The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 18 June 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 Cambridgeshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 45 52 40
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 11 11 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.887% 1.536% 3.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.048% 1.627% 3.287%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
Average daily rate £438 - £275
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 - £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 - £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £400
% change year-on-year
-9.67% -3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
Average hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £10.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.32% +278.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £23.25
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -13.97%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
537 676 578
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 92.11% 94.41% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 327 278
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 104 99
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% +62.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £48.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
East of England

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Designer across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire Designer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +13 5 £375 - 3
Peterborough - 5 £500 -
Huntingdon - - - -
Designer
East of England

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 7 (30.43%) .NET
2 6 (26.09%) CSS
3 5 (21.74%) Scrum
3 5 (21.74%) HTML
3 5 (21.74%) Human Factors
4 4 (17.39%) Visualisation
4 4 (17.39%) HTML5
4 4 (17.39%) CSS3
4 4 (17.39%) C#
4 4 (17.39%) Photoshop
4 4 (17.39%) Adobe
4 4 (17.39%) Finance
4 4 (17.39%) Electronics
4 4 (17.39%) Military
4 4 (17.39%) VHDL
4 4 (17.39%) Verilog
4 4 (17.39%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (17.39%) InDesign
4 4 (17.39%) jQuery
4 4 (17.39%) Graphic Design
4 4 (17.39%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 4 (17.39%) Xilinx
5 3 (13.04%) MVC
5 3 (13.04%) F#
5 3 (13.04%) Talend Open Studio
5 3 (13.04%) Middleware
5 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (13.04%) Visual Studio
5 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
5 3 (13.04%) Talend

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 7 (30.43%) .NET
2 6 (26.09%) CSS
3 5 (21.74%) HTML
4 4 (17.39%) HTML5
4 4 (17.39%) CSS3
4 4 (17.39%) jQuery
5 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (13.04%) WCF
5 3 (13.04%) Middleware
5 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
6 2 (8.696%) .NET Framework
7 1 (4.348%) Web Services
7 1 (4.348%) Sass
7 1 (4.348%) LESS
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.348%) CMS
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (17.39%) InDesign
1 4 (17.39%) Photoshop
2 2 (8.696%) MS Office
2 2 (8.696%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (4.348%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) VoIP
2 1 (4.348%) HTTP
2 1 (4.348%) Intranet
2 1 (4.348%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Visual Studio
1 3 (13.04%) Talend Open Studio
2 1 (4.348%) Dreamweaver
General
1 4 (17.39%) Electronics
1 4 (17.39%) Finance
1 4 (17.39%) Military
2 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.348%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Human Factors
2 4 (17.39%) Visualisation
2 4 (17.39%) VHDL
2 4 (17.39%) Verilog
2 4 (17.39%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 4 (17.39%) Graphic Design
3 2 (8.696%) Photography
3 2 (8.696%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Scrum
2 3 (13.04%) MVC
3 2 (8.696%) SOA
3 2 (8.696%) CAD
4 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.348%) ETL
4 1 (4.348%) Workflow
4 1 (4.348%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) C#
2 3 (13.04%) F#
3 1 (4.348%) C
3 1 (4.348%) Java
3 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.348%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) CCNA
1 2 (8.696%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Adobe
1 4 (17.39%) Xilinx
2 3 (13.04%) Talend
3 2 (8.696%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.696%) Oracle
4 1 (4.348%) Cisco
4 1 (4.348%) Informatica
4 1 (4.348%) TIBCO
4 1 (4.348%) Ab Initio
4 1 (4.348%) Twitter
Cambridgeshire
My prestigious client in Cambridgeshire is looking for an Information Architect / UX Designer / User Experience Designer on initial 6 months contract basis. Ideal candidate must have had previous...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: 6 months contract
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
I am currently urgently recruiting for an experienced Altium PCB designer to work for an electronics consultancy in Cambridgeshire. You will be involved in designing electronic products and...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £28 - £30 per hour
Posted: 29 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job: PCB Design Engineer (Altium) Rate: £30 per hour Location: Home working I am currently recruiting for an experienced PCB design engineer to work from home on a...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £30 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013