The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services 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 Adobe over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 147 121 145
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +24
Contract jobs citing Adobe 78 123 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.001% 1.212% 1.041%
As % of the Vendors category 1.980% 2.463% 2.130%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 45 38
Average daily rate £295 £300 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% +46.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £194 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £438 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £210
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 11
Average hourly rate £15.50 £17.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% -33.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.85 £12.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.30 £41.80 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.51 £21.50
% change year-on-year
-14.33% -18.55%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Adobe
England

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Adobe Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Adobe Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Adobe Hourly Rate Histogram

Adobe
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +7 37 £375 +15.38%
Surrey +35 27 £250 -11.11%
Hampshire -30 7 £300 +50.00%
Buckinghamshire +6 3 £176 -59.71%
East Sussex +9 2 - -
Oxfordshire -8 2 £318 +15.45%
Middlesex - 2 £250 -
Adobe
England

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 59 (46.83%) HTML
2 49 (38.89%) CSS
3 44 (34.92%) Photoshop
4 41 (32.54%) JavaScript
5 34 (26.98%) jQuery
6 30 (23.81%) Java
6 30 (23.81%) XML
7 27 (21.43%) Content Management
8 26 (20.63%) CMS
9 25 (19.84%) Marketing
10 22 (17.46%) Microsoft
10 22 (17.46%) Adobe CQ
11 21 (16.67%) JSP
12 17 (13.49%) Oracle
12 17 (13.49%) E-Commerce
12 17 (13.49%) Dreamweaver
13 16 (12.70%) InDesign
14 15 (11.90%) Adobe Illustrator
14 15 (11.90%) Ajax
14 15 (11.90%) .NET
14 15 (11.90%) SAP
14 15 (11.90%) Android
15 14 (11.11%) MS Office
16 13 (10.32%) Web Services
16 13 (10.32%) MVC
16 13 (10.32%) Telecoms
17 12 (9.524%) HTML5
17 12 (9.524%) CSS3
17 12 (9.524%) SOAP
17 12 (9.524%) XHTML

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 59 (46.83%) HTML
2 49 (38.89%) CSS
3 34 (26.98%) jQuery
4 30 (23.81%) XML
5 21 (16.67%) JSP
6 15 (11.90%) Ajax
6 15 (11.90%) .NET
7 13 (10.32%) Web Services
8 12 (9.524%) HTML5
8 12 (9.524%) CSS3
8 12 (9.524%) SOAP
8 12 (9.524%) XHTML
9 10 (7.937%) J2EE
10 9 (7.143%) ASP.NET
11 8 (6.349%) Middleware
11 8 (6.349%) Flash
11 8 (6.349%) RESTful
12 7 (5.556%) OSGi
12 7 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC
12 7 (5.556%) Apache Sling
Application Platforms
1 26 (20.63%) CMS
2 22 (17.46%) Adobe CQ
3 8 (6.349%) WebLogic
4 7 (5.556%) Apache
5 4 (3.175%) MS Exchange
5 4 (3.175%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (3.175%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (2.381%) LiveCycle
6 3 (2.381%) NetWeaver
6 3 (2.381%) IIS
7 2 (1.587%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.587%) Documentum
7 2 (1.587%) Commerce Server
7 2 (1.587%) Alfresco
7 2 (1.587%) FileNet
7 2 (1.587%) Kentico
7 2 (1.587%) SAP Portal
7 2 (1.587%) Oracle UPK
8 1 (0.794%) CM System
Applications
1 44 (34.92%) Photoshop
2 16 (12.70%) InDesign
3 15 (11.90%) Adobe Illustrator
4 14 (11.11%) MS Office
5 6 (4.762%) MS Visio
6 5 (3.968%) OmniGraffle
7 4 (3.175%) Fireworks
7 4 (3.175%) Acrobat
7 4 (3.175%) FrameMaker
8 3 (2.381%) MS PowerPoint
9 2 (1.587%) MS Excel
9 2 (1.587%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.794%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.794%) PaintShop Pro
10 1 (0.794%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.175%) Google Analytics
1 4 (3.175%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (1.587%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (1.587%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.587%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.794%) SiteCatalyst
3 1 (0.794%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.794%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.794%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.794%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.143%) Internet
2 5 (3.968%) FTP
3 4 (3.175%) DHCP
3 4 (3.175%) VPN
3 4 (3.175%) DNS
4 2 (1.587%) Intranet
5 1 (0.794%) DAB
5 1 (0.794%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.794%) ISDN
5 1 (0.794%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.968%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (3.175%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.175%) DB2
3 3 (2.381%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (2.381%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.587%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.794%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.794%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.794%) SAP BI
5 1 (0.794%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (13.49%) Dreamweaver
2 9 (7.143%) Maven
3 8 (6.349%) Eclipse
4 6 (4.762%) JUnit
4 6 (4.762%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.762%) Axure RP
5 4 (3.175%) Subversion
6 3 (2.381%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.587%) JIRA
7 2 (1.587%) Xcode
7 2 (1.587%) CruiseControl
8 1 (0.794%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.794%) Expression Blend
8 1 (0.794%) Git (software)
8 1 (0.794%) JBehave
8 1 (0.794%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.794%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.794%) Hudson
8 1 (0.794%) Mockito
8 1 (0.794%) Selenium
General
1 25 (19.84%) Marketing
2 13 (10.32%) Telecoms
3 10 (7.937%) Retail
4 9 (7.143%) Japanese Language
4 9 (7.143%) Korean Language
5 6 (4.762%) Advertising
5 6 (4.762%) Finance
6 5 (3.968%) Publishing
6 5 (3.968%) Interactive Media
7 4 (3.175%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.175%) Banking
8 2 (1.587%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.587%) Legal
8 2 (1.587%) Billing
8 2 (1.587%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.587%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.794%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.794%) French Language
9 1 (0.794%) German Language
9 1 (0.794%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 59 (46.83%) Developer
2 22 (17.46%) Designer
3 13 (10.32%) Front-End Developer
4 11 (8.730%) Architect
5 10 (7.937%) Web Developer
6 9 (7.143%) Web Producer
7 7 (5.556%) Android Developer
8 6 (4.762%) Programmer
8 6 (4.762%) Implementation Manager
8 6 (4.762%) Digital Designer
9 5 (3.968%) Visual Designer
9 5 (3.968%) User Experience Architect
9 5 (3.968%) Flash Developer
9 5 (3.968%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.968%) Web Designer
9 5 (3.968%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.968%) Consultant
10 4 (3.175%) Author
10 4 (3.175%) Technical Author
10 4 (3.175%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.349%) W3C
2 7 (5.556%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.762%) Digital Media
3 6 (4.762%) iPad
4 4 (3.175%) Flash Lite
4 4 (3.175%) SaaS
5 3 (2.381%) Social Media
5 3 (2.381%) STB
5 3 (2.381%) E-Learning
5 3 (2.381%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.587%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.587%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.587%) iPhone
7 1 (0.794%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.794%) Kindle
7 1 (0.794%) Streaming Media
7 1 (0.794%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.794%) PDA
7 1 (0.794%) DTV
7 1 (0.794%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.90%) Android
2 10 (7.937%) Windows
3 6 (4.762%) UNIX
4 5 (3.968%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (3.968%) Windows XP
5 4 (3.175%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.175%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.381%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.381%) Windows Vista
6 3 (2.381%) Mac OS X
6 3 (2.381%) Linux
7 1 (0.794%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.794%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.43%) Content Management
2 17 (13.49%) E-Commerce
3 13 (10.32%) MVC
4 12 (9.524%) UML
4 12 (9.524%) OO
5 8 (6.349%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (5.556%) Information Architecture
6 7 (5.556%) Web Design
6 7 (5.556%) Data Modelling
6 7 (5.556%) OOD
6 7 (5.556%) ERP
7 6 (4.762%) Project Management
7 6 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (4.762%) User Experience Design
8 5 (3.968%) Analytics
8 5 (3.968%) Workflow
8 5 (3.968%) Software Testing
8 5 (3.968%) Digital Marketing
9 4 (3.175%) OOP
9 4 (3.175%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 41 (32.54%) JavaScript
2 30 (23.81%) Java
3 11 (8.730%) SQL
4 9 (7.143%) Perl
5 6 (4.762%) ActionScript
6 5 (3.968%) ActionScript 2.0
6 5 (3.968%) ABAP
7 4 (3.175%) PHP
7 4 (3.175%) C
7 4 (3.175%) C#
7 4 (3.175%) C++
8 2 (1.587%) Objective-C
8 2 (1.587%) ActionScript 3.0
9 1 (0.794%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (4.762%) Degree
2 3 (2.381%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.587%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.587%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.587%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.794%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.587%) QA
2 1 (0.794%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (3.175%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.381%) Sysprep
2 2 (1.587%) SCOM
3 1 (0.794%) Plesk
3 1 (0.794%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 22 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 17 (13.49%) Oracle
3 15 (11.90%) SAP
4 8 (6.349%) IBM
5 7 (5.556%) Omniture
6 5 (3.968%) Business Objects
7 4 (3.175%) webMethods
7 4 (3.175%) Google
8 3 (2.381%) Apple
8 3 (2.381%) Symantec
9 2 (1.587%) JBoss
9 2 (1.587%) EMC
9 2 (1.587%) Kofax
9 2 (1.587%) Open Text
9 2 (1.587%) Eloqua
10 1 (0.794%) Akamai
10 1 (0.794%) Elastic Path
10 1 (0.794%) Casewise
10 1 (0.794%) Zend
10 1 (0.794%) Cisco
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