The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Cheshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 102 81 84
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +3
Permanent jobs citing Adobe 16 47 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.887% 2.399% 2.017%
As % of the Vendors category 1.914% 5.281% 4.681%
Number of salaries quoted 16 40 25
Average salary £29,250 £29,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.84% -1.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £22,807 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £36,500 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,750 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-2.30% +4.83%
All Vendors
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
836 890 705
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 46.37% 45.43% 43.09%
Number of salaries quoted 650 775 590
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Adobe
North West

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Adobe across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheshire Adobe Jobs Demand Trend

Adobe
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Adobe Salary Trend

Adobe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Adobe across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Adobe Salary Histogram

Adobe
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Macclesfield -14 8 £28,000 -6.66%
Chester -13 6 £30,000 +31.54%
Adobe
North West

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Adobe.

1 46 (79.31%) HTML
2 45 (77.59%) CSS
3 36 (62.07%) JavaScript
4 35 (60.34%) HTML5
5 33 (56.90%) jQuery
6 31 (53.45%) Flash
7 29 (50.00%) Photoshop
8 25 (43.10%) Adobe Illustrator
9 19 (32.76%) Ajax
9 19 (32.76%) CSS3
10 16 (27.59%) Dreamweaver
10 16 (27.59%) PHP
11 13 (22.41%) ActionScript
11 13 (22.41%) E-Commerce
11 13 (22.41%) Fireworks
11 13 (22.41%) ActionScript 3.0
12 12 (20.69%) Digital Media
12 12 (20.69%) XHTML
12 12 (20.69%) Web Services
12 12 (20.69%) Software Testing
13 10 (17.24%) MySQL
14 9 (15.52%) WordPress
14 9 (15.52%) Web Design
14 9 (15.52%) Magento
15 8 (13.79%) Marketing
15 8 (13.79%) MS Office
16 7 (12.07%) SQL
16 7 (12.07%) Internet
17 6 (10.34%) Apple iOS
17 6 (10.34%) Android

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Adobe. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 46 (79.31%) HTML
2 45 (77.59%) CSS
3 35 (60.34%) HTML5
4 33 (56.90%) jQuery
5 31 (53.45%) Flash
6 19 (32.76%) Ajax
6 19 (32.76%) CSS3
7 12 (20.69%) XHTML
7 12 (20.69%) Web Services
8 5 (8.621%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (5.172%) .NET
9 3 (5.172%) Sass
10 2 (3.448%) Sencha Touch
10 2 (3.448%) LAMP
11 1 (1.724%) COM
11 1 (1.724%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 9 (15.52%) WordPress
1 9 (15.52%) Magento
2 4 (6.897%) CMS
3 3 (5.172%) Drupal
Applications
1 29 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 25 (43.10%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (22.41%) Fireworks
4 8 (13.79%) MS Office
5 4 (6.897%) MS Excel
6 3 (5.172%) MS Visio
6 3 (5.172%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (3.448%) Acrobat
7 2 (3.448%) MS Project
8 1 (1.724%) Final Cut Pro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) Internet
2 2 (3.448%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (27.59%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (3.448%) PhoneGap
General
1 8 (13.79%) Marketing
2 2 (3.448%) Retail
2 2 (3.448%) Multimedia
2 2 (3.448%) Finance
2 2 (3.448%) Publishing
3 1 (1.724%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.724%) Advertising
3 1 (1.724%) French Language
3 1 (1.724%) German Language
Job Titles
1 28 (48.28%) Developer
2 26 (44.83%) Designer
3 25 (43.10%) Web Designer
4 18 (31.03%) Web Developer
5 7 (12.07%) Front-End Developer
5 7 (12.07%) Mobile Developer
6 3 (5.172%) Photoshop Designer
7 2 (3.448%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 2 (3.448%) CSS Developer
7 2 (3.448%) PHP Web Developer
7 2 (3.448%) PHP Developer
7 2 (3.448%) Software Developer
8 1 (1.724%) Consultant
8 1 (1.724%) Author
8 1 (1.724%) Instructional Designer
8 1 (1.724%) E-Learning Developer
8 1 (1.724%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Digital Media
2 5 (8.621%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.172%) W3C
3 3 (5.172%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.724%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Apple iOS
1 6 (10.34%) Android
2 2 (3.448%) UNIX
2 2 (3.448%) Windows
2 2 (3.448%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) E-Commerce
2 12 (20.69%) Software Testing
3 9 (15.52%) Web Design
4 6 (10.34%) Internet Marketing
5 5 (8.621%) Mobile Application Development
6 4 (6.897%) Web Development
7 3 (5.172%) SEO
8 2 (3.448%) Web Accessibility
8 2 (3.448%) MVC
8 2 (3.448%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (3.448%) Project Management
9 1 (1.724%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (1.724%) Time Management
9 1 (1.724%) Social Media Marketing
9 1 (1.724%) Information Architecture
9 1 (1.724%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 36 (62.07%) JavaScript
2 16 (27.59%) PHP
3 13 (22.41%) ActionScript
3 13 (22.41%) ActionScript 3.0
4 7 (12.07%) SQL
5 1 (1.724%) Objective-C
5 1 (1.724%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 1 (1.724%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (3.448%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (5.172%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.448%) Sencha
2 2 (3.448%) Facebook
2 2 (3.448%) Sun
3 1 (1.724%) Google
3 1 (1.724%) Twitter
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