Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the East of England region.

 Graphic Design
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8298141
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Up+43
Matching contract IT job ads5615
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England0.298 %0.278 %0.341 %
As % of the General category0.845 %0.704 %0.794 %
Daily rates quoted504
Average daily rate£165-£190
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£141-£134
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£666-£201
UK excluding London average daily rate£165£250£300
% change year-on-year
-34.00 %-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted036
Average hourly rate-£19.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--13.33 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-22.22 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
5928521889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England35.32 %39.48 %42.98 %
Daily rates quoted208249689
Average daily rate£325£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.140 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£174£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted10871181
Average hourly rate£25.50£24.75£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.030 %-17.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.50£13.30£13.15
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£41.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.15£27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.220 %-3.140 %
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

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.

Graphic Design
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graphic Design across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

East of England Graphic Design Daily Rate Histogram

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 East of England region.

East of England Graphic Design Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
HertfordshireNew entry-3£165-
CambridgeshireNo change02£563-
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

18 (80.00 %)Photoshop
26 (60.00 %)CSS
35 (50.00 %)HTML
35 (50.00 %)Flash
43 (30.00 %)E-Commerce
43 (30.00 %)Retail
43 (30.00 %)Fireworks
43 (30.00 %)Marketing
52 (20.00 %)Pay per click
52 (20.00 %)Email Marketing
52 (20.00 %)Digital Marketing
52 (20.00 %)Social Media
52 (20.00 %)Degree
52 (20.00 %)SEO
61 (10.00 %)Contact Management
61 (10.00 %)Legal
61 (10.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (10.00 %)Web Design
61 (10.00 %)Dreamweaver
61 (10.00 %)Microsoft
61 (10.00 %)Adobe
61 (10.00 %)QuarkXPress
61 (10.00 %)AJAX
61 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
61 (10.00 %)Internet
61 (10.00 %)SQL Server 7
61 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (10.00 %)Project Management
61 (10.00 %)JavaScript

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (60.00 %)CSS
25 (50.00 %)HTML
25 (50.00 %)Flash
31 (10.00 %)AJAX
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (10.00 %).NET
31 (10.00 %)Web Services
31 (10.00 %)XML
31 (10.00 %)XSL
31 (10.00 %).NET Framework
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (80.00 %)Photoshop
23 (30.00 %)Fireworks
31 (10.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (10.00 %)QuarkXPress
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)Internet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server 7
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2008
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Dreamweaver
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Retail
13 (30.00 %)Marketing
22 (20.00 %)Social Media
31 (10.00 %)Legal
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Designer
25 (50.00 %)Web Designer
33 (30.00 %)Creative Web Designer
42 (20.00 %)Marketing Executive
51 (10.00 %)Photoshop Designer
51 (10.00 %)Web Applications Developer
51 (10.00 %)Graphic Designer
51 (10.00 %)Developer
51 (10.00 %)Web Developer
51 (10.00 %)Applications Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Computer Science
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)E-Commerce
22 (20.00 %)Pay per click
22 (20.00 %)Email Marketing
22 (20.00 %)Digital Marketing
22 (20.00 %)SEO
31 (10.00 %)Contact Management
31 (10.00 %)Web Design
31 (10.00 %)Project Management
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)JavaScript
11 (10.00 %)SQL
11 (10.00 %)C#
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (20.00 %)Degree
21 (10.00 %)HND
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft
11 (10.00 %)Adobe