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This section looks at the demand for Adobe Photoshop skills within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Photoshop over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Photoshop
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3349
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.006 %
As % of the category below32.00 %10.71 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£192£293
Average daily rate£208£297
% change on same period last year-29.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£225£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£221£272
% change on same period last year-18.88 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.76£25.40
% change on same period last year-30.07 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads2556
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.056 %
Daily rates quoted610
Average minimum daily rate£229£153
Average daily rate£247£169
% change on same period last year+46.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£265£185
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£284
% change on same period last year+4.40 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£11.00£24.50
Average hourly rate£11.50£25.75
% change on same period last year-55.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.61£19.30
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Photoshop South EastPhotoshop
South East

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.

Photoshop
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Photoshop across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Thames Valley Photoshop Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Photoshop across the Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Thames Valley Photoshop Daily Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Photoshop across the Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

17 (77.78 %)CSS
25 (55.56 %)JavaScript
25 (55.56 %)XHTML
34 (44.44 %)Flash
34 (44.44 %)Adobe Illustrator
43 (33.33 %)HTML
52 (22.22 %)DHTML
52 (22.22 %).NET
52 (22.22 %)SQL Server
52 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
52 (22.22 %)CMS
52 (22.22 %)3ds Max
52 (22.22 %)LightWave 3D
52 (22.22 %)Marketing
52 (22.22 %)Drupal
52 (22.22 %)Content Management
61 (11.11 %)AJAX
61 (11.11 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (11.11 %)jQuery
61 (11.11 %)MooTools
61 (11.11 %)Degree
61 (11.11 %)CorelDRAW
61 (11.11 %)Dreamweaver
61 (11.11 %)FreeHand
61 (11.11 %)XSL
61 (11.11 %)ActionScript

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (77.78 %)CSS
25 (55.56 %)XHTML
33 (33.33 %)HTML
42 (22.22 %).NET
42 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
42 (22.22 %)Drupal
51 (11.11 %)AJAX
51 (11.11 %)jQuery
51 (11.11 %)MooTools
51 (11.11 %)XSL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)CMS
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (44.44 %)Adobe Illustrator
22 (22.22 %)3ds Max
22 (22.22 %)LightWave 3D
31 (11.11 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (11.11 %)CorelDRAW
31 (11.11 %)FreeHand
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)SQL Server
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (44.44 %)Flash
21 (11.11 %)Dreamweaver
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Marketing
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (66.67 %)Web Designer
24 (44.44 %)Developer
32 (22.22 %)Web Developer
32 (22.22 %)Interface Designer
32 (22.22 %)Photoshop Designer
41 (11.11 %)Graphic Designer
41 (11.11 %)Coordinator
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Content Management
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (55.56 %)JavaScript
22 (22.22 %)DHTML
31 (11.11 %)ActionScript
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Degree