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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop skills within the Merseyside 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
Rank3238
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads63
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below12.24 %4.545 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£165-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£180-
UK excluding London average daily rate£229£241
% change on same period last year-4.84 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£21.67-
Average hourly rate£22.67-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£23.67-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.14£23.88
% change on same period last year-19.86 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads4966
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.067 %
Daily rates quoted812
Average minimum daily rate£258£189
Average daily rate£278£198
% change on same period last year+40.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£206
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£285
% change on same period last year+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted1516
Average minimum hourly rate£13.57£16.34
Average hourly rate£14.10£18.53
% change on same period last year-23.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.63£20.71
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Merseyside Photoshop Hourly Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LiverpoolDown-14£165-
Photoshop North WestPhotoshop
North West

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

110 (71.43 %)CSS
29 (64.29 %)Flash
38 (57.14 %)JavaScript
47 (50.00 %)HTML
47 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
56 (42.86 %)ActionScript
56 (42.86 %)XHTML
56 (42.86 %)Dreamweaver
64 (28.57 %)DHTML
64 (28.57 %)Fireworks
64 (28.57 %)XML
64 (28.57 %)AJAX
73 (21.43 %)Government
73 (21.43 %)Health
73 (21.43 %)E-Learning
73 (21.43 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (21.43 %)Graphic Design
73 (21.43 %)Animation
73 (21.43 %)SCORM
73 (21.43 %)Java
73 (21.43 %)ImageReady
82 (14.29 %)Adobe
82 (14.29 %)Web Design
82 (14.29 %)Education
82 (14.29 %)Lingo
91 (7.143 %)Adobe Director
91 (7.143 %)Advertising
91 (7.143 %)Publishing
91 (7.143 %)LAMP
91 (7.143 %)Games

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (71.43 %)CSS
27 (50.00 %)HTML
36 (42.86 %)XHTML
44 (28.57 %)AJAX
44 (28.57 %)XML
51 (7.143 %).NET Framework
51 (7.143 %)Adobe Flex
51 (7.143 %)LAMP
51 (7.143 %)JSP
51 (7.143 %)SOAP
51 (7.143 %).NET
51 (7.143 %)ADO
51 (7.143 %)ASP
51 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)IIS
11 (7.143 %)Apache
11 (7.143 %)SharePoint
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
24 (28.57 %)Fireworks
33 (21.43 %)ImageReady
33 (21.43 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (7.143 %)Adobe Premiere
41 (7.143 %)Adobe After Effects
41 (7.143 %)MS Office
41 (7.143 %)Adobe Director
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)MySQL
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (64.29 %)Flash
26 (42.86 %)Dreamweaver
31 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
31 (7.143 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (21.43 %)Government
13 (21.43 %)Health
13 (21.43 %)Graphic Design
13 (21.43 %)Animation
22 (14.29 %)Education
31 (7.143 %)Finance
31 (7.143 %)Flash Games
31 (7.143 %)Advertising
31 (7.143 %)Publishing
31 (7.143 %)Games
31 (7.143 %)Marketing
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (64.29 %)Developer
24 (28.57 %)Web Developer
24 (28.57 %)Web Designer
33 (21.43 %)E-Learning Developer
41 (7.143 %)PHP Web Developer
41 (7.143 %)Photoshop Designer
41 (7.143 %)Flash Designer
41 (7.143 %)Senior Flash Designer
41 (7.143 %)Junior Developer
41 (7.143 %)PHP Developer
41 (7.143 %)Flash Developer
41 (7.143 %)Web Applications Developer
41 (7.143 %)Senior Web Designer
41 (7.143 %)Junior Web Developer
41 (7.143 %)Applications Developer
41 (7.143 %)Junior
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)E-Learning
13 (21.43 %)SCORM
21 (7.143 %)NHS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.143 %)Linux
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)Web Design
21 (7.143 %)Content Management
21 (7.143 %)Web Development
21 (7.143 %)UML
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (57.14 %)JavaScript
26 (42.86 %)ActionScript
34 (28.57 %)DHTML
43 (21.43 %)Java
52 (14.29 %)Lingo
61 (7.143 %)PHP5
61 (7.143 %)VBA
61 (7.143 %)PHP
61 (7.143 %)VBScript
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (14.29 %)Adobe
21 (7.143 %)Microsoft
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