The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire 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 23 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 Berkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 51 54 45
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 75 94 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.124% 2.983% 3.239%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.432% 3.267% 3.592%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 40 36
Average daily rate £375 £341 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.89% -2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £191 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £486 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+19.04% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2185 2877 2728
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.00% 91.30% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1030 1038
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 126 188
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £30.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -37.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
South East

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +4 26 £400 +8.84%
Slough -5 21 £358 +14.40%
Wokingham +4 2 - -
Bracknell -18 2 - -
Maidenhead -7 1 £480 -
Designer
South East

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 48 (40.34%) Telecoms
2 25 (21.01%) Photoshop
3 18 (15.13%) Security Cleared
4 17 (14.29%) Migration
5 15 (12.61%) SC Cleared
6 13 (10.92%) CSS
7 12 (10.08%) HTML
8 11 (9.244%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (9.244%) DV Cleared
9 10 (8.403%) JavaScript
9 10 (8.403%) Data Modelling
9 10 (8.403%) Scrum
9 10 (8.403%) Meridio
10 9 (7.563%) Logistics
10 9 (7.563%) SQL
10 9 (7.563%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (6.723%) Data Mapping
11 8 (6.723%) ERwin
11 8 (6.723%) Ab Initio
11 8 (6.723%) Teradata
11 8 (6.723%) Agile Software Development
12 7 (5.882%) Web Design
12 7 (5.882%) Billing
12 7 (5.882%) CMS
12 7 (5.882%) Visualisation
12 7 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
12 7 (5.882%) Marketing
13 6 (5.042%) Brand Management
13 6 (5.042%) Test Strategy
13 6 (5.042%) Stakeholder Management

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 13 (10.92%) CSS
2 12 (10.08%) HTML
3 5 (4.202%) .NET
3 5 (4.202%) Web Services
3 5 (4.202%) HTML5
3 5 (4.202%) jQuery
4 4 (3.361%) Apache Flex
5 2 (1.681%) J2EE
6 1 (0.840%) JSP
6 1 (0.840%) ADO.NET
6 1 (0.840%) XML
6 1 (0.840%) Flash
6 1 (0.840%) CSS3
6 1 (0.840%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.840%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.882%) CMS
2 3 (2.521%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.521%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.840%) Apache
3 1 (0.840%) WordPress
3 1 (0.840%) Drupal
3 1 (0.840%) Joomla!
Applications
1 25 (21.01%) Photoshop
2 5 (4.202%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.521%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (3.361%) CSG Singleview
2 1 (0.840%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.202%) Internet
1 5 (4.202%) 3G
2 4 (3.361%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (3.361%) 2G
2 4 (3.361%) BSS
3 3 (2.521%) RNC
4 2 (1.681%) 4G
4 2 (1.681%) Wireless
5 1 (0.840%) MPLS
5 1 (0.840%) NetScreen
5 1 (0.840%) ATM
5 1 (0.840%) SDH
5 1 (0.840%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.840%) HTTP
5 1 (0.840%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.840%) VPN
5 1 (0.840%) IPsec
5 1 (0.840%) Firewall
5 1 (0.840%) Junos
5 1 (0.840%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.563%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.202%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.840%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (0.840%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (0.840%) MS Access
3 1 (0.840%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.840%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.723%) ERwin
2 2 (1.681%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (0.840%) Subversion
3 1 (0.840%) Expression Blend
General
1 48 (40.34%) Telecoms
2 7 (5.882%) Billing
2 7 (5.882%) Marketing
3 5 (4.202%) Finance
3 5 (4.202%) Advertising
4 3 (2.521%) Multimedia
4 3 (2.521%) Retail
5 2 (1.681%) Publishing
6 1 (0.840%) Games
6 1 (0.840%) Japanese Language
6 1 (0.840%) Korean Language
6 1 (0.840%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.882%) Visualisation
2 5 (4.202%) CMDB
3 4 (3.361%) Digital Media
4 3 (2.521%) ASIC
4 3 (2.521%) Verilog
4 3 (2.521%) Ergonomics
4 3 (2.521%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 2 (1.681%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.681%) Open Source
5 2 (1.681%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.681%) Speech Recognition
6 1 (0.840%) W3C
6 1 (0.840%) Replication
6 1 (0.840%) New Media
6 1 (0.840%) iPad
6 1 (0.840%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.840%) PKI
6 1 (0.840%) Animation
6 1 (0.840%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.840%) Chemistry
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.202%) Windows
2 3 (2.521%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.840%) Windows XP
3 1 (0.840%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.840%) UNIX
3 1 (0.840%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (14.29%) Migration
2 11 (9.244%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (8.403%) Data Modelling
3 10 (8.403%) Scrum
4 9 (7.563%) Logistics
5 8 (6.723%) Data Mapping
5 8 (6.723%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (5.882%) Web Design
6 7 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
7 6 (5.042%) Brand Management
7 6 (5.042%) Test Strategy
7 6 (5.042%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (5.042%) IC Design
8 4 (3.361%) Kanban
9 3 (2.521%) B2B
9 3 (2.521%) CRM
9 3 (2.521%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.521%) ITIL
9 3 (2.521%) Network Design
9 3 (2.521%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.403%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.563%) SQL
3 5 (4.202%) C#
4 2 (1.681%) XAML
4 2 (1.681%) PHP
5 1 (0.840%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.840%) Perl
5 1 (0.840%) VB
5 1 (0.840%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.840%) FoxPro (VFP)
5 1 (0.840%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.840%) Lua
Qualifications
1 18 (15.13%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.61%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.244%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.521%) Degree
5 2 (1.681%) CISA
5 2 (1.681%) CISM
5 2 (1.681%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.681%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.681%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.681%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (1.681%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.681%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (0.840%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (8.403%) Meridio
2 8 (6.723%) Ab Initio
2 8 (6.723%) Teradata
3 6 (5.042%) BMC
4 5 (4.202%) Adobe
5 4 (3.361%) Cisco
6 3 (2.521%) Ericsson
6 3 (2.521%) Cadence
6 3 (2.521%) Huawei
7 2 (1.681%) Verint
7 2 (1.681%) VMware
7 2 (1.681%) Oracle
7 2 (1.681%) Citrix
7 2 (1.681%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.840%) Juniper
8 1 (0.840%) Ariba
8 1 (0.840%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.840%) Remedy
8 1 (0.840%) McAfee
8 1 (0.840%) Business Objects
Berkshire
As the UX Graphic Designer you will contribute to supporting Agile development processes and working with Project Managers, Developers and Marketing teams to meet business requirements and follow...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £28 - £32 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
Wokingham, Berkshire
As a UX Designer you will contribute to supporting the agile development processes and refining user experiences... * Highly proficient: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator * Good understanding of Fonts and their...
Vadis People
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
You will need to work closely with other online creative designers, the UX team, brand management, scrum masters, front developers and the business owners... Hardware and Software: You...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
You will need to work closely with other online creative designers, the UX team, brand management, scrum masters, front developers and the business owners... Hardware and Software: You...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £350.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Berkshire
To work as a Creative Web Designer in a scrum environment, on a number of online projects. You will need to work closely with other online creative designers,...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £350 - 390 Per Day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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My client are looking for highly-skilled Creative Designers, who have solid experience delivering national/international brand projects, with strong Photoshop skills. You will work very closely with...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £280 - 345 Per Day
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Engage PSG
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
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Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Systems Developer / Systems Designer / Systems Engineer - Berkshire - 3 Months+ - up to £400 per dayIQ Retail are working with a well-known organisation based in Berkshire; who require a...
IQ Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
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Security Designer/Architect -SECURITY CLEARED... My client however is looking for candidates ONLY that specialise in at LEAST TWO of the following: Firewalls - Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper Intrusion Prevention -...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £460 - £463 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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SC or DV clearance is required Experience and knowledge: Firewalls: (Cisco ASA, VSG, Checkpoint R8,R2, Juniper SRX, NetScreen) Firewall management: (Cisco ASDM and CSM, Checkpoint R8/R2...
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Rate: £1 per hour
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