The first table below looks at the demand for InDesign skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited InDesign over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Applications category for the London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Adobe InDesign
Rank 366 392 432
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +40
Contract jobs citing InDesign 11 23 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.051% 0.085% 0.032%
As % of the Applications category 0.411% 0.681% 0.279%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 7
Average daily rate £318 £230 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.04% +4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £174 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £305 £269
UK excluding London average daily rate £188 £200 £250
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £175.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% -84.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £16.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+51.51% +10.00%
All Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
2676 3375 3585
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.36% 12.53% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1691 2057 2177
Average daily rate £388 £396 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.14% -7.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £208 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 169 244
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.25 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -4.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £33.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.12%
InDesign
England

InDesign
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing InDesign across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

London InDesign Jobs Demand Trend

InDesign
Daily Rate Trend

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

London InDesign Daily Rate Trend

InDesign
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing InDesign across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London InDesign Daily Rate Histogram

InDesign
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London InDesign Hourly Rate Trend

InDesign
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing InDesign within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London +13 2 - -
Uxbridge - 2 £188 -
InDesign
England

InDesign
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing InDesign 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 InDesign.

1 24 (100.00%) Adobe
2 22 (91.67%) Photoshop
2 22 (91.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (41.67%) Flash
3 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
4 8 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 7 (29.17%) MS Office
5 7 (29.17%) Banking
5 7 (29.17%) Investment Banking
6 6 (25.00%) HTML
7 5 (20.83%) Expression Blend
7 5 (20.83%) Information Architecture
7 5 (20.83%) Acrobat
8 4 (16.67%) Front Office
8 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
8 4 (16.67%) Web Design
9 3 (12.50%) Digital Media
9 3 (12.50%) Retail
9 3 (12.50%) FTP
9 3 (12.50%) Fireworks
10 2 (8.333%) ActionScript
10 2 (8.333%) Finance
10 2 (8.333%) Publishing
10 2 (8.333%) Dreamweaver
10 2 (8.333%) CSS
10 2 (8.333%) XML
10 2 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
10 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
10 2 (8.333%) Apache Flex
10 2 (8.333%) Business Development

InDesign
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing InDesign 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 InDesign. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (41.67%) Flash
2 6 (25.00%) HTML
3 2 (8.333%) CSS
3 2 (8.333%) XML
3 2 (8.333%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (91.67%) Photoshop
1 22 (91.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 7 (29.17%) MS Office
4 5 (20.83%) Acrobat
5 3 (12.50%) Fireworks
6 2 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (8.333%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (4.167%) Vectorworks
7 1 (4.167%) SketchUp
7 1 (4.167%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (4.167%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (4.167%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (4.167%) FreeHand
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) FTP
2 1 (4.167%) SMS
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Expression Blend
2 2 (8.333%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (4.167%) Axure RP
3 1 (4.167%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 7 (29.17%) Banking
1 7 (29.17%) Investment Banking
2 4 (16.67%) Front Office
3 3 (12.50%) Retail
4 2 (8.333%) Finance
4 2 (8.333%) Publishing
5 1 (4.167%) Cantonese Language
5 1 (4.167%) Turkish Language
5 1 (4.167%) Music
5 1 (4.167%) Marketing
5 1 (4.167%) Games
5 1 (4.167%) Legal
5 1 (4.167%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Designer
2 6 (25.00%) User Experience Designer
3 5 (20.83%) Architect
4 4 (16.67%) User Experience Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (8.333%) Web Designer
5 2 (8.333%) Graphic Designer
5 2 (8.333%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.167%) Digital Designer
6 1 (4.167%) Interaction Designer
6 1 (4.167%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Visual Designer
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Writer
6 1 (4.167%) Flash Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Communications Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Instructional Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Digital Media
2 2 (8.333%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.167%) SaaS
3 1 (4.167%) Social Media
3 1 (4.167%) Visualisation
3 1 (4.167%) New Media
3 1 (4.167%) Graphic Design
3 1 (4.167%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Information Architecture
2 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 4 (16.67%) Web Design
3 2 (8.333%) Business Development
4 1 (4.167%) User Experience Design
4 1 (4.167%) Online Marketing
4 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Time Management
4 1 (4.167%) Performance Management
4 1 (4.167%) Software Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (4.167%) Web Development
4 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.167%) Content Management
4 1 (4.167%) Information Management
4 1 (4.167%) CRM
4 1 (4.167%) B2C
4 1 (4.167%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.167%) Scrum
4 1 (4.167%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) ActionScript
1 2 (8.333%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
1 2 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) QA
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Adobe
2 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.167%) SAP
3 1 (4.167%) Quark
3 1 (4.167%) Sony
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