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

 Web Designer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4450
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.262 %0.919 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£249£253
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.15£23.23
% change on same period last year-21.89 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads381544
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.508 %0.543 %
Daily rates quoted136117
Average minimum daily rate£282£313
Average daily rate£300£327
% change on same period last year-8.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted60111
Average minimum hourly rate£19.49£22.11
Average hourly rate£21.07£24.44
% change on same period last year-13.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.65£26.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
Web Designer South EastWeb Designer
South East

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.

Web Designer
Demand Trend

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

Kent Web Designer Demand Trend

Web Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Web Designer Daily Rate Trend

Web Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Web Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Designer
Top 11 Related IT Skills

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

12 (66.67 %)XHTML
12 (66.67 %)JavaScript
12 (66.67 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)Flash
21 (33.33 %)PHP
21 (33.33 %)Photoshop
21 (33.33 %)HTML
21 (33.33 %)W3C
21 (33.33 %)Web Design
21 (33.33 %)AJAX
21 (33.33 %)Graphic Design

Web Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)XHTML
12 (66.67 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)HTML
21 (33.33 %)AJAX
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)Photoshop
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Flash
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Graphic Design
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)W3C
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Web Design
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)JavaScript
21 (33.33 %)PHP