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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Director Lingo skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Lingo over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Director Lingo
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank125-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.164 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£175-
Average daily rate£200-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£225-
UK excluding London average daily rate£200-
% 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, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North West
Matching contract IT job ads12211375
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.719 %1.390 %
Daily rates quoted236226
Average minimum daily rate£287£314
Average daily rate£303£331
% change on same period last year-8.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted160157
Average minimum hourly rate£26.79£26.09
Average hourly rate£28.87£27.59
% change on same period last year+4.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.95£29.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Lingo EnglandLingo
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.

Lingo
Demand Trend

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

North West Lingo Demand Trend

Lingo
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Lingo Daily Rate Trend

Lingo
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Lingo Hourly Rate Trend

Lingo
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lingo within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 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
ManchesterNew entry-2£200-
Lingo EnglandLingo
England

Lingo
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Lingo 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 Lingo.

110 (100.00 %)JavaScript
110 (100.00 %)ActionScript
110 (100.00 %)XML
29 (90.00 %)ASP
29 (90.00 %)PHP
29 (90.00 %)SQL
29 (90.00 %)Python
35 (50.00 %)W3C
35 (50.00 %)SCORM
42 (20.00 %)E-Learning
51 (10.00 %)HTML
51 (10.00 %)Web Design
51 (10.00 %)Multimedia
51 (10.00 %)Marketing
51 (10.00 %)Animation
51 (10.00 %)Adobe Flex
51 (10.00 %)Digital Marketing
51 (10.00 %)Advertising
51 (10.00 %)BBC
51 (10.00 %)Games
51 (10.00 %).NET
51 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
51 (10.00 %)XSL
51 (10.00 %)Flash

Lingo
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Lingo 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 Lingo. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (100.00 %)XML
29 (90.00 %)ASP
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (10.00 %)HTML
31 (10.00 %).NET
31 (10.00 %)XSL
31 (10.00 %)Adobe Flex
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Flash
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Advertising
11 (10.00 %)Games
11 (10.00 %)Multimedia
11 (10.00 %)Marketing
11 (10.00 %)Animation
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (70.00 %)Developer
25 (50.00 %)Programmer
33 (30.00 %)Web Programmer
33 (30.00 %)ActionScript Developer
41 (10.00 %)Web Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (50.00 %)W3C
15 (50.00 %)SCORM
22 (20.00 %)E-Learning
31 (10.00 %)BBC
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Web Design
11 (10.00 %)Digital Marketing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)JavaScript
110 (100.00 %)ActionScript
29 (90.00 %)Python
29 (90.00 %)PHP
29 (90.00 %)SQL