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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Graphic Design' in contract IT jobs within the City of London region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGraphic Design
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank199174
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching contract IT job ads917
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.017 %
As % of the category below0.167 %0.330 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£140£346
Average daily rate£170£346
% change on same period last year-50.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£296
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
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£23.37£35.10
% change on same period last year-33.42 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads54035152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.640 %5.215 %
Daily rates quoted30382204
Average minimum daily rate£430£443
Average daily rate£468£475
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£506£507
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£381
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Hourly rates quoted195145
Average minimum hourly rate£23.47£21.00
Average hourly rate£25.96£22.25
% change on same period last year+16.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.45£23.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.07£26.79
% change on same period last year+4.77 %
Graphic Design LondonGraphic Design
London

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 Design
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Design across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

City of London Graphic Design Demand Trend

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Graphic Design across the City of London region.

City of London Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Design across the City of London region.

City of London Graphic Design Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Graphic Design also 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 that cited Graphic Design.

130 (85.71 %)ActionScript
228 (80.00 %)Java
327 (77.14 %)Internet
327 (77.14 %)Agile Software Development
327 (77.14 %)Banking
327 (77.14 %)Investment Banking
327 (77.14 %)Animation
327 (77.14 %)Adobe Flex
327 (77.14 %)RIA
44 (11.43 %)Photoshop
44 (11.43 %)CSS
44 (11.43 %)HTML
53 (8.571 %)Adobe
53 (8.571 %)Flash
53 (8.571 %)XHTML
53 (8.571 %)JavaScript
53 (8.571 %)Web Development
53 (8.571 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (5.714 %)AJAX
62 (5.714 %)Fireworks
62 (5.714 %)Social Network
62 (5.714 %)PHP
62 (5.714 %).NET
62 (5.714 %)MySQL
62 (5.714 %)XML
62 (5.714 %)ASP
62 (5.714 %)ASP.NET
62 (5.714 %)MS Excel
62 (5.714 %)Microsoft
71 (2.857 %)Macromedia

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Graphic Design also 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 that cited Graphic Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (77.14 %)Adobe Flex
24 (11.43 %)HTML
24 (11.43 %)CSS
33 (8.571 %)XHTML
42 (5.714 %)XML
42 (5.714 %).NET
42 (5.714 %)ASP
42 (5.714 %)ASP.NET
42 (5.714 %)AJAX
51 (2.857 %).NET Framework
51 (2.857 %)CodeIgniter
51 (2.857 %)LAMP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.857 %)Apache
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (11.43 %)Photoshop
23 (8.571 %)Adobe Illustrator
32 (5.714 %)Fireworks
32 (5.714 %)MS Excel
41 (2.857 %)MS Visio
41 (2.857 %)ImageReady
41 (2.857 %)MS Office
41 (2.857 %)3ds Max
41 (2.857 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (2.857 %)Spreadsheet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (77.14 %)Internet
21 (2.857 %)FTP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (5.714 %)MySQL
21 (2.857 %)SQL Server
21 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2005
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (8.571 %)Flash
21 (2.857 %)Dreamweaver
21 (2.857 %)Visual Studio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
127 (77.14 %)Banking
127 (77.14 %)Investment Banking
127 (77.14 %)Animation
21 (2.857 %)Marketing
21 (2.857 %)Retail
21 (2.857 %)Advertising
21 (2.857 %)Publishing
21 (2.857 %)Games
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (88.57 %)Developer
227 (77.14 %)Flex Developer
32 (5.714 %)Web Designer
32 (5.714 %)Flash Developer
41 (2.857 %)Graphic Designer
41 (2.857 %)Interactive Designer
41 (2.857 %)LAMP Developer
41 (2.857 %)Web Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (77.14 %)RIA
22 (5.714 %)Social Network
31 (2.857 %)Streaming Video
31 (2.857 %)Web 2.0
31 (2.857 %)Computer Science
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (2.857 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (77.14 %)Agile Software Development
23 (8.571 %)Web Development
31 (2.857 %)Email Marketing
31 (2.857 %)Internet Marketing
31 (2.857 %)Web Design
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (85.71 %)ActionScript
228 (80.00 %)Java
33 (8.571 %)JavaScript
42 (5.714 %)PHP
51 (2.857 %)SQL
51 (2.857 %)VB.NET
51 (2.857 %)VBA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.857 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (8.571 %)Adobe
22 (5.714 %)Microsoft
31 (2.857 %)Macromedia
31 (2.857 %)Zend