Adobe Illustrator Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Adobe Illustrator skills across the UK with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Adobe Illustrator over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Coventry Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Reading Reigate Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Shields South West St Albans Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Windsor Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	343	400
Rank change on same period last year	+57
Matching contract IT job ads	277	267
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.365 %	0.283 %
As % of the category below	3.100 %	2.727 %
Daily rates quoted	71	114
Average minimum daily rate	£235	£242
Average daily rate	£268	£256
% change on same period last year	+4.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£301	£269
UK excluding London average daily rate	£264	£224
% change on same period last year	+18.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	31
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.52	£21.66
Average hourly rate	£26.52	£22.64
% change on same period last year	+17.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.52	£23.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.38	£22.30
% change on same period last year	-4.14 %
Applications UK
Matching contract IT job ads	8936	9791
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	11.78 %	10.39 %
Daily rates quoted	2470	2427
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£291
Average daily rate	£322	£307
% change on same period last year	+4.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£342	£324
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£281
% change on same period last year	+6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	1664	1766
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.45	£18.34
Average hourly rate	£18.82	£19.49
% change on same period last year	-3.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.19	£20.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.92	£19.17
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Adobe Illustrator within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	+56	270	£269	+5.06 %
London	+56	135	£272	-
South East	+41	48	£267	+62.12 %
East of England	-15	33	£287	+15.36 %
Hertfordshire	-7	28	£293	+9.79 %
North West	+4	20	£165	-
Surrey	+13	18	£243	+50.38 %
Berkshire	+49	15	£283	-
City of London	-19	10	£188	-36.86 %
South West	+24	9	£225	-
West Midlands	+5	9	-	-
Manchester	-15	8	-	-
Cheshire	-15	8	-	-
Tyne and Wear	+11	7	£160	-
Scotland	-	7	£225	-
North East	+15	7	£160	-
East Midlands	-7	6	-	-
Newcastle	-	5	-	-
Watford	-15	5	£392	+47.45 %
St Albans	-	4	-	-
Merseyside	-	4	£165	-
West Yorkshire	+3	4	-	-
Bristol	-	4	£225	-
Yorkshire	+10	4	-	-
Cambridgeshire	-10	4	£250	+46.52 %
Glasgow	-	4	-	-
Oxfordshire	-4	3	-	-
Somerset	+2	3	-	-
Guildford	+9	3	£250	+55.03 %
Liverpool	-	3	£165	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Adobe Illustrator 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 Illustrator.

1 556 (98.76 %) Photoshop 2 327 (58.08 %) Flash 3 228 (40.50 %) HTML 4 224 (39.79 %) CSS 5 142 (25.22 %) JavaScript 5 142 (25.22 %) Adobe 6 111 (19.72 %) XHTML 7 110 (19.54 %) ActionScript 8 108 (19.18 %) Dreamweaver 9 102 (18.12 %) Web Design 10 78 (13.85 %) Fireworks 11 75 (13.32 %) XML 12 74 (13.14 %) Marketing 13 70 (12.43 %) E-Commerce 14 61 (10.83 %) W3C

15 46 (8.171 %) SEO 15 46 (8.171 %) PHP 15 46 (8.171 %) Advertising 15 46 (8.171 %) Games 15 46 (8.171 %) Graphic Design 16 37 (6.572 %) FreeHand 17 36 (6.394 %) Internet 18 34 (6.039 %) Quark 19 33 (5.861 %) QuarkXPress 20 27 (4.796 %) ImageReady 20 27 (4.796 %) MySQL 20 27 (4.796 %) Multimedia 21 26 (4.618 %) Content Management 22 25 (4.440 %) AJAX 23 24 (4.263 %) SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Adobe Illustrator 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 Illustrator. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 228 (40.50 %) HTML 2 224 (39.79 %) CSS 3 111 (19.72 %) XHTML 4 75 (13.32 %) XML 5 25 (4.440 %) AJAX 6 22 (3.908 %) Adobe Flex 6 22 (3.908 %) ASP 7 17 (3.020 %) .NET 8 12 (2.131 %) XSLT 9 11 (1.954 %) ASP.NET 10 10 (1.776 %) WAP 11 9 (1.599 %) WML 12 7 (1.243 %) XSL 13 4 (0.710 %) Flex 2 14 3 (0.533 %) LAMP 14 3 (0.533 %) JSP 15 2 (0.355 %) WebServices 15 2 (0.355 %) .NET Framework 16 1 (0.178 %) Ruby on Rails 16 1 (0.178 %) ODBC	Application Platforms 1 18 (3.197 %) CMS 2 6 (1.066 %) ColdFusion 3 4 (0.710 %) DotNetNuke 3 4 (0.710 %) Lotus Notes 4 3 (0.533 %) Apache 5 2 (0.355 %) IIS 6 1 (0.178 %) JBoss 6 1 (0.178 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (0.178 %) Tomcat 6 1 (0.178 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 556 (98.76 %) Photoshop 2 78 (13.85 %) Fireworks 3 37 (6.572 %) FreeHand 4 33 (5.861 %) QuarkXPress 5 27 (4.796 %) ImageReady 6 21 (3.730 %) MS Visio 7 19 (3.375 %) Adobe Premiere 8 17 (3.020 %) Acrobat 8 17 (3.020 %) InDesign 9 16 (2.842 %) 3ds Max 10 12 (2.131 %) MS Office 10 12 (2.131 %) MS PowerPoint 11 10 (1.776 %) MS Excel 12 8 (1.421 %) FrameMaker 12 8 (1.421 %) Adobe After Effects 13 3 (0.533 %) MS Project 14 2 (0.355 %) Maya 14 2 (0.355 %) LightWave 3D 15 1 (0.178 %) Adobe Director 15 1 (0.178 %) RoboHelp	Business Applications 1 5 (0.888 %) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking 1 36 (6.394 %) Internet 2 12 (2.131 %) Intranet 3 5 (0.888 %) SMS 3 5 (0.888 %) 3G 4 3 (0.533 %) WEP 5 1 (0.178 %) Network Security 5 1 (0.178 %) Extranet 5 1 (0.178 %) RIP 5 1 (0.178 %) LAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (4.796 %) MySQL 2 12 (2.131 %) SQL Server 3 3 (0.533 %) SQLBase 4 2 (0.355 %) MS Access 4 2 (0.355 %) Data Mining 5 1 (0.178 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 327 (58.08 %) Flash 2 108 (19.18 %) Dreamweaver 3 8 (1.421 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.178 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 1 (0.178 %) JUnit 4 1 (0.178 %) Subversion 4 1 (0.178 %) FrontPage	General 1 74 (13.14 %) Marketing 2 46 (8.171 %) Graphic Design 2 46 (8.171 %) Advertising 2 46 (8.171 %) Games 3 27 (4.796 %) Multimedia 4 20 (3.552 %) Publishing 5 17 (3.020 %) Animation 6 15 (2.664 %) Online Games 7 13 (2.309 %) Video Editing 7 13 (2.309 %) Telecoms 7 13 (2.309 %) Government 8 10 (1.776 %) Education 9 8 (1.421 %) Health 10 7 (1.243 %) Construction 10 7 (1.243 %) Finance 10 7 (1.243 %) Music 11 6 (1.066 %) 3D Graphics 11 6 (1.066 %) Retail 12 4 (0.710 %) Financial Institution 12 4 (0.710 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 202 (35.88 %) Web Designer 2 119 (21.14 %) Developer 3 70 (12.43 %) Photoshop Designer 4 67 (11.90 %) Graphic Designer 5 47 (8.348 %) Web Developer 6 26 (4.618 %) Flash Designer 7 21 (3.730 %) Senior Web Designer 8 19 (3.375 %) Interface Designer 9 16 (2.842 %) ActionScript Developer 9 16 (2.842 %) Interactive Designer 10 14 (2.487 %) HTML Developer 11 12 (2.131 %) Flash Developer 12 11 (1.954 %) PHP Developer 12 11 (1.954 %) Junior 12 11 (1.954 %) Senior Photoshop Designer 13 10 (1.776 %) Author 14 9 (1.599 %) Technical Author 15 8 (1.421 %) Content Editor 15 8 (1.421 %) UI Designer 16 7 (1.243 %) Senior Interactive Designer	Miscellaneous 1 61 (10.83 %) W3C 2 15 (2.664 %) Web 2.0 3 14 (2.487 %) E-Learning 4 11 (1.954 %) Streaming Media 5 10 (1.776 %) Handset 6 7 (1.243 %) Streaming Video 6 7 (1.243 %) Social Network 7 6 (1.066 %) Blog 8 5 (0.888 %) IPTV 8 5 (0.888 %) PDA 8 5 (0.888 %) SCORM 9 4 (0.710 %) RIA 10 3 (0.533 %) Interactive TV 11 2 (0.355 %) Blackberry 11 2 (0.355 %) BBC 11 2 (0.355 %) iDTV 12 1 (0.178 %) Client/Server 12 1 (0.178 %) Streaming Music 12 1 (0.178 %) Taxonomies 12 1 (0.178 %) Physics
Operating Systems 1 7 (1.243 %) Windows 2 4 (0.710 %) Linux 2 4 (0.710 %) Unix 2 4 (0.710 %) Mac OS X Server 3 3 (0.533 %) Windows XP 3 3 (0.533 %) Mac OS X 4 2 (0.355 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (0.178 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 102 (18.12 %) Web Design 2 70 (12.43 %) E-Commerce 3 46 (8.171 %) SEO 4 26 (4.618 %) Content Management 5 13 (2.309 %) Web Development 6 7 (1.243 %) UML 6 7 (1.243 %) OOP 6 7 (1.243 %) Email Marketing 7 6 (1.066 %) Internet Marketing 8 5 (0.888 %) Digital Marketing 8 5 (0.888 %) B2B 8 5 (0.888 %) B2C 8 5 (0.888 %) Project Management 9 3 (0.533 %) CAD 9 3 (0.533 %) Time Management 9 3 (0.533 %) Use Case 10 2 (0.355 %) Security Cleared 10 2 (0.355 %) Usability Testing 10 2 (0.355 %) Interactive Advertising 10 2 (0.355 %) Direct Marketing
Programming Languages 1 142 (25.22 %) JavaScript 2 110 (19.54 %) ActionScript 3 46 (8.171 %) PHP 4 24 (4.263 %) SQL 5 14 (2.487 %) DHTML 6 13 (2.309 %) Java 7 6 (1.066 %) VB 8 5 (0.888 %) C# 9 4 (0.710 %) PHP5 10 3 (0.533 %) C 11 2 (0.355 %) PHP4 11 2 (0.355 %) VB.NET 11 2 (0.355 %) Lingo 11 2 (0.355 %) XPath 12 1 (0.178 %) Transact-SQL 12 1 (0.178 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 18 (3.197 %) Degree 2 6 (1.066 %) HND 3 1 (0.178 %) Postgraduate 3 1 (0.178 %) MCSE 3 1 (0.178 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (1.421 %) WAI 2 2 (0.355 %) QA 2 2 (0.355 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 1 (0.178 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 142 (25.22 %) Adobe 2 34 (6.039 %) Quark 3 22 (3.908 %) Microsoft 4 17 (3.020 %) Macromedia 5 10 (1.776 %) Apple 6 6 (1.066 %) Google 7 4 (0.710 %) Lotus 7 4 (0.710 %) Oracle 8 3 (0.533 %) IBM 9 2 (0.355 %) Citrix 9 2 (0.355 %) RedDot 10 1 (0.178 %) Sony 10 1 (0.178 %) Ericsson