The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol 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 58 45
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 1 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.196% 0.837% 1.682%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.205% 0.896% 1.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
Average daily rate - £369 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £157.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+19.04% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
487 781 616
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.30% 93.42% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 523 334
Average daily rate £338 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £218 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 37 40
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.00 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £35.75 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
South West

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (36.36%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Adobe
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) ETL
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) RDBMS
3 2 (18.18%) Star Schema
3 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
3 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) QlikView
3 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 1 (9.091%) QA
4 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.091%) LiveCycle
4 1 (9.091%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (9.091%) Axure RP
4 1 (9.091%) Automotive
4 1 (9.091%) E-Learning
4 1 (9.091%) Web Design
4 1 (9.091%) Banking
4 1 (9.091%) Spring
4 1 (9.091%) XPath
4 1 (9.091%) Degree
4 1 (9.091%) Graphic Design
4 1 (9.091%) Video Editing
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (9.091%) Spring
1 1 (9.091%) HTML
1 1 (9.091%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
2 1 (9.091%) OmniGraffle
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
1 1 (9.091%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) RDBMS
1 2 (18.18%) Star Schema
1 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (18.18%) QlikView
2 1 (9.091%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Automotive
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
2 1 (9.091%) E-Learning
2 1 (9.091%) Graphic Design
2 1 (9.091%) Video Editing
2 1 (9.091%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
1 2 (18.18%) ETL
1 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
1 2 (18.18%) Analytics
2 1 (9.091%) Web Design
2 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
2 1 (9.091%) Process Management
2 1 (9.091%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) XPath
2 1 (9.091%) Java
2 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Adobe
2 1 (9.091%) JBoss
Bristol, South West
As this contract is working in the UK defence sector you will need to be eligible for SC clearance. The role; Experience designing high density boards in Mentor...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £30 - £35 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Mechanical Design Engineer -Bristol- Solidworks Huxley Associates are currently looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer on a 9 Month Contract. This requirement has come about for a Solidworks...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013