Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts within the Salford region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below50.00 %0.000 %
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£275£228
% change on same period last year+20.35 %
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£25.38£20.60
% change on same period last year+23.17 %
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Salford
Matching contract IT job ads80
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
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£357£349
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£15.52-
Average hourly rate£15.85-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£16.19-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.78£24.08
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Adobe ManchesterAdobe
Manchester

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Adobe
Demand Trend

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

Salford Adobe Demand Trend

Adobe
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Salford region citing Adobe 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 Adobe.

14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %)Photoshop
14 (100.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)Flash
23 (75.00 %)ActionScript
23 (75.00 %)PHP
31 (25.00 %)Content Management
31 (25.00 %)WAI
31 (25.00 %)VB
31 (25.00 %)VB.NET
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (25.00 %)XHTML
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)Open Text
31 (25.00 %)LiveLink
31 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Salford region citing Adobe 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 Adobe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Salford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)HTML
14 (100.00 %)CSS
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)XHTML
21 (25.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)LiveLink
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (100.00 %)Photoshop
21 (25.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (75.00 %)Flash
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (75.00 %)Web Developer
23 (75.00 %)Web Designer
31 (25.00 %).NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)VB.NET Developer
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Content Management
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)PHP
13 (75.00 %)ActionScript
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)VB.NET
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)WAI
Salford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Open Text