The first table below looks at the demand for FreeHand skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FreeHand 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe FreeHand
Rank 830 857 842
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -15
Permanent jobs citing FreeHand 11 9 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.011% 0.008% 0.007%
As % of the Applications category 0.071% 0.059% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 8
Average salary £17,500 £26,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.96% -3.63%
UK excluding London average salary £17,500 £26,025 £27,500
% change year-on-year
-32.75% -5.36%
All Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
15559 15276 16402
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 15.38% 13.48% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 12892 13244 13983
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,731 £33,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+3.67% -0.74%
FreeHand
UK

FreeHand
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England FreeHand Jobs Demand Trend

FreeHand
Salary Trend

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

England FreeHand Salary Trend

FreeHand
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FreeHand within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of England - 10 £17,500 -
London +48 1 - -
FreeHand
UK

FreeHand
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing FreeHand 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 FreeHand.

1 17 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 12 (70.59%) Graphic Design
3 10 (58.82%) Photoshop
4 6 (35.29%) Retail
5 5 (29.41%) InDesign
5 5 (29.41%) Advertising
5 5 (29.41%) E-Commerce
5 5 (29.41%) Adobe
5 5 (29.41%) Photography
6 4 (23.53%) 3ds Max
7 3 (17.65%) Flash
7 3 (17.65%) Acrobat
7 3 (17.65%) QuarkXPress
7 3 (17.65%) Dreamweaver
8 2 (11.76%) B2B
8 2 (11.76%) Project Management
8 2 (11.76%) Publishing
8 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
8 2 (11.76%) E-Learning
8 2 (11.76%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (11.76%) Copywriting
8 2 (11.76%) New Media
8 2 (11.76%) Marketing
8 2 (11.76%) Degree
9 1 (5.882%) jQuery
9 1 (5.882%) Vectorworks
9 1 (5.882%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (5.882%) Banking
9 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
9 1 (5.882%) Web Design

FreeHand
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing FreeHand 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 FreeHand. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) Flash
2 1 (5.882%) jQuery
2 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.882%) CSS
2 1 (5.882%) HTML
2 1 (5.882%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (58.82%) Photoshop
3 5 (29.41%) InDesign
4 4 (23.53%) 3ds Max
5 3 (17.65%) Acrobat
5 3 (17.65%) QuarkXPress
6 2 (11.76%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (5.882%) Vectorworks
7 1 (5.882%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (5.882%) Fireworks
7 1 (5.882%) AutoCAD
7 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (35.29%) Retail
2 5 (29.41%) Advertising
3 2 (11.76%) Publishing
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
4 1 (5.882%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (82.35%) Designer
2 13 (76.47%) Graphic Designer
3 5 (29.41%) Photoshop Designer
4 1 (5.882%) E-Learning Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Graphic Design
2 5 (29.41%) Photography
3 2 (11.76%) E-Learning
3 2 (11.76%) Copywriting
3 2 (11.76%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) E-Commerce
2 2 (11.76%) B2B
2 2 (11.76%) Project Management
3 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
3 1 (5.882%) Web Design
3 1 (5.882%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Adobe
2 1 (5.882%) SolidWorks
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
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