The first table below looks at the demand for Photoshop 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 Photoshop 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 Photoshop
Rank 182 196 203
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +7
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 235 260 268
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.068% 0.951% 0.875%
As % of the Applications category 8.614% 7.602% 7.590%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 147 164
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £175 £162
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £250 £245
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 9
Average hourly rate £17.25 £19.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.38% +1.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £15.00 £16.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £35.00 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £17.51 £19.25
% change year-on-year
+99.88% -9.03%
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% -
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Photoshop Jobs Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Photoshop Daily Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

London Photoshop Hourly Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop 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 +16 68 £255 -20.37%
Croydon - 3 - -
Docklands, London - 2 £115 -
Uxbridge - 2 £188 -
Hammersmith +3 1 £215 +59.25%
Hounslow -3 1 £425 +157.57%
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £275 -
Surbiton - 1 £300 -
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 249 (58.45%) HTML
2 226 (53.05%) CSS
3 163 (38.26%) Adobe Illustrator
4 161 (37.79%) Adobe
5 153 (35.92%) JavaScript
6 121 (28.40%) jQuery
7 106 (24.88%) HTML5
8 89 (20.89%) CSS3
9 84 (19.72%) Flash
10 81 (19.01%) E-Commerce
11 72 (16.90%) Web Design
12 71 (16.67%) Marketing
13 68 (15.96%) CMS
14 53 (12.44%) Microsoft
15 49 (11.50%) Dreamweaver
16 46 (10.80%) Graphic Design
17 42 (9.859%) Java
18 41 (9.624%) Fireworks
19 40 (9.390%) Finance
20 38 (8.920%) .NET
20 38 (8.920%) MS Office
20 38 (8.920%) Banking
21 37 (8.685%) Content Management
21 37 (8.685%) Degree
21 37 (8.685%) XHTML
21 37 (8.685%) SEO
22 36 (8.451%) Web Development
22 36 (8.451%) Ajax
22 36 (8.451%) Agile Software Development
23 34 (7.981%) XML

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 249 (58.45%) HTML
2 226 (53.05%) CSS
3 121 (28.40%) jQuery
4 106 (24.88%) HTML5
5 89 (20.89%) CSS3
6 84 (19.72%) Flash
7 38 (8.920%) .NET
8 37 (8.685%) XHTML
9 36 (8.451%) Ajax
10 34 (7.981%) XML
11 28 (6.573%) JSON
12 25 (5.869%) ASP.NET
13 21 (4.930%) KnockoutJS
14 20 (4.695%) Web Services
15 17 (3.991%) DOM
16 14 (3.286%) iOS SDK
16 14 (3.286%) REST
17 12 (2.817%) JSP
17 12 (2.817%) Backbone.js
18 11 (2.582%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 68 (15.96%) CMS
2 18 (4.225%) Adobe CQ
3 16 (3.756%) Drupal
4 13 (3.052%) SharePoint
5 9 (2.113%) SharePoint 2010
6 8 (1.878%) Apache
6 8 (1.878%) IIS
6 8 (1.878%) WordPress
7 7 (1.643%) Liferay
7 7 (1.643%) Magento
7 7 (1.643%) Umbraco
8 5 (1.174%) Kentico
8 5 (1.174%) Sitefinity
9 4 (0.939%) MS Exchange
9 4 (0.939%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.704%) Documentum
10 3 (0.704%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.469%) Moodle
12 1 (0.235%) Confluence
12 1 (0.235%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 163 (38.26%) Adobe Illustrator
2 41 (9.624%) Fireworks
3 38 (8.920%) MS Office
4 28 (6.573%) MS Visio
5 24 (5.634%) InDesign
6 19 (4.460%) MS Excel
6 19 (4.460%) Acrobat
7 13 (3.052%) Adobe After Effects
8 11 (2.582%) OmniGraffle
9 10 (2.347%) GIMP
10 8 (1.878%) MS PowerPoint
11 3 (0.704%) Vectorworks
11 3 (0.704%) FreeHand
11 3 (0.704%) InfoPath
12 2 (0.469%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.469%) MS Project
12 2 (0.469%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.469%) QuarkXPress
12 2 (0.469%) Final Cut Pro
12 2 (0.469%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 12 (2.817%) Google Analytics
2 2 (0.469%) SiteCatalyst
3 1 (0.235%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.695%) Intranet
2 16 (3.756%) Internet
3 12 (2.817%) HTTP
4 11 (2.582%) FTP
5 4 (0.939%) DNS
6 3 (0.704%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.704%) DHCP
6 3 (0.704%) LAN
6 3 (0.704%) WAN
7 2 (0.469%) SAN
8 1 (0.235%) NFC
8 1 (0.235%) Extranet
8 1 (0.235%) ATM
8 1 (0.235%) Broadband
8 1 (0.235%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.878%) MySQL
2 7 (1.643%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.704%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (0.469%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.469%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.235%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.235%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.235%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.235%) MS Access
5 1 (0.235%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.235%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (11.50%) Dreamweaver
2 32 (7.512%) Axure RP
3 30 (7.042%) Git (software)
4 29 (6.808%) Subversion
5 13 (3.052%) Expression Blend
6 12 (2.817%) Xcode
6 12 (2.817%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 11 (2.582%) Trac
7 11 (2.582%) GitHub
7 11 (2.582%) Selenium
7 11 (2.582%) Mercurial
8 9 (2.113%) Eclipse
9 8 (1.878%) JIRA
10 7 (1.643%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (1.643%) Jenkins
10 7 (1.643%) Ant
10 7 (1.643%) JUnit
10 7 (1.643%) Maven
11 6 (1.408%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.408%) VisualAge
General
1 71 (16.67%) Marketing
2 40 (9.390%) Finance
3 38 (8.920%) Banking
4 33 (7.746%) Publishing
5 28 (6.573%) Retail
6 23 (5.399%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.460%) Investment Banking
8 18 (4.225%) Games
8 18 (4.225%) Legal
9 8 (1.878%) Advertising
10 7 (1.643%) Front Office
10 7 (1.643%) Multimedia
11 5 (1.174%) Back Office
11 5 (1.174%) Retail Banking
12 4 (0.939%) Local Government
12 4 (0.939%) Automotive
13 3 (0.704%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.704%) Music
14 2 (0.469%) Interactive Media
14 2 (0.469%) Cantonese Language
Job Titles
1 169 (39.67%) Designer
2 159 (37.32%) Developer
3 69 (16.20%) Front-End Developer
4 44 (10.33%) Web Developer
5 40 (9.390%) User Experience Designer
6 37 (8.685%) Web Designer
7 27 (6.338%) Digital Designer
8 23 (5.399%) UI Designer
9 20 (4.695%) Senior Designer
10 19 (4.460%) Web Producer
10 19 (4.460%) Visual Designer
11 17 (3.991%) HTML Developer
12 14 (3.286%) Graphic Designer
12 14 (3.286%) Junior
13 13 (3.052%) iOS Developer
13 13 (3.052%) Front-End Web Developer
13 13 (3.052%) UI Developer
13 13 (3.052%) Architect
13 13 (3.052%) Senior Developer
14 11 (2.582%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.80%) Graphic Design
2 34 (7.981%) Mobile App
3 32 (7.512%) Digital Media
4 21 (4.930%) W3C
5 17 (3.991%) Social Media
6 15 (3.521%) Animation
7 14 (3.286%) Open Source
8 13 (3.052%) Visualisation
9 10 (2.347%) E-Learning
10 9 (2.113%) Fixed Income
10 9 (2.113%) Copywriting
11 8 (1.878%) Interactive TV
12 7 (1.643%) iPad
12 7 (1.643%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.643%) Video Editing
13 6 (1.408%) New Media
14 5 (1.174%) Learning Management System
14 5 (1.174%) Online Games
14 5 (1.174%) RIA
14 5 (1.174%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 33 (7.746%) Apple iOS
2 32 (7.512%) Android
3 12 (2.817%) Windows
4 11 (2.582%) Linux
5 5 (1.174%) UNIX
6 3 (0.704%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.704%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.469%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.235%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.235%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (19.01%) E-Commerce
2 72 (16.90%) Web Design
3 37 (8.685%) Content Management
3 37 (8.685%) SEO
4 36 (8.451%) Web Development
4 36 (8.451%) Agile Software Development
5 33 (7.746%) OO
6 29 (6.808%) Project Management
7 25 (5.869%) Information Architecture
8 22 (5.164%) MVC
9 19 (4.460%) Analytics
10 18 (4.225%) Usability Testing
10 18 (4.225%) Unit Testing
10 18 (4.225%) Multithreading
10 18 (4.225%) Scrum
11 17 (3.991%) Workflow
12 14 (3.286%) User Experience Design
13 13 (3.052%) Time Management
14 12 (2.817%) TDD
15 11 (2.582%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 153 (35.92%) JavaScript
2 42 (9.859%) Java
3 34 (7.981%) PHP
4 21 (4.930%) XAML
4 21 (4.930%) Objective-C
5 20 (4.695%) C#
6 17 (3.991%) SQL
7 16 (3.756%) Python
8 15 (3.521%) ActionScript
9 13 (3.052%) C++
10 6 (1.408%) ActionScript 3.0
11 5 (1.174%) PHP5
11 5 (1.174%) C
12 3 (0.704%) ActionScript 2.0
12 3 (0.704%) Perl
12 3 (0.704%) Ruby
13 2 (0.469%) Scala
14 1 (0.235%) Groovy
14 1 (0.235%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.235%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 37 (8.685%) Degree
2 6 (1.408%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.174%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.704%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.469%) ACSP
6 1 (0.235%) IBM Certification
6 1 (0.235%) ACTC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.052%) QA
2 12 (2.817%) WAI
3 8 (1.878%) WCAG
4 3 (0.704%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.704%) VMware Server
1 3 (0.704%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 161 (37.79%) Adobe
2 53 (12.44%) Microsoft
3 20 (4.695%) Google
4 12 (2.817%) Twitter
5 9 (2.113%) Facebook
6 8 (1.878%) IBM
6 8 (1.878%) Apple
7 7 (1.643%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.939%) VMware
9 3 (0.704%) RedDot
9 3 (0.704%) Omniture
9 3 (0.704%) Yahoo!
10 2 (0.469%) Unica
10 2 (0.469%) Siebel
10 2 (0.469%) HP
10 2 (0.469%) Quark
10 2 (0.469%) NETGEAR
10 2 (0.469%) Kerio
11 1 (0.235%) Zend
11 1 (0.235%) Demandware
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