The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Croydon 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
Designer
Rank - 18 -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 0 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon - 3.817% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 4.098% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £513 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+30.95% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
46 122 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 93.88% 93.13% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 81 105
Average daily rate £325 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £263 £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £473 £700 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
London

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Extranet
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 (100.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Extranet
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft