The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 17 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 83 71 52
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 21 28 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.357% 1.747% 3.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.455% 1.857% 3.293%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 23
Average daily rate £400 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.40% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £150 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £428 £540
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £360 £386
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £62.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -31.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+9.52% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1443 1508 1731
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.22% 94.07% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 700 725
Average daily rate £350 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 221 241
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -22.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.49 £11.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Designer
South East

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Aldershot - 6 - -
Basingstoke -14 4 £375 -
Southampton -6 2 £400 +33.33%
Havant +1 1 - -
Designer
South East

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 13 (43.33%) Oracle
2 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
3 10 (33.33%) Web Services
3 10 (33.33%) XML
4 9 (30.00%) WebLogic
4 9 (30.00%) Java
4 9 (30.00%) ILOG
4 9 (30.00%) JRules
5 8 (26.67%) WebSphere
5 8 (26.67%) TIBCO iProcess
5 8 (26.67%) TIBCO
5 8 (26.67%) BusinessWorks
5 8 (26.67%) SOA
5 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
5 8 (26.67%) Staffware
5 8 (26.67%) JSP
6 7 (23.33%) UML
6 7 (23.33%) SQL
6 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
7 5 (16.67%) HTML
7 5 (16.67%) CSS
8 4 (13.33%) Windows
8 4 (13.33%) Finance
8 4 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (10.00%) VMware
9 3 (10.00%) Business Analysis
9 3 (10.00%) jQuery
9 3 (10.00%) Adobe
9 3 (10.00%) ERP

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (33.33%) Web Services
1 10 (33.33%) XML
2 9 (30.00%) JRules
3 8 (26.67%) JSP
3 8 (26.67%) WebSphere
4 5 (16.67%) CSS
4 5 (16.67%) HTML
5 3 (10.00%) jQuery
6 2 (6.667%) .NET
6 2 (6.667%) XSLT
6 2 (6.667%) ODBC
7 1 (3.333%) Middleware
7 1 (3.333%) J2EE
7 1 (3.333%) Cairngorm
7 1 (3.333%) BlazeDS
7 1 (3.333%) HTML5
7 1 (3.333%) CSS3
7 1 (3.333%) Robotlegs
7 1 (3.333%) Parsley
7 1 (3.333%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 9 (30.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) Photoshop
1 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 2 (6.667%) Fireworks
2 1 (3.333%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (3.333%) InfoPath
2 1 (3.333%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (26.67%) BusinessWorks
1 8 (26.67%) Staffware
1 8 (26.67%) TIBCO iProcess
2 1 (3.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (3.333%) MS Access
2 1 (3.333%) MySQL
2 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.333%) CruiseControl
2 1 (3.333%) Maven
2 1 (3.333%) JIRA
2 1 (3.333%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (6.667%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.333%) Banking
4 1 (3.333%) Marketing
4 1 (3.333%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) Graphic Design
1 2 (6.667%) SaaS
1 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.333%) DTV
2 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.333%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (6.667%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.333%) Solaris
3 1 (3.333%) Linux
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.333%) SUSE
3 1 (3.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) SOA
2 7 (23.33%) UML
3 4 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (10.00%) ERP
4 3 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.667%) ETL
5 2 (6.667%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.667%) Document Management
5 2 (6.667%) Information Architecture
5 2 (6.667%) Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.333%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.333%) Content Management
6 1 (3.333%) Project Management
6 1 (3.333%) Change Management
6 1 (3.333%) MVC
6 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.333%) OO
6 1 (3.333%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.333%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) Java
2 7 (23.33%) SQL
3 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.333%) C#
4 1 (3.333%) C++
4 1 (3.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.333%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.333%) CCNP
3 1 (3.333%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.667%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (6.667%) XenApp
2 1 (3.333%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Oracle
2 9 (30.00%) ILOG
3 8 (26.67%) TIBCO
3 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.00%) Adobe
4 3 (10.00%) VMware
5 2 (6.667%) IronPort
5 2 (6.667%) Open Text
5 2 (6.667%) HP
5 2 (6.667%) Citrix
5 2 (6.667%) Cisco
6 1 (3.333%) IBM
6 1 (3.333%) SAP
6 1 (3.333%) JBoss
6 1 (3.333%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.333%) Ektron
6 1 (3.333%) ArcSight
6 1 (3.333%) Casewise
Basingstoke, Hampshire
The successful Engineering Consultant/Technical Solution Designer (VMWare - Microsoft Server solutions - Linux) will need to have a broad understanding of networking, change management and development tools and techniques.
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013