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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT jobs within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAdobe
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank148194
Rank change on same period last yearUp+46
Matching permanent IT job ads8932
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.013 %
As % of the category below2.318 %0.785 %
Salaries quoted6329
Average minimum salary£23,122£26,038
Average salary£25,672£28,800
% change on same period last year-10.86 %
Average maximum salary£28,223£31,563
UK excluding London average salary£28,626£29,663
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads38404076
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.027 %1.669 %
Salaries quoted33383474
Average minimum salary£34,062£33,907
Average salary£37,026£36,857
% change on same period last year+0.45 %
Average maximum salary£39,989£39,806
UK excluding London average salary£39,792£42,049
% change on same period last year-5.36 %
Adobe EnglandAdobe
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Adobe Systems, Inc.

Adobe
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Adobe Demand Trend

Adobe
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Adobe Salary Trend

Adobe
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Adobe across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Midlands Adobe Salary Histogram

Adobe
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
WarwickshireUp+1925£24,706-32.92 %
CoventryUp+724£26,531-5.48 %
StaffordshireUp+1521£20,769-16.92 %
HerefordshireDown-514£32,200+0.82 %
BirminghamDown-115£26,375+3.43 %
WolverhamptonNew entry-3£26,000-
Sutton ColdfieldNew entry-2£28,500-
WalsallNew entry-2£28,500-
DudleyNew entry-2£28,500-
WorcestershireDown-191£35,000+34.24 %
Adobe EnglandAdobe
England

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1100 (67.11 %)Flash
292 (61.74 %)CSS
387 (58.39 %)Photoshop
482 (55.03 %)HTML
574 (49.66 %)JavaScript
658 (38.93 %)XHTML
753 (35.57 %)ActionScript
852 (34.90 %)Dreamweaver
943 (28.86 %)Web Design
1041 (27.52 %)PHP
1139 (26.17 %)Adobe Illustrator
1236 (24.16 %)XML
1335 (23.49 %)ASP
1434 (22.82 %)Macromedia
1531 (20.81 %)SQL
1629 (19.46 %)Advertising
1726 (17.45 %)InDesign
1823 (15.44 %)SEO
1823 (15.44 %)W3C
1823 (15.44 %)MySQL
1823 (15.44 %)Marketing
1921 (14.09 %)Multimedia
2020 (13.42 %)SQL Server
2020 (13.42 %)Internet
2119 (12.75 %)Fireworks
2119 (12.75 %)Health
2119 (12.75 %)Web Development
2119 (12.75 %)Pensions
2218 (12.08 %)Adobe Captivate
2218 (12.08 %)3ds Max

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
192 (61.74 %)CSS
282 (55.03 %)HTML
358 (38.93 %)XHTML
436 (24.16 %)XML
535 (23.49 %)ASP
618 (12.08 %)XSL
710 (6.711 %)Adobe Flex
89 (6.040 %)ASP.NET
89 (6.040 %).NET
98 (5.369 %)AJAX
105 (3.356 %)JSP
114 (2.685 %)DOM
122 (1.342 %)XSLT
131 (0.671 %)MVC
131 (0.671 %)SOAP
131 (0.671 %)WebServices
131 (0.671 %)J2EE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (6.711 %)ColdFusion
28 (5.369 %)CMS
37 (4.698 %)SharePoint
46 (4.027 %)Content Management Server
46 (4.027 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (1.342 %)Exchange Server 2000
52 (1.342 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (1.342 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.671 %)GroupWise
61 (0.671 %)IIS
61 (0.671 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.671 %)Apache
61 (0.671 %)Tomcat
61 (0.671 %)Exchange Server 5.5
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
187 (58.39 %)Photoshop
239 (26.17 %)Adobe Illustrator
326 (17.45 %)InDesign
419 (12.75 %)Fireworks
518 (12.08 %)3ds Max
518 (12.08 %)RoboHelp
518 (12.08 %)Adobe Captivate
613 (8.725 %)Acrobat
710 (6.711 %)FreeHand
89 (6.040 %)MS Office
98 (5.369 %)MS Visio
106 (4.027 %)QuarkXPress
112 (1.342 %)MS Excel
112 (1.342 %)Adobe Director
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (13.42 %)Internet
22 (1.342 %)VPN
31 (0.671 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.671 %)Firewall
31 (0.671 %)Wi-Fi
31 (0.671 %)SSH
31 (0.671 %)Network Security
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (15.44 %)MySQL
220 (13.42 %)SQL Server
310 (6.711 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (4.698 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (4.027 %)SQL Server 7
65 (3.356 %)GIS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1100 (67.11 %)Flash
252 (34.90 %)Dreamweaver
37 (4.698 %)Visual Studio
46 (4.027 %)FrontPage
51 (0.671 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.671 %)Eclipse
51 (0.671 %)InterDev
51 (0.671 %)GoLive
51 (0.671 %)Subversion
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (19.46 %)Advertising
223 (15.44 %)Marketing
321 (14.09 %)Multimedia
419 (12.75 %)Pensions
419 (12.75 %)Health
516 (10.74 %)Retail
611 (7.383 %)Games
611 (7.383 %)Government
79 (6.040 %)Back Office
79 (6.040 %)Animation
87 (4.698 %)Graphic Design
95 (3.356 %)Education
104 (2.685 %)Legal
104 (2.685 %)Video Editing
113 (2.013 %)Insurance
122 (1.342 %)Finance
131 (0.671 %)Music
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
158 (38.93 %)Developer
255 (36.91 %)Web Designer
334 (22.82 %)Web Developer
419 (12.75 %)Author
518 (12.08 %)Technical Author
614 (9.396 %)PHP Developer
713 (8.725 %)Flash Developer
713 (8.725 %)Graphic Designer
810 (6.711 %)Senior Web Designer
96 (4.027 %)UI Designer
96 (4.027 %)Interactive Designer
105 (3.356 %)Programmer
114 (2.685 %)Graduate
114 (2.685 %)Graduate Developer
114 (2.685 %)Web Programmer
123 (2.013 %)Junior
123 (2.013 %)Flash Designer
132 (1.342 %)Senior Developer
132 (1.342 %)JavaScript Developer
132 (1.342 %)Senior Web Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
123 (15.44 %)W3C
21 (0.671 %)Web 2.0
21 (0.671 %)Physics
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (4.027 %)Mac OS X
23 (2.013 %)Linux
32 (1.342 %)Windows
41 (0.671 %)Solaris
41 (0.671 %)UNIX
41 (0.671 %)Windows NT
41 (0.671 %)Windows XP
41 (0.671 %)NetWare
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
143 (28.86 %)Web Design
223 (15.44 %)SEO
319 (12.75 %)Web Development
417 (11.41 %)Pay per click
417 (11.41 %)E-Commerce
515 (10.07 %)Project Management
611 (7.383 %)ERP
611 (7.383 %)CRM
76 (4.027 %)Direct Marketing
85 (3.356 %)OO
94 (2.685 %)Product Marketing
102 (1.342 %)ITIL
111 (0.671 %)RAD
111 (0.671 %)RUP
111 (0.671 %)DSDM
111 (0.671 %)Internet Marketing
111 (0.671 %)Data Analysis
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
174 (49.66 %)JavaScript
253 (35.57 %)ActionScript
341 (27.52 %)PHP
431 (20.81 %)SQL
57 (4.698 %)DHTML
66 (4.027 %)VBScript
75 (3.356 %)C
83 (2.013 %)C#
92 (1.342 %)VB
92 (1.342 %)VB.NET
92 (1.342 %)Lingo
101 (0.671 %)VB6
101 (0.671 %)MUMPS
101 (0.671 %)Perl
101 (0.671 %)Java
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (8.725 %)Degree
29 (6.040 %)HND
31 (0.671 %)MCSE
31 (0.671 %)Microsoft Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (7.383 %)WAI
24 (2.685 %)QA
31 (0.671 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.671 %)Active Directory
11 (0.671 %)MetaFrame
11 (0.671 %)Terminal Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.671 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (0.671 %)ZENworks
11 (0.671 %)DameWare
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (22.82 %)Macromedia
211 (7.383 %)Quark
35 (3.356 %)Microsoft
44 (2.685 %)Sony
53 (2.013 %)Oracle
61 (0.671 %)Cisco
61 (0.671 %)RedDot
61 (0.671 %)LANDesk
61 (0.671 %)Symantec
61 (0.671 %)McAfee Security
61 (0.671 %)Sophos
61 (0.671 %)Citrix
61 (0.671 %)Novell
61 (0.671 %)Lotus
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