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 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 11 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 England region.

 Graphic Design
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank410350472
Rank change year-on-year
Down-60Up+122
Matching contract IT job ads6177123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England0.141 %0.205 %0.162 %
As % of the General category0.264 %0.438 %0.346 %
Daily rates quoted262131
Average daily rate£189£225£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.11 %-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£145£160£135
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£328£450£423
UK excluding London average daily rate£165£250£300
% change year-on-year
-34.00 %-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted31216
Average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-25.53 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-22.22 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
230761758135584
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England53.28 %46.76 %46.77 %
Daily rates quoted11872629513047
Average daily rate£451£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.000 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£575£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted77810532145
Average hourly rate£23.48£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.100 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£12.48£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£41.00£40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-12.72 %-
Graphic Design UKGraphic Design
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 11 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
LondonDown-7336£300+36.36 %
South EastUp+212£156-37.50 %
East of EnglandUp+223£165-
West MidlandsUp+173£250-
East MidlandsNo change02--
North EastUp+121--
YorkshireUp+21--
North WestDown-151--
South WestNew entry-1--
Graphic Design UKGraphic Design
UK

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

174 (52.86 %)Photoshop
266 (47.14 %)CSS
358 (41.43 %)Flash
442 (30.00 %)HTML
539 (27.86 %)JavaScript
638 (27.14 %)Adobe Illustrator
736 (25.71 %)Adobe
827 (19.29 %)ActionScript
922 (15.71 %)PHP
922 (15.71 %)Web Design
1021 (15.00 %)XHTML
1021 (15.00 %)Marketing
1120 (14.29 %)Fireworks
1219 (13.57 %)Dreamweaver
1316 (11.43 %)Degree
1415 (10.71 %)SharePoint
1415 (10.71 %)W3C
1513 (9.286 %)XML
1513 (9.286 %)MySQL
1513 (9.286 %)Multimedia
1612 (8.571 %)Content Management
1612 (8.571 %)E-Learning
1711 (7.857 %)WCAG
1711 (7.857 %)Web Accessibility
1711 (7.857 %)Product Marketing
1711 (7.857 %)Microsoft
189 (6.429 %)AJAX
189 (6.429 %)jQuery
189 (6.429 %)ActionScript 3.0
189 (6.429 %)Information Architecture

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
166 (47.14 %)CSS
258 (41.43 %)Flash
342 (30.00 %)HTML
421 (15.00 %)XHTML
513 (9.286 %)XML
69 (6.429 %)AJAX
69 (6.429 %)jQuery
78 (5.714 %).NET
78 (5.714 %)DOM
86 (4.286 %)Adobe Flex
86 (4.286 %)Silverlight
95 (3.571 %)DHTML
104 (2.857 %).NET Framework
104 (2.857 %)LAMP
104 (2.857 %)XSLT
113 (2.143 %)ASP.NET
113 (2.143 %)Web Services
122 (1.429 %)WPF
122 (1.429 %)CAML
122 (1.429 %)ASP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (10.71 %)SharePoint
28 (5.714 %)Apache
37 (5.000 %)CMS
45 (3.571 %)SharePoint Server 2007
45 (3.571 %)Joomla!
52 (1.429 %)ColdFusion
61 (0.714 %)WordPress
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
174 (52.86 %)Photoshop
238 (27.14 %)Adobe Illustrator
320 (14.29 %)Fireworks
46 (4.286 %)FreeHand
54 (2.857 %)InDesign
54 (2.857 %)MS PowerPoint
63 (2.143 %)MS Excel
63 (2.143 %)MS Office
72 (1.429 %)InfoPath
72 (1.429 %)MS Visio
72 (1.429 %)QuarkXPress
81 (0.714 %)Acrobat
81 (0.714 %)Adobe After Effects
81 (0.714 %)Adobe Premiere
81 (0.714 %)Paint Shop Pro
81 (0.714 %)Maya
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (5.714 %)Intranet
26 (4.286 %)Internet
32 (1.429 %)LDAP
41 (0.714 %)FTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (9.286 %)MySQL
25 (3.571 %)SQL Server
32 (1.429 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.429 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (1.429 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.714 %)SQL Server 7
41 (0.714 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.714 %)SQL Server 2008
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
119 (13.57 %)Dreamweaver
26 (4.286 %)Eclipse
34 (2.857 %)Ant
43 (2.143 %)Visual Studio
43 (2.143 %)Expression Blend
52 (1.429 %)Flex Builder
61 (0.714 %)Subversion
61 (0.714 %)FlexUnit
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
121 (15.00 %)Marketing
213 (9.286 %)Multimedia
38 (5.714 %)Animation
47 (5.000 %)Games
56 (4.286 %)Government
56 (4.286 %)Banking
65 (3.571 %)Publishing
74 (2.857 %)Investment Banking
83 (2.143 %)Local Government
83 (2.143 %)Retail
83 (2.143 %)3D Graphics
92 (1.429 %)Telecoms
92 (1.429 %)Finance
101 (0.714 %)Insurance
101 (0.714 %)Electronics
101 (0.714 %)Legal
101 (0.714 %)Advertising
101 (0.714 %)Online Games
101 (0.714 %)Social Media
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
186 (61.43 %)Designer
255 (39.29 %)Developer
341 (29.29 %)Web Designer
429 (20.71 %)Graphic Designer
513 (9.286 %)Web Developer
612 (8.571 %)UI Designer
711 (7.857 %)Flash Developer
88 (5.714 %)Interaction Designer
88 (5.714 %)Flash Designer
97 (5.000 %)Architect
97 (5.000 %)Information Architect
97 (5.000 %)Senior Designer
105 (3.571 %)Interface Designer
105 (3.571 %)Front-End Developer
105 (3.571 %)UI Developer
114 (2.857 %)Flex Developer
114 (2.857 %)SharePoint Designer
114 (2.857 %)Multimedia Developer
114 (2.857 %)Software Developer
123 (2.143 %)Author
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (10.71 %)W3C
212 (8.571 %)E-Learning
38 (5.714 %)NHS
46 (4.286 %)Psychology
46 (4.286 %)Interactive TV
53 (2.143 %)Fixed Income
62 (1.429 %)Visualisation
62 (1.429 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.714 %)SCORM
71 (0.714 %)Management Information System
71 (0.714 %)Clustering
71 (0.714 %)Data Protection Act
71 (0.714 %)Taxonomies
71 (0.714 %)Human Factors
71 (0.714 %)Computer Science
71 (0.714 %)Russian Language
71 (0.714 %)RIA
71 (0.714 %)Open Source
71 (0.714 %)iPhone
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (4.286 %)Linux
25 (3.571 %)Windows
31 (0.714 %)Ubuntu
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (15.71 %)Web Design
212 (8.571 %)Content Management
311 (7.857 %)Web Accessibility
311 (7.857 %)Product Marketing
49 (6.429 %)Information Architecture
58 (5.714 %)Usability Testing
58 (5.714 %)E-Commerce
67 (5.000 %)OO
67 (5.000 %)Agile Software Development
67 (5.000 %)Web Development
76 (4.286 %)Workflow
76 (4.286 %)Industrial Design
84 (2.857 %)Web Usability
84 (2.857 %)Rapid Prototyping
84 (2.857 %)SEO
93 (2.143 %)Configuration Management
93 (2.143 %)Project Management
93 (2.143 %)Data Modelling
93 (2.143 %)ITIL
93 (2.143 %)PRINCE2
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
139 (27.86 %)JavaScript
227 (19.29 %)ActionScript
322 (15.71 %)PHP
49 (6.429 %)ActionScript 3.0
55 (3.571 %)PHP5
55 (3.571 %)PHP4
64 (2.857 %)C#
73 (2.143 %)C++
73 (2.143 %)C
73 (2.143 %)SQL
82 (1.429 %)Java
91 (0.714 %)ActionScript 2.0
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (11.43 %)Degree
22 (1.429 %)Security Cleared
31 (0.714 %)A+ Certification
31 (0.714 %)HND
31 (0.714 %)SC Cleared
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (7.857 %)WCAG
24 (2.857 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (25.71 %)Adobe
211 (7.857 %)Microsoft
34 (2.857 %)Macromedia
43 (2.143 %)Perforce
52 (1.429 %)Nokia
52 (1.429 %)Quark
61 (0.714 %)Oracle
61 (0.714 %)Google
61 (0.714 %)Sony
61 (0.714 %)RedDot
61 (0.714 %)XMPie