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

LinkAdobe Illustrator
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank123132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads206
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.006 %
As % of the category below4.320 %1.179 %
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£236£235
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted20
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£18.09£23.57
% change on same period last year-23.22 %
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 %
Adobe Illustrator EnglandAdobe Illustrator
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 Illustrator
Demand Trend

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

North West Adobe Illustrator Demand Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Adobe Illustrator Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Adobe Illustrator Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

North West Adobe Illustrator Hourly Rate Histogram

Adobe Illustrator
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 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
CheshireDown-39--
ManchesterDown-78--
MerseysideNew entry-3£165-
LancashireUp+111--
Adobe Illustrator EnglandAdobe Illustrator
England

Adobe Illustrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

151 (100.00 %)Photoshop
231 (60.78 %)Flash
324 (47.06 %)CSS
420 (39.22 %)JavaScript
518 (35.29 %)HTML
518 (35.29 %)XHTML
518 (35.29 %)Adobe
614 (27.45 %)ActionScript
711 (21.57 %)E-Learning
810 (19.61 %)Marketing
99 (17.65 %)Graphic Design
99 (17.65 %)Web Design
108 (15.69 %)Health
108 (15.69 %)XML
117 (13.73 %)Fireworks
117 (13.73 %)ImageReady
126 (11.76 %)W3C
135 (9.804 %)Construction
135 (9.804 %)Quark
135 (9.804 %)QuarkXPress
135 (9.804 %)Dreamweaver
144 (7.843 %)FreeHand
144 (7.843 %)Java
144 (7.843 %)PHP
144 (7.843 %)Advertising
144 (7.843 %)SCORM
144 (7.843 %)Government
144 (7.843 %)MS PowerPoint
144 (7.843 %)Pensions
144 (7.843 %)Animation

Adobe Illustrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (47.06 %)CSS
218 (35.29 %)XHTML
218 (35.29 %)HTML
38 (15.69 %)XML
44 (7.843 %)Adobe Flex
53 (5.882 %)XSL
53 (5.882 %)XSLT
62 (3.922 %)LAMP
62 (3.922 %)AJAX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.922 %)Apache
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
151 (100.00 %)Photoshop
27 (13.73 %)ImageReady
27 (13.73 %)Fireworks
35 (9.804 %)QuarkXPress
44 (7.843 %)FreeHand
44 (7.843 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (5.882 %)Acrobat
62 (3.922 %)Adobe Premiere
71 (1.961 %)Adobe After Effects
71 (1.961 %)3ds Max
71 (1.961 %)Adobe Director
71 (1.961 %)InDesign
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.882 %)WEP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.882 %)MySQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (60.78 %)Flash
25 (9.804 %)Dreamweaver
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (19.61 %)Marketing
29 (17.65 %)Graphic Design
38 (15.69 %)Health
45 (9.804 %)Construction
54 (7.843 %)Government
54 (7.843 %)Advertising
54 (7.843 %)Animation
54 (7.843 %)Pensions
63 (5.882 %)Education
71 (1.961 %)Aerospace
71 (1.961 %)3D Graphics
71 (1.961 %)Games
71 (1.961 %)Flash Games
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (35.29 %)Developer
216 (31.37 %)Web Designer
36 (11.76 %)Web Developer
36 (11.76 %)Graphic Designer
44 (7.843 %)E-Learning Developer
44 (7.843 %)ActionScript Developer
44 (7.843 %)Photoshop Designer
53 (5.882 %)Flash Designer
53 (5.882 %)Senior Flash Designer
53 (5.882 %)Senior Web Designer
53 (5.882 %)PHP Developer
53 (5.882 %)Website Designer
62 (3.922 %)Applications Developer
62 (3.922 %)Graduate
62 (3.922 %)Web Applications Developer
62 (3.922 %)PHP Web Developer
71 (1.961 %)Senior PHP Developer
71 (1.961 %)Senior PHP Web Developer
71 (1.961 %)Senior Applications Developer
71 (1.961 %)Coordinator
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (21.57 %)E-Learning
26 (11.76 %)W3C
34 (7.843 %)SCORM
43 (5.882 %)PDA
52 (3.922 %)Social Network
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (3.922 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (17.65 %)Web Design
22 (3.922 %)UML
22 (3.922 %)E-Commerce
22 (3.922 %)SEO
31 (1.961 %)Workflow
31 (1.961 %)Web Development
31 (1.961 %)Email Marketing
31 (1.961 %)Internet Marketing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (39.22 %)JavaScript
214 (27.45 %)ActionScript
34 (7.843 %)PHP
34 (7.843 %)Java
42 (3.922 %)DHTML
42 (3.922 %)Lingo
51 (1.961 %)PHP5
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (35.29 %)Adobe
25 (9.804 %)Quark
33 (5.882 %)Microsoft
41 (1.961 %)Macromedia
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