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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Graphic Design' in contract IT jobs within the East of England 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGraphic Design
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank133148
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads65
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.326 %0.241 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£283
Average daily rate-£325
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£285£281
% change on same period last year+1.44 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£12.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.56£37.50
% change on same period last year-39.84 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads18392079
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.451 %2.074 %
Daily rates quoted625793
Average minimum daily rate£360£342
Average daily rate£388£364
% change on same period last year+6.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted174186
Average minimum hourly rate£27.23£25.20
Average hourly rate£29.01£26.97
% change on same period last year+7.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.79£28.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.03£27.25
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
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 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
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

This section 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 29 August 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
CambridgeshireNew entry-5--
NorfolkNew entry-1--
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

120 (76.92 %)CSS
214 (53.85 %)HTML
311 (42.31 %)ASP
311 (42.31 %)Flash
410 (38.46 %)IIS
410 (38.46 %)SQL
59 (34.62 %)Photoshop
59 (34.62 %)XHTML
68 (30.77 %)JavaScript
68 (30.77 %)Microsoft
77 (26.92 %)VBScript
86 (23.08 %)MS Access
86 (23.08 %)Internet
86 (23.08 %)AJAX
95 (19.23 %)XML
95 (19.23 %)Degree
104 (15.38 %)ActionScript
104 (15.38 %)PHP
104 (15.38 %)Web Design
104 (15.38 %)Adobe
113 (11.54 %)W3C
113 (11.54 %)RDBMS
113 (11.54 %)Extranet
113 (11.54 %)Intranet
113 (11.54 %)Education
113 (11.54 %)Adobe Illustrator
113 (11.54 %)Web 2.0
113 (11.54 %)Web Development
113 (11.54 %)XPath
113 (11.54 %)Multimedia

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (76.92 %)CSS
214 (53.85 %)HTML
311 (42.31 %)ASP
49 (34.62 %)XHTML
56 (23.08 %)AJAX
65 (19.23 %)XML
73 (11.54 %)ASP.NET
73 (11.54 %).NET
73 (11.54 %)DOM
73 (11.54 %)XSL
73 (11.54 %)JSP
82 (7.692 %)jQuery
82 (7.692 %)MooTools
82 (7.692 %)XSLT
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (38.46 %)IIS
23 (11.54 %)Apache
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (34.62 %)Photoshop
23 (11.54 %)Adobe Illustrator
23 (11.54 %)MS Office
32 (7.692 %)Fireworks
41 (3.846 %)RoboHelp
41 (3.846 %)MS Project
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (23.08 %)Internet
23 (11.54 %)Extranet
23 (11.54 %)Intranet
23 (11.54 %)SMTP
23 (11.54 %)FTP
23 (11.54 %)HTTP
23 (11.54 %)TCP/IP
23 (11.54 %)SSH
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (23.08 %)MS Access
23 (11.54 %)RDBMS
23 (11.54 %)SQL Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (42.31 %)Flash
21 (3.846 %)Dreamweaver
21 (3.846 %)Firebug
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (11.54 %)Education
13 (11.54 %)Multimedia
22 (7.692 %)Animation
22 (7.692 %)Retail
31 (3.846 %)Finance
31 (3.846 %)Video Editing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (61.54 %)Developer
211 (42.31 %)Web Developer
36 (23.08 %)Web Designer
42 (7.692 %)Graphic Designer
42 (7.692 %)Applications Developer
51 (3.846 %)Website Designer
51 (3.846 %)Project Manager
51 (3.846 %)Author
51 (3.846 %)Technical Author
51 (3.846 %)Team Leader
51 (3.846 %)Flash Developer
51 (3.846 %)Photoshop Designer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (11.54 %)W3C
13 (11.54 %)Web 2.0
22 (7.692 %)Computer Science
22 (7.692 %)Social Network
31 (3.846 %)NHS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (11.54 %)Windows
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (15.38 %)Web Design
23 (11.54 %)Web Development
23 (11.54 %)E-Commerce
32 (7.692 %)SEO
41 (3.846 %)Content Management
41 (3.846 %)PRINCE2
41 (3.846 %)Use Case
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (38.46 %)SQL
28 (30.77 %)JavaScript
37 (26.92 %)VBScript
44 (15.38 %)ActionScript
44 (15.38 %)PHP
53 (11.54 %)XPath
53 (11.54 %)Java
53 (11.54 %)C#
61 (3.846 %)C
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (19.23 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (11.54 %)WCAG
13 (11.54 %)WAI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (30.77 %)Microsoft
24 (15.38 %)Adobe
32 (7.692 %)Macromedia