The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe 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 Vendors for the Liverpool 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 46 67 55
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -12
Permanent jobs citing Adobe 7 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 1.913% 0.791% 0.633%
As % of the Vendors category 4.268% 1.606% 1.064%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 2
Average salary £26,000 £34,500 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.63% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +3.17%
All Vendors
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
164 249 188
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 44.81% 49.21% 59.49%
Number of salaries quoted 140 216 161
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,250 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Adobe
Merseyside

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Adobe Salary Trend

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 11 (91.67%) JavaScript
1 11 (91.67%) Photoshop
1 11 (91.67%) CSS
2 9 (75.00%) HTML5
3 7 (58.33%) Social Media
4 6 (50.00%) Dreamweaver
4 6 (50.00%) HTML
5 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (41.67%) Social Network
5 5 (41.67%) CSS3
6 4 (33.33%) Memory Management
6 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
6 4 (33.33%) jQuery
6 4 (33.33%) Apple
6 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 4 (33.33%) Time Management
6 4 (33.33%) Android
6 4 (33.33%) Objective-C
6 4 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (33.33%) HTTP
6 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
6 4 (33.33%) Java
6 4 (33.33%) OO
6 4 (33.33%) Python
7 3 (25.00%) Flash
8 2 (16.67%) Open Source
8 2 (16.67%) Marketing
8 2 (16.67%) Web Development
8 2 (16.67%) Web Design
8 2 (16.67%) SEO

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 11 (91.67%) CSS
2 9 (75.00%) HTML5
3 6 (50.00%) HTML
4 5 (41.67%) CSS3
5 4 (33.33%) jQuery
6 3 (25.00%) Flash
7 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
7 1 (8.333%) .NET
7 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) CMS
1 1 (8.333%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (91.67%) Photoshop
2 4 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio
2 1 (8.333%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (8.333%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Designer
2 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Front-End Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Web Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Designer
4 2 (16.67%) Front-End Web Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Web Designer
5 1 (8.333%) Web Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) Lead Designer
5 1 (8.333%) Programmer
5 1 (8.333%) User Experience Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Social Media
2 5 (41.67%) Social Network
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (16.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 4 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (33.33%) Memory Management
2 4 (33.33%) Time Management
2 4 (33.33%) OO
3 2 (16.67%) Web Development
3 2 (16.67%) Web Design
3 2 (16.67%) SEO
4 1 (8.333%) MVC
4 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.333%) B2B
4 1 (8.333%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) Objective-C
2 4 (33.33%) Java
2 4 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (8.333%) C#
3 1 (8.333%) PHP
3 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Zend