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This section looks at the demand for the Lead Designer role in IT contracts within the 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 Lead Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Designer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank543605
Rank change on same period last yearUp+62
Matching contract IT job ads1733
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.033 %
As % of the category below0.027 %0.038 %
Daily rates quoted26
Average minimum daily rate£505£378
Average daily rate£550£399
% change on same period last year+37.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£595£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£500£433
% change on same period last year+15.38 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads6263985738
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled83.49 %85.53 %
Daily rates quoted2140626624
Average minimum daily rate£380£391
Average daily rate£406£416
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£441
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted54117254
Average minimum hourly rate£22.58£24.25
Average hourly rate£24.18£25.80
% change on same period last year-6.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.78£27.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Lead Designer UKLead Designer
UK

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.

Lead Designer
Demand Trend

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

England Lead Designer Demand Trend

Lead Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Lead Designer Daily Rate Trend

Lead Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Lead Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Designer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Designer within the 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
South EastUp+566£600+20.00 %
LondonUp+506--
West MidlandsUp+32--
East of EnglandUp+152£500-
East MidlandsUp+31--
South WestUp+161--
Lead Designer UKLead Designer
UK

Lead Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112 (31.58 %)UML
211 (28.95 %)Java
310 (26.32 %)UNIX
48 (21.05 %)Oracle
48 (21.05 %)Oracle 10g
57 (18.42 %)Datawarehouse
57 (18.42 %)PL/SQL
57 (18.42 %)CSS
57 (18.42 %)Government
66 (15.79 %)Telecoms
66 (15.79 %)Photoshop
66 (15.79 %)XML
66 (15.79 %)Perl
66 (15.79 %)Adobe
66 (15.79 %)W3C
66 (15.79 %)Fireworks
66 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
75 (13.16 %)Acrobat
75 (13.16 %)FreeHand
75 (13.16 %)Microsoft
75 (13.16 %)RDBMS
75 (13.16 %)SQL
75 (13.16 %).NET
75 (13.16 %)XHTML
75 (13.16 %)Configuration Management
75 (13.16 %)Adobe Illustrator
84 (10.53 %)Finance
84 (10.53 %)QA
93 (7.895 %)Fund Management
93 (7.895 %)WAI

Lead Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (18.42 %)CSS
26 (15.79 %)XML
35 (13.16 %)XHTML
35 (13.16 %).NET
43 (7.895 %)JSP
43 (7.895 %)WebServices
43 (7.895 %)XSLT
52 (5.263 %)Spring
52 (5.263 %)WebSphere
52 (5.263 %)Struts
52 (5.263 %)J2EE
52 (5.263 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
52 (5.263 %)WCF
61 (2.632 %)WF
61 (2.632 %)ASP
61 (2.632 %)ASP.NET
61 (2.632 %)EJB
61 (2.632 %)HTML
61 (2.632 %).NET Framework
61 (2.632 %)WAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (7.895 %)WebLogic
13 (7.895 %)CMS
22 (5.263 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (2.632 %)JBoss
31 (2.632 %)BizTalk Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (15.79 %)Photoshop
16 (15.79 %)Fireworks
25 (13.16 %)Adobe Illustrator
25 (13.16 %)Acrobat
25 (13.16 %)FreeHand
31 (2.632 %)InfoPath
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.632 %)SAP CRM
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.263 %)HTTP
12 (5.263 %)Internet
21 (2.632 %)Firewall
21 (2.632 %)TCP/IP
21 (2.632 %)GPRS
21 (2.632 %)UMTS
21 (2.632 %)FTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (21.05 %)Oracle 10g
27 (18.42 %)Datawarehouse
35 (13.16 %)RDBMS
42 (5.263 %)ETL
42 (5.263 %)SQL Server
42 (5.263 %)Oracle Reports
42 (5.263 %)Oracle 9i
51 (2.632 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (2.632 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (7.895 %)Visual Studio
13 (7.895 %)Rational Rose
22 (5.263 %)Eclipse
22 (5.263 %)NUnit
22 (5.263 %)CruiseControl
22 (5.263 %)Ant
31 (2.632 %)RequisitePro
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (18.42 %)Government
26 (15.79 %)Telecoms
34 (10.53 %)Finance
41 (2.632 %)Electric
41 (2.632 %)Publishing
41 (2.632 %)Banking
41 (2.632 %)Multimedia
41 (2.632 %)Billing
41 (2.632 %)Online Banking
41 (2.632 %)Marketing
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (15.79 %)W3C
21 (2.632 %)Mainframe
21 (2.632 %)Streaming Video
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (26.32 %)UNIX
21 (2.632 %)Windows
21 (2.632 %)AIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (31.58 %)UML
26 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
35 (13.16 %)Configuration Management
43 (7.895 %)Fund Management
43 (7.895 %)SOA
43 (7.895 %)Investment Management
43 (7.895 %)SC Cleared
52 (5.263 %)System Testing
52 (5.263 %)Asset Management
52 (5.263 %)Content Management
52 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
52 (5.263 %)OO
52 (5.263 %)SSADM
52 (5.263 %)RUP
52 (5.263 %)Workflow
52 (5.263 %)Scrum
52 (5.263 %)Network Design
61 (2.632 %)Data Analysis
61 (2.632 %)Workflow Management
61 (2.632 %)AOP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (28.95 %)Java
27 (18.42 %)PL/SQL
36 (15.79 %)Perl
45 (13.16 %)SQL
53 (7.895 %)C#
62 (5.263 %)C
62 (5.263 %)Shell Script
71 (2.632 %)ActionScript
71 (2.632 %)JavaScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.263 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (10.53 %)QA
23 (7.895 %)WAI
31 (2.632 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.632 %)Active Directory
11 (2.632 %)AquaLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (7.895 %)OpenView
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (21.05 %)Oracle
26 (15.79 %)Adobe
35 (13.16 %)Microsoft
43 (7.895 %)HP
43 (7.895 %)Nortel
43 (7.895 %)Juniper
43 (7.895 %)BEA
52 (5.263 %)RedDot
52 (5.263 %)IBM
61 (2.632 %)SAP
61 (2.632 %)Cisco