The first table below looks at the demand for Photoshop skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. 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 for the Wales region.

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 37 52 60
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +8
Contract jobs citing Photoshop 7 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.643% 0.351% 0.152%
As % of the Applications category 9.589% 3.175% 1.351%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £180 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £258 £250 £250
% change year-on-year
+3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £17.26 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+102.83% -9.18%
All Applications
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
73 63 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 17.14% 11.05% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 30 35
Average daily rate £225 £250 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £177 £105
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.50 £12.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £10.05 £10.51
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.85 £13.90 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
Photoshop
UK

Photoshop
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales Photoshop Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales Photoshop Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop
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 Wales region 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
South Wales +6 6 £180 -
West Wales - 1 £175 -
Photoshop
UK

Photoshop
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 10 (66.67%) CSS
2 9 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (53.33%) Flash
3 8 (53.33%) HTML
4 7 (46.67%) HTML5
5 5 (33.33%) Web Design
5 5 (33.33%) Time Management
5 5 (33.33%) Mac OS
5 5 (33.33%) Digital Media
5 5 (33.33%) Degree
5 5 (33.33%) Graphic Design
6 4 (26.67%) Animation
6 4 (26.67%) CMS
6 4 (26.67%) Social Media
7 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (20.00%) Adobe
7 3 (20.00%) Fireworks
7 3 (20.00%) Internet
8 2 (13.33%) HND
8 2 (13.33%) ActionScript
8 2 (13.33%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (13.33%) Maya
8 2 (13.33%) Copywriting
8 2 (13.33%) SEO
8 2 (13.33%) 3D Modelling
8 2 (13.33%) ZBrush
9 1 (6.667%) jQuery
9 1 (6.667%) Statistics
9 1 (6.667%) WordPress
9 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared

Photoshop
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 10 (66.67%) CSS
2 8 (53.33%) Flash
2 8 (53.33%) HTML
3 7 (46.67%) HTML5
4 1 (6.667%) jQuery
4 1 (6.667%) CSS3
4 1 (6.667%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) CMS
2 1 (6.667%) WordPress
2 1 (6.667%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (20.00%) Fireworks
3 2 (13.33%) Maya
3 2 (13.33%) ZBrush
4 1 (6.667%) InDesign
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) Big Data
1 1 (6.667%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (6.667%) MySQL
General
1 1 (6.667%) Advertising
1 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Designer
2 7 (46.67%) Graphic Designer
3 3 (20.00%) Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Graduate
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Designer
4 2 (13.33%) Interactive Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Interactive Designer
5 1 (6.667%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Digital Media
1 5 (33.33%) Graphic Design
2 4 (26.67%) Animation
2 4 (26.67%) Social Media
3 2 (13.33%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (13.33%) Copywriting
4 1 (6.667%) Statistics
4 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
4 1 (6.667%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Web Design
1 5 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (13.33%) SEO
2 2 (13.33%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (6.667%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (6.667%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (6.667%) E-Commerce
3 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (13.33%) ActionScript
3 1 (6.667%) Perl
3 1 (6.667%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) HND
3 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (6.667%) Autodesk