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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank269306
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads398425
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.525 %0.451 %
As % of the category below1.215 %1.041 %
Daily rates quoted102138
Average minimum daily rate£277£262
Average daily rate£294£274
% change on same period last year+7.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£286
UK excluding London average daily rate£271£255
% change on same period last year+6.33 %
Hourly rates quoted4746
Average minimum hourly rate£19.22£16.14
Average hourly rate£20.62£17.41
% change on same period last year+18.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.01£18.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.17£17.86
% change on same period last year+18.52 %
Vendors UKVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3275640815
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.19 %43.29 %
Daily rates quoted951111470
Average minimum daily rate£381£387
Average daily rate£406£410
% change on same period last year-1.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted28583234
Average minimum hourly rate£22.05£24.06
Average hourly rate£23.58£25.68
% change on same period last year-8.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.12£27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Adobe
Demand Trend

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

Adobe Demand Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Trend

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

Adobe Daily Rate Trend

Adobe
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Adobe Daily Rate Histogram

Adobe
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Adobe Hourly Rate Trend

Adobe
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Adobe Hourly Rate Histogram

Adobe
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 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+44380£297+11.31 %
LondonUp+43190£308+7.29 %
South EastDown-164£284+52.94 %
East of EnglandDown-1341£265+9.43 %
City of LondonDown-334£310+14.45 %
South WestUp+4225£265+88.95 %
HertfordshireDown-1325£265+10.54 %
SurreyUp+622£308-
West MidlandsUp+1517£375-
HampshireUp+1613--
North WestDown-413--
BristolUp+1313£219-
ScotlandUp+3712£221+47.33 %
CambridgeshireDown-311--
CambridgeUp+711--
North EastNew entry-10£160-
BerkshireUp+1310£125-53.34 %
East MidlandsDown-99£110-70.27 %
BuckinghamshireUp+58£318+59.16 %
ManchesterDown-148--
GloucestershireNew entry-7£313-
CheltenhamNew entry-7£313-
CroydonUp+106--
MiddlesexNew entry-6£450-
Tyne and WearNew entry-6£160-
YorkshireUp+146--
SouthamptonUp+95--
Milton KeynesDown-75£318-
EdinburghUp+135£220+46.66 %
EssexNew entry-4--

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1282 (35.97 %)Photoshop
2256 (32.65 %)Flash
3247 (31.51 %)HTML
4228 (29.08 %)CSS
5189 (24.11 %)JavaScript
6148 (18.88 %)Adobe Flex
7142 (18.11 %)Adobe Illustrator
8133 (16.96 %)XML
9129 (16.45 %)XHTML
10114 (14.54 %)Microsoft
11112 (14.29 %)ActionScript
12111 (14.16 %)Acrobat
13109 (13.90 %)MS Office
1497 (12.37 %)Dreamweaver
1591 (11.61 %).NET
1688 (11.22 %)SQL
1787 (11.10 %)Java
1875 (9.566 %)PHP
1971 (9.056 %)Web Design
2068 (8.673 %)Windows
2164 (8.163 %)Internet
2164 (8.163 %)Macromedia
2262 (7.908 %)Content Management
2357 (7.270 %)AJAX
2456 (7.143 %)ASP
2456 (7.143 %)SQL Server
2555 (7.015 %)Fireworks
2653 (6.760 %)C#
2653 (6.760 %)Graphic Design
2752 (6.633 %)Marketing

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1247 (31.51 %)HTML
2228 (29.08 %)CSS
3148 (18.88 %)Adobe Flex
4133 (16.96 %)XML
5129 (16.45 %)XHTML
691 (11.61 %).NET
757 (7.270 %)AJAX
856 (7.143 %)ASP
940 (5.102 %)ASP.NET
1039 (4.974 %)Adobe AIR
1133 (4.209 %)JSP
1229 (3.699 %)J2EE
1324 (3.061 %)XSLT
1419 (2.423 %)WebServices
1514 (1.786 %)SOAP
1514 (1.786 %)XSL
1611 (1.403 %)Flex 2
1710 (1.276 %)WebSphere
1710 (1.276 %)Spring
189 (1.148 %).NET Framework
Application Platforms
152 (6.633 %)CMS
232 (4.082 %)ColdFusion
322 (2.806 %)Lotus Notes
420 (2.551 %)IIS
515 (1.913 %)SharePoint
614 (1.786 %)MS Exchange
614 (1.786 %)NetWeaver
79 (1.148 %)Tomcat
86 (0.765 %)Apache
86 (0.765 %)WebSphere Application Server
95 (0.638 %)WebLogic
95 (0.638 %)Exchange Server 2003
95 (0.638 %)Oracle Spatial
104 (0.510 %)Exchange Server 2000
104 (0.510 %)ColdFusion MX
113 (0.383 %)WebLogic Portal
113 (0.383 %)Rendezvous
113 (0.383 %)SharePoint Server 2007
113 (0.383 %)Flash Media Server
122 (0.255 %)Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1282 (35.97 %)Photoshop
2142 (18.11 %)Adobe Illustrator
3111 (14.16 %)Acrobat
4109 (13.90 %)MS Office
555 (7.015 %)Fireworks
652 (6.633 %)MS Excel
751 (6.505 %)MS PowerPoint
842 (5.357 %)InDesign
936 (4.592 %)MS Visio
1032 (4.082 %)QuarkXPress
1127 (3.444 %)ImageReady
1221 (2.679 %)MS Project
1221 (2.679 %)FrameMaker
1318 (2.296 %)RoboHelp
1417 (2.168 %)Adobe Captivate
1513 (1.658 %)FreeHand
169 (1.148 %)Adobe After Effects
177 (0.893 %)Adobe Premiere
177 (0.893 %)Adobe Director
177 (0.893 %)AutoCAD
Business Applications
111 (1.403 %)SAP MDM
23 (0.383 %)Line 50
23 (0.383 %)WebTrends
32 (0.255 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.255 %)SAP CRM
32 (0.255 %)SAP ERP
41 (0.128 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.128 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
164 (8.163 %)Internet
222 (2.806 %)Intranet
312 (1.531 %)VPN
47 (0.893 %)IP Telephony
56 (0.765 %)HTTP
56 (0.765 %)LAN
65 (0.638 %)TCP/IP
65 (0.638 %)DNS
65 (0.638 %)FTP
65 (0.638 %)3G
74 (0.510 %)DHCP
74 (0.510 %)Firewall
83 (0.383 %)WEP
83 (0.383 %)VLAN
92 (0.255 %)Wireless
92 (0.255 %)RNC
92 (0.255 %)WAN
92 (0.255 %)LDAP
101 (0.128 %)ADSL
101 (0.128 %)GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
156 (7.143 %)SQL Server
229 (3.699 %)MySQL
312 (1.531 %)MS Access
411 (1.403 %)GIS
56 (0.765 %)SQL Server 7
56 (0.765 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (0.383 %)RDBMS
63 (0.383 %)Oracle 10g
63 (0.383 %)SQLBase
72 (0.255 %)BusinessObjects
72 (0.255 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.128 %)DTS
81 (0.128 %)DB2
81 (0.128 %)OLAP
81 (0.128 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.128 %)VLDB
81 (0.128 %)SAP BI
81 (0.128 %)FileMaker
81 (0.128 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1256 (32.65 %)Flash
297 (12.37 %)Dreamweaver
323 (2.934 %)Visual Studio
422 (2.806 %)Ant
519 (2.423 %)JUnit
616 (2.041 %)FrontPage
79 (1.148 %)QuickTest Pro
79 (1.148 %)LoadRunner
87 (0.893 %)GoLive
96 (0.765 %)Subversion
104 (0.510 %)Eclipse
113 (0.383 %)NUnit
113 (0.383 %)Selenium
122 (0.255 %)RequisitePro
122 (0.255 %)JDeveloper
122 (0.255 %)Rational Rose
122 (0.255 %)PVCS
122 (0.255 %)VSS/SourceSafe
131 (0.128 %)Oracle Forms
131 (0.128 %)LSMW
General
153 (6.760 %)Graphic Design
252 (6.633 %)Marketing
347 (5.995 %)Finance
436 (4.592 %)Publishing
530 (3.827 %)Banking
628 (3.571 %)Multimedia
726 (3.316 %)Games
824 (3.061 %)Education
923 (2.934 %)Telecoms
923 (2.934 %)Government
1018 (2.296 %)Investment Banking
1018 (2.296 %)Advertising
1113 (1.658 %)Construction
1212 (1.531 %)Animation
1311 (1.403 %)Insurance
1410 (1.276 %)Law
159 (1.148 %)Health
168 (1.020 %)3D Graphics
168 (1.020 %)Retail
176 (0.765 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1308 (39.29 %)Developer
298 (12.50 %)Web Developer
392 (11.73 %)Web Designer
477 (9.821 %)Flex Developer
544 (5.612 %)Author
544 (5.612 %)Technical Author
635 (4.464 %)Analyst
635 (4.464 %)Graphic Designer
733 (4.209 %)Consultant
826 (3.316 %)Flash Developer
923 (2.934 %)Support Analyst
1022 (2.806 %)Trainer
1121 (2.679 %)Photoshop Designer
1219 (2.423 %)PHP Developer
1219 (2.423 %)SAP Consultant
1318 (2.296 %)Java Developer
1318 (2.296 %)Applications Developer
1415 (1.913 %)Desktop Support
1415 (1.913 %).NET Developer
1514 (1.786 %)SAP MDM Consultant
Miscellaneous
146 (5.867 %)W3C
240 (5.102 %)RIA
335 (4.464 %)E-Learning
426 (3.316 %)Web 2.0
513 (1.658 %)Flash Lite
612 (1.531 %)Blackberry
78 (1.020 %)Dutch Language
87 (0.893 %)Streaming Media
87 (0.893 %)Computer Science
87 (0.893 %)Streaming Video
87 (0.893 %)PDA
96 (0.765 %)Management Information System
104 (0.510 %)Handset
104 (0.510 %)Client/Server
104 (0.510 %)Social Network
113 (0.383 %)Mathematics
113 (0.383 %)Podcast
113 (0.383 %)SCORM
122 (0.255 %)Taxonomies
122 (0.255 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
168 (8.673 %)Windows
229 (3.699 %)Unix
325 (3.189 %)Mac OS X
423 (2.934 %)Windows XP
512 (1.531 %)Windows 2000
68 (1.020 %)Linux
77 (0.893 %)Mac OS X Server
85 (0.638 %)Windows Server 2003
94 (0.510 %)Windows NT
102 (0.255 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
171 (9.056 %)Web Design
262 (7.908 %)Content Management
352 (6.633 %)OO
447 (5.995 %)Web Development
539 (4.974 %)OOP
539 (4.974 %)E-Commerce
625 (3.189 %)SEO
625 (3.189 %)Security Cleared
723 (2.934 %)TDD
820 (2.551 %)Unit Testing
916 (2.041 %)Agile Software Development
1014 (1.786 %)Workflow
1014 (1.786 %)MVC
1014 (1.786 %)SC Cleared
1014 (1.786 %)Data Management
1112 (1.531 %)Project Management
1211 (1.403 %)CRM
1310 (1.276 %)Migration
149 (1.148 %)Extreme Programming
149 (1.148 %)Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1189 (24.11 %)JavaScript
2112 (14.29 %)ActionScript
388 (11.22 %)SQL
487 (11.10 %)Java
575 (9.566 %)PHP
653 (6.760 %)C#
727 (3.444 %)C++
727 (3.444 %)DHTML
822 (2.806 %)VB
917 (2.168 %)VBScript
1012 (1.531 %)C
1012 (1.531 %)Ruby
1110 (1.276 %)Transact-SQL
1110 (1.276 %)VBA
129 (1.148 %)ABAP
138 (1.020 %)VC++
138 (1.020 %)Perl
146 (0.765 %)Lingo
155 (0.638 %)VB.NET
163 (0.383 %)PHP5
Qualifications
140 (5.102 %)Degree
213 (1.658 %)HNC
38 (1.020 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (0.765 %)HND
46 (0.765 %)MCP
55 (0.638 %)MCSE
61 (0.128 %)MCAD
61 (0.128 %)MCSD
61 (0.128 %)Postgraduate
61 (0.128 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.128 %)CIW
61 (0.128 %)MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.403 %)WAI
29 (1.148 %)QA
32 (0.255 %)ISO9001
41 (0.128 %)SLA
41 (0.128 %)WCAG
System Software
117 (2.168 %)Active Directory
24 (0.510 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.128 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
16 (0.765 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.510 %)OVSD
33 (0.383 %)Norton AntiVirus
33 (0.383 %)MAILsweeper
33 (0.383 %)MOM
42 (0.255 %)OpenView
51 (0.128 %)OpenView Configuration Management
51 (0.128 %)SCOM
Vendors
1114 (14.54 %)Microsoft
264 (8.163 %)Macromedia
333 (4.209 %)SAP
426 (3.316 %)Quark
523 (2.934 %)Lotus
621 (2.679 %)Oracle
719 (2.423 %)Apple
818 (2.296 %)RedDot
913 (1.658 %)Sybase
109 (1.148 %)HP
118 (1.020 %)Citrix
118 (1.020 %)Nokia
127 (0.893 %)Google
136 (0.765 %)ESRI
136 (0.765 %)Perforce
145 (0.638 %)IBM
145 (0.638 %)McAfee Security
145 (0.638 %)Autodesk
154 (0.510 %)Reuters
154 (0.510 %)Sage
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