The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 59 77 53
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -24
Contract jobs citing Adobe 16 4 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.668% 0.324% 1.726%
As % of the Vendors category 3.800% 0.670% 4.296%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
Average daily rate £205 £381 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.22% +33.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £141 £326 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £436 £397
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £211
% change year-on-year
- +42.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.51 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-2.91% -22.17%
All Vendors
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
421 597 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 43.90% 48.38% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 253 185
Average daily rate £320 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 38
Average hourly rate £16.50 £20.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.51% +46.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.50 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £33.30 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Adobe
North West

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Adobe Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe 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.

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
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Job
Vacancies
Stockport - - - -
Adobe
North West

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 17 (56.67%) Photoshop
2 11 (36.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (33.33%) CSS
3 10 (33.33%) HTML
4 9 (30.00%) InDesign
5 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
5 8 (26.67%) PHP
6 7 (23.33%) Acrobat
6 7 (23.33%) Apple
7 6 (20.00%) J2EE
7 6 (20.00%) Java
7 6 (20.00%) Adobe CQ
8 5 (16.67%) Photography
8 5 (16.67%) WordPress
8 5 (16.67%) Quark
9 4 (13.33%) QuarkXPress
9 4 (13.33%) MySQL
9 4 (13.33%) Apache
9 4 (13.33%) Orchard
9 4 (13.33%) Web Development
9 4 (13.33%) HTML5
9 4 (13.33%) JSON
9 4 (13.33%) CSS3
10 3 (10.00%) Digital Media
10 3 (10.00%) LAMP
10 3 (10.00%) XSL
10 3 (10.00%) Dreamweaver
10 3 (10.00%) Fireworks
11 2 (6.667%) Flash
11 2 (6.667%) Advertising

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 10 (33.33%) CSS
1 10 (33.33%) HTML
2 6 (20.00%) J2EE
3 4 (13.33%) HTML5
3 4 (13.33%) JSON
3 4 (13.33%) CSS3
4 3 (10.00%) LAMP
4 3 (10.00%) XSL
5 2 (6.667%) Flash
6 1 (3.333%) CakePHP
6 1 (3.333%) jQuery
6 1 (3.333%) RESTful
6 1 (3.333%) Yii
6 1 (3.333%) Ajax
6 1 (3.333%) Web Services
6 1 (3.333%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) Adobe CQ
2 5 (16.67%) WordPress
3 4 (13.33%) Apache
4 1 (3.333%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (56.67%) Photoshop
2 11 (36.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (30.00%) InDesign
4 7 (23.33%) Acrobat
5 4 (13.33%) QuarkXPress
6 3 (10.00%) Fireworks
7 2 (6.667%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (3.333%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (3.333%) Mingle
8 1 (3.333%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (3.333%) FrameMaker
8 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
8 1 (3.333%) MS Visio
8 1 (3.333%) MS Project
8 1 (3.333%) MS Office
8 1 (3.333%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (6.667%) Advertising
2 1 (3.333%) Marketing
2 1 (3.333%) Banking
2 1 (3.333%) Publishing
2 1 (3.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Developer
2 6 (20.00%) Programmer
3 5 (16.67%) Designer
4 3 (10.00%) Front-End Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Graphic Designer
5 2 (6.667%) Trainer
5 2 (6.667%) IT Trainer
5 2 (6.667%) Creative Director
5 2 (6.667%) Junior
5 2 (6.667%) Technical Artist
5 2 (6.667%) Junior Designer
6 1 (3.333%) Art Director
6 1 (3.333%) Print Designer
6 1 (3.333%) Junior Graphic Designer
6 1 (3.333%) E-Learning Developer
6 1 (3.333%) Web Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Photoshop Designer
6 1 (3.333%) Web Designer
6 1 (3.333%) Services Delivery Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Photography
2 3 (10.00%) Digital Media
3 2 (6.667%) New Media
3 2 (6.667%) Visualisation
4 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.333%) Social Media
4 1 (3.333%) Animation
4 1 (3.333%) E-Learning
4 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.333%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.33%) Web Development
2 2 (6.667%) Performance Management
3 1 (3.333%) Analytics
3 1 (3.333%) Change Control
3 1 (3.333%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (3.333%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (3.333%) Data Management
3 1 (3.333%) Web Design
3 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
3 1 (3.333%) Service Management
3 1 (3.333%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.333%) Risk Management
3 1 (3.333%) ITIL
3 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2
3 1 (3.333%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
1 8 (26.67%) PHP
2 6 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
1 1 (3.333%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Apple
2 5 (16.67%) Quark
3 4 (13.33%) Orchard
4 1 (3.333%) Facebook
4 1 (3.333%) Twitter
4 1 (3.333%) Google
4 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
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