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The table below looks at the demand for Adobe Fireworks skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Fireworks over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe Fireworks
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank231251
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching permanent IT job ads2329
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.487 %1.539 %
Salaries quoted2227
Average minimum salary£24,952£24,000
Average salary£28,476£26,204
% change on same period last year+8.67 %
Average maximum salary£32,000£28,407
UK excluding London average salary£28,212£27,199
% change on same period last year+3.72 %
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads15471884
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.896 %0.811 %
Salaries quoted13691642
Average minimum salary£27,351£30,692
Average salary£30,179£32,974
% change on same period last year-8.47 %
Average maximum salary£33,007£35,255
UK excluding London average salary£33,370£33,501
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Fireworks EnglandFireworks
England

Fireworks
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Fireworks across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

North West Fireworks Demand Trend

Fireworks
Salary Trend

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

North West Fireworks Salary Trend

Fireworks
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Fireworks across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North West Fireworks Salary Histogram

Fireworks
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fireworks within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
ManchesterUp+3819£27,842+6.84 %
LancashireNew entry-7£27,786-
CheshireDown-76£30,000+11.45 %
MerseysideNew entry-5£30,000-
CumbriaNew entry-1£22,500-
Fireworks EnglandFireworks
England

Fireworks
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks.

148 (90.57 %)Photoshop
244 (83.02 %)CSS
342 (79.25 %)HTML
441 (77.36 %)Dreamweaver
540 (75.47 %)Flash
632 (60.38 %)XHTML
729 (54.72 %)Adobe Illustrator
822 (41.51 %)JavaScript
921 (39.62 %).NET
1019 (35.85 %)PHP
1118 (33.96 %)ASP.NET
1216 (30.19 %)MySQL
1314 (26.42 %)VB.NET
1314 (26.42 %)W3C
1314 (26.42 %)AJAX
1413 (24.53 %)Adobe
1413 (24.53 %)SQL
1413 (24.53 %)DHTML
1413 (24.53 %)XML
1512 (22.64 %)E-Commerce
1512 (22.64 %)SQL Server
1512 (22.64 %)Microsoft
1512 (22.64 %)Web Design
1611 (20.75 %)SQL Server 2000
1611 (20.75 %)C#
179 (16.98 %)MS Excel
179 (16.98 %)Content Management
188 (15.09 %)Web Development
188 (15.09 %)Visual Studio
197 (13.21 %)Linux

Fireworks
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing Fireworks 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 Fireworks. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
144 (83.02 %)CSS
242 (79.25 %)HTML
332 (60.38 %)XHTML
421 (39.62 %).NET
518 (33.96 %)ASP.NET
614 (26.42 %)AJAX
713 (24.53 %)XML
87 (13.21 %)Adobe Flex
94 (7.547 %)ASP
102 (3.774 %)WebServices
111 (1.887 %).NET Framework
111 (1.887 %)Drupal
111 (1.887 %)jQuery
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (9.434 %)Apache
22 (3.774 %)SharePoint
31 (1.887 %)CMS
31 (1.887 %)IIS
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
148 (90.57 %)Photoshop
229 (54.72 %)Adobe Illustrator
39 (16.98 %)MS Excel
47 (13.21 %)Acrobat
55 (9.434 %)Shockwave
63 (5.660 %)QuarkXPress
71 (1.887 %)MS Visio
71 (1.887 %)MS Office
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (11.32 %)Intranet
22 (3.774 %)Internet
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (30.19 %)MySQL
212 (22.64 %)SQL Server
311 (20.75 %)SQL Server 2000
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
141 (77.36 %)Dreamweaver
240 (75.47 %)Flash
38 (15.09 %)Visual Studio
41 (1.887 %)FrontPage
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (11.32 %)Marketing
24 (7.547 %)Finance
33 (5.660 %)Pensions
42 (3.774 %)Advertising
51 (1.887 %)Retail
51 (1.887 %)Multimedia
51 (1.887 %)Graphic Design
51 (1.887 %)Interactive Media
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
133 (62.26 %)Developer
227 (50.94 %)Web Developer
324 (45.28 %)Web Designer
47 (13.21 %).NET Developer
55 (9.434 %).NET Web Developer
64 (7.547 %)Flash Developer
64 (7.547 %)Senior Web Designer
64 (7.547 %)Photoshop Designer
73 (5.660 %)PHP Developer
73 (5.660 %)Graphic Designer
73 (5.660 %)PHP Web Developer
82 (3.774 %)Senior Web Developer
82 (3.774 %)ASP Developer
82 (3.774 %)Website Designer
82 (3.774 %)Senior Developer
91 (1.887 %)Website Developer
91 (1.887 %)UI Designer
91 (1.887 %)UI Developer
91 (1.887 %)Senior UI Developer
91 (1.887 %)HTML Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (26.42 %)W3C
22 (3.774 %)Tandem
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (13.21 %)Linux
26 (11.32 %)Windows
31 (1.887 %)Windows Server 2003
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (22.64 %)E-Commerce
112 (22.64 %)Web Design
29 (16.98 %)Content Management
38 (15.09 %)Web Development
45 (9.434 %)SEO
45 (9.434 %)Validation
52 (3.774 %)Internet Marketing
52 (3.774 %)OO
61 (1.887 %)Digital Marketing
61 (1.887 %)Time Management
61 (1.887 %)B2B
61 (1.887 %)E-business
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (41.51 %)JavaScript
219 (35.85 %)PHP
314 (26.42 %)VB.NET
413 (24.53 %)DHTML
413 (24.53 %)SQL
511 (20.75 %)C#
64 (7.547 %)ActionScript
71 (1.887 %)C
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.774 %)Degree
21 (1.887 %)HND
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (24.53 %)Adobe
212 (22.64 %)Microsoft
35 (9.434 %)Quark
41 (1.887 %)Macromedia