The first table below looks at the demand for Adobe Illustrator skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe Illustrator over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Manchester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Illustrator
Rank 49 77 61
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -16
Contract jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 26 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 2.711% 0.324% 0.959%
As % of the Applications category 17.11% 2.985% 8.772%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £188 £250 £223
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +12.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £23.50 £18.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.76% +4.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £19.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+26.58% -12.22%
All Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
152 134 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 15.85% 10.86% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 53 43
Average daily rate £325 £220 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £113 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £355 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 30 20
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.71 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £103.50 £21.75 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Adobe Illustrator
North West

Adobe Illustrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Adobe Illustrator Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Adobe Illustrator Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Adobe Illustrator Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
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IT Job Ads
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Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
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Adobe Illustrator
North West

Adobe Illustrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Adobe Illustrator 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 Adobe Illustrator.

1 34 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 18 (52.94%) HTML
3 14 (41.18%) CSS
4 12 (35.29%) Orchard
5 11 (32.35%) Adobe
6 9 (26.47%) InDesign
7 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
8 7 (20.59%) Flash
8 7 (20.59%) Acrobat
8 7 (20.59%) jQuery
9 6 (17.65%) Web Design
9 6 (17.65%) Quark
9 6 (17.65%) Fireworks
9 6 (17.65%) Apple
10 5 (14.71%) QuarkXPress
10 5 (14.71%) Photography
10 5 (14.71%) HTML5
11 4 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
11 4 (11.76%) CMS
12 3 (8.824%) Banking
12 3 (8.824%) Content Management
12 3 (8.824%) XHTML
12 3 (8.824%) Dreamweaver
12 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
12 3 (8.824%) MS Office
12 3 (8.824%) Digital Media
12 3 (8.824%) Web Accessibility
13 2 (5.882%) Performance Management
13 2 (5.882%) New Media
13 2 (5.882%) CSS3

Adobe Illustrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Adobe Illustrator 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 Adobe Illustrator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (52.94%) HTML
2 14 (41.18%) CSS
3 7 (20.59%) Flash
3 7 (20.59%) jQuery
4 5 (14.71%) HTML5
5 3 (8.824%) XHTML
6 2 (5.882%) CSS3
7 1 (2.941%) LAMP
7 1 (2.941%) Ajax
7 1 (2.941%) XML
7 1 (2.941%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) CMS
Applications
1 34 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 9 (26.47%) InDesign
3 7 (20.59%) Acrobat
4 6 (17.65%) Fireworks
5 5 (14.71%) QuarkXPress
6 4 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (8.824%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.941%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (2.941%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (8.824%) Banking
2 2 (5.882%) Advertising
3 1 (2.941%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (67.65%) Designer
2 12 (35.29%) Web Designer
3 9 (26.47%) Developer
4 5 (14.71%) Web Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Flash Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Graphic Designer
5 4 (11.76%) Flash Designer
6 2 (5.882%) Junior Designer
6 2 (5.882%) Creative Director
6 2 (5.882%) IT Trainer
6 2 (5.882%) Trainer
6 2 (5.882%) Junior
7 1 (2.941%) Programmer
7 1 (2.941%) PHP Web Developer
7 1 (2.941%) PHP Programmer
7 1 (2.941%) Web Programmer
7 1 (2.941%) Photoshop Designer
7 1 (2.941%) Art Director
7 1 (2.941%) PHP Developer
7 1 (2.941%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Photography
2 3 (8.824%) Digital Media
3 2 (5.882%) New Media
3 2 (5.882%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.941%) Social Network
4 1 (2.941%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.941%) iPhone
4 1 (2.941%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.941%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Web Design
2 3 (8.824%) Content Management
2 3 (8.824%) Web Accessibility
3 2 (5.882%) Performance Management
4 1 (2.941%) SEO
4 1 (2.941%) Time Management
4 1 (2.941%) Graceful Degradation
4 1 (2.941%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.941%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.941%) Plesk
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Orchard
2 11 (32.35%) Adobe
3 6 (17.65%) Quark
3 6 (17.65%) Apple
4 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.941%) Facebook
5 1 (2.941%) Twitter
Manchester, North West
Technical/Software skills: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript (knowledge of jQuery), Photoshop, Illustrator/Fireworks, Microsoft Office suite. *Knowledge and understanding of web authoring using web standards and of web...
Sand Resources
Rate: £20 - £24 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Technical/Software skills: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript (knowledge of jQuery), Photoshop, Illustrator/Fireworks, Microsoft Office suite. *Knowledge and understanding of web authoring using web standards and of web...
Sand Resources
Rate: £20 - £30 per hour
Posted: 31 May 2013