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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Acrobat skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Acrobat
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank74-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.333 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£236
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.75£17.30
% change on same period last year+66.18 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads150148
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.203 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted1824
Average minimum daily rate£257£262
Average daily rate£272£285
% change on same period last year-4.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£287£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£291
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted3646
Average minimum hourly rate£14.49£13.77
Average hourly rate£16.35£14.84
% change on same period last year+10.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.20£15.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.59£19.58
% change on same period last year-5.05 %
Acrobat North WestAcrobat
North West

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.

Acrobat
Demand Trend

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

Manchester Acrobat Demand Trend

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Acrobat Hourly Rate Trend

Acrobat
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat.

12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)Photoshop
12 (100.00 %)MS Office
12 (100.00 %)ASP
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Flash
12 (100.00 %)XHTML
12 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Adobe
12 (100.00 %)W3C
12 (100.00 %)Quark
12 (100.00 %)QuarkXPress
12 (100.00 %)SEO
12 (100.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
12 (100.00 %)InDesign
12 (100.00 %)Content Management
12 (100.00 %)Graphic Design
21 (50.00 %)Marketing

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)ASP
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)XHTML
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (100.00 %)Photoshop
12 (100.00 %)MS Office
12 (100.00 %)QuarkXPress
12 (100.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
12 (100.00 %)InDesign
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)Flash
12 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Graphic Design
21 (50.00 %)Marketing
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Web Developer
12 (100.00 %)Web Designer
21 (50.00 %)Graphic Designer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)W3C
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)SEO
12 (100.00 %)Content Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
12 (100.00 %)SQL
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Microsoft
12 (100.00 %)Adobe
12 (100.00 %)Quark