Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Quark products and/or services in IT jobs within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Quark over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuark
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank235268
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching permanent IT job ads518
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.120 %0.298 %
Salaries quoted518
Average minimum salary£23,000£26,889
Average salary£25,200£30,389
% change on same period last year-17.07 %
Average maximum salary£27,400£33,889
UK excluding London average salary£25,877£27,620
% change on same period last year-6.30 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads41686038
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.689 %2.703 %
Salaries quoted34324844
Average minimum salary£40,812£38,563
Average salary£44,545£42,471
% change on same period last year+4.88 %
Average maximum salary£48,277£46,379
UK excluding London average salary£40,856£41,956
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Quark South EastQuark
South East

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

Quark
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Quark Demand Trend

Quark
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Quark Salary Trend

Quark
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Quark across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Quark Salary Histogram

Quark
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quark within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SloughNew entry-3£27,000-
WokinghamDown-172£22,500-29.68 %
Quark South EastQuark
South East

Quark
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Quark 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 Quark.

117 (70.83 %)QuarkXPress
216 (66.67 %)Photoshop
216 (66.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
313 (54.17 %)Adobe
410 (41.67 %)Flash
59 (37.50 %)Dreamweaver
68 (33.33 %)Mac OS X
68 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
68 (33.33 %)CSS
68 (33.33 %)Windows
68 (33.33 %)Windows XP
68 (33.33 %)Publishing
68 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
68 (33.33 %)Mac OS X Server
77 (29.17 %)HTML
85 (20.83 %)Web Design
94 (16.67 %)Marketing
103 (12.50 %)Graphic Design
103 (12.50 %)Multimedia
103 (12.50 %)Fireworks
103 (12.50 %)B2B
103 (12.50 %)B2C
112 (8.333 %)Workflow
112 (8.333 %)C
112 (8.333 %)XHTML
112 (8.333 %)XMPie
121 (4.167 %)Direct Marketing
121 (4.167 %)Pensions
121 (4.167 %)InDesign
121 (4.167 %)E-Commerce

Quark
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Quark 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 Quark. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (33.33 %)CSS
27 (29.17 %)HTML
32 (8.333 %)XHTML
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (70.83 %)QuarkXPress
216 (66.67 %)Photoshop
216 (66.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
33 (12.50 %)Fireworks
41 (4.167 %)Acrobat
41 (4.167 %)InDesign
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (41.67 %)Flash
29 (37.50 %)Dreamweaver
31 (4.167 %)Visual Studio
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (33.33 %)Publishing
24 (16.67 %)Marketing
33 (12.50 %)Graphic Design
33 (12.50 %)Multimedia
41 (4.167 %)Pensions
41 (4.167 %)Health
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (20.83 %)Creative Designer
23 (12.50 %)Web Designer
23 (12.50 %)Graphic Designer
32 (8.333 %)Multimedia Designer
32 (8.333 %)Digital Producer
41 (4.167 %)Web Editor
41 (4.167 %)Photoshop Designer
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (33.33 %)Windows
18 (33.33 %)Windows XP
18 (33.33 %)Mac OS X
18 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
18 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
18 (33.33 %)Mac OS X Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.83 %)Web Design
23 (12.50 %)B2B
23 (12.50 %)B2C
32 (8.333 %)Workflow
41 (4.167 %)Direct Marketing
41 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (8.333 %)C
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (54.17 %)Adobe
22 (8.333 %)XMPie