The first table below looks at the demand for InDesign skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited InDesign over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Applications category for the City of London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe InDesign
Rank 201 214 243
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +29
Contract jobs citing InDesign 2 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% 0.051% 0.020%
As % of the Applications category 0.266% 0.407% 0.183%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £290 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £188 £200 £250
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £16.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+51.51% +10.00%
All Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
751 983 1095
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 11.77% 12.50% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 645 763
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 56 73
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.75 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £11.10 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.10 £35.00 £31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
InDesign
London

InDesign
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing InDesign across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

City of London InDesign Jobs Demand Trend

InDesign
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London InDesign Daily Rate Trend

InDesign
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London InDesign Hourly Rate Trend

InDesign
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing InDesign 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 InDesign.

1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience Design
2 1 (50.00%) Vectorworks
2 1 (50.00%) SketchUp
2 1 (50.00%) FreeHand
2 1 (50.00%) CAD

InDesign
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing InDesign 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 InDesign. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (50.00%) Vectorworks
2 1 (50.00%) SketchUp
2 1 (50.00%) FreeHand
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience Design
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe