The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Guildford 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
Designer
Rank 26 - 17
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 2.727% - 0.806%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.927% - 0.893%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £163 - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £369 £386
% change year-on-year
-5.08% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+19.04% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
205 102 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 93.18% 90.27% 90.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 44 45
Average daily rate £330 £350 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £300 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £16.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+127.27% -49.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £16.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £56.36 £47.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
Surrey

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Guildford Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Guildford Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Guildford Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region that cited 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 Designer in their job title.

1 17 (100.00%) HTML
2 16 (94.12%) Photoshop
3 13 (76.47%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (64.71%) Dreamweaver
5 10 (58.82%) CSS
6 9 (52.94%) Intranet
7 8 (47.06%) MS PowerPoint
8 7 (41.18%) Internet
8 7 (41.18%) Mobile App
9 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
10 4 (23.53%) Flash
10 4 (23.53%) jQuery
11 3 (17.65%) Finance
11 3 (17.65%) Web Design
12 2 (11.76%) Adobe
12 2 (11.76%) Fireworks
12 2 (11.76%) Ajax
12 2 (11.76%) Information Architecture
13 1 (5.882%) HTML5
13 1 (5.882%) CSS3
13 1 (5.882%) Responsive Web Design
13 1 (5.882%) Analytics
13 1 (5.882%) WordPress
13 1 (5.882%) Banking
13 1 (5.882%) Google
13 1 (5.882%) Degree
13 1 (5.882%) Google Analytics
13 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
13 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
13 1 (5.882%) .NET

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region that cited 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (100.00%) HTML
2 10 (58.82%) CSS
3 4 (23.53%) Flash
3 4 (23.53%) jQuery
4 2 (11.76%) Ajax
5 1 (5.882%) HTML5
5 1 (5.882%) CSS3
5 1 (5.882%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (94.12%) Photoshop
2 13 (76.47%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (47.06%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (11.76%) Fireworks
5 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
5 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) Intranet
2 7 (41.18%) Internet
Development Applications
1 11 (64.71%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Web Design
2 2 (11.76%) Information Architecture
3 1 (5.882%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (5.882%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe
2 1 (5.882%) Google
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
Guildford, South East
12 Month ContractRate £150 - £200 a dayPreferred Sectors Web/games/media/technologyExpertise/Experience:*A minimum of 3 years experience as a UI design, with at least 2 released...
Rate: £150 - £250 per month
Posted: 21 May 2013