The first table below looks at the demand for Adobe Illustrator 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 Illustrator 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.

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 Illustrator
Rank 354 364 360
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -4
Contract jobs citing Adobe Illustrator 187 221 241
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.403% 0.379% 0.393%
As % of the Applications category 3.084% 3.073% 3.313%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 117 131
Average daily rate £250 £250 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £156 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £405 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £215 £208 £244
% change year-on-year
+3.61% -14.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 11
Average hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.82% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.40 £14.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.50 £33.00 £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £16.75 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+25.37% -18.29%
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6063 7191 7274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.07% 12.34% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3131 3681 3613
Average daily rate £338 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £515 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 695 738 880
Average hourly rate £16.38 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%

Adobe Illustrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Adobe Illustrator Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Trend

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

Adobe Illustrator Daily Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Adobe Illustrator Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe Illustrator
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Adobe Illustrator Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe Illustrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Adobe Illustrator Hourly Rate Histogram

Adobe Illustrator
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe Illustrator within the UK 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
England +1 167 £250 -
London -4 76 £300 -
South East +3 32 £205 +2.50%
North West +27 19 - -
Manchester +25 18 - -
East of England +15 15 £250 -31.03%
South West +37 14 £170 -
City of London +7 14 £288 -4.32%
Hertfordshire +6 11 £250 -31.03%
Berkshire +1 11 £188 +25.00%
Scotland -14 9 £238 -5.00%
Wales +17 7 £180 -
West Midlands -1 7 £283 +88.33%
Devon - 7 £200 -
Oxfordshire +13 6 £165 -40.00%
Stirling - 6 £238 -
Exeter - 6 £200 -
Buckinghamshire +12 5 £176 -11.87%
South Wales +5 5 £180 -
Hampshire -12 5 £300 +53.84%
Henley-on-Thames - 5 £165 -
Surrey +23 4 £215 +59.25%
Worcestershire -14 4 £290 -
Cambridgeshire +13 3 - -
East Sussex +12 3 - -
Cambridge +10 3 - -
Worcester -7 3 £271 -
East Midlands -7 3 £213 -5.55%
Reading - 3 £188 -
Newport - 3 £180 -

Adobe Illustrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 337 (96.56%) Photoshop
2 173 (49.57%) HTML
2 173 (49.57%) CSS
3 162 (46.42%) Adobe
4 103 (29.51%) JavaScript
5 91 (26.07%) Flash
6 71 (20.34%) HTML5
7 68 (19.48%) jQuery
8 63 (18.05%) InDesign
9 62 (17.77%) Dreamweaver
10 60 (17.19%) Fireworks
11 59 (16.91%) Web Design
12 52 (14.90%) Marketing
13 49 (14.04%) E-Commerce
14 47 (13.47%) Microsoft
15 46 (13.18%) CSS3
16 44 (12.61%) Information Architecture
17 41 (11.75%) Digital Media
18 39 (11.17%) Content Management
19 38 (10.89%) SEO
20 37 (10.60%) MS Office
21 33 (9.456%) XHTML
22 32 (9.169%) CMS
23 31 (8.883%) Acrobat
23 31 (8.883%) Graphic Design
24 30 (8.596%) Mobile App
25 29 (8.309%) Axure RP
26 28 (8.023%) Retail
27 26 (7.450%) Degree
28 25 (7.163%) XML

Adobe Illustrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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
1 173 (49.57%) HTML
1 173 (49.57%) CSS
2 91 (26.07%) Flash
3 71 (20.34%) HTML5
4 68 (19.48%) jQuery
5 46 (13.18%) CSS3
6 33 (9.456%) XHTML
7 25 (7.163%) XML
8 22 (6.304%) Ajax
9 16 (4.585%) .NET
10 11 (3.152%) JSON
11 9 (2.579%) Apache Flex
11 9 (2.579%) Web Services
12 8 (2.292%) Silverlight
13 6 (1.719%) WPF
14 5 (1.433%) XSLT
14 5 (1.433%) ASP
14 5 (1.433%) ASP.NET
14 5 (1.433%) Sass
15 4 (1.146%) Semantic HTML
Application Platforms
1 32 (9.169%) CMS
2 12 (3.438%) WordPress
3 6 (1.719%) Drupal
4 3 (0.860%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.860%) Moodle
5 1 (0.287%) Confluence
5 1 (0.287%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.287%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (0.287%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.287%) Apache
5 1 (0.287%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.287%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 337 (96.56%) Photoshop
2 63 (18.05%) InDesign
3 60 (17.19%) Fireworks
4 37 (10.60%) MS Office
5 31 (8.883%) Acrobat
6 19 (5.444%) MS PowerPoint
6 19 (5.444%) OmniGraffle
7 14 (4.011%) Adobe After Effects
8 13 (3.725%) QuarkXPress
8 13 (3.725%) MS Excel
9 8 (2.292%) MS Visio
10 5 (1.433%) FrameMaker
11 4 (1.146%) FreeHand
12 3 (0.860%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.860%) Vectorworks
13 2 (0.573%) MicroStation
13 2 (0.573%) GIMP
13 2 (0.573%) Final Cut Pro
13 2 (0.573%) Adobe Captivate
13 2 (0.573%) Maya
Business Applications
1 14 (4.011%) Google Analytics
2 3 (0.860%) Summit
3 2 (0.573%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.298%) Internet
2 13 (3.725%) Intranet
3 6 (1.719%) FTP
4 2 (0.573%) ATM
5 1 (0.287%) SMS
5 1 (0.287%) HTTP
5 1 (0.287%) DNS
5 1 (0.287%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.006%) MySQL
2 2 (0.573%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.573%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.287%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.287%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 62 (17.77%) Dreamweaver
2 29 (8.309%) Axure RP
3 12 (3.438%) Expression Blend
4 9 (2.579%) Subversion
5 5 (1.433%) Selenium
5 5 (1.433%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.146%) Git (software)
6 4 (1.146%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.860%) Balsamiq Mockups
8 2 (0.573%) JSUnit
8 2 (0.573%) Firebug
9 1 (0.287%) JIRA
9 1 (0.287%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.287%) Xcode
9 1 (0.287%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.287%) Expression Studio
9 1 (0.287%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 1 (0.287%) QUnit
General
1 52 (14.90%) Marketing
2 28 (8.023%) Retail
3 22 (6.304%) Banking
3 22 (6.304%) Finance
4 19 (5.444%) Games
5 16 (4.585%) Publishing
6 14 (4.011%) Advertising
7 10 (2.865%) Multimedia
7 10 (2.865%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.579%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.006%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.719%) Interactive Media
10 6 (1.719%) French Language
10 6 (1.719%) German Language
11 5 (1.433%) Local Government
11 5 (1.433%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.146%) Front Office
13 3 (0.860%) Music
14 2 (0.573%) Automotive
14 2 (0.573%) Legal
Job Titles
1 214 (61.32%) Designer
2 73 (20.92%) Web Designer
3 66 (18.91%) Developer
4 41 (11.75%) User Experience Designer
5 36 (10.32%) Front-End Developer
6 35 (10.03%) Graphic Designer
7 25 (7.163%) Senior Designer
7 25 (7.163%) Digital Designer
8 19 (5.444%) UI Designer
9 17 (4.871%) Photoshop Designer
9 17 (4.871%) Web Developer
10 14 (4.011%) Junior
11 13 (3.725%) Visual Designer
12 12 (3.438%) Architect
13 10 (2.865%) Junior Designer
13 10 (2.865%) Web Manager
14 9 (2.579%) UI Developer
14 9 (2.579%) User Experience Architect
14 9 (2.579%) UI Programmer
15 7 (2.006%) Author
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.75%) Digital Media
2 31 (8.883%) Graphic Design
3 30 (8.596%) Mobile App
4 17 (4.871%) Animation
5 13 (3.725%) Social Media
6 12 (3.438%) Photography
7 11 (3.152%) E-Learning
8 10 (2.865%) New Media
9 9 (2.579%) Visualisation
9 9 (2.579%) W3C
10 8 (2.292%) Interactive TV
11 6 (1.719%) Copywriting
12 5 (1.433%) Video Editing
12 5 (1.433%) Online Games
13 4 (1.146%) iPhone
13 4 (1.146%) SaaS
13 4 (1.146%) iPad
13 4 (1.146%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.860%) SCORM
14 3 (0.860%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.017%) Apple iOS
2 18 (5.158%) Android
3 8 (2.292%) Windows
4 5 (1.433%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.860%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.287%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.287%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (16.91%) Web Design
2 49 (14.04%) E-Commerce
3 44 (12.61%) Information Architecture
4 39 (11.17%) Content Management
5 38 (10.89%) SEO
6 25 (7.163%) Analytics
7 24 (6.877%) Web Development
8 19 (5.444%) Web Analytics
9 18 (5.158%) Agile Software Development
9 18 (5.158%) Project Management
10 16 (4.585%) Usability Testing
10 16 (4.585%) User Experience Design
11 14 (4.011%) Time Management
11 14 (4.011%) OO
12 12 (3.438%) Workflow
13 10 (2.865%) Scrum
13 10 (2.865%) Online Marketing
14 8 (2.292%) Enterprise Content Management
14 8 (2.292%) Responsive Web Design
14 8 (2.292%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 103 (29.51%) JavaScript
2 24 (6.877%) ActionScript
3 22 (6.304%) PHP
4 14 (4.011%) ActionScript 3.0
5 9 (2.579%) XAML
5 9 (2.579%) C#
6 5 (1.433%) Java
6 5 (1.433%) ActionScript 2.0
7 2 (0.573%) XPath
7 2 (0.573%) SQL
7 2 (0.573%) C
8 1 (0.287%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.287%) Python
8 1 (0.287%) Lua
8 1 (0.287%) Groovy
8 1 (0.287%) Scala
8 1 (0.287%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.287%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (7.450%) Degree
2 6 (1.719%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.146%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.573%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.719%) QA
2 4 (1.146%) WAI
3 3 (0.860%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.860%) ISO 14001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.287%) Plesk
Vendors
1 162 (46.42%) Adobe
2 47 (13.47%) Microsoft
3 17 (4.871%) Google
4 15 (4.298%) Apple
5 13 (3.725%) Quark
6 7 (2.006%) Interwoven
7 6 (1.719%) Oracle
7 6 (1.719%) Orchard
8 5 (1.433%) Facebook
9 3 (0.860%) Twitter
9 3 (0.860%) ATG
9 3 (0.860%) Stellent
10 2 (0.573%) Sencha
10 2 (0.573%) Unica
11 1 (0.287%) Zend
11 1 (0.287%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.287%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.287%) Demandware
11 1 (0.287%) Omniture
11 1 (0.287%) Sony
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