The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Basingstoke region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 33 26 24
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 7 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 3.535% 1.648% 2.846%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.723% 1.899% 2.979%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+30.95% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
188 158 235
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 94.95% 86.81% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 56 87
Average daily rate £400 £400 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 36
Average hourly rate £23.13 £19.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.71% -44.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
Hampshire

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Designer across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Basingstoke Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Designer across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Designer across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Basingstoke Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Designer across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region that cited Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Designer in their job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (50.00%) Change Management
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (50.00%) SUSE
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Server
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
2 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (25.00%) Graphic Design
4 1 (12.50%) CSS3
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
4 1 (12.50%) HTML5
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Adobe

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region that cited Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) CSS3
1 1 (12.50%) HTML5
1 1 (12.50%) jQuery
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Fireworks
2 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) SUSE
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (12.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Change Management
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Server
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SAP