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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Fireworks skills across the UK with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Fireworks over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Fireworks
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank419518
Rank change on same period last yearUp+99
Matching contract IT job ads140149
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.197 %0.151 %
As % of the category below1.653 %1.294 %
Daily rates quoted2624
Average minimum daily rate£220£244
Average daily rate£230£259
% change on same period last year-11.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£240£274
UK excluding London average daily rate£207£214
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted1416
Average minimum hourly rate£18.14£26.73
Average hourly rate£20.14£29.49
% change on same period last year-31.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.14£32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.71£24.18
% change on same period last year-26.74 %
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads847211516
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.93 %11.64 %
Daily rates quoted24603256
Average minimum daily rate£301£308
Average daily rate£320£327
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£280
% change on same period last year+4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted14541982
Average minimum hourly rate£17.65£18.36
Average hourly rate£18.87£19.82
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.09£21.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.53£19.52
% change on same period last year-5.07 %

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.

Fireworks
Demand Trend

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

Fireworks Demand Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Trend

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

Fireworks Daily Rate Trend

Fireworks
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fireworks within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Fireworks Daily Rate Histogram

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Fireworks Hourly Rate Trend

Fireworks
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fireworks within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Fireworks Hourly Rate Histogram

Fireworks
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 Fireworks within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 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+81136£230-11.13 %
LondonUp+8169£244-13.88 %
North WestUp+3217--
South EastUp+4715£199+7.74 %
West MidlandsUp+2615--
HerefordshireNew entry-11--
Hemel HempsteadNew entry-11--
LeedsUp+98£175-
West YorkshireUp+148£175-
YorkshireUp+148£175-
East of EnglandDown-35£233-8.27 %
ScotlandUp+274--
North EastNew entry-4--
KentUp+134£130-
NewcastleNew entry-4--
CheshireNew entry-4--
HampshireUp+214£215-
Tyne and WearNew entry-4--
Tunbridge WellsNew entry-4£130-
City of LondonDown-134£170-48.67 %
MerseysideUp+23--
ManchesterDown-33--
BirminghamNew entry-3--
EssexUp+23£200-
CambridgeshireUp+22£250+16.73 %
South WestUp+172--
HavantNew entry-2--
GloucestershireNew entry-2--
OxfordshireNew entry-2--
SurreyUp+242£375+102.70 %

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks.

1180 (75.95 %)HTML
2177 (74.68 %)Photoshop
3152 (64.14 %)CSS
4120 (50.63 %)Dreamweaver
5119 (50.21 %)Flash
6111 (46.84 %)JavaScript
776 (32.07 %)Adobe Illustrator
860 (25.32 %)XHTML
951 (21.52 %)ActionScript
1046 (19.41 %)Adobe
1140 (16.88 %)Web Design
1236 (15.19 %)W3C
1334 (14.35 %)XML
1432 (13.50 %).NET
1531 (13.08 %)Content Management
1627 (11.39 %)CMS
1726 (10.97 %)PHP
1726 (10.97 %)ASP
1822 (9.283 %)E-Commerce
1921 (8.861 %)ASP.NET
1921 (8.861 %)Graphic Design
2020 (8.439 %)Web Development
2020 (8.439 %)Microsoft
2119 (8.017 %)Marketing
2218 (7.595 %)EPiServer
2218 (7.595 %)Tridion
2218 (7.595 %)Vignette
2317 (7.173 %)MS Office
2317 (7.173 %)Project Management
2416 (6.751 %)ImageReady

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1180 (75.95 %)HTML
2152 (64.14 %)CSS
360 (25.32 %)XHTML
434 (14.35 %)XML
532 (13.50 %).NET
626 (10.97 %)ASP
721 (8.861 %)ASP.NET
811 (4.641 %)JSP
811 (4.641 %)AJAX
910 (4.219 %)XSLT
104 (1.688 %)RSS
104 (1.688 %)WebServices
104 (1.688 %)Adobe Flex
113 (1.266 %)Google Maps API
122 (0.844 %)Fusebox
122 (0.844 %).NET Framework
122 (0.844 %)WAP
122 (0.844 %)XSL
131 (0.422 %)ODBC
131 (0.422 %)OLE DB
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
127 (11.39 %)CMS
218 (7.595 %)EPiServer
38 (3.376 %)SharePoint
46 (2.532 %)ColdFusion
46 (2.532 %)IIS
54 (1.688 %)Apache
54 (1.688 %)DotNetNuke
61 (0.422 %)OpenCms
61 (0.422 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.422 %)Tomcat
61 (0.422 %)Content Management Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1177 (74.68 %)Photoshop
276 (32.07 %)Adobe Illustrator
317 (7.173 %)MS Office
416 (6.751 %)ImageReady
511 (4.641 %)Adobe Captivate
69 (3.797 %)Acrobat
77 (2.954 %)MS Visio
86 (2.532 %)RoboDemo
86 (2.532 %)RoboHelp
93 (1.266 %)FreeHand
93 (1.266 %)MS PowerPoint
102 (0.844 %)Paint Shop Pro
102 (0.844 %)InDesign
102 (0.844 %)QuarkXPress
102 (0.844 %)Shockwave
111 (0.422 %)MS Excel
111 (0.422 %)3ds Max
111 (0.422 %)InfoPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (2.110 %)Google Analytics
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (6.329 %)Intranet
27 (2.954 %)Internet
27 (2.954 %)FTP
35 (2.110 %)SMS
44 (1.688 %)Extranet
53 (1.266 %)3G
61 (0.422 %)HTTP
61 (0.422 %)DNS
61 (0.422 %)SSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (5.907 %)SQL Server
212 (5.063 %)MySQL
34 (1.688 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (1.266 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.422 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (0.422 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.422 %)MS Access
51 (0.422 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1120 (50.63 %)Dreamweaver
2119 (50.21 %)Flash
38 (3.376 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.422 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.422 %)Eclipse
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (8.861 %)Graphic Design
219 (8.017 %)Marketing
312 (5.063 %)Advertising
411 (4.641 %)Multimedia
58 (3.376 %)Publishing
65 (2.110 %)Pharmaceutical
65 (2.110 %)Games
65 (2.110 %)Animation
65 (2.110 %)Retail
74 (1.688 %)Finance
83 (1.266 %)Banking
92 (0.844 %)Video Editing
92 (0.844 %)Automotive
92 (0.844 %)Government
92 (0.844 %)Music
92 (0.844 %)Flash Games
92 (0.844 %)Online Games
101 (0.422 %)Legal
101 (0.422 %)Police
101 (0.422 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
196 (40.51 %)Developer
272 (30.38 %)Web Designer
355 (23.21 %)Web Developer
415 (6.329 %)Graphic Designer
415 (6.329 %)Web Editor
512 (5.063 %)Content Editor
611 (4.641 %)Flash Developer
611 (4.641 %)Senior Developer
79 (3.797 %)Administrator
88 (3.376 %)Photoshop Designer
96 (2.532 %)Web Administrator
105 (2.110 %)Web Content Editor
105 (2.110 %)Flash Designer
105 (2.110 %).NET Developer
105 (2.110 %)Intranet Developer
114 (1.688 %)PHP Developer
114 (1.688 %)UI Designer
114 (1.688 %)Interactive Designer
123 (1.266 %)Interface Designer
123 (1.266 %)Junior
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (15.19 %)W3C
29 (3.797 %)Blog
35 (2.110 %)Social Network
44 (1.688 %)E-Learning
53 (1.266 %)Statistics
53 (1.266 %)Wiki
53 (1.266 %)Podcast
62 (0.844 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.422 %)Photography
71 (0.422 %)VLE
71 (0.422 %)Client/Server
71 (0.422 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (1.688 %)Windows
22 (0.844 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.422 %)UNIX
31 (0.422 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (16.88 %)Web Design
231 (13.08 %)Content Management
322 (9.283 %)E-Commerce
420 (8.439 %)Web Development
517 (7.173 %)Project Management
611 (4.641 %)SEO
76 (2.532 %)OOP
83 (1.266 %)Internet Marketing
92 (0.844 %)Use Case
101 (0.422 %)Display Advertising
101 (0.422 %)Digital Marketing
101 (0.422 %)SC Cleared
101 (0.422 %)Security Cleared
101 (0.422 %)UML
101 (0.422 %)E-business
101 (0.422 %)Validation
101 (0.422 %)Agile Software Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1111 (46.84 %)JavaScript
251 (21.52 %)ActionScript
326 (10.97 %)PHP
415 (6.329 %)DHTML
59 (3.797 %)VB.NET
68 (3.376 %)C#
76 (2.532 %)VB
85 (2.110 %)SQL
94 (1.688 %)Java
94 (1.688 %)VB6
103 (1.266 %)VBScript
112 (0.844 %)Lingo
112 (0.844 %)C++
112 (0.844 %)Transact-SQL
121 (0.422 %)PHP5
121 (0.422 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.688 %)WCAG
21 (0.422 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (19.41 %)Adobe
220 (8.439 %)Microsoft
318 (7.595 %)Vignette
318 (7.595 %)Tridion
414 (5.907 %)Macromedia
59 (3.797 %)Google
63 (1.266 %)Quark
71 (0.422 %)MKS
71 (0.422 %)Red Hat
71 (0.422 %)Oracle
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