The first table below looks at the demand for Photoshop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Photoshop over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category for the Merseyside 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Photoshop
Rank 29 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.478% 0.769% -
As % of the Applications category 2.273% 4.762% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £225 £250
% change year-on-year
+15.55% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £21.86 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £17.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+105.88% -5.55%
All Applications
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
44 42 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 21.05% 16.15% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 14 11
Average daily rate £248 £319 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.46% +6.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £106 £250 £161
10% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £480 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 8
Average hourly rate £16.72 £15.00 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.46% +42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.25 £10.96 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.10 £21.86 £35.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Photoshop
North West

Photoshop
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Photoshop across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Merseyside Photoshop Jobs Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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
Contract Locations

The table below 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 17 May 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
Liverpool - 1 - -
Wirral - 1 - -
Photoshop
North West

Photoshop
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) SEO
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
1 3 (100.00%) HTML5
1 3 (100.00%) CSS3
2 2 (66.67%) Umbraco
2 2 (66.67%) Twitter
2 2 (66.67%) Responsive Web Design
2 2 (66.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 2 (66.67%) CMS
2 2 (66.67%) Web Design
2 2 (66.67%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) JSON
3 1 (33.33%) Social Network
3 1 (33.33%) LAMP
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (33.33%) Git (software)
3 1 (33.33%) Plesk
3 1 (33.33%) Facebook

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) jQuery
1 3 (100.00%) HTML5
1 3 (100.00%) CSS3
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) LAMP
3 1 (33.33%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CMS
1 2 (66.67%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
1 2 (66.67%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (33.33%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Web Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Front-End Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Front-End Web Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Programmer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Web Developer
3 1 (33.33%) PHP Programmer
3 1 (33.33%) Web Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SEO
2 2 (66.67%) Web Design
2 2 (66.67%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Plesk
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
1 2 (66.67%) Twitter
2 1 (33.33%) Facebook