The first table below looks at the demand for Acrobat skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 17 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe Acrobat
Rank 209 217 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing Acrobat 6 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.117% 0.098% -
As % of the Applications category 0.667% 0.772% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 0
Average salary £47,500 £30,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.02% -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £28,721 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-12.95% -4.26%
All Applications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
899 777 661
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 17.47% 12.67% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 695 684 523
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
Acrobat
South East

Acrobat
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Acrobat across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Berkshire Acrobat Jobs Demand Trend

Acrobat
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Acrobat across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Acrobat Salary Trend

Acrobat
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acrobat within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -2 1 £44,202 +24.51%
Acrobat
South East

Acrobat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Acrobat 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Acrobat.

1 14 (70.00%) MS Office
2 12 (60.00%) HTML
3 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
4 9 (45.00%) Photoshop
5 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
5 7 (35.00%) XMetaL
5 7 (35.00%) Open Source
6 5 (25.00%) HTML5
6 5 (25.00%) CSS3
6 5 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (25.00%) Ajax
6 5 (25.00%) Web Development
6 5 (25.00%) jQuery
6 5 (25.00%) Flash
6 5 (25.00%) XHTML
6 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 5 (25.00%) XML
6 5 (25.00%) CSS
6 5 (25.00%) JSP
6 5 (25.00%) W3C
7 4 (20.00%) Internet
7 4 (20.00%) Adobe
7 4 (20.00%) Quark
7 4 (20.00%) QuarkXPress
7 4 (20.00%) Windows
7 4 (20.00%) Linux
7 4 (20.00%) DHCP
7 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
7 4 (20.00%) Android
7 4 (20.00%) Degree

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Acrobat also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Acrobat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (60.00%) HTML
2 5 (25.00%) CSS
2 5 (25.00%) JSP
2 5 (25.00%) XML
2 5 (25.00%) Flash
2 5 (25.00%) XHTML
2 5 (25.00%) Ajax
2 5 (25.00%) jQuery
2 5 (25.00%) HTML5
2 5 (25.00%) CSS3
3 4 (20.00%) LAMP
4 1 (5.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) Drupal
2 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (70.00%) MS Office
2 9 (45.00%) Photoshop
3 7 (35.00%) XMetaL
3 7 (35.00%) MS Excel
4 5 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (20.00%) Google Apps
5 4 (20.00%) QuarkXPress
6 2 (10.00%) RoboHelp
6 2 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) DHCP
1 4 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (5.000%) Wireless
2 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.000%) LAN
General
1 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Author
1 9 (45.00%) Technical Author
2 5 (25.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Web Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Web Designer
2 5 (25.00%) Front-End Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Front-End Web Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Designer
3 4 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Junior
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Writer
4 2 (10.00%) Documentation Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support
5 1 (5.000%) Junior IT Support
5 1 (5.000%) Junior Support Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Open Source
2 5 (25.00%) W3C
3 1 (5.000%) Thin Client
3 1 (5.000%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.000%) Statistics
3 1 (5.000%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
1 4 (20.00%) Android
1 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Web Development
2 2 (10.00%) Validation
3 1 (5.000%) Project Management
3 1 (5.000%) Time Management
3 1 (5.000%) Performance Management
3 1 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.000%) MCP
2 1 (5.000%) MCSA
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Adobe
1 4 (20.00%) Quark
1 4 (20.00%) Google
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft