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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Photoshop over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5164
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads185
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.005 %
As % of the category below14.88 %3.012 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£206-
Average daily rate£215-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£223-
UK excluding London average daily rate£218£280
% change on same period last year-22.03 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£13.75£10.00
Average hourly rate£16.63£10.00
% change on same period last year+66.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.50£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.24£25.17
% change on same period last year-19.58 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads121166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.172 %0.172 %
Daily rates quoted3169
Average minimum daily rate£269£327
Average daily rate£284£348
% change on same period last year-18.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£292£278
% change on same period last year+5.09 %
Hourly rates quoted1634
Average minimum hourly rate£17.91£24.74
Average hourly rate£21.75£25.74
% change on same period last year-15.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.60£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.52£19.38
% change on same period last year-4.42 %
Photoshop BerkshirePhotoshop
Berkshire

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.

Photoshop
Demand Trend

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

Reading Photoshop Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the Reading region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Reading Photoshop Daily Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the Reading region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Reading Photoshop Hourly Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

114 (60.87 %)HTML
212 (52.17 %)Adobe Illustrator
212 (52.17 %)Flash
311 (47.83 %)JavaScript
311 (47.83 %)CSS
49 (39.13 %)XHTML
54 (17.39 %)XSL
63 (13.04 %)ActionScript
63 (13.04 %)Adobe
63 (13.04 %)AJAX
63 (13.04 %)jQuery
63 (13.04 %)MooTools
63 (13.04 %)Publishing
72 (8.696 %)Retail
72 (8.696 %)InDesign
72 (8.696 %)Web Design
72 (8.696 %)Direct Marketing
72 (8.696 %)Marketing
72 (8.696 %)E-Commerce
72 (8.696 %)MS Visio
81 (4.348 %)Dreamweaver
81 (4.348 %)Macromedia
81 (4.348 %)Telecoms
81 (4.348 %).NET
81 (4.348 %)MS Office
81 (4.348 %)PHP
81 (4.348 %)OO
81 (4.348 %)Web Development
81 (4.348 %)Degree
81 (4.348 %)C#

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (60.87 %)HTML
211 (47.83 %)CSS
39 (39.13 %)XHTML
44 (17.39 %)XSL
53 (13.04 %)AJAX
53 (13.04 %)jQuery
53 (13.04 %)MooTools
61 (4.348 %).NET
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (52.17 %)Adobe Illustrator
22 (8.696 %)InDesign
22 (8.696 %)MS Visio
31 (4.348 %)MS Office
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (52.17 %)Flash
21 (4.348 %)Dreamweaver
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (13.04 %)Publishing
22 (8.696 %)Retail
22 (8.696 %)Marketing
31 (4.348 %)Telecoms
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (60.87 %)Web Designer
25 (21.74 %)Photoshop Designer
34 (17.39 %)Developer
34 (17.39 %)Web Developer
43 (13.04 %)Graphic Designer
51 (4.348 %)Content Editor
51 (4.348 %)Graduate
51 (4.348 %)Junior
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.696 %)E-Commerce
12 (8.696 %)Web Design
12 (8.696 %)Direct Marketing
21 (4.348 %)OO
21 (4.348 %)Content Management
21 (4.348 %)Web Development
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (47.83 %)JavaScript
23 (13.04 %)ActionScript
31 (4.348 %)C#
31 (4.348 %)PHP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.348 %)Degree
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (13.04 %)Adobe
21 (4.348 %)Macromedia