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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe InDesign 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 InDesign over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe InDesign
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank73-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.000 %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£240£107
% change on same period last year+125.35 %
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£17.50£21.33
% change on same period last year-17.96 %
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 %
InDesign North WestInDesign
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.

InDesign
Demand Trend

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

Manchester InDesign Demand Trend

InDesign
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester InDesign Hourly Rate Trend

InDesign
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

15 (100.00 %)Adobe
24 (80.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
24 (80.00 %)Photoshop
33 (60.00 %)MS Office
33 (60.00 %)CSS
33 (60.00 %)HTML
33 (60.00 %)JavaScript
33 (60.00 %).NET
33 (60.00 %)Flash
33 (60.00 %)Dreamweaver
33 (60.00 %)Graphic Design
42 (40.00 %)SEO
42 (40.00 %)Construction
42 (40.00 %)SQL
42 (40.00 %)Marketing
42 (40.00 %)Content Management
42 (40.00 %)Microsoft
42 (40.00 %)XHTML
42 (40.00 %)Acrobat
42 (40.00 %)W3C
42 (40.00 %)Quark
42 (40.00 %)QuarkXPress
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server
42 (40.00 %)Windows
42 (40.00 %)ASP
51 (20.00 %)PHP
51 (20.00 %)Fireworks
51 (20.00 %)ImageReady
51 (20.00 %)Degree
51 (20.00 %)3D Graphics

InDesign
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)HTML
13 (60.00 %).NET
13 (60.00 %)CSS
22 (40.00 %)XHTML
22 (40.00 %)ASP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (80.00 %)Photoshop
14 (80.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
23 (60.00 %)MS Office
32 (40.00 %)Acrobat
32 (40.00 %)QuarkXPress
41 (20.00 %)Fireworks
41 (20.00 %)3ds Max
41 (20.00 %)ImageReady
41 (20.00 %)Adobe Premiere
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)Flash
13 (60.00 %)Dreamweaver
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Graphic Design
22 (40.00 %)Marketing
22 (40.00 %)Construction
31 (20.00 %)3D Graphics
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Web Designer
23 (60.00 %)Developer
23 (60.00 %)Web Developer
31 (20.00 %)Graphic Designer
31 (20.00 %)Photoshop Designer
31 (20.00 %)Coordinator
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)W3C
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)SEO
12 (40.00 %)Content Management
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)JavaScript
22 (40.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)PHP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Degree
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)Adobe
22 (40.00 %)Microsoft
22 (40.00 %)Quark
31 (20.00 %)Macromedia