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 Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 19 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 Hertfordshire region.

 Graphic Design
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank42-88
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads301
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire0.583 %-0.065 %
As % of the General category1.531 %-0.128 %
Daily rates quoted301
Average daily rate£165-£205
UK excluding London average daily rate£165£250£300
% change year-on-year
-34.00 %-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-22.22 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
196395784
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire38.06 %53.16 %51.28 %
Daily rates quoted69101313
Average daily rate£313£350£414
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71 %-15.40 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£165£250£274
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£450£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted322743
Average hourly rate£30.00£25.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00 %-21.87 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.80£13.75£13.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.70£37.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Graphic Design East of EnglandGraphic Design
East of England

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
WatfordNew entry-3£165-
Graphic Design East of EnglandGraphic Design
East of England

Graphic Design
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

15 (100.00 %)Photoshop
24 (80.00 %)Flash
24 (80.00 %)CSS
33 (60.00 %)Fireworks
33 (60.00 %)Retail
33 (60.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (20.00 %)Dreamweaver
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (20.00 %)AJAX
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (20.00 %).NET Framework
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server 7
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (20.00 %)Contact Management
41 (20.00 %)Legal
41 (20.00 %)Web Design
41 (20.00 %)Web Services
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)XSL
41 (20.00 %)C#
41 (20.00 %)HTML
41 (20.00 %)JavaScript
41 (20.00 %)SQL
41 (20.00 %).NET
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)Flash
14 (80.00 %)CSS
21 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (20.00 %)AJAX
21 (20.00 %).NET Framework
21 (20.00 %)Web Services
21 (20.00 %)XML
21 (20.00 %)XSL
21 (20.00 %)HTML
21 (20.00 %).NET
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (100.00 %)Photoshop
23 (60.00 %)Fireworks
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 7
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)Dreamweaver
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Retail
21 (20.00 %)Legal
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Web Designer
14 (80.00 %)Designer
23 (60.00 %)Creative Web Designer
31 (20.00 %)Web Applications Developer
31 (20.00 %)Developer
31 (20.00 %)Web Developer
31 (20.00 %)Applications Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (20.00 %)Contact Management
21 (20.00 %)Web Design
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)C#
11 (20.00 %)JavaScript
11 (20.00 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft