Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Acrobat skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Acrobat over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category.

LinkAdobe Acrobat
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank637612748
Rank change year-on-year
Down-25Up+136
Matching permanent IT job ads5169234
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.059 %0.081 %0.115 %
As % of the Applications category0.487 %0.600 %0.875 %
Salaries quoted4657207
Average salary£30,000£30,000£30,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£23,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£35,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£28,750£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.160 %-
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryAll Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
104731149526749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK12.19 %13.53 %13.20 %
Salaries quoted8823971222693
Average salary£34,500£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.150 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£21,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£30,000

Acrobat
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Acrobat within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Acrobat Demand Trend

Acrobat
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Acrobat within the UK.

Acrobat Salary Trend

Acrobat
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Acrobat over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 within the UK.

Acrobat Salary Histogram

Acrobat
Top 29 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acrobat within the UK over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-2448£30,000-
LondonUp+626£33,500+42.55 %
South EastDown-2215£27,500-14.06 %
City of LondonNew entry-14£29,250-
BuckinghamshireDown-45£22,500-29.68 %
BuckinghamNew entry-5£22,500-
BerkshireDown-284£42,500+32.81 %
HampshireUp+253£27,500+71.87 %
ManchesterNew entry-3£30,000-
KentNew entry-3£30,000-
North WestNew entry-3£30,000-
South WestUp+112£31,250+25.00 %
ScotlandNew entry-2£25,000-
SouthamptonNew entry-2£27,500-
EssexUp+201--
West MidlandsUp+191£20,000-28.57 %
BasingstokeUp+131£35,000+118.75 %
WalesDown-81£22,500-30.76 %
South WalesDown-121£22,500-30.76 %
East of EnglandDown-131--
FifeNew entry-1--
WiltshireNew entry-1£30,000-
StaffordshireNew entry-1£20,000-
SomersetNew entry-1£32,500-
SloughNew entry-1£42,500-
AberdeenshireNew entry-1£25,000-
StaffordNew entry-1£20,000-
HarrowNew entry-1--
ColchesterNew entry-1--

Acrobat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat.

181 (60.45 %)Adobe
259 (44.03 %)Photoshop
358 (43.28 %)HTML
446 (34.33 %)Adobe Illustrator
535 (26.12 %)FrameMaker
632 (23.88 %)MS Office
731 (23.13 %)Dreamweaver
828 (20.90 %)Flash
927 (20.15 %)Degree
1025 (18.66 %)CSS
1124 (17.91 %)RoboHelp
1223 (17.16 %)Paint Shop Pro
1223 (17.16 %)Windows
1223 (17.16 %)Microsoft
1320 (14.93 %)Windows XP
1320 (14.93 %)MS Visio
1418 (13.43 %)JavaScript
1517 (12.69 %)MS PowerPoint
1517 (12.69 %)Electronics
1517 (12.69 %)Windows Server 2003
1517 (12.69 %)QuarkXPress
1616 (11.94 %)InDesign
1616 (11.94 %)Marketing
1715 (11.19 %)Manufacturing
1715 (11.19 %)MS Excel
1814 (10.45 %)Advertising
1913 (9.701 %)Publishing
1913 (9.701 %)XHTML
2012 (8.955 %)Web Design
2111 (8.209 %)TCP/IP

Acrobat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Acrobat 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 Acrobat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
158 (43.28 %)HTML
228 (20.90 %)Flash
325 (18.66 %)CSS
413 (9.701 %)XHTML
510 (7.463 %)XML
68 (5.970 %)Silverlight
77 (5.224 %)AJAX
84 (2.985 %)WPF
84 (2.985 %)CGI
84 (2.985 %)ASP
84 (2.985 %).NET
93 (2.239 %)jQuery
102 (1.493 %)ASP.NET
111 (0.746 %)SGML
111 (0.746 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (7.463 %)SharePoint
28 (5.970 %)CMS
35 (3.731 %)GroupWise
35 (3.731 %)MS Exchange
35 (3.731 %)Exchange Server 5.5
44 (2.985 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (2.239 %)SharePoint Portal Server
62 (1.493 %)ColdFusion
62 (1.493 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
71 (0.746 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
159 (44.03 %)Photoshop
246 (34.33 %)Adobe Illustrator
335 (26.12 %)FrameMaker
432 (23.88 %)MS Office
524 (17.91 %)RoboHelp
623 (17.16 %)Paint Shop Pro
720 (14.93 %)MS Visio
817 (12.69 %)MS PowerPoint
817 (12.69 %)QuarkXPress
916 (11.94 %)InDesign
1015 (11.19 %)MS Excel
117 (5.224 %)MS Project
126 (4.478 %)Fireworks
134 (2.985 %)FreeHand
141 (0.746 %)AutoCAD
141 (0.746 %)PageMaker
141 (0.746 %)ImageReady
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (8.209 %)TCP/IP
28 (5.970 %)Firewall
37 (5.224 %)VPN
44 (2.985 %)DHCP
44 (2.985 %)DNS
44 (2.985 %)Wireless
44 (2.985 %)Internet
53 (2.239 %)Intranet
61 (0.746 %)Extranet
61 (0.746 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (2.985 %)MySQL
14 (2.985 %)SQL Server
23 (2.239 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (1.493 %)MS Access
41 (0.746 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
131 (23.13 %)Dreamweaver
25 (3.731 %)Visual Studio
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
117 (12.69 %)Electronics
216 (11.94 %)Marketing
315 (11.19 %)Manufacturing
414 (10.45 %)Advertising
513 (9.701 %)Publishing
610 (7.463 %)Graphic Design
610 (7.463 %)Finance
74 (2.985 %)Retail
74 (2.985 %)Multimedia
74 (2.985 %)Telecoms
83 (2.239 %)Animation
92 (1.493 %)Social Media
92 (1.493 %)Banking
92 (1.493 %)Electric
92 (1.493 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.746 %)Health
101 (0.746 %)Music
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
152 (38.81 %)Author
152 (38.81 %)Technical Author
234 (25.37 %)Designer
322 (16.42 %)Graphic Designer
418 (13.43 %)Web Designer
515 (11.19 %)Analyst
613 (9.701 %)Support Analyst
710 (7.463 %)Developer
87 (5.224 %)Photoshop Designer
87 (5.224 %)Technical Writer
95 (3.731 %)Architect
95 (3.731 %)Web Developer
95 (3.731 %)Information Architect
95 (3.731 %)Desktop Support
95 (3.731 %)2nd Line Support
95 (3.731 %)Desktop Support Analyst
95 (3.731 %)Desktop Analyst
104 (2.985 %)Documentation Engineer
104 (2.985 %)PC Support
104 (2.985 %)Technical Team Leader
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (4.478 %)W3C
24 (2.985 %)Social Network
24 (2.985 %)Photography
24 (2.985 %)Streaming Video
33 (2.239 %)Learning Management System
42 (1.493 %)Web 2.0
51 (0.746 %)Blackberry
51 (0.746 %)E-Learning
51 (0.746 %)Client/Server
51 (0.746 %)NHS
51 (0.746 %)Video Conferencing
51 (0.746 %)Data Protection Act
51 (0.746 %)Informatics
51 (0.746 %)iPhone
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (17.16 %)Windows
220 (14.93 %)Windows XP
317 (12.69 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (6.716 %)Windows 2000 Server
57 (5.224 %)UNIX
65 (3.731 %)Windows 2000
65 (3.731 %)NetWare
74 (2.985 %)Windows Vista
74 (2.985 %)Mac OS X
74 (2.985 %)Solaris
74 (2.985 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (8.955 %)Web Design
211 (8.209 %)Web Development
310 (7.463 %)Information Architecture
47 (5.224 %)SEO
56 (4.478 %)ITIL
65 (3.731 %)Project Management
65 (3.731 %)E-Commerce
65 (3.731 %)Content Management
65 (3.731 %)Usability Testing
73 (2.239 %)Online Marketing
82 (1.493 %)CAD
91 (0.746 %)Workflow
91 (0.746 %)Information Security
91 (0.746 %)Programme Management
91 (0.746 %)Digital Marketing
91 (0.746 %)Data Protection
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (13.43 %)JavaScript
29 (6.716 %)PHP
38 (5.970 %)SQL
47 (5.224 %)Java
47 (5.224 %)C
56 (4.478 %)ActionScript
64 (2.985 %)C++
64 (2.985 %)Perl
64 (2.985 %)XAML
71 (0.746 %)VB.NET
71 (0.746 %)C#
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
127 (20.15 %)Degree
27 (5.224 %)MCSE
27 (5.224 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (1.493 %)Security Cleared
32 (1.493 %)MCP
32 (1.493 %)MCSA
41 (0.746 %)ECDL
41 (0.746 %)HND
41 (0.746 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.746 %)DV Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.731 %)SLA
21 (0.746 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (6.716 %)Active Directory
23 (2.239 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.746 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (2.239 %)Backup Exec
21 (0.746 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
181 (60.45 %)Adobe
223 (17.16 %)Microsoft
39 (6.716 %)Quark
47 (5.224 %)Sophos
56 (4.478 %)HP
56 (4.478 %)CheckPoint
65 (3.731 %)Citrix
74 (2.985 %)Altiris
74 (2.985 %)Intel
74 (2.985 %)Apple
74 (2.985 %)Juniper
83 (2.239 %)Remedy
83 (2.239 %)VMware
83 (2.239 %)Oracle
92 (1.493 %)Alcatel
101 (0.746 %)Primavera
101 (0.746 %)Symantec
101 (0.746 %)Toshiba
101 (0.746 %)Cisco
101 (0.746 %)Compaq