Graphic Designer Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Graphic Designer role 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 Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 England 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graphics Designer
Rank 495 524 517
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 17 33 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.040% 0.062% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.067% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 13
Average daily rate £218 £200 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.75% -23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £150 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £360 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £153 £150 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -53.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
Average hourly rate £25.00 £17.51 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.77% +16.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £17.51 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £17.51 £127.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £17.51 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+31.35% +16.73%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 39141 49545 51375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.52% 92.60% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22991 28027 28527
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2036 2429 2720
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Graphic Designer
UK

Graphic Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Graphic Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Graphic Designer Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graphic Designer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Graphic Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Graphic Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Graphic Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Designer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank 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
London +12 8 £218 -32.03%
East of England +15 5 £85 -75.71%
North West +16 3 - -
South East +17 1 - -
Graphic Designer
UK

Graphic Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 33 (80.49%) Photoshop
2 27 (65.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 24 (58.54%) Adobe
4 19 (46.34%) HTML
5 15 (36.59%) MS Office
6 14 (34.15%) Marketing
7 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
8 11 (26.83%) Graphic Design
9 10 (24.39%) CSS
9 10 (24.39%) Flash
9 10 (24.39%) InDesign
10 9 (21.95%) Dreamweaver
11 7 (17.07%) Acrobat
11 7 (17.07%) MS PowerPoint
11 7 (17.07%) Photography
12 6 (14.63%) Apple
13 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
13 5 (12.20%) Content Management
13 5 (12.20%) Web Design
13 5 (12.20%) Advertising
14 4 (9.756%) Games
14 4 (9.756%) E-Commerce
15 3 (7.317%) MS Excel
15 3 (7.317%) Quark
15 3 (7.317%) QuarkXPress
15 3 (7.317%) Intranet
15 3 (7.317%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (7.317%) E-Learning
15 3 (7.317%) Banking
15 3 (7.317%) Retail

Graphic Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 19 (46.34%) HTML
2 10 (24.39%) CSS
2 10 (24.39%) Flash
3 2 (4.878%) jQuery
3 2 (4.878%) Sass
3 2 (4.878%) LESS
3 2 (4.878%) XHTML
4 1 (2.439%) ASP
4 1 (2.439%) ATL
4 1 (2.439%) Ajax
4 1 (2.439%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.878%) WordPress
2 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.439%) CMS
2 1 (2.439%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 33 (80.49%) Photoshop
2 27 (65.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 15 (36.59%) MS Office
4 10 (24.39%) InDesign
5 7 (17.07%) Acrobat
5 7 (17.07%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (7.317%) MS Excel
6 3 (7.317%) QuarkXPress
6 3 (7.317%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (4.878%) Maya
8 1 (2.439%) PageMaker
8 1 (2.439%) Fireworks
8 1 (2.439%) Shockwave
8 1 (2.439%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (2.439%) 3ds Max
8 1 (2.439%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (2.439%) ZBrush
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.317%) Intranet
2 2 (4.878%) Internet
Development Applications
1 9 (21.95%) Dreamweaver
General
1 14 (34.15%) Marketing
2 5 (12.20%) Advertising
3 4 (9.756%) Games
4 3 (7.317%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (7.317%) Banking
4 3 (7.317%) Retail
4 3 (7.317%) Multimedia
5 2 (4.878%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.439%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Graphic Design
2 7 (17.07%) Photography
3 3 (7.317%) E-Learning
3 3 (7.317%) Digital Media
4 2 (4.878%) New Media
4 2 (4.878%) Animation
4 2 (4.878%) Online Games
5 1 (2.439%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (2.439%) SCORM
5 1 (2.439%) Video Editing
5 1 (2.439%) Podcast
5 1 (2.439%) Social Network
5 1 (2.439%) Social Media
5 1 (2.439%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.439%) Windows
1 1 (2.439%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (12.20%) Content Management
1 5 (12.20%) Web Design
2 4 (9.756%) E-Commerce
3 3 (7.317%) Time Management
4 2 (4.878%) Business Analysis
4 2 (4.878%) Web Development
4 2 (4.878%) CAD
4 2 (4.878%) B2B
5 1 (2.439%) Project Management
5 1 (2.439%) Business Development
5 1 (2.439%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.439%) Scrum
5 1 (2.439%) Validation
5 1 (2.439%) Multivariate Testing
5 1 (2.439%) Market Research
5 1 (2.439%) Brand Management
5 1 (2.439%) Email Marketing
5 1 (2.439%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (2.439%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.878%) ActionScript
3 1 (2.439%) PHP
3 1 (2.439%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 1 (2.439%) Degree
Vendors
1 24 (58.54%) Adobe
2 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.63%) Apple
4 3 (7.317%) Quark
5 1 (2.439%) Telerik
5 1 (2.439%) Facebook
5 1 (2.439%) Twitter
Web & Graphic Designer
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
My client are looking for a creative website and graphic designer with Telerik Sitefinity background required for 12-month fixed term position with in-house marketing team of...
RDF Resources
Posted: 16 May 2013
Junior Graphic Designer Contract; London - £150-250 pd
City of London
This will preferably be in a retail environment You must have a working knowledge of the below on a Mac: Illustrator In Design Photoshop Microsoft Office The projects...
Salt
Rate: £150 - £250 per day + Depending on Experience
Posted: 14 May 2013
Graphic Designer/Art Director
Manchester, Lancashire
To include art direction, conceptualisation, visualising, & producing creative, innovative & original ideas. Rresponsible for interpreting client briefs to ensure the successful development of design communications. Use innovation to define...
NES Global Talent
Rate: Excellent rate
Posted: 14 May 2013
Motion Graphics/After Effects Designer
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
We’re currently working with a well-respected creative agency based within Newcastle upon Tyne who is actively seeking to build a relationship with a talented freelance Motion...
Concept Personnel
Rate: From £18,000 to £30,000 per annum Excellent Day Rates Available.
Posted: 15 May 2013
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