FreeHand Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for FreeHand 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 FreeHand over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe FreeHand
Rank 378 395 433
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +38
Contract jobs citing FreeHand 3 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.014% 0.026% 0.003%
As % of the Applications category 0.112% 0.210% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Average daily rate £115 £335 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-65.62% +96.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £36.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.25
All Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category		 2687 3335 3537
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.39% 12.42% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1702 2034 2142
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 154 168 242
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 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £33.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
FreeHand
England

FreeHand
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London FreeHand Jobs Demand Trend

FreeHand
Daily Rate Trend

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

London FreeHand Daily Rate Trend

FreeHand
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London FreeHand Hourly Rate Trend

FreeHand
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FreeHand within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
Docklands, London - 2 £115 -
City of London +18 1 - -
FreeHand
England

FreeHand
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing FreeHand 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 FreeHand.

1 3 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) SEO
2 2 (66.67%) CMS
2 2 (66.67%) Online Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) SiteCatalyst
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
2 2 (66.67%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (66.67%) QuarkXPress
2 2 (66.67%) Fireworks
2 2 (66.67%) Web Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Google
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Unica
2 2 (66.67%) Google Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Email Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Vectorworks
3 1 (33.33%) SketchUp
3 1 (33.33%) CAD
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) InDesign
3 1 (33.33%) Retail

FreeHand
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (66.67%) QuarkXPress
2 2 (66.67%) Fireworks
3 1 (33.33%) InDesign
3 1 (33.33%) Vectorworks
3 1 (33.33%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Google Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) SiteCatalyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Junior
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Web Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) SEO
1 2 (66.67%) Web Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Email Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Online Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google
1 2 (66.67%) Unica
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
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