The first table below looks at the demand for Acrobat skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Acrobat
Rank 487 539 542
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +3
Contract jobs citing Acrobat 47 47 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.100% 0.079% 0.073%
As % of the Applications category 0.759% 0.639% 0.616%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 16
Average daily rate £355 £330 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.65% -10.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £174 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £369 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £300 -
% change year-on-year
-15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 7
Average hourly rate £36.00 £15.75 £22.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+128.57% -30.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+111.76% -2.85%
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6193 7356 7148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.14% 12.41% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3213 3764 3556
Average daily rate £338 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £169 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £512 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 705 761 860
Average hourly rate £16.00 £16.00 £16.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-3.12% -

Acrobat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Acrobat Daily Rate Trend

Acrobat
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Acrobat within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Acrobat Daily Rate Histogram

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Acrobat within the UK.

Acrobat Hourly Rate Trend

Acrobat
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Acrobat within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Acrobat Hourly Rate Histogram

Acrobat
Top 22 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +52 43 £355 +7.65%
London +22 24 £370 +8.82%
Manchester - 8 - -
North West - 8 - -
South East +11 6 £210 -31.14%
City of London +7 6 £410 +15.49%
Berkshire +17 4 - -
Edinburgh - 3 - -
Cambridge - 3 - -
Cambridgeshire - 3 - -
East of England - 3 - -
Scotland - 3 - -
South West +28 1 £300 -
Surrey +18 1 - -
Birmingham +11 1 - -
West Midlands +11 1 - -
Paddington - 1 £370 -
Wiltshire - 1 £300 -
Hampshire - 1 £210 -
Woking - 1 - -
Swindon - 1 £300 -
Maidenhead - 1 - -

Acrobat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 58 (63.74%) Adobe
2 52 (57.14%) MS Office
3 41 (45.05%) Microsoft
4 33 (36.26%) Photoshop
5 31 (34.07%) Adobe Illustrator
6 26 (28.57%) Windows
7 25 (27.47%) MS Excel
7 25 (27.47%) .NET
8 21 (23.08%) Windows XP
9 20 (21.98%) MS PowerPoint
10 19 (20.88%) HTML
10 19 (20.88%) Windows 7
11 18 (19.78%) Internet
11 18 (19.78%) Publishing
12 17 (18.68%) ITIL
13 16 (17.58%) InDesign
14 15 (16.48%) Finance
14 15 (16.48%) VB6
14 15 (16.48%) C#
14 15 (16.48%) VB
14 15 (16.48%) VB.NET
14 15 (16.48%) Smartcard
14 15 (16.48%) MS Visio
14 15 (16.48%) Root Cause Analysis
15 12 (13.19%) Flash
16 11 (12.09%) Financial Institution
17 10 (10.99%) VMware
17 10 (10.99%) Content Management
17 10 (10.99%) CSS
17 10 (10.99%) Hedge funds

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 25 (27.47%) .NET
2 19 (20.88%) HTML
3 12 (13.19%) Flash
4 10 (10.99%) CSS
4 10 (10.99%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.297%) XML
6 2 (2.198%) XHTML
6 2 (2.198%) jQuery
6 2 (2.198%) HTML5
7 1 (1.099%) soapUI
7 1 (1.099%) Java EE
7 1 (1.099%) XSD
7 1 (1.099%) XSLT
7 1 (1.099%) SOAP
7 1 (1.099%) Web Services
7 1 (1.099%) ATL
7 1 (1.099%) COM
7 1 (1.099%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.396%) CMS
2 3 (3.297%) Joomla!
3 2 (2.198%) WorkSite
4 1 (1.099%) Drupal
4 1 (1.099%) LiveCycle
4 1 (1.099%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.099%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (57.14%) MS Office
2 33 (36.26%) Photoshop
3 31 (34.07%) Adobe Illustrator
4 25 (27.47%) MS Excel
5 20 (21.98%) MS PowerPoint
6 16 (17.58%) InDesign
7 15 (16.48%) MS Visio
8 8 (8.791%) QuarkXPress
9 5 (5.495%) FrameMaker
10 3 (3.297%) Fireworks
10 3 (3.297%) XMetaL
11 2 (2.198%) Shockwave
12 1 (1.099%) Google Apps
12 1 (1.099%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (1.099%) Mingle
12 1 (1.099%) FreeHand
12 1 (1.099%) Quicktime
12 1 (1.099%) MS Project
12 1 (1.099%) InfoPath
12 1 (1.099%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 1 (1.099%) Google Analytics
1 1 (1.099%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 18 (19.78%) Internet
2 7 (7.692%) VPN
3 3 (3.297%) Intranet
4 1 (1.099%) VoIP
4 1 (1.099%) DHCP
4 1 (1.099%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.099%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (1.099%) SAP BI
1 1 (1.099%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.099%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.099%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (6.593%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (1.099%) FishEye
2 1 (1.099%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.099%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (1.099%) JIRA
2 1 (1.099%) Subversion
2 1 (1.099%) Maven
2 1 (1.099%) FrontPage
General
1 18 (19.78%) Publishing
2 15 (16.48%) Finance
3 11 (12.09%) Financial Institution
4 6 (6.593%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.495%) Local Government
6 4 (4.396%) Advertising
6 4 (4.396%) Banking
6 4 (4.396%) Marketing
7 3 (3.297%) French Language
7 3 (3.297%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.297%) Legal
8 2 (2.198%) Law
8 2 (2.198%) Games
8 2 (2.198%) Multimedia
8 2 (2.198%) German Language
8 2 (2.198%) Hebrew Language
8 2 (2.198%) Swedish Language
8 2 (2.198%) Danish Language
9 1 (1.099%) Music
9 1 (1.099%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (18.68%) Desktop Support
2 15 (16.48%) Author
2 15 (16.48%) Technical Author
2 15 (16.48%) Support Engineer
2 15 (16.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 15 (16.48%) Desktop Engineer
2 15 (16.48%) Security Engineer
2 15 (16.48%) Windows Support Engineer
2 15 (16.48%) Security Support Engineer
3 12 (13.19%) Designer
4 9 (9.890%) Analyst
5 7 (7.692%) Consultant
5 7 (7.692%) Graphic Designer
6 6 (6.593%) Web Editor
7 4 (4.396%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.396%) Technical Writer
7 4 (4.396%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.297%) Trainer
8 3 (3.297%) Developer
9 2 (2.198%) Senior Graphic Designer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.48%) Smartcard
2 10 (10.99%) Hedge funds
3 6 (6.593%) Digital Media
4 4 (4.396%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.396%) Blackberry
4 4 (4.396%) New Media
5 3 (3.297%) Visualisation
5 3 (3.297%) Photography
6 2 (2.198%) PDA
6 2 (2.198%) Video Editing
6 2 (2.198%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.198%) Online Games
6 2 (2.198%) Social Media
7 1 (1.099%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.099%) Copywriting
7 1 (1.099%) IPTV
7 1 (1.099%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 26 (28.57%) Windows
2 21 (23.08%) Windows XP
3 19 (20.88%) Windows 7
4 3 (3.297%) UNIX
5 2 (2.198%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.099%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.099%) Android
6 1 (1.099%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.099%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.68%) ITIL
2 15 (16.48%) Root Cause Analysis
3 10 (10.99%) Content Management
4 6 (6.593%) Information Architecture
5 4 (4.396%) SEO
5 4 (4.396%) Project Management
6 3 (3.297%) Web Design
7 2 (2.198%) Service Management
7 2 (2.198%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.198%) Business Development
7 2 (2.198%) Time Management
7 2 (2.198%) Performance Management
8 1 (1.099%) Analytics
8 1 (1.099%) Change Control
8 1 (1.099%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (1.099%) Risk Analysis
8 1 (1.099%) Web Development
8 1 (1.099%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (1.099%) SOA
8 1 (1.099%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.48%) VB6
1 15 (16.48%) C#
1 15 (16.48%) VB
1 15 (16.48%) VB.NET
2 5 (5.495%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.297%) Java
4 1 (1.099%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (10.99%) Degree
2 4 (4.396%) MCP
2 4 (4.396%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.297%) MCSE
3 3 (3.297%) MCSA
4 1 (1.099%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.099%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.396%) WAI
2 2 (2.198%) QA
System Software
1 10 (10.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.198%) SCCM
1 2 (2.198%) WSUS
2 1 (1.099%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 58 (63.74%) Adobe
2 41 (45.05%) Microsoft
3 10 (10.99%) VMware
4 7 (7.692%) Quark
5 6 (6.593%) Apple
6 5 (5.495%) Citrix
7 4 (4.396%) Cisco
7 4 (4.396%) Remedy
8 3 (3.297%) CheckPoint
8 3 (3.297%) Google
9 2 (2.198%) SAP
9 2 (2.198%) Interwoven
9 2 (2.198%) Symantec
10 1 (1.099%) Atlassian
10 1 (1.099%) McAfee
10 1 (1.099%) Business Objects
10 1 (1.099%) Oracle
10 1 (1.099%) Sony