The first table below looks at the demand for Photoshop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Photoshop over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category for the Oxfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Photoshop
Rank 44 49 32
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -17
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 9 7 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.987% 1.111% 3.786%
As % of the Applications category 16.07% 10.14% 17.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 13
Average daily rate £185 £275 £183
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.72% +50.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £164 £215 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £295 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £250 £245
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £17.51 £19.25
% change year-on-year
+99.88% -9.03%
All Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
56 69 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 12.36% 10.95% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 37
Average daily rate £250 £253 £183
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.99% +38.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £135 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £350 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 17
Average hourly rate £13.45 £17.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.14% -30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.91 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.88 £30.00 £27.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -
Photoshop
South East

Photoshop
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Photoshop across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Oxfordshire Photoshop Jobs Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Photoshop across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Photoshop Daily Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Photoshop across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Henley-on-Thames - 6 £165 -
Oxford +6 2 £325 -
Photoshop
South East

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Photoshop 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 Photoshop.

1 11 (84.62%) CSS
1 11 (84.62%) CMS
1 11 (84.62%) Content Management
2 10 (76.92%) HTML
2 10 (76.92%) JavaScript
2 10 (76.92%) jQuery
3 9 (69.23%) Interwoven
4 8 (61.54%) Project Management
4 8 (61.54%) Marketing
5 7 (53.85%) Google Analytics
5 7 (53.85%) Analytics
5 7 (53.85%) Google
6 6 (46.15%) Web Analytics
6 6 (46.15%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (46.15%) SEO
6 6 (46.15%) B2B
6 6 (46.15%) PHP
6 6 (46.15%) French Language
6 6 (46.15%) German Language
6 6 (46.15%) Online Marketing
6 6 (46.15%) Information Architecture
7 4 (30.77%) HTML5
7 4 (30.77%) CSS3
8 3 (23.08%) Ajax
8 3 (23.08%) TeamSite
8 3 (23.08%) JSP
8 3 (23.08%) XHTML
8 3 (23.08%) Sencha
8 3 (23.08%) Alfresco
8 3 (23.08%) Web Development

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Photoshop 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 Photoshop. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (84.62%) CSS
2 10 (76.92%) HTML
2 10 (76.92%) jQuery
3 4 (30.77%) HTML5
3 4 (30.77%) CSS3
4 3 (23.08%) Ajax
4 3 (23.08%) JSP
4 3 (23.08%) XHTML
5 1 (7.692%) ASP
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
5 1 (7.692%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 11 (84.62%) CMS
2 3 (23.08%) TeamSite
2 3 (23.08%) Alfresco
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
4 1 (7.692%) IIS
4 1 (7.692%) Kentico
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 2 (15.38%) MS Office
2 2 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Subversion
1 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (61.54%) Marketing
2 6 (46.15%) French Language
2 6 (46.15%) German Language
3 2 (15.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Web Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Front-End Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Web Content Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Content Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Web Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Junior
4 1 (7.692%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Content Management
2 8 (61.54%) Project Management
3 7 (53.85%) Analytics
4 6 (46.15%) Web Analytics
4 6 (46.15%) SEO
4 6 (46.15%) B2B
4 6 (46.15%) Online Marketing
4 6 (46.15%) Information Architecture
5 3 (23.08%) Web Development
6 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (7.692%) Web Design
7 1 (7.692%) Web Application Development
7 1 (7.692%) Email Marketing
7 1 (7.692%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) JavaScript
2 6 (46.15%) PHP
3 1 (7.692%) C#
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Interwoven
2 7 (53.85%) Google
3 3 (23.08%) Sencha
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Adobe