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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe ImageReady 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 ImageReady over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe ImageReady
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank125-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.106 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£125-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£175-
UK excluding London average daily rate£167-
% 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-£11.00
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads452489
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.631 %0.491 %
Daily rates quoted88103
Average minimum daily rate£258£255
Average daily rate£274£265
% change on same period last year+3.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£290£275
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£283
% change on same period last year+4.03 %
Hourly rates quoted77123
Average minimum hourly rate£17.47£15.59
Average hourly rate£18.66£17.03
% change on same period last year+9.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.85£18.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.39£19.59
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
ImageReady EnglandImageReady
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.

ImageReady
Demand Trend

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

North West ImageReady Demand Trend

ImageReady
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West ImageReady Daily Rate Trend

ImageReady
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ImageReady across the North West region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

North West ImageReady Daily Rate Histogram

ImageReady
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West ImageReady Hourly Rate Trend

ImageReady
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ImageReady within the North West region over the 3 months to 6 October 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£175-
LancashireNew entry-1--
ImageReady EnglandImageReady
England

ImageReady
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ImageReady 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 ImageReady.

15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)Photoshop
15 (100.00 %)CSS
15 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
15 (100.00 %)XHTML
24 (80.00 %)JSP
24 (80.00 %)XML
24 (80.00 %)XSLT
24 (80.00 %)ASP
33 (60.00 %)PHP
33 (60.00 %)Flash
41 (20.00 %)MS Excel
41 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (20.00 %)Adobe
41 (20.00 %)Publishing

ImageReady
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)CSS
15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)XHTML
24 (80.00 %)ASP
24 (80.00 %)JSP
24 (80.00 %)XML
24 (80.00 %)XSLT
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (100.00 %)Photoshop
21 (20.00 %)MS Excel
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
23 (60.00 %)Flash
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Publishing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Web Designer
21 (20.00 %)Photoshop Designer
21 (20.00 %)Developer
21 (20.00 %)Web Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)PHP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Adobe