17 7 (11.86%) Flash
17 7 (11.86%) Web Development
17 7 (11.86%) Ajax
17 7 (11.86%) OmniGraffle
18 6 (10.17%) Information Architecture
18 6 (10.17%) Psychology
18 6 (10.17%) SEO
18 6 (10.17%) Finance

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (49.15%) CSS
2 27 (45.76%) HTML
3 17 (28.81%) jQuery
4 15 (25.42%) HTML5
5 10 (16.95%) CSS3
6 7 (11.86%) Flash
6 7 (11.86%) Ajax
7 5 (8.475%) XML
7 5 (8.475%) JSON
8 4 (6.780%) KnockoutJS
8 4 (6.780%) SignalR
9 3 (5.085%) .NET
9 3 (5.085%) XHTML
10 2 (3.390%) YUI
10 2 (3.390%) RESTful
10 2 (3.390%) .NET Framework
11 1 (1.695%) RSS
11 1 (1.695%) XSLT
11 1 (1.695%) ASP.NET
11 1 (1.695%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.56%) CMS
2 2 (3.390%) Moodle
2 2 (3.390%) WordPress
3 1 (1.695%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.695%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.695%) Drupal
3 1 (1.695%) Liferay
Applications
1 41 (69.49%) Photoshop
2 28 (47.46%) Adobe Illustrator
3 14 (23.73%) MS Visio
4 7 (11.86%) OmniGraffle
5 3 (5.085%) InDesign
5 3 (5.085%) MS Office
5 3 (5.085%) Acrobat
6 2 (3.390%) QuarkXPress
6 2 (3.390%) FreeHand
7 1 (1.695%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.085%) Google Analytics
2 2 (3.390%) SiteCatalyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.085%) MySQL
2 2 (3.390%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (27.12%) Axure RP
2 12 (20.34%) Dreamweaver
3 4 (6.780%) Subversion
4 3 (5.085%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 3 (5.085%) Git (software)
5 1 (1.695%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.695%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.695%) Jasmine
General
1 8 (13.56%) Marketing
1 8 (13.56%) Banking
1 8 (13.56%) Retail
2 6 (10.17%) Finance
3 5 (8.475%) Advertising
4 3 (5.085%) Publishing
4 3 (5.085%) Retail Banking
5 2 (3.390%) Cantonese Language
5 2 (3.390%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.390%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.390%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.695%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (55.93%) Designer
2 16 (27.12%) Developer
3 12 (20.34%) User Experience Designer
4 8 (13.56%) Web Designer
5 7 (11.86%) Digital Designer
6 6 (10.17%) Front-End Developer
7 5 (8.475%) Web Developer
7 5 (8.475%) Senior Developer
8 4 (6.780%) UI Programmer
8 4 (6.780%) UI Designer
8 4 (6.780%) UI Developer
8 4 (6.780%) Junior
9 3 (5.085%) Consultant
9 3 (5.085%) Architect
9 3 (5.085%) User Experience Architect
10 2 (3.390%) Senior JavaScript Developer
10 2 (3.390%) Front-End Web Developer
10 2 (3.390%) Junior Designer
10 2 (3.390%) User Experience Consultant
10 2 (3.390%) User Experience Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Psychology
2 5 (8.475%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (8.475%) Smartphone
2 5 (8.475%) iPad
2 5 (8.475%) SWIFT
3 2 (3.390%) Digital Media
3 2 (3.390%) New Media
3 2 (3.390%) Learning Management System
3 2 (3.390%) Visualisation
3 2 (3.390%) Social Media
3 2 (3.390%) E-Learning
3 2 (3.390%) VLE
4 1 (1.695%) Social Network
4 1 (1.695%) Open Source
4 1 (1.695%) SaaS
4 1 (1.695%) iPhone
4 1 (1.695%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.95%) Apple iOS
2 9 (15.25%) Android
3 8 (13.56%) Windows
4 1 (1.695%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (1.695%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.20%) E-Commerce
2 13 (22.03%) Web Design
3 8 (13.56%) User Experience Design
4 7 (11.86%) Web Development
5 6 (10.17%) Information Architecture
5 6 (10.17%) SEO
5 6 (10.17%) Scrum
6 5 (8.475%) Migration
6 5 (8.475%) Cash Management
7 4 (6.780%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (6.780%) TDD
7 4 (6.780%) Unit Testing
7 4 (6.780%) Content Management
8 3 (5.085%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (5.085%) Use Case
8 3 (5.085%) Online Marketing
8 3 (5.085%) Analytics
9 2 (3.390%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (3.390%) Web Analytics
9 2 (3.390%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 22 (37.29%) JavaScript
2 5 (8.475%) PHP
3 2 (3.390%) C#
4 1 (1.695%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.695%) Java
4 1 (1.695%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 1 (1.695%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (18.64%) Adobe
2 3 (5.085%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.085%) Google
3 2 (3.390%) Unica
4 1 (1.695%) Twitter
London
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