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The table below looks at the demand for the Graphic Designer role in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Graphic Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGraphics Designer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5779
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.304 %0.101 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£172£245
% change on same period last year-29.94 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.94£20.59
% change on same period last year-8.02 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads657994
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.888 %0.980 %
Daily rates quoted130198
Average minimum daily rate£304£315
Average daily rate£325£331
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted120153
Average minimum hourly rate£18.60£26.65
Average hourly rate£20.24£28.12
% change on same period last year-28.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.88£29.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Graphic Designer East of EnglandGraphic Designer
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Graphic Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Designer across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire Graphic Designer Demand Trend

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Graphic Designer Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Graphic Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Designer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+242--
Graphic Designer East of EnglandGraphic Designer
East of England

Graphic Designer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Graphic 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 Graphic Designer in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)Flash
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)CSS
32 (50.00 %)AJAX
32 (50.00 %)Graphic Design
32 (50.00 %)Social Network
32 (50.00 %)jQuery
32 (50.00 %)MooTools
32 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (50.00 %)XML
32 (50.00 %)ActionScript
32 (50.00 %)Photoshop
32 (50.00 %)XHTML
32 (50.00 %)Adobe
41 (25.00 %)Macromedia
41 (25.00 %)Fireworks
41 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver

Graphic Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Graphic 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 Graphic Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)HTML
13 (75.00 %)CSS
22 (50.00 %)XML
22 (50.00 %)XHTML
22 (50.00 %)AJAX
22 (50.00 %)jQuery
22 (50.00 %)MooTools
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)Photoshop
12 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (25.00 %)Fireworks
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (100.00 %)Flash
21 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Graphic Design
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)Social Network
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)ActionScript
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Adobe
21 (25.00 %)Macromedia