The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Adobe products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Adobe over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe
Rank 144 142 134
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Adobe 63 47 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.269% 1.044% 0.867%
As % of the Vendors category 2.502% 2.173% 1.777%
Number of salaries quoted 55 36 31
Average salary £33,750 £26,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.16% -17.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,250 £21,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £38,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +4.83%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2518 2163 2026
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 50.72% 48.03% 48.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2063 1807 1675
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Adobe
England

Adobe
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Adobe Salary Trend

Adobe
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Adobe across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Adobe Salary Histogram

Adobe
Job Locations

The table below 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 17 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
Birmingham -15 26 £32,500 +20.37%
Warwickshire +24 19 £40,000 -9.09%
Coventry - 5 £37,500 -
Herefordshire +10 3 £40,000 -
Worcestershire +6 3 £23,000 -29.23%
Staffordshire -17 3 £32,500 +54.76%
Walsall - 3 £21,500 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £30,000 -
Adobe
England

Adobe
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 101 (78.29%) CSS
2 89 (68.99%) JavaScript
3 79 (61.24%) HTML
4 68 (52.71%) HTML5
5 52 (40.31%) .NET
6 50 (38.76%) Photoshop
7 46 (35.66%) CSS3
8 44 (34.11%) jQuery
9 40 (31.01%) ASP.NET
10 32 (24.81%) Microsoft
11 29 (22.48%) Windows
11 29 (22.48%) MVC
12 27 (20.93%) Flash
13 26 (20.16%) WPF
14 25 (19.38%) OO
15 24 (18.60%) Adobe Illustrator
15 24 (18.60%) Ajax
16 23 (17.83%) Mobile App
16 23 (17.83%) Web Design
17 21 (16.28%) Graphic Design
18 20 (15.50%) ASP.NET MVC
18 20 (15.50%) PHP
19 19 (14.73%) MySQL
19 19 (14.73%) WinForms
19 19 (14.73%) Agile Software Development
20 18 (13.95%) CMS
20 18 (13.95%) Web Services
20 18 (13.95%) CRM
21 17 (13.18%) SQL Server
22 16 (12.40%) Web Development

Adobe
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 101 (78.29%) CSS
2 79 (61.24%) HTML
3 68 (52.71%) HTML5
4 52 (40.31%) .NET
5 46 (35.66%) CSS3
6 44 (34.11%) jQuery
7 40 (31.01%) ASP.NET
8 27 (20.93%) Flash
9 26 (20.16%) WPF
10 24 (18.60%) Ajax
11 20 (15.50%) ASP.NET MVC
12 19 (14.73%) WinForms
13 18 (13.95%) Web Services
14 14 (10.85%) XHTML
15 10 (7.752%) Apache Flex
16 9 (6.977%) XML
17 7 (5.426%) WCF
17 7 (5.426%) LINQ
17 7 (5.426%) SAP ALE
18 5 (3.876%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 18 (13.95%) CMS
2 10 (7.752%) Apache
3 3 (2.326%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (2.326%) WordPress
3 3 (2.326%) Drupal
4 2 (1.550%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.550%) Magento
4 2 (1.550%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.775%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.775%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.775%) Windows Azure
5 1 (0.775%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (0.775%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 50 (38.76%) Photoshop
2 24 (18.60%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (6.202%) Fireworks
4 6 (4.651%) InDesign
5 4 (3.101%) MS Office
6 2 (1.550%) MS Excel
6 2 (1.550%) QuarkXPress
6 2 (1.550%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (1.550%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (1.550%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (1.550%) Revit
6 2 (1.550%) 3ds Max
Business Applications
1 4 (3.101%) SAP R/3
1 4 (3.101%) Google Analytics
2 3 (2.326%) SAP xRPM
3 2 (1.550%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.775%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.775%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.326%) DNS
2 2 (1.550%) SSL
2 2 (1.550%) DHCP
2 2 (1.550%) Firewall
2 2 (1.550%) Wireless
2 2 (1.550%) VPN
3 1 (0.775%) FTP
3 1 (0.775%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.775%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.73%) MySQL
2 17 (13.18%) SQL Server
3 8 (6.202%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (5.426%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (5.426%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (5.426%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (10.85%) Dreamweaver
2 7 (5.426%) Flash Builder
3 4 (3.101%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.775%) Subversion
4 1 (0.775%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.775%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (9.302%) Music
2 11 (8.527%) Marketing
3 10 (7.752%) Music Industry
4 9 (6.977%) Games
5 6 (4.651%) Advertising
6 4 (3.101%) Finance
7 3 (2.326%) Publishing
7 3 (2.326%) Retail
8 2 (1.550%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 83 (64.34%) Developer
2 47 (36.43%) Designer
3 43 (33.33%) Front-End Developer
4 28 (21.71%) Web Developer
5 17 (13.18%) User Experience Designer
6 11 (8.527%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 11 (8.527%) Programmer
6 11 (8.527%) Web Designer
6 11 (8.527%) PHP Developer
7 9 (6.977%) .NET Developer
8 8 (6.202%) Consultant
8 8 (6.202%) .NET Web Developer
8 8 (6.202%) ASP.NET Developer
8 8 (6.202%) SAP Consultant
8 8 (6.202%) ABAP Consultant
8 8 (6.202%) Front-End Web Developer
9 7 (5.426%) ActionScript Programmer
9 7 (5.426%) Flash Designer
9 7 (5.426%) Flash Programmer
9 7 (5.426%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.83%) Mobile App
2 21 (16.28%) Graphic Design
3 14 (10.85%) Visualisation
4 13 (10.08%) Digital Media
5 5 (3.876%) Social Media
6 4 (3.101%) Photography
7 3 (2.326%) Open Source
8 2 (1.550%) Video Editing
8 2 (1.550%) Copywriting
8 2 (1.550%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.775%) E-Learning
9 1 (0.775%) W3C
9 1 (0.775%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.775%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.775%) Xserve
9 1 (0.775%) Motion Graphics
9 1 (0.775%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (22.48%) Windows
2 16 (12.40%) Linux
3 8 (6.202%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.101%) Windows 7
4 4 (3.101%) Windows XP
5 3 (2.326%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.775%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.775%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.48%) MVC
2 25 (19.38%) OO
3 23 (17.83%) Web Design
4 19 (14.73%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (13.95%) CRM
6 16 (12.40%) Web Development
7 15 (11.63%) User Experience Design
8 14 (10.85%) SEO
9 13 (10.08%) E-Commerce
10 12 (9.302%) Responsive Web Design
11 11 (8.527%) Workflow
12 8 (6.202%) Content Management
13 7 (5.426%) Product Management
13 7 (5.426%) OOD
13 7 (5.426%) Project Management
14 6 (4.651%) Web Application Development
15 5 (3.876%) OOP
16 4 (3.101%) Market Research
16 4 (3.101%) Problem Management
16 4 (3.101%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 89 (68.99%) JavaScript
2 20 (15.50%) PHP
3 13 (10.08%) SQL
3 13 (10.08%) ABAP
4 11 (8.527%) ActionScript
4 11 (8.527%) C#
5 9 (6.977%) T-SQL
6 8 (6.202%) ActionScript 3.0
7 7 (5.426%) VB6
7 7 (5.426%) VB
7 7 (5.426%) VB.NET
8 4 (3.101%) Java
9 1 (0.775%) VBScript
9 1 (0.775%) PHP5
9 1 (0.775%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 11 (8.527%) Degree
2 3 (2.326%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.651%) QA
2 2 (1.550%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.550%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.326%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 32 (24.81%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.63%) SAP
3 6 (4.651%) Google
4 3 (2.326%) EPiServer
4 3 (2.326%) hybris
4 3 (2.326%) IBM
4 3 (2.326%) Apple
4 3 (2.326%) ATG
5 2 (1.550%) Sybase
5 2 (1.550%) Quark
5 2 (1.550%) Syclo
5 2 (1.550%) Facebook
5 2 (1.550%) Twitter
6 1 (0.775%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.775%) Alterian
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Ashdown IT
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Posted: 17 May 2013
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greywood
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
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Spring Technology
Salary: £25000.00 - £32000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leamington Spa, West Midlands
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Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £37000 - £41000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Rugby, Warwickshire
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Sort-IT Biz Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
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Cogence Search
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + bens
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Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Venturi
Salary: £20000 - £22500 per annum + Car, pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands (County)
The ideal candidate will excellent knowledge of the operating systems in use, currently MS, Windows 2000, XP & 7 Client, excellent knowledge of the standard applications in use such...
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Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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The ideal candidate will excellent knowledge of the operating systems in use, currently MS, Windows 2000, XP & 7 Client, excellent knowledge of the standard applications in use such...
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Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
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