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The table below looks at the demand for QuarkXPress 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 QuarkXPress over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuarkXPress
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank129145
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.452 %0.197 %
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£400£225
% change on same period last year+77.77 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.17
Average hourly rate-£11.17
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£11.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£11.17
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads442507
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.625 %0.513 %
Daily rates quoted8797
Average minimum daily rate£257£256
Average daily rate£272£268
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£288£279
UK excluding London average daily rate£292£280
% change on same period last year+4.17 %
Hourly rates quoted74129
Average minimum hourly rate£17.45£15.53
Average hourly rate£18.68£16.96
% change on same period last year+10.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.92£18.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.55£19.44
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
QuarkXPress EnglandQuarkXPress
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.

QuarkXPress
Demand Trend

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

North West QuarkXPress Demand Trend

QuarkXPress
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West QuarkXPress Hourly Rate Trend

QuarkXPress
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QuarkXPress within the North West region over the 3 months to 13 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--
QuarkXPress EnglandQuarkXPress
England

QuarkXPress
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing QuarkXPress 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 QuarkXPress.

17 (100.00 %)Photoshop
17 (100.00 %)Quark
17 (100.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
17 (100.00 %)Graphic Design
25 (71.43 %)Acrobat
25 (71.43 %)Marketing
25 (71.43 %)Microsoft
34 (57.14 %)FreeHand
34 (57.14 %)Advertising
43 (42.86 %)Flash
52 (28.57 %)XHTML
52 (28.57 %)Dreamweaver
52 (28.57 %)Adobe
52 (28.57 %)SEO
52 (28.57 %)MS Office
52 (28.57 %)ASP
52 (28.57 %)CSS
52 (28.57 %)Windows
52 (28.57 %)HTML
52 (28.57 %)JavaScript
52 (28.57 %)SQL
52 (28.57 %).NET
52 (28.57 %)SQL Server
52 (28.57 %)W3C
52 (28.57 %)InDesign
52 (28.57 %)Content Management
61 (14.29 %)Aerospace

QuarkXPress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing QuarkXPress 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 QuarkXPress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (28.57 %)HTML
12 (28.57 %).NET
12 (28.57 %)ASP
12 (28.57 %)CSS
12 (28.57 %)XHTML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (100.00 %)Photoshop
17 (100.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
25 (71.43 %)Acrobat
34 (57.14 %)FreeHand
42 (28.57 %)MS Office
42 (28.57 %)InDesign
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)SQL Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (42.86 %)Flash
22 (28.57 %)Dreamweaver
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (100.00 %)Graphic Design
25 (71.43 %)Marketing
34 (57.14 %)Advertising
41 (14.29 %)Aerospace
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Graduate
12 (28.57 %)Developer
12 (28.57 %)Web Developer
12 (28.57 %)Web Designer
12 (28.57 %)Graphic Designer
21 (14.29 %)Photoshop Designer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)W3C
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Windows
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)SEO
12 (28.57 %)Content Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (28.57 %)JavaScript
12 (28.57 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (100.00 %)Quark
25 (71.43 %)Microsoft
32 (28.57 %)Adobe