Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Adobe Captivate skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Adobe Captivate over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category.

LinkAdobe Captivate
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank477422601
Rank change year-on-year
Down-55Up+179
Matching contract IT job ads10175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.021 %0.043 %0.006 %
As % of the Applications category0.187 %0.369 %0.052 %
Daily rates quoted593
Average daily rate£275£290£215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %+34.88 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£290£213
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£440£315£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£275-£450
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
534546059605
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK11.13 %11.64 %11.69 %
Daily rates quoted227213152759
Average daily rate£325£315£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.170 %-3.070 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£163£163£165
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£513£475£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£270£310£300
% change year-on-year
-12.90 %+3.330 %
Hourly rates quoted6758651777
Average hourly rate£15.50£16.00£16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.120 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£10.50£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.75£35.00£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.50£15.00£15.00
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %-

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.

Adobe Captivate
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Adobe Captivate within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Adobe Captivate Demand Trend

Adobe Captivate
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adobe Captivate within the UK.

Adobe Captivate Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Captivate
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Captivate within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Adobe Captivate Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe Captivate
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Adobe Captivate Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Captivate
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Captivate within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-4510£275-5.17 %
LondonDown-774£306+5.60 %
South EastDown-53--
West MidlandsUp+72£275-
SurreyNew entry-2--
City of LondonNew entry-2£431-
EastleighNew entry-1--
WorcestershireNew entry-1£275-
MarchNew entry-1--
CambridgeshireNew entry-1--
HampshireNew entry-1--
East of EnglandNew entry-1--

Adobe Captivate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Adobe Captivate 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 Adobe Captivate.

117 (100.00 %)Adobe
29 (52.94 %)E-Learning
34 (23.53 %)Photoshop
34 (23.53 %)Flash
43 (17.65 %)SAP
43 (17.65 %)Acrobat
43 (17.65 %)CMS
43 (17.65 %)Content Management
52 (11.76 %)Taxonomies
52 (11.76 %)Intranet
52 (11.76 %)RoboHelp
52 (11.76 %)Government
52 (11.76 %)MS Office
52 (11.76 %)CRM
61 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
61 (5.882 %)ERP
61 (5.882 %)Documentum
61 (5.882 %)Dreamweaver
61 (5.882 %)IBM
61 (5.882 %)Microsoft
61 (5.882 %)HTML
61 (5.882 %)Oracle
61 (5.882 %)CSS
61 (5.882 %)Lotus Notes
61 (5.882 %)Lotus
61 (5.882 %)FrameMaker
61 (5.882 %)Management Information System
61 (5.882 %)FileNet
61 (5.882 %)Finance
61 (5.882 %)Fireworks

Adobe Captivate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Adobe Captivate 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 Adobe Captivate. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (23.53 %)Flash
21 (5.882 %)HTML
21 (5.882 %)CSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (17.65 %)CMS
21 (5.882 %)Documentum
21 (5.882 %)Lotus Notes
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (23.53 %)Photoshop
23 (17.65 %)Acrobat
32 (11.76 %)RoboHelp
32 (11.76 %)MS Office
41 (5.882 %)FrameMaker
41 (5.882 %)Fireworks
41 (5.882 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)SAP CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)Intranet
21 (5.882 %)Internet
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)Dreamweaver
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (11.76 %)Government
21 (5.882 %)Finance
21 (5.882 %)Banking
21 (5.882 %)Investment Banking
21 (5.882 %)Insurance
21 (5.882 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (35.29 %)Developer
23 (17.65 %)Consultant
23 (17.65 %)Author
23 (17.65 %)Technical Author
23 (17.65 %)Training Consultant
32 (11.76 %)Technical Writer
32 (11.76 %)Designer
32 (11.76 %)Web Content Developer
32 (11.76 %)Web Developer
41 (5.882 %)IT Consultant
41 (5.882 %)Instructional Designer
41 (5.882 %)E-Learning Developer
41 (5.882 %)Web Designer
41 (5.882 %)Web Editor
41 (5.882 %)ERP Consultant
41 (5.882 %)Web Content Editor
41 (5.882 %)Content Editor
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (52.94 %)E-Learning
22 (11.76 %)Taxonomies
31 (5.882 %)Management Information System
31 (5.882 %)W3C
31 (5.882 %)Web 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)Content Management
22 (11.76 %)CRM
31 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
31 (5.882 %)ERP
31 (5.882 %)Release Management
31 (5.882 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (5.882 %)Information Management
31 (5.882 %)Document Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
117 (100.00 %)Adobe
23 (17.65 %)SAP
31 (5.882 %)IBM
31 (5.882 %)Microsoft
31 (5.882 %)Oracle
31 (5.882 %)Lotus
31 (5.882 %)FileNet