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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Integrated Runtime (Adobe AIR) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe AIR over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Integrated Runtime (Adobe AIR)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank126-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.126 %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£293-
% change on same period last year-
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£23.50-
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads794950
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.276 %1.020 %
Daily rates quoted124129
Average minimum daily rate£284£306
Average daily rate£303£322
% change on same period last year-5.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted10083
Average minimum hourly rate£22.29£24.58
Average hourly rate£24.89£27.20
% change on same period last year-8.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.49£29.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
Adobe AIR EnglandAdobe AIR
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.

Adobe AIR
Demand Trend

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

North West Adobe AIR Demand Trend

Adobe AIR
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Adobe AIR 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 Adobe AIR.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)ActionScript
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)SOA
11 (100.00 %)Adobe
11 (100.00 %)ColdFusion
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)MVC
11 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
11 (100.00 %)RIA

Adobe AIR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Adobe AIR 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 Adobe AIR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)MVC
11 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)ColdFusion
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)Internet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Flex Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)RIA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)SOA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)ActionScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Adobe