The first table below looks at the demand for Acrobat skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 20 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 West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Acrobat
Rank 116 139 -
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% 0.030% -
As % of the Applications category 0.337% 0.226% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £24.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £16.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+114.92% -4.28%
All Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
297 442 351
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.45% 13.44% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 249 136
Average daily rate £325 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £156 £150 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £413 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 66 72
Average hourly rate £13.50 £24.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.75% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.33 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £50.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Acrobat
England

Acrobat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Wiltshire - 1 £300 -
Acrobat
England

Acrobat
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
1 1 (100.00%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (100.00%) QuarkXPress
1 1 (100.00%) FreeHand
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (100.00%) New Media

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Flash
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) QuarkXPress
1 1 (100.00%) FreeHand
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (100.00%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) New Media