The first table below looks at the demand for Photoshop 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 Photoshop over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Photoshop
Rank 99 165 116
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -49
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 135 83 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.728% 0.817% 1.388%
As % of the Applications category 11.55% 6.274% 9.904%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 38 69
Average daily rate £250 £250 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £164 £150 £143
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £383 £342
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £225 £250
% change year-on-year
+15.55% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 12 15
Average hourly rate £35.00 £16.50 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+112.12% -15.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £17.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+105.88% -5.55%
All Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
1169 1323 1464
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 14.96% 13.02% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 565 539
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £160 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 185 235
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.47 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Photoshop Jobs Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Photoshop Daily Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Photoshop Hourly Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Photoshop within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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 +49 71 £255 -15.00%
Surrey +28 15 £263 +81.03%
East Sussex +18 12 - -
Hampshire -11 11 £235 +4.44%
Oxfordshire +12 9 £185 -32.72%
Buckinghamshire +13 6 £188 -6.25%
West Sussex +21 5 - -
Kent - 3 - -
Middlesex - 2 £250 -
Photoshop
England

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 131 (65.83%) HTML
2 130 (65.33%) CSS
3 116 (58.29%) JavaScript
4 91 (45.73%) jQuery
5 65 (32.66%) HTML5
6 52 (26.13%) CSS3
7 47 (23.62%) XML
8 45 (22.61%) Adobe Illustrator
9 43 (21.61%) Adobe
10 40 (20.10%) CMS
11 36 (18.09%) XHTML
12 35 (17.59%) Marketing
13 33 (16.58%) Dreamweaver
14 32 (16.08%) XSLT
15 29 (14.57%) Content Management
15 29 (14.57%) Flash
16 27 (13.57%) Microsoft
17 26 (13.07%) Fireworks
18 25 (12.56%) PHP
19 22 (11.06%) Information Architecture
20 21 (10.55%) .NET
20 21 (10.55%) E-Commerce
21 20 (10.05%) JSP
21 20 (10.05%) Degree
22 19 (9.548%) Web Development
23 18 (9.045%) Project Management
24 17 (8.543%) Web Design
25 16 (8.040%) Internet
25 16 (8.040%) Analytics
26 15 (7.538%) MS PowerPoint

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 131 (65.83%) HTML
2 130 (65.33%) CSS
3 91 (45.73%) jQuery
4 65 (32.66%) HTML5
5 52 (26.13%) CSS3
6 47 (23.62%) XML
7 36 (18.09%) XHTML
8 32 (16.08%) XSLT
9 29 (14.57%) Flash
10 21 (10.55%) .NET
11 20 (10.05%) JSP
12 9 (4.523%) ASP.NET
13 8 (4.020%) Ajax
13 8 (4.020%) WPF
14 7 (3.518%) Apache Flex
14 7 (3.518%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (2.513%) JSTL
15 5 (2.513%) Silverlight
16 3 (1.508%) ASP
17 2 (1.005%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 40 (20.10%) CMS
2 8 (4.020%) Drupal
3 6 (3.015%) WordPress
4 4 (2.010%) IIS
5 3 (1.508%) TeamSite
5 3 (1.508%) Joomla!
5 3 (1.508%) Alfresco
6 2 (1.005%) Kentico
6 2 (1.005%) OpenCms
6 2 (1.005%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.503%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.503%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.503%) Apache
7 1 (0.503%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.503%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.503%) MODX
7 1 (0.503%) CM System
Applications
1 45 (22.61%) Adobe Illustrator
2 26 (13.07%) Fireworks
3 15 (7.538%) InDesign
3 15 (7.538%) MS PowerPoint
4 11 (5.528%) MS Office
5 9 (4.523%) MS Excel
6 8 (4.020%) OmniGraffle
7 6 (3.015%) Adobe Premiere
8 5 (2.513%) MS Visio
9 3 (1.508%) Acrobat
10 2 (1.005%) FrameMaker
10 2 (1.005%) GIMP
11 1 (0.503%) Google Apps
11 1 (0.503%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.503%) PaintShop Pro
11 1 (0.503%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.503%) QuarkXPress
11 1 (0.503%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 11 (5.528%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.040%) Internet
2 13 (6.533%) Intranet
3 2 (1.005%) DHCP
3 2 (1.005%) FTP
4 1 (0.503%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.503%) DNS
4 1 (0.503%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.010%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.508%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (1.508%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.005%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 33 (16.58%) Dreamweaver
2 9 (4.523%) Axure RP
3 7 (3.518%) Subversion
4 5 (2.513%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.010%) Expression Blend
6 3 (1.508%) Git (software)
7 1 (0.503%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.503%) FrontPage
General
1 35 (17.59%) Marketing
2 12 (6.030%) Finance
3 10 (5.025%) Telecoms
4 9 (4.523%) Advertising
4 9 (4.523%) Japanese Language
4 9 (4.523%) Korean Language
5 7 (3.518%) French Language
5 7 (3.518%) German Language
6 6 (3.015%) Publishing
7 5 (2.513%) Interactive Media
7 5 (2.513%) Retail
8 4 (2.010%) Banking
9 3 (1.508%) Automotive
9 3 (1.508%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.005%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.005%) Games
11 1 (0.503%) Front Office
11 1 (0.503%) Local Government
11 1 (0.503%) Music
11 1 (0.503%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 94 (47.24%) Developer
2 55 (27.64%) Designer
3 49 (24.62%) Web Developer
4 39 (19.60%) Front-End Developer
5 31 (15.58%) Web Designer
6 16 (8.040%) HTML Developer
7 13 (6.533%) CSS Developer
8 12 (6.030%) Front-End Web Developer
9 9 (4.523%) Photoshop Designer
9 9 (4.523%) Web Producer
9 9 (4.523%) Junior
10 8 (4.020%) UI Developer
10 8 (4.020%) UI Programmer
11 7 (3.518%) Web Manager
11 7 (3.518%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.015%) Junior Designer
13 5 (2.513%) UI Designer
13 5 (2.513%) Digital Designer
13 5 (2.513%) Visual Designer
13 5 (2.513%) User Experience Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.528%) W3C
2 10 (5.025%) Digital Media
3 7 (3.518%) Mobile App
3 7 (3.518%) Social Media
4 6 (3.015%) iPad
4 6 (3.015%) New Media
4 6 (3.015%) Graphic Design
5 4 (2.010%) Web 2.0
6 3 (1.508%) Animation
6 3 (1.508%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.508%) E-Learning
7 2 (1.005%) Flash Lite
7 2 (1.005%) Visualisation
7 2 (1.005%) iDTV
8 1 (0.503%) Statistics
8 1 (0.503%) STB
8 1 (0.503%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.025%) Android
2 9 (4.523%) Windows
3 4 (2.010%) Linux
3 4 (2.010%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (1.508%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.005%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.503%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.503%) UNIX
6 1 (0.503%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (14.57%) Content Management
2 22 (11.06%) Information Architecture
3 21 (10.55%) E-Commerce
4 19 (9.548%) Web Development
5 18 (9.045%) Project Management
6 17 (8.543%) Web Design
7 16 (8.040%) Analytics
8 13 (6.533%) Online Marketing
9 11 (5.528%) MVC
9 11 (5.528%) SEO
10 7 (3.518%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (3.518%) Scrum
10 7 (3.518%) Web Analytics
11 6 (3.015%) OO
11 6 (3.015%) B2B
12 5 (2.513%) Data Analysis
13 4 (2.010%) Kanban
14 3 (1.508%) Digital Marketing
14 3 (1.508%) MVVM
14 3 (1.508%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 116 (58.29%) JavaScript
2 25 (12.56%) PHP
3 9 (4.523%) ActionScript
3 9 (4.523%) Perl
4 6 (3.015%) Java
5 4 (2.010%) PHP5
6 3 (1.508%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (1.005%) ActionScript 3.0
7 2 (1.005%) XAML
7 2 (1.005%) C#
7 2 (1.005%) SQL
8 1 (0.503%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.503%) Ruby
8 1 (0.503%) Lua
Qualifications
1 20 (10.05%) Degree
2 1 (0.503%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.010%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.508%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.503%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.503%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (0.503%) Plesk
Vendors
1 43 (21.61%) Adobe
2 27 (13.57%) Microsoft
3 12 (6.030%) Google
4 9 (4.523%) Interwoven
5 7 (3.518%) Twitter
6 6 (3.015%) Facebook
7 3 (1.508%) Sencha
7 3 (1.508%) HP
7 3 (1.508%) Dell
8 2 (1.005%) Progress
8 2 (1.005%) Planview
9 1 (0.503%) Zend
9 1 (0.503%) Quark
South East
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Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £150.00 - £200.00
Posted: 17 May 2013
Andover, Hampshire
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Randstad Technologies
Rate: £40 - £45 per hour
Posted: 14 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
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SLS Services Ltd
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chatham, South East
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Posted: 13 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
My client are looking for a creative website and graphic designer with Telerik Sitefinity background required for 12-month fixed term position with in-house marketing team of...
RDF Resources
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
The successful candidate will have experience developing flash applications using AS3 (actionscript 3). You will have experience of working with Adobe Creative Studio including Flash Pro, Photoshop and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Berkshire
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Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £280 - 345 Per Day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
My Government related Client is urgently recruiting for a Web Online Content Coordinator to help them write, co-ordinate and maintain content for a specific project.The role...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £13.00 - £15.00 per hour + Dep on Exp
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Posted: 14 May 2013