The first table below looks at the demand for Photoshop skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Photoshop 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 Photoshop
Rank 173 222 199
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -23
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 555 469 543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 1.196% 0.804% 0.889%
As % of the Applications category 9.116% 6.466% 7.482%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 238 299
Average daily rate £275 £280 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% +1.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £163 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £258 £250 £250
% change year-on-year
+3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 33 34
Average hourly rate £35.00 £17.51 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+99.88% -7.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £17.26 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+102.83% -9.18%
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%

Photoshop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Photoshop Jobs Demand Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Trend

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

Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Photoshop Daily Rate Histogram

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Photoshop Hourly Rate Histogram

Photoshop
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 Photoshop 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 +49 502 £275 -3.50%
London +14 235 £300 -
South East +58 145 £250 -12.28%
Berkshire +39 72 £255 -15.00%
City of London +17 62 £300 -0.16%
East of England +28 39 £275 -8.33%
North West +34 36 £213 -14.90%
Slough +2 36 £265 -17.18%
Scotland +9 33 £325 +36.84%
Manchester +30 30 £200 -20.00%
Surrey +26 21 £214 -14.50%
West Midlands +11 20 £260 +73.33%
South West +34 18 £175 -30.00%
Reading +29 18 £188 -
Hertfordshire +13 18 £373 +2.75%
Edinburgh +14 16 £319 +27.50%
East Sussex +17 12 - -
Windsor +9 10 - -
Hampshire -13 10 £260 +15.55%
Brighton - 10 - -
Oxfordshire +8 9 £185 -32.72%
Guildford - 9 £175 -
Buckinghamshire +10 8 £188 -6.25%
Devon - 8 £250 -
Wales +15 7 £180 -
Essex -1 7 £275 +57.14%
Glasgow -8 7 £325 +44.44%
East Midlands -12 7 £244 +21.87%
Stirling - 7 £238 -
Cambridgeshire +8 6 £275 +22.22%

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 567 (59.56%) HTML
1 567 (59.56%) CSS
2 439 (46.11%) JavaScript
3 339 (35.61%) Adobe Illustrator
4 331 (34.77%) jQuery
5 312 (32.77%) Adobe
6 274 (28.78%) HTML5
7 215 (22.58%) CSS3
8 160 (16.81%) Flash
9 157 (16.49%) Marketing
10 146 (15.34%) CMS
11 138 (14.50%) XHTML
12 135 (14.18%) Web Design
13 129 (13.55%) E-Commerce
14 128 (13.45%) Dreamweaver
15 120 (12.61%) PHP
16 117 (12.29%) XML
17 113 (11.87%) Fireworks
18 106 (11.13%) Microsoft
18 106 (11.13%) .NET
19 99 (10.40%) Content Management
20 92 (9.664%) Web Development
21 89 (9.349%) Graphic Design
22 87 (9.139%) Ajax
23 79 (8.298%) SEO
24 73 (7.668%) Degree
25 71 (7.458%) MS Office
26 69 (7.248%) Java
26 69 (7.248%) OO
26 69 (7.248%) Agile Software Development

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 567 (59.56%) HTML
1 567 (59.56%) CSS
2 331 (34.77%) jQuery
3 274 (28.78%) HTML5
4 215 (22.58%) CSS3
5 160 (16.81%) Flash
6 138 (14.50%) XHTML
7 117 (12.29%) XML
8 106 (11.13%) .NET
9 87 (9.139%) Ajax
10 64 (6.723%) ASP.NET
11 59 (6.197%) XSLT
12 54 (5.672%) JSP
13 41 (4.307%) JSON
13 41 (4.307%) Web Services
14 26 (2.731%) KnockoutJS
15 25 (2.626%) Sass
16 20 (2.101%) WPF
17 19 (1.996%) DOM
18 18 (1.891%) REST
Application Platforms
1 146 (15.34%) CMS
2 54 (5.672%) Drupal
3 35 (3.676%) WordPress
4 30 (3.151%) SharePoint
5 25 (2.626%) IIS
6 23 (2.416%) Apache
7 19 (1.996%) Adobe CQ
8 13 (1.366%) SharePoint 2010
9 11 (1.155%) Umbraco
9 11 (1.155%) Joomla!
10 9 (0.945%) Magento
11 8 (0.840%) Exchange Server 2010
11 8 (0.840%) MS Exchange
12 7 (0.735%) Liferay
12 7 (0.735%) Exchange Server 2003
12 7 (0.735%) Kentico
13 6 (0.630%) Sitefinity
13 6 (0.630%) TeamSite
13 6 (0.630%) Sitecore CMS
14 4 (0.420%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 339 (35.61%) Adobe Illustrator
2 113 (11.87%) Fireworks
3 71 (7.458%) MS Office
4 55 (5.777%) InDesign
5 44 (4.622%) MS Visio
6 38 (3.992%) MS Excel
7 33 (3.466%) Acrobat
8 32 (3.361%) MS PowerPoint
9 21 (2.206%) OmniGraffle
10 20 (2.101%) Adobe After Effects
11 17 (1.786%) GIMP
12 11 (1.155%) QuarkXPress
13 8 (0.840%) Adobe Premiere
14 5 (0.525%) Maya
15 4 (0.420%) FreeHand
15 4 (0.420%) InfoPath
16 3 (0.315%) Vectorworks
16 3 (0.315%) ZBrush
17 2 (0.210%) Office 365
17 2 (0.210%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 26 (2.731%) Google Analytics
2 3 (0.315%) Summit
3 2 (0.210%) SiteCatalyst
4 1 (0.105%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.105%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 49 (5.147%) Intranet
1 49 (5.147%) Internet
2 14 (1.471%) FTP
3 13 (1.366%) HTTP
4 7 (0.735%) DHCP
4 7 (0.735%) DNS
5 6 (0.630%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.630%) LAN
5 6 (0.630%) SMS
6 5 (0.525%) SSL
7 3 (0.315%) SAN
7 3 (0.315%) WAN
8 2 (0.210%) ATM
8 2 (0.210%) Extranet
9 1 (0.105%) NFC
9 1 (0.105%) NAS
9 1 (0.105%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.151%) MySQL
2 28 (2.941%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.261%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (0.735%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (0.420%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (0.210%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.210%) FileMaker
7 1 (0.105%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.105%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.105%) TOAD
7 1 (0.105%) MS Access
7 1 (0.105%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.105%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.105%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.105%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.105%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 128 (13.45%) Dreamweaver
2 59 (6.197%) Axure RP
3 52 (5.462%) Subversion
4 34 (3.571%) Git (software)
5 21 (2.206%) Eclipse
6 20 (2.101%) Expression Blend
7 18 (1.891%) Visual Studio
8 15 (1.576%) Selenium
9 14 (1.471%) Balsamiq Mockups
9 14 (1.471%) Xcode
10 11 (1.155%) Mercurial
10 11 (1.155%) GitHub
10 11 (1.155%) Trac
11 10 (1.050%) JUnit
12 9 (0.945%) JIRA
12 9 (0.945%) Jasmine
13 8 (0.840%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.735%) Flash Builder
14 7 (0.735%) Team Foundation Server
14 7 (0.735%) Maven
General
1 157 (16.49%) Marketing
2 66 (6.933%) Finance
3 65 (6.828%) Publishing
4 49 (5.147%) Banking
5 43 (4.517%) Retail
6 35 (3.676%) Telecoms
7 30 (3.151%) Games
8 29 (3.046%) Advertising
9 21 (2.206%) Investment Banking
10 19 (1.996%) Legal
11 13 (1.366%) German Language
11 13 (1.366%) Multimedia
12 10 (1.050%) Japanese Language
13 9 (0.945%) Korean Language
13 9 (0.945%) Front Office
14 8 (0.840%) Automotive
14 8 (0.840%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.735%) French Language
15 7 (0.735%) Interactive Media
16 6 (0.630%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 417 (43.80%) Developer
2 334 (35.08%) Designer
3 163 (17.12%) Front-End Developer
4 132 (13.87%) Web Developer
5 113 (11.87%) Web Designer
6 59 (6.197%) User Experience Designer
7 45 (4.727%) Graphic Designer
8 42 (4.412%) UI Developer
9 37 (3.887%) UI Programmer
10 36 (3.782%) UI Designer
11 35 (3.676%) Front-End Web Developer
12 34 (3.571%) PHP Developer
13 33 (3.466%) HTML Developer
14 32 (3.361%) Photoshop Designer
14 32 (3.361%) Digital Designer
15 29 (3.046%) Web Producer
16 28 (2.941%) Senior Developer
17 27 (2.836%) Junior
17 27 (2.836%) Senior Designer
18 25 (2.626%) Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 89 (9.349%) Graphic Design
2 57 (5.987%) W3C
3 56 (5.882%) Digital Media
4 52 (5.462%) Mobile App
5 34 (3.571%) Social Media
6 32 (3.361%) Animation
7 26 (2.731%) iPad
8 23 (2.416%) Open Source
9 22 (2.311%) New Media
10 20 (2.101%) E-Learning
10 20 (2.101%) Visualisation
11 12 (1.261%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.261%) Web 2.0
11 12 (1.261%) iPhone
12 11 (1.155%) Interactive TV
12 11 (1.155%) Copywriting
12 11 (1.155%) Photography
13 10 (1.050%) Video Editing
14 9 (0.945%) Statistics
14 9 (0.945%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.618%) Android
2 51 (5.357%) Apple iOS
3 33 (3.466%) Windows
4 25 (2.626%) Linux
5 11 (1.155%) UNIX
6 8 (0.840%) Windows 7
6 8 (0.840%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (0.735%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (0.525%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.525%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.315%) Windows XP
9 3 (0.315%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.315%) Windows Phone 8
9 3 (0.315%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.105%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (14.18%) Web Design
2 129 (13.55%) E-Commerce
3 99 (10.40%) Content Management
4 92 (9.664%) Web Development
5 79 (8.298%) SEO
6 69 (7.248%) OO
6 69 (7.248%) Agile Software Development
7 55 (5.777%) Information Architecture
8 48 (5.042%) Project Management
9 45 (4.727%) Analytics
10 43 (4.517%) MVC
11 42 (4.412%) Unit Testing
12 39 (4.097%) Scrum
13 29 (3.046%) Time Management
14 27 (2.836%) Usability Testing
15 25 (2.626%) User Experience Design
16 23 (2.416%) TDD
16 23 (2.416%) Workflow
17 22 (2.311%) Web Accessibility
17 22 (2.311%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 439 (46.11%) JavaScript
2 120 (12.61%) PHP
3 69 (7.248%) Java
4 48 (5.042%) C#
5 43 (4.517%) SQL
6 42 (4.412%) ActionScript
7 26 (2.731%) XAML
8 24 (2.521%) Objective-C
9 23 (2.416%) ActionScript 3.0
10 18 (1.891%) Perl
11 16 (1.681%) Python
12 14 (1.471%) C++
12 14 (1.471%) PHP5
13 11 (1.155%) XPath
14 9 (0.945%) C
15 8 (0.840%) VB.NET
16 7 (0.735%) Ruby
17 6 (0.630%) ActionScript 2.0
17 6 (0.630%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.420%) RPG
Qualifications
1 73 (7.668%) Degree
2 15 (1.576%) Security Cleared
3 10 (1.050%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (1.050%) SC Cleared
4 4 (0.420%) MCP
4 4 (0.420%) IBM Certification
5 2 (0.210%) HND
5 2 (0.210%) ACSP
6 1 (0.105%) MCITP
6 1 (0.105%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.105%) ACTC
6 1 (0.105%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.101%) QA
2 15 (1.576%) WAI
3 9 (0.945%) WCAG
4 6 (0.630%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.315%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 8 (0.840%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.420%) Hyper-V
2 4 (0.420%) VMware Server
3 3 (0.315%) MetaFrame
4 2 (0.210%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.105%) vSphere
5 1 (0.105%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.210%) Plesk
2 1 (0.105%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 312 (32.77%) Adobe
2 106 (11.13%) Microsoft
3 37 (3.887%) Google
4 27 (2.836%) Facebook
5 25 (2.626%) Apple
6 24 (2.521%) Twitter
7 14 (1.471%) Interwoven
8 12 (1.261%) IBM
9 11 (1.155%) Quark
10 9 (0.945%) Oracle
11 8 (0.840%) Sencha
11 8 (0.840%) Orchard
12 7 (0.735%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.630%) HP
13 6 (0.630%) VMware
13 6 (0.630%) Sitecore
14 4 (0.420%) Omniture
15 3 (0.315%) Zend
15 3 (0.315%) Yahoo!
15 3 (0.315%) RedDot
South East
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