Yorkshire Adobe Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT contracts within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Amersham Barnsley Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chichester City of London Corby County Antrim Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastbourne Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Lewes London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans St Helens Staines Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Windsor Woking Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	96	132
Rank change on same period last year	+36
Matching contract IT job ads	10	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	1.082 %	0.523 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£120	-
Average daily rate	£135	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£150	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£278	£232
% change on same period last year	+20.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£17.00
Average hourly rate	£27.50	£21.63
% change on same period last year	+27.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.60	£20.60
% change on same period last year	+24.24 %
Vendors Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	924	1531
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.492 %	1.670 %
Daily rates quoted	194	336
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£310
Average daily rate	£360	£322
% change on same period last year	+11.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	135	161
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.95	£23.86
Average hourly rate	£21.81	£25.02
% change on same period last year	-12.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.66	£26.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.86	£24.00
% change on same period last year	-0.59 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Adobe Systems, Inc.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Adobe across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Adobe across the Yorkshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Adobe across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Adobe across the Yorkshire region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 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.

Location	Rank 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
North Yorkshire	-	3	-	-
South Yorkshire	+22	3	£135	-
West Yorkshire	+12	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Adobe 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 Adobe.

1 11 (68.75 %) Flash 2 9 (56.25 %) CSS 3 8 (50.00 %) HTML 4 6 (37.50 %) JavaScript 4 6 (37.50 %) Photoshop 5 5 (31.25 %) Windows 5 5 (31.25 %) ActionScript 6 4 (25.00 %) .NET 6 4 (25.00 %) XHTML 6 4 (25.00 %) Dreamweaver 6 4 (25.00 %) SEO 7 3 (18.75 %) Adobe Illustrator 7 3 (18.75 %) Web Design 7 3 (18.75 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (18.75 %) Internet

7 3 (18.75 %) Content Management 7 3 (18.75 %) Adobe Flex 7 3 (18.75 %) OOP 7 3 (18.75 %) PHP 8 2 (12.50 %) MySQL 8 2 (12.50 %) SQL Server 8 2 (12.50 %) Linux 8 2 (12.50 %) WebServices 8 2 (12.50 %) OO 8 2 (12.50 %) MS Access 8 2 (12.50 %) E-Commerce 8 2 (12.50 %) Windows XP 8 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft 8 2 (12.50 %) Macromedia 8 2 (12.50 %) Marketing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Adobe 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 Adobe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (56.25 %) CSS 2 8 (50.00 %) HTML 3 4 (25.00 %) .NET 3 4 (25.00 %) XHTML 4 3 (18.75 %) Adobe Flex 5 2 (12.50 %) Drupal 5 2 (12.50 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (12.50 %) WebServices 6 1 (6.250 %) XML 6 1 (6.250 %) ASP 6 1 (6.250 %) WAP 6 1 (6.250 %) LAMP 6 1 (6.250 %) AJAX 6 1 (6.250 %) jQuery	Application Platforms 1 1 (6.250 %) IIS 1 1 (6.250 %) Apache 1 1 (6.250 %) SharePoint 1 1 (6.250 %) CMS
Applications 1 6 (37.50 %) Photoshop 2 3 (18.75 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 2 (12.50 %) InDesign 4 1 (6.250 %) MS Excel 4 1 (6.250 %) Fireworks 4 1 (6.250 %) Maya 4 1 (6.250 %) 3ds Max	Communications & Networking 1 3 (18.75 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (12.50 %) MySQL 1 2 (12.50 %) SQL Server 1 2 (12.50 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 11 (68.75 %) Flash 2 4 (25.00 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (6.250 %) Visual Studio
General 1 2 (12.50 %) Marketing 2 1 (6.250 %) Publishing	Job Titles 1 6 (37.50 %) Developer 2 5 (31.25 %) Web Designer 3 2 (12.50 %) Flash Developer 3 2 (12.50 %) .NET Web Developer 3 2 (12.50 %) .NET Developer 3 2 (12.50 %) Web Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Senior Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Support Analyst 4 1 (6.250 %) 2nd Line Support 4 1 (6.250 %) C# Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Analyst 4 1 (6.250 %) Graphic Designer 4 1 (6.250 %) SharePoint Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Photoshop Designer 4 1 (6.250 %) Flex Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) IT Support Analyst 4 1 (6.250 %) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous 1 1 (6.250 %) W3C 1 1 (6.250 %) E-Learning 1 1 (6.250 %) Web 2.0 1 1 (6.250 %) RIA	Operating Systems 1 5 (31.25 %) Windows 2 3 (18.75 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (12.50 %) Linux 3 2 (12.50 %) Windows XP 4 1 (6.250 %) Mac OS X 4 1 (6.250 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (25.00 %) SEO 2 3 (18.75 %) Web Design 2 3 (18.75 %) Content Management 2 3 (18.75 %) OOP 3 2 (12.50 %) OO 3 2 (12.50 %) E-Commerce 3 2 (12.50 %) Software Engineering 3 2 (12.50 %) Web Development	Programming Languages 1 6 (37.50 %) JavaScript 2 5 (31.25 %) ActionScript 3 3 (18.75 %) PHP 4 1 (6.250 %) C# 4 1 (6.250 %) DHTML
Qualifications 1 2 (12.50 %) Degree	Vendors 1 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft 1 2 (12.50 %) Macromedia 2 1 (6.250 %) Citrix 2 1 (6.250 %) Apple