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This section looks at the demand for the Graphic Designer role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Graphic Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGraphics Designer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank136151
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.087 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£275£250
Average daily rate£288£275
% change on same period last year+4.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£149£269
% change on same period last year-44.67 %
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£18.94£20.55
% change on same period last year-7.84 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads34514596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.600 %4.585 %
Daily rates quoted10851406
Average minimum daily rate£331£324
Average daily rate£354£343
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted454636
Average minimum hourly rate£22.18£25.47
Average hourly rate£23.66£26.68
% change on same period last year-11.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.15£27.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Graphic Designer EnglandGraphic Designer
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 Designer
Demand Trend

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

East of England Graphic Designer Demand Trend

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Graphic Designer across the East of England region.

East of England Graphic Designer Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Designer across the East of England region.

East of England Graphic Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Designer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Designer 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-2--
HertfordshireUp+151£288+4.54 %
Graphic Designer EnglandGraphic Designer
England

Graphic Designer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Graphic 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 Graphic Designer in their job title.

15 (83.33 %)Flash
24 (66.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
24 (66.67 %)Photoshop
33 (50.00 %)CSS
33 (50.00 %)HTML
33 (50.00 %)Adobe
42 (33.33 %)XHTML
42 (33.33 %)ActionScript
42 (33.33 %)XML
42 (33.33 %)AJAX
42 (33.33 %)Graphic Design
42 (33.33 %)Social Network
42 (33.33 %)jQuery
42 (33.33 %)MooTools
51 (16.67 %)Dreamweaver
51 (16.67 %)Macromedia
51 (16.67 %)Apple
51 (16.67 %)Quark
51 (16.67 %)Fireworks
51 (16.67 %)Telecoms
51 (16.67 %)Advertising
51 (16.67 %)Handset

Graphic Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Graphic 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 Graphic Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (50.00 %)HTML
13 (50.00 %)CSS
22 (33.33 %)XML
22 (33.33 %)XHTML
22 (33.33 %)AJAX
22 (33.33 %)jQuery
22 (33.33 %)MooTools
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (66.67 %)Photoshop
14 (66.67 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (16.67 %)Fireworks
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (83.33 %)Flash
21 (16.67 %)Dreamweaver
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Graphic Design
21 (16.67 %)Telecoms
21 (16.67 %)Advertising
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)Social Network
21 (16.67 %)Handset
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)ActionScript
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Adobe
21 (16.67 %)Macromedia
21 (16.67 %)Apple
21 (16.67 %)Quark