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.
| Adobe Photoshop |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 218 | 210 | 196 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -8 | -14 |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 490 | 520 | 459 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.828 % | 0.847 % | 0.834 % |
| As % of the Applications category | 6.236 % | 6.633 % | 6.861 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 255 | 286 | 244 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £275 | £233 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £154 | £141 | £157 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £390 | £500 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £225 | £250 | £213 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 34 | 33 | 27 |
| Average hourly rate | £19.13 | £19.00 | £22.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.50 | £13.10 | £14.80 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £35.00 | £27.80 | £49.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.00 | £18.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category | 7857 | 7840 | 6690 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 13.28 % | 12.78 % | 12.15 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4042 | 3875 | 2923 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £330 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £180 | £180 | £158 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £525 | £575 | £550 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £310 | £310 | £255 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 779 | 901 | 817 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.50 | £16.00 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.70 | £10.48 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £37.00 | £35.00 | £30.40 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.50 | £16.00 | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
