The first table below looks at the demand for Photoshop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 62 90 86
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -4
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 15 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.317% 0.608% 0.800%
As % of the Applications category 8.772% 6.452% 5.769%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 7
Average daily rate £263 £145 £163
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+81.03% -10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £113 £125 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £280 £214
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £225 £250
% change year-on-year
+15.55% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £17.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+105.88% -5.55%
All Applications
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
171 155 260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 15.01% 9.417% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 79 118
Average daily rate £275 £300 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -12.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £150 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £429 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 33
Average hourly rate £15.50 £17.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £10.51 £10.68
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.40 £29.30 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%
Photoshop
South East

Photoshop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

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 Surrey 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
Guildford - 6 £163 -
Woking - 5 £325 -
Camberley 0 1 £300 -
Photoshop
South East

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 25 (78.13%) HTML
2 16 (50.00%) CSS
3 14 (43.75%) Adobe Illustrator
4 12 (37.50%) Dreamweaver
5 11 (34.38%) Intranet
6 10 (31.25%) JavaScript
6 10 (31.25%) MS PowerPoint
7 9 (28.13%) Flash
8 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 8 (25.00%) jQuery
9 7 (21.88%) Internet
9 7 (21.88%) Fireworks
9 7 (21.88%) .NET
9 7 (21.88%) Mobile App
10 6 (18.75%) CMS
11 5 (15.63%) Finance
11 5 (15.63%) Data Analysis
11 5 (15.63%) WPF
11 5 (15.63%) Silverlight
12 3 (9.375%) PHP
12 3 (9.375%) Adobe
12 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
12 3 (9.375%) Joomla!
12 3 (9.375%) QA
12 3 (9.375%) Drupal
12 3 (9.375%) WordPress
13 2 (6.250%) Git (software)
13 2 (6.250%) Information Architecture
13 2 (6.250%) Time Management
13 2 (6.250%) CodeIgniter

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 25 (78.13%) HTML
2 16 (50.00%) CSS
3 9 (28.13%) Flash
4 8 (25.00%) jQuery
5 7 (21.88%) .NET
6 5 (15.63%) WPF
6 5 (15.63%) Silverlight
7 2 (6.250%) CodeIgniter
7 2 (6.250%) XML
7 2 (6.250%) Ajax
7 2 (6.250%) JSON
8 1 (3.125%) XHTML
8 1 (3.125%) HTML5
8 1 (3.125%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.75%) CMS
2 3 (9.375%) Joomla!
2 3 (9.375%) Drupal
2 3 (9.375%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (43.75%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (31.25%) MS PowerPoint
3 7 (21.88%) Fireworks
4 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
5 2 (6.250%) MS Office
6 1 (3.125%) MS Project
6 1 (3.125%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (3.125%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (34.38%) Intranet
2 7 (21.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (6.250%) Subversion
2 2 (6.250%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (15.63%) Finance
2 2 (6.250%) Financial Institution
2 2 (6.250%) Marketing
3 1 (3.125%) Games
3 1 (3.125%) Banking
3 1 (3.125%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Designer
2 11 (34.38%) Web Designer
3 6 (18.75%) Developer
4 5 (15.63%) Software Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Digital Designer
5 4 (12.50%) Web Developer
6 3 (9.375%) Senior Developer
6 3 (9.375%) Senior Web Developer
6 3 (9.375%) Junior
7 2 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Junior Designer
8 1 (3.125%) Lead Web Developer
8 1 (3.125%) User Experience Designer
8 1 (3.125%) HTML Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Web Administrator
8 1 (3.125%) Multimedia Designer
8 1 (3.125%) UI Designer
8 1 (3.125%) Lead Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.125%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.63%) Data Analysis
2 2 (6.250%) Web Development
2 2 (6.250%) MVC
2 2 (6.250%) Web Design
2 2 (6.250%) Content Management
2 2 (6.250%) Time Management
2 2 (6.250%) Information Architecture
3 1 (3.125%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (3.125%) Analytics
3 1 (3.125%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) JavaScript
2 3 (9.375%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.375%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.375%) Adobe
3 2 (6.250%) Progress
3 2 (6.250%) Planview
4 1 (3.125%) Google