The first table below looks at the demand for FreeHand skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FreeHand over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe FreeHand
Rank 525 575 570
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -5
Contract jobs citing FreeHand 4 9 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.015% 0.023%
As % of the Applications category 0.066% 0.124% 0.193%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
Average daily rate £130 £342 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-62.01% +71.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £106 £328 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £357 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £225
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +55.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £35.75 £27.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +31.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.25
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6088 7253 7257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.12% 12.44% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3169 3712 3616
Average daily rate £340 £350 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -4.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £513 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 677 742 877
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.56 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.82% -2.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.16 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%

FreeHand
Jobs Demand Trend

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

FreeHand Jobs Demand Trend

FreeHand
Daily Rate Trend

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

FreeHand Daily Rate Trend

FreeHand
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FreeHand within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

FreeHand Daily Rate Histogram

FreeHand
Hourly Rate Trend

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

FreeHand Hourly Rate Trend

FreeHand
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FreeHand within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +41 4 £130 -62.01%
London +33 3 £115 -65.62%
Docklands, London - 2 £115 -
City of London +14 1 - -
South West - 1 £300 -
Wiltshire - 1 £300 -
Swindon - 1 £300 -

FreeHand
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing FreeHand 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 FreeHand.

1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (75.00%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (75.00%) QuarkXPress
3 2 (50.00%) Fireworks
3 2 (50.00%) HTML
3 2 (50.00%) Data Mining
3 2 (50.00%) SEO
3 2 (50.00%) Web Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Google
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Unica
3 2 (50.00%) Google Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Email Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (50.00%) Online Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) SiteCatalyst
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) CMS
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) New Media
4 1 (25.00%) Axure RP
4 1 (25.00%) Vectorworks
4 1 (25.00%) SketchUp
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Adobe
4 1 (25.00%) Acrobat
4 1 (25.00%) InDesign
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Flash

FreeHand
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing FreeHand 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 FreeHand. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (75.00%) QuarkXPress
3 2 (50.00%) Fireworks
4 1 (25.00%) Vectorworks
4 1 (25.00%) SketchUp
4 1 (25.00%) Acrobat
4 1 (25.00%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Google Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) SiteCatalyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (25.00%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Junior
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Web Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Junior Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) SEO
1 2 (50.00%) Web Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Email Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Online Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) CAD
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
1 2 (50.00%) Unica
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe