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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop 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 Photoshop over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6445
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching contract IT job ads1724
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.024 %
As % of the category below9.659 %16.67 %
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£229£241
% change on same period last year-4.84 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£12.50£20.00
Average hourly rate£16.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-17.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.50£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.14£23.88
% change on same period last year-19.86 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads176144
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.235 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted2222
Average minimum daily rate£292£206
Average daily rate£313£224
% change on same period last year+39.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£243
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£285
% change on same period last year+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted4847
Average minimum hourly rate£12.76£12.49
Average hourly rate£14.70£13.51
% change on same period last year+8.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.64£14.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.01£18.99
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Photoshop North WestPhotoshop
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.

Photoshop
Demand Trend

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

Manchester Photoshop Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

125 (58.14 %)HTML
125 (58.14 %)CSS
224 (55.81 %)JavaScript
322 (51.16 %)XHTML
420 (46.51 %)Adobe Illustrator
517 (39.53 %)Flash
611 (25.58 %)Dreamweaver
611 (25.58 %)Adobe
611 (25.58 %)W3C
77 (16.28 %)PHP
77 (16.28 %)Web Design
77 (16.28 %)SEO
85 (11.63 %)XML
85 (11.63 %).NET
94 (9.302 %)ASP
94 (9.302 %)Marketing
94 (9.302 %)Content Management
103 (6.977 %)AJAX
103 (6.977 %)Graphic Design
103 (6.977 %)ASP.NET
103 (6.977 %)Fireworks
103 (6.977 %)SQL Server
103 (6.977 %)C#
103 (6.977 %)ActionScript
103 (6.977 %)Perl
103 (6.977 %)Change Management
112 (4.651 %)CMS
112 (4.651 %)SQL
112 (4.651 %)XSLT
112 (4.651 %)E-Commerce

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (58.14 %)HTML
125 (58.14 %)CSS
222 (51.16 %)XHTML
35 (11.63 %)XML
35 (11.63 %).NET
44 (9.302 %)ASP
53 (6.977 %)ASP.NET
53 (6.977 %)AJAX
62 (4.651 %)XSLT
71 (2.326 %)LAMP
71 (2.326 %)ADO.NET
71 (2.326 %).NET Remoting
71 (2.326 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.651 %)CMS
21 (2.326 %)Apache
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (46.51 %)Adobe Illustrator
23 (6.977 %)Fireworks
31 (2.326 %)3ds Max
31 (2.326 %)ImageReady
31 (2.326 %)InDesign
31 (2.326 %)Adobe Premiere
31 (2.326 %)MS PowerPoint
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.326 %)FTP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.977 %)SQL Server
22 (4.651 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.326 %)MySQL
31 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2000
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (39.53 %)Flash
211 (25.58 %)Dreamweaver
32 (4.651 %)FrontPage
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (9.302 %)Marketing
23 (6.977 %)Graphic Design
31 (2.326 %)Animation
31 (2.326 %)Construction
31 (2.326 %)Education
31 (2.326 %)Government
31 (2.326 %)Health
31 (2.326 %)3D Graphics
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (55.81 %)Developer
216 (37.21 %)Web Developer
311 (25.58 %)Web Designer
43 (6.977 %).NET Developer
52 (4.651 %)C# Developer
52 (4.651 %)Webmaster
52 (4.651 %)Senior Web Designer
52 (4.651 %)ASP.NET Developer
52 (4.651 %)Graphic Designer
52 (4.651 %)Flash Designer
52 (4.651 %)Senior Flash Designer
52 (4.651 %)HTML Developer
61 (2.326 %)Graduate Developer
61 (2.326 %).NET Designer
61 (2.326 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
61 (2.326 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (2.326 %)Senior Applications Developer
61 (2.326 %)E-Learning Developer
61 (2.326 %)PHP Web Developer
61 (2.326 %)C# Web Developer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (25.58 %)W3C
22 (4.651 %)Social Network
31 (2.326 %)Management Information System
31 (2.326 %)E-Learning
31 (2.326 %)SCORM
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (2.326 %)Windows
11 (2.326 %)Linux
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (16.28 %)Web Design
17 (16.28 %)SEO
24 (9.302 %)Content Management
33 (6.977 %)Change Management
42 (4.651 %)E-Commerce
51 (2.326 %)Project Management
51 (2.326 %)UML
51 (2.326 %)Internet Marketing
51 (2.326 %)Digital Marketing
51 (2.326 %)Workflow
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (55.81 %)JavaScript
27 (16.28 %)PHP
33 (6.977 %)ActionScript
33 (6.977 %)Perl
33 (6.977 %)C#
42 (4.651 %)SQL
51 (2.326 %)VB.NET
51 (2.326 %)Java
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.326 %)HND
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (25.58 %)Adobe
21 (2.326 %)Macromedia
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