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The table below looks at the demand for Macromedia FreeHand skills within the London region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FreeHand over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMacromedia FreeHand
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank397461
Rank change on same period last yearUp+64
Matching contract IT job ads28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.055 %0.149 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£238
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£200£160
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£20.30
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
London
Matching contract IT job ads36135372
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.087 %5.429 %
Daily rates quoted13851962
Average minimum daily rate£319£338
Average daily rate£340£360
% change on same period last year-5.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£280
% change on same period last year+4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted463606
Average minimum hourly rate£18.27£19.00
Average hourly rate£19.55£20.47
% change on same period last year-4.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.83£21.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.53£19.52
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
FreeHand EnglandFreeHand
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.

FreeHand
Demand Trend

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

London FreeHand Demand Trend

FreeHand
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

14 (100.00 %)Photoshop
14 (100.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
22 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
22 (50.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
22 (50.00 %)CSS
22 (50.00 %)Flash
22 (50.00 %)XHTML
22 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
22 (50.00 %)B2B
22 (50.00 %)B2C
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)W3C
22 (50.00 %)QuarkXPress
22 (50.00 %)BBC

FreeHand
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)CSS
12 (50.00 %)XHTML
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (100.00 %)Photoshop
14 (100.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
22 (50.00 %)QuarkXPress
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
12 (50.00 %)Flash
12 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Interface Designer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)W3C
12 (50.00 %)BBC
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)B2B
12 (50.00 %)B2C
12 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft