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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Acrobat skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Acrobat
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank-165
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads06
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.767 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£450
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate-£236
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£16.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.75£17.30
% change on same period last year+66.18 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
South West
Matching contract IT job ads568782
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.768 %0.771 %
Daily rates quoted168156
Average minimum daily rate£321£281
Average daily rate£342£297
% change on same period last year+15.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£291
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Hourly rates quoted114162
Average minimum hourly rate£19.08£20.18
Average hourly rate£20.40£21.76
% change on same period last year-6.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.71£23.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.59£19.58
% change on same period last year-5.05 %
Acrobat EnglandAcrobat
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Acrobat
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

114 (100.00 %)Adobe
211 (78.57 %)HNC
211 (78.57 %)Education
211 (78.57 %)Degree
33 (21.43 %)MS Office
42 (14.29 %)MS Visio
42 (14.29 %)SQL
42 (14.29 %)Oracle
42 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (7.143 %)CMS
51 (7.143 %)Content Management
51 (7.143 %)Microsoft
51 (7.143 %)Finance

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)CMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (21.43 %)MS Office
22 (14.29 %)MS Visio
22 (14.29 %)MS PowerPoint
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (78.57 %)Education
21 (7.143 %)Finance
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (78.57 %)Document Controller
23 (21.43 %)Author
23 (21.43 %)Technical Author
31 (7.143 %)Technical Engineer
31 (7.143 %)Technical Writer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.143 %)Content Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (14.29 %)SQL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (78.57 %)HNC
111 (78.57 %)Degree
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (100.00 %)Adobe
22 (14.29 %)Oracle
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft