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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Acrobat skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Acrobat
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank140-
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 below0.648 %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£243£130
% change on same period last year+86.47 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£8.75-
Average hourly rate£8.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£8.75-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.94£17.50
% change on same period last year+31.09 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads463509
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.617 %0.515 %
Daily rates quoted67113
Average minimum daily rate£276£215
Average daily rate£292£225
% change on same period last year+30.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£308£234
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£285
% change on same period last year+4.94 %
Hourly rates quoted105106
Average minimum hourly rate£14.00£15.61
Average hourly rate£15.64£16.80
% change on same period last year-6.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.29£17.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.01£18.99
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Acrobat EnglandAcrobat
England

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.

Acrobat
Demand Trend

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

North West Acrobat Demand Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Acrobat Daily Rate Trend

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Acrobat Hourly Rate Trend

Acrobat
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acrobat within the North West 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
CheshireNew entry-3--
Acrobat EnglandAcrobat
England

Acrobat
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat.

112 (80.00 %)Adobe
29 (60.00 %)Graphic Design
36 (40.00 %)Publishing
45 (33.33 %)MS Excel
54 (26.67 %)HTML
63 (20.00 %)Photoshop
63 (20.00 %)Quark
63 (20.00 %)QuarkXPress
63 (20.00 %)RoboHelp
63 (20.00 %)FreeHand
63 (20.00 %)CorelDRAW
63 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
63 (20.00 %)Marketing
63 (20.00 %)FrameMaker
63 (20.00 %)Microsoft
63 (20.00 %)Advertising
72 (13.33 %)Government
81 (6.667 %)Health
81 (6.667 %)Aerospace
81 (6.667 %)Lotus
81 (6.667 %)Fireworks
81 (6.667 %)MS Office
81 (6.667 %)CSS
81 (6.667 %)Lotus Notes
81 (6.667 %)XHTML
81 (6.667 %)LAN
81 (6.667 %)WAN
81 (6.667 %)Dreamweaver
81 (6.667 %)SLA

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (26.67 %)HTML
21 (6.667 %)CSS
21 (6.667 %)XHTML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.667 %)Lotus Notes
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (33.33 %)MS Excel
23 (20.00 %)QuarkXPress
23 (20.00 %)RoboHelp
23 (20.00 %)FreeHand
23 (20.00 %)Photoshop
23 (20.00 %)FrameMaker
23 (20.00 %)CorelDRAW
23 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (6.667 %)MS Office
31 (6.667 %)Fireworks
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)LAN
11 (6.667 %)WAN
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)Dreamweaver
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (60.00 %)Graphic Design
26 (40.00 %)Publishing
33 (20.00 %)Marketing
33 (20.00 %)Advertising
42 (13.33 %)Government
51 (6.667 %)Health
51 (6.667 %)Aerospace
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (66.67 %)Author
110 (66.67 %)Technical Author
21 (6.667 %)Technical Architect
21 (6.667 %)2nd Line Support
21 (6.667 %)Web Designer
21 (6.667 %)Senior Technical Author
21 (6.667 %)Graduate
21 (6.667 %)Architect
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)SLA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (80.00 %)Adobe
23 (20.00 %)Microsoft
23 (20.00 %)Quark
31 (6.667 %)Lotus
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