The first table below looks at the demand for FreeHand skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited FreeHand over the 3 months to 20 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe FreeHand
Rank 846 903 855
Rank change year-on-year
+57 -48
Permanent jobs citing FreeHand 13 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.012% 0.007% 0.007%
As % of the Applications category 0.079% 0.056% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 9
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
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
16428 16183 16737
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 15.30% 13.36% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13514 13979 14228
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -

FreeHand
Jobs Demand Trend

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

FreeHand Jobs Demand Trend

FreeHand
Salary Trend

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

FreeHand Salary Trend

FreeHand
Top 6 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +30 13 £17,500 -33.96%
Bedfordshire - 12 £17,500 -
East of England - 12 £17,500 -
Dunstable - 7 £17,500 -
London +40 1 - -
City of London +5 1 - -

FreeHand
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 18 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 12 (66.67%) Graphic Design
3 11 (61.11%) Photoshop
4 6 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 6 (33.33%) Retail
5 5 (27.78%) Photography
5 5 (27.78%) InDesign
5 5 (27.78%) Adobe
5 5 (27.78%) Advertising
6 4 (22.22%) 3ds Max
6 4 (22.22%) Flash
7 3 (16.67%) Dreamweaver
7 3 (16.67%) Acrobat
7 3 (16.67%) QuarkXPress
8 2 (11.11%) Publishing
8 2 (11.11%) Project Management
8 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (11.11%) E-Learning
8 2 (11.11%) Web Design
8 2 (11.11%) B2B
8 2 (11.11%) CSS
8 2 (11.11%) HTML
8 2 (11.11%) Copywriting
8 2 (11.11%) New Media
8 2 (11.11%) Marketing
8 2 (11.11%) Degree
8 2 (11.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
9 1 (5.556%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (5.556%) Multimedia

FreeHand
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 4 (22.22%) Flash
2 2 (11.11%) HTML
2 2 (11.11%) CSS
3 1 (5.556%) .NET
3 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.556%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 11 (61.11%) Photoshop
3 5 (27.78%) InDesign
4 4 (22.22%) 3ds Max
5 3 (16.67%) Acrobat
5 3 (16.67%) QuarkXPress
6 2 (11.11%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (5.556%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (5.556%) Vectorworks
7 1 (5.556%) Fireworks
7 1 (5.556%) AutoCAD
7 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (33.33%) Retail
2 5 (27.78%) Advertising
3 2 (11.11%) Publishing
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (5.556%) Banking
4 1 (5.556%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Designer
2 13 (72.22%) Graphic Designer
3 5 (27.78%) Photoshop Designer
4 1 (5.556%) E-Learning Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Web Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Web Designer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) Graphic Design
2 5 (27.78%) Photography
3 2 (11.11%) Copywriting
3 2 (11.11%) New Media
3 2 (11.11%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
1 1 (5.556%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 2 (11.11%) B2B
2 2 (11.11%) Project Management
2 2 (11.11%) Web Design
3 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
3 1 (5.556%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Adobe
2 1 (5.556%) SolidWorks
2 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
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