The first table below looks at the demand for Fireworks 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 Fireworks over the 3 months to 18 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Fireworks
Rank 205 234 232
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -2
Contract jobs citing Fireworks 20 8 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.247% 0.080% 0.208%
As % of the Applications category 1.665% 0.611% 1.456%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 8
Average daily rate £325 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £26.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £68.75 - £17.50
All Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
1201 1310 1511
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 14.86% 13.04% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 545 589
Average daily rate £310 £323 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.87% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £163 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £439 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £304 £313
% change year-on-year
+2.88% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 179 240
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £27.35 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
Fireworks
England

Fireworks
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Fireworks Jobs Demand Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Fireworks Daily Rate Trend

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Fireworks Hourly Rate Trend

Fireworks
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fireworks within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 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 +14 9 £325 - 2
Hampshire -4 5 - - 5
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
Middlesex - 1 £250 - 1
Oxfordshire - - - - 1
West Sussex - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Kent - - - -
Fireworks
England

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks.

1 31 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 19 (61.29%) CSS
3 13 (41.94%) JavaScript
4 12 (38.71%) HTML
5 10 (32.26%) Flash
6 9 (29.03%) Data Analysis
6 9 (29.03%) WPF
6 9 (29.03%) .NET
6 9 (29.03%) Information Architecture
7 8 (25.81%) HTML5
7 8 (25.81%) XHTML
7 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
8 7 (22.58%) Project Management
8 7 (22.58%) Silverlight
8 7 (22.58%) Marketing
8 7 (22.58%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (19.35%) jQuery
9 6 (19.35%) E-Commerce
9 6 (19.35%) Online Marketing
10 5 (16.13%) Ajax
11 4 (12.90%) Graphic Design
11 4 (12.90%) Adobe
11 4 (12.90%) PHP
12 3 (9.677%) Degree
13 2 (6.452%) Flash Lite
13 2 (6.452%) Multivariate Testing
13 2 (6.452%) Microsoft Blend
13 2 (6.452%) Drupal
13 2 (6.452%) CMS
13 2 (6.452%) Java

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (61.29%) CSS
2 12 (38.71%) HTML
3 10 (32.26%) Flash
4 9 (29.03%) .NET
4 9 (29.03%) WPF
5 8 (25.81%) HTML5
5 8 (25.81%) XHTML
6 7 (22.58%) Silverlight
7 6 (19.35%) jQuery
8 5 (16.13%) Ajax
9 2 (6.452%) XML
10 1 (3.226%) XSLT
10 1 (3.226%) Zend Framework
10 1 (3.226%) JSTL
10 1 (3.226%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) CMS
1 2 (6.452%) Drupal
2 1 (3.226%) WordPress
2 1 (3.226%) CM System
2 1 (3.226%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 7 (22.58%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (3.226%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.452%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Microsoft Blend
2 1 (3.226%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.226%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (3.226%) Subversion
General
1 7 (22.58%) Marketing
2 1 (3.226%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Developer
2 8 (25.81%) Software Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Designer
4 5 (16.13%) Photoshop Designer
4 5 (16.13%) UI Designer
4 5 (16.13%) Front-End Developer
4 5 (16.13%) Project Manager
5 4 (12.90%) User Experience Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Development Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Flash Developer
6 2 (6.452%) E-Commerce Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Web Designer
7 1 (3.226%) PHP Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Web Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Digital Project Manager
7 1 (3.226%) WPF Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Graphic Design
2 2 (6.452%) Flash Lite
3 1 (3.226%) W3C
3 1 (3.226%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) UNIX
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Data Analysis
1 9 (29.03%) Information Architecture
2 7 (22.58%) Project Management
3 6 (19.35%) E-Commerce
3 6 (19.35%) Online Marketing
4 2 (6.452%) Multivariate Testing
4 2 (6.452%) SEO
5 1 (3.226%) Scrum
5 1 (3.226%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (3.226%) Content Management
5 1 (3.226%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.226%) Web Development
5 1 (3.226%) Usability Testing
5 1 (3.226%) UML
Programming Languages
1 13 (41.94%) JavaScript
2 4 (12.90%) PHP
3 2 (6.452%) ActionScript
3 2 (6.452%) XAML
3 2 (6.452%) ActionScript 3.0
3 2 (6.452%) Java
4 1 (3.226%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (3.226%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.226%) SQL
4 1 (3.226%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (9.677%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Adobe
3 1 (3.226%) Zend
3 1 (3.226%) Twitter
Woking, Surrey
Key Skills: -.net -WPF -Expression Blend/Design and theming controls from designs -Developing custom controls -XAML -Control Templates and Styles -Photoshop, Illustrator and/or Fireworks would be desirable.
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per annum + Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
Woking, Surrey
Joining at a pivotal time in a lengthy project you will be involved in Designing and coding the User Interface on a Key Data Analysis tool design for...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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