The first table below looks at the demand for Acrobat skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Acrobat
Rank 219 236 233
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -3
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 1 11 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.012% 0.110% 0.123%
As % of the Applications category 0.083% 0.835% 0.848%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 1
Average daily rate - £305 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +56.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £228 £198
% change year-on-year
+32.96% +15.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £16.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.25
All Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
1199 1318 1533
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 14.97% 13.19% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 544 596
Average daily rate £310 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £168 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £306 £313
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 173 248
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.75 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.47% -3.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £9.97 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £26.75 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Acrobat
England

Acrobat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Acrobat Jobs Demand Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Acrobat Daily Rate Trend

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Acrobat Hourly Rate Trend

Acrobat
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acrobat within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Surrey +20 1 - -
Berkshire - - - -
Kent - - - -
Acrobat
England

Acrobat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat.

1 9 (75.00%) HTML
1 9 (75.00%) MS Office
2 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (25.00%) XMetaL
3 3 (25.00%) Adobe
3 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
4 2 (16.67%) XML
4 2 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (16.67%) InDesign
4 2 (16.67%) QuarkXPress
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) FrameMaker
5 1 (8.333%) Drupal
5 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (8.333%) Android
5 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
5 1 (8.333%) Google Apps
5 1 (8.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (8.333%) Local Government
5 1 (8.333%) Google
5 1 (8.333%) Internet
5 1 (8.333%) SAP BI
5 1 (8.333%) Publishing
5 1 (8.333%) LAMP
5 1 (8.333%) Windows
5 1 (8.333%) Linux
5 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
5 1 (8.333%) DHCP
5 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.333%) Microsoft

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (75.00%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (8.333%) LAMP
3 1 (8.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (25.00%) XMetaL
2 3 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 2 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (16.67%) InDesign
3 2 (16.67%) QuarkXPress
3 2 (16.67%) FrameMaker
4 1 (8.333%) Google Apps
4 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
1 1 (8.333%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SAP BI
1 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (8.333%) BusinessObjects
General
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Local Government
2 1 (8.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Author
1 9 (75.00%) Technical Author
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Writer
3 1 (8.333%) Report Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.333%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Android
1 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Adobe
2 1 (8.333%) Google
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
2 1 (8.333%) Quark
2 1 (8.333%) SAP
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