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 London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

 Graphic Design
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank340261373
Rank change year-on-year
Down-79Up+112
Matching contract IT job ads354556
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London0.134 %0.271 %0.153 %
As % of the General category0.214 %0.486 %0.279 %
Daily rates quoted9179
Average daily rate£300£215£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.53 %-28.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£196£156£124
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£360£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£165£250£300
% change year-on-year
-34.00 %-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted017
Average hourly rate-£28.00£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+19.14 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-22.22 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
16340926220086
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London62.64 %55.71 %54.97 %
Daily rates quoted927739698740
Average daily rate£500£450£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£310£275£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£600£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted227333766
Average hourly rate£21.50£21.00£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.380 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£13.50£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.40£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.15£27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.220 %-3.140 %
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

London 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 London region.

London Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graphic Design across the London region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

London Graphic Design Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of LondonDown-768£178-21.11 %
LutonNew entry-2--
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

140 (54.79 %)Photoshop
228 (38.36 %)Flash
325 (34.25 %)CSS
424 (32.88 %)Adobe
523 (31.51 %)HTML
618 (24.66 %)JavaScript
717 (23.29 %)Web Design
814 (19.18 %)Adobe Illustrator
913 (17.81 %)SharePoint
1010 (13.70 %)Multimedia
1010 (13.70 %)XHTML
1010 (13.70 %)Fireworks
119 (12.33 %)ActionScript
128 (10.96 %)Degree
137 (9.589 %)Usability Testing
137 (9.589 %)WCAG
137 (9.589 %)jQuery
137 (9.589 %)Games
137 (9.589 %)FreeHand
137 (9.589 %)DOM
137 (9.589 %)W3C
137 (9.589 %)Microsoft
146 (8.219 %)Dreamweaver
146 (8.219 %)XML
146 (8.219 %)Banking
146 (8.219 %)Interactive TV
146 (8.219 %)Industrial Design
146 (8.219 %)Silverlight
146 (8.219 %)Psychology
146 (8.219 %)Marketing

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
128 (38.36 %)Flash
225 (34.25 %)CSS
323 (31.51 %)HTML
410 (13.70 %)XHTML
57 (9.589 %)jQuery
57 (9.589 %)DOM
66 (8.219 %)XML
66 (8.219 %)Silverlight
75 (6.849 %)AJAX
75 (6.849 %)Adobe Flex
75 (6.849 %).NET
84 (5.479 %)DHTML
93 (4.110 %)Google Maps API
102 (2.740 %)ASP
102 (2.740 %)ASP.NET
102 (2.740 %)Web Services
102 (2.740 %)LAMP
102 (2.740 %)JSON
102 (2.740 %)CAML
102 (2.740 %)MooTools
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (17.81 %)SharePoint
25 (6.849 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (2.740 %)Apache
41 (1.370 %)Joomla!
41 (1.370 %)CMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
140 (54.79 %)Photoshop
214 (19.18 %)Adobe Illustrator
310 (13.70 %)Fireworks
47 (9.589 %)FreeHand
52 (2.740 %)MS Office
52 (2.740 %)InfoPath
61 (1.370 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (1.370 %)Maya
61 (1.370 %)InDesign
61 (1.370 %)MS Excel
61 (1.370 %)Acrobat
61 (1.370 %)QuarkXPress
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.740 %)Google Analytics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (6.849 %)Internet
24 (5.479 %)Intranet
32 (2.740 %)LDAP
41 (1.370 %)FTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (5.479 %)SQL Server
22 (2.740 %)MySQL
22 (2.740 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
22 (2.740 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (1.370 %)SQL Server 2005
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (8.219 %)Dreamweaver
23 (4.110 %)Expression Blend
32 (2.740 %)Visual Studio
32 (2.740 %)Flex Builder
41 (1.370 %)FlexUnit
41 (1.370 %)Aptana Studio
41 (1.370 %)Subversion
41 (1.370 %)Eclipse
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (13.70 %)Multimedia
27 (9.589 %)Games
36 (8.219 %)Banking
36 (8.219 %)Marketing
45 (6.849 %)Government
54 (5.479 %)Investment Banking
63 (4.110 %)Local Government
63 (4.110 %)Animation
71 (1.370 %)Social Media
71 (1.370 %)Online Games
71 (1.370 %)Insurance
71 (1.370 %)3D Graphics
71 (1.370 %)Finance
71 (1.370 %)Electronics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
138 (52.05 %)Designer
224 (32.88 %)Developer
314 (19.18 %)Graphic Designer
411 (15.07 %)Web Designer
58 (10.96 %)Interaction Designer
67 (9.589 %)Senior Designer
76 (8.219 %)Architect
76 (8.219 %)Information Architect
85 (6.849 %)Front-End Developer
94 (5.479 %)Web Developer
94 (5.479 %)Multimedia Developer
103 (4.110 %)SharePoint Designer
103 (4.110 %)Senior Interaction Designer
103 (4.110 %)Flex Developer
103 (4.110 %)Senior Graphic Designer
103 (4.110 %)Interface Designer
112 (2.740 %)Webmaster
112 (2.740 %)SharePoint Developer
112 (2.740 %)Photoshop Designer
112 (2.740 %)Flash Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (9.589 %)W3C
26 (8.219 %)Interactive TV
26 (8.219 %)Psychology
35 (6.849 %)E-Learning
35 (6.849 %)NHS
43 (4.110 %)Open Source
43 (4.110 %)Fixed Income
52 (2.740 %)RIA
52 (2.740 %)Visualisation
61 (1.370 %)iPhone
61 (1.370 %)Web 2.0
61 (1.370 %)Taxonomies
61 (1.370 %)Data Protection Act
61 (1.370 %)Human Factors
61 (1.370 %)Computer Science
61 (1.370 %)Clustering
61 (1.370 %)Management Information System
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (4.110 %)Windows
21 (1.370 %)Ubuntu
21 (1.370 %)Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (23.29 %)Web Design
27 (9.589 %)Usability Testing
36 (8.219 %)Industrial Design
36 (8.219 %)Information Architecture
45 (6.849 %)Agile Software Development
45 (6.849 %)SEO
45 (6.849 %)Workflow
54 (5.479 %)E-Commerce
54 (5.479 %)Web Development
54 (5.479 %)Rapid Prototyping
63 (4.110 %)Electronic Trading
63 (4.110 %)Configuration Management
72 (2.740 %)Business Intelligence
72 (2.740 %)OO
72 (2.740 %)Project Management
72 (2.740 %)Migration
72 (2.740 %)Scrum
72 (2.740 %)Content Management
72 (2.740 %)Web Accessibility
81 (1.370 %)3D Modelling
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (24.66 %)JavaScript
29 (12.33 %)ActionScript
34 (5.479 %)ActionScript 3.0
43 (4.110 %)C#
43 (4.110 %)C++
43 (4.110 %)PHP
52 (2.740 %)Java
52 (2.740 %)C
61 (1.370 %)ActionScript 2.0
61 (1.370 %)SQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (10.96 %)Degree
21 (1.370 %)HND
21 (1.370 %)A+ Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (9.589 %)WCAG
24 (5.479 %)QA
32 (2.740 %)WAI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
124 (32.88 %)Adobe
27 (9.589 %)Microsoft
33 (4.110 %)Google
33 (4.110 %)Perforce
33 (4.110 %)Macromedia
42 (2.740 %)Nokia
51 (1.370 %)RedDot
51 (1.370 %)Oracle
51 (1.370 %)Sony
51 (1.370 %)Quark