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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7666
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.938 %0.408 %
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£267£253
% change on same period last year+5.81 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£20.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.56£19.12
% change on same period last year+12.77 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads533490
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.710 %0.496 %
Daily rates quoted92110
Average minimum daily rate£342£333
Average daily rate£360£352
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted7052
Average minimum hourly rate£17.03£20.07
Average hourly rate£18.29£21.50
% change on same period last year-14.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.55£22.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
Adobe North WestAdobe
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Adobe
Demand Trend

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

Manchester Adobe Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Adobe 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.

112 (48.00 %)JavaScript
211 (44.00 %)Photoshop
310 (40.00 %)XHTML
47 (28.00 %)CSS
47 (28.00 %)HTML
47 (28.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
56 (24.00 %)Flash
65 (20.00 %).NET
65 (20.00 %)FrameMaker
65 (20.00 %)Microsoft
73 (12.00 %)CorelDRAW
73 (12.00 %)InDesign
73 (12.00 %)Marketing
73 (12.00 %)Acrobat
73 (12.00 %)AutoCAD
73 (12.00 %)RoboHelp
73 (12.00 %)Construction
73 (12.00 %)CMS
73 (12.00 %)MS Office
73 (12.00 %)ASP
73 (12.00 %)C#
82 (8.000 %)Perl
82 (8.000 %)ASP.NET
82 (8.000 %)MS Project
82 (8.000 %)Windows
82 (8.000 %)MS Excel
82 (8.000 %)MS Visio
82 (8.000 %)W3C
82 (8.000 %)Adobe Flex
82 (8.000 %)Graphic Design

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Adobe 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (40.00 %)XHTML
27 (28.00 %)HTML
27 (28.00 %)CSS
35 (20.00 %).NET
43 (12.00 %)ASP
52 (8.000 %)ASP.NET
52 (8.000 %)Adobe Flex
61 (4.000 %)Adobe AIR
61 (4.000 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (4.000 %)Web Dynpro
61 (4.000 %)WebSphere
61 (4.000 %).NET Remoting
61 (4.000 %)Flex 2
61 (4.000 %)ADO.NET
61 (4.000 %)SOAP
61 (4.000 %)WebServices
61 (4.000 %)XML
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (12.00 %)CMS
21 (4.000 %)SAP Web AS
21 (4.000 %)SharePoint
21 (4.000 %)NetWeaver
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (44.00 %)Photoshop
27 (28.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
35 (20.00 %)FrameMaker
43 (12.00 %)InDesign
43 (12.00 %)AutoCAD
43 (12.00 %)CorelDRAW
43 (12.00 %)MS Office
43 (12.00 %)Acrobat
43 (12.00 %)RoboHelp
52 (8.000 %)MS Excel
52 (8.000 %)MS Visio
52 (8.000 %)MS Project
52 (8.000 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (4.000 %)3ds Max
61 (4.000 %)Adobe Premiere
61 (4.000 %)ImageReady
61 (4.000 %)Fireworks
61 (4.000 %)SmartSuite
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.000 %)Oracle Financials
11 (4.000 %)SAP ERP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.000 %)RNC
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.000 %)SQL Server
11 (4.000 %)SQL Server 7
11 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (4.000 %)SAP BI
11 (4.000 %)GIS
11 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (24.00 %)Flash
22 (8.000 %)FrontPage
31 (4.000 %)Dreamweaver
31 (4.000 %)NUnit
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (12.00 %)Construction
13 (12.00 %)Marketing
22 (8.000 %)Graphic Design
22 (8.000 %)Banking
31 (4.000 %)Finance
31 (4.000 %)Law
31 (4.000 %)Publishing
31 (4.000 %)3D Graphics
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (32.00 %)Developer
25 (20.00 %)Web Developer
34 (16.00 %)Web Designer
43 (12.00 %)Author
43 (12.00 %)Technical Author
52 (8.000 %)Analyst
52 (8.000 %)Webmaster
52 (8.000 %)Report Analyst
52 (8.000 %)Graphic Designer
61 (4.000 %)C# Web Developer
61 (4.000 %)CAD Technician
61 (4.000 %)Flash Developer
61 (4.000 %).NET Web Developer
61 (4.000 %)Coordinator
61 (4.000 %).NET Developer
61 (4.000 %)C# Developer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)W3C
21 (4.000 %)Management Information System
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.000 %)Windows
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.000 %)UML
11 (4.000 %)E-Commerce
11 (4.000 %)ERP
11 (4.000 %)EAI
11 (4.000 %)Business Intelligence
11 (4.000 %)CAD
11 (4.000 %)Content Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (48.00 %)JavaScript
23 (12.00 %)C#
32 (8.000 %)Perl
41 (4.000 %)SQL
41 (4.000 %)Transact-SQL
41 (4.000 %)ABAP
41 (4.000 %)DHTML
41 (4.000 %)Java
41 (4.000 %)C
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.000 %)HND
11 (4.000 %)Degree
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (20.00 %)Microsoft
21 (4.000 %)Macromedia
21 (4.000 %)i2
21 (4.000 %)Retek
21 (4.000 %)Lotus
21 (4.000 %)JD Edwards
21 (4.000 %)webMethods
21 (4.000 %)Oracle
21 (4.000 %)SAP
21 (4.000 %)Siebel
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