The first table below looks at the demand for the Web Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Designer
Rank 368 325 357
Rank change year-on-year
-43 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Web Designer 21 80 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.095% 0.296% 0.238%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.103% 0.321% 0.257%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 57 45
Average daily rate £250 £250 £250
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £171 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £385 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £225 £265
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -15.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £33.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +97.01%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £28.75 £23.50
% change year-on-year
-39.13% +22.34%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20317 24960 28380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.22% 92.51% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13701 16102 18232
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 621 671
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Web Designer
England

Web Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Web Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Web Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Web Designer Daily Rate Trend

Web Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Designer across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Web Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Web Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Designer within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +10 5 £213 -29.28%
Web Designer
England

Web Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 37 (62.71%) Photoshop
2 35 (59.32%) CSS
3 30 (50.85%) HTML
4 25 (42.37%) Adobe Illustrator
5 18 (30.51%) Web Design
6 15 (25.42%) JavaScript
6 15 (25.42%) Adobe
7 14 (23.73%) HTML5
8 11 (18.64%) jQuery
8 11 (18.64%) Dreamweaver
8 11 (18.64%) E-Commerce
9 10 (16.95%) Flash
10 9 (15.25%) Graphic Design
11 8 (13.56%) Marketing
11 8 (13.56%) Drupal
11 8 (13.56%) Fireworks
12 7 (11.86%) Retail
12 7 (11.86%) CSS3
13 5 (8.475%) CMS
13 5 (8.475%) XHTML
13 5 (8.475%) MS Office
14 4 (6.780%) PHP
14 4 (6.780%) XML
14 4 (6.780%) Telecoms
14 4 (6.780%) Finance
14 4 (6.780%) Digital Media
15 3 (5.085%) Visualisation
15 3 (5.085%) Social Media
15 3 (5.085%) Web Development
15 3 (5.085%) Social Network

Web Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 35 (59.32%) CSS
2 30 (50.85%) HTML
3 14 (23.73%) HTML5
4 11 (18.64%) jQuery
5 10 (16.95%) Flash
6 7 (11.86%) CSS3
7 5 (8.475%) XHTML
8 4 (6.780%) XML
9 3 (5.085%) LAMP
9 3 (5.085%) Ajax
10 1 (1.695%) YUI
10 1 (1.695%) WPF
10 1 (1.695%) WinForms
10 1 (1.695%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.56%) Drupal
2 5 (8.475%) CMS
3 2 (3.390%) Adobe CQ
4 1 (1.695%) concrete5
4 1 (1.695%) WordPress
4 1 (1.695%) Magento
4 1 (1.695%) Liferay
4 1 (1.695%) Moodle
4 1 (1.695%) Elgg
4 1 (1.695%) Apache
Applications
1 37 (62.71%) Photoshop
2 25 (42.37%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (13.56%) Fireworks
4 5 (8.475%) MS Office
5 2 (3.390%) InDesign
6 1 (1.695%) Acrobat
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.390%) HTTP
2 1 (1.695%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.085%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (18.64%) Dreamweaver
2 2 (3.390%) Subversion
2 2 (3.390%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.695%) Flash Builder
3 1 (1.695%) Selenium
3 1 (1.695%) Eclipse
General
1 8 (13.56%) Marketing
2 7 (11.86%) Retail
3 4 (6.780%) Telecoms
3 4 (6.780%) Finance
4 3 (5.085%) Games
4 3 (5.085%) Banking
5 2 (3.390%) Automotive
5 2 (3.390%) Advertising
6 1 (1.695%) Japanese Language
6 1 (1.695%) Publishing
6 1 (1.695%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Graphic Design
2 4 (6.780%) Digital Media
3 3 (5.085%) Visualisation
3 3 (5.085%) Social Media
3 3 (5.085%) Social Network
3 3 (5.085%) VLE
4 2 (3.390%) W3C
4 2 (3.390%) Interactive TV
4 2 (3.390%) Online Games
4 2 (3.390%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.695%) SaaS
5 1 (1.695%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.695%) Animation
5 1 (1.695%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.695%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.390%) Windows
2 1 (1.695%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.695%) Android
2 1 (1.695%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) Web Design
2 11 (18.64%) E-Commerce
3 3 (5.085%) Web Development
3 3 (5.085%) SEO
3 3 (5.085%) Content Management
3 3 (5.085%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (3.390%) OOD
4 2 (3.390%) OO
4 2 (3.390%) Email Marketing
4 2 (3.390%) Usability Testing
4 2 (3.390%) Information Architecture
5 1 (1.695%) Online Marketing
5 1 (1.695%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (1.695%) Web Application Development
5 1 (1.695%) Analytics
5 1 (1.695%) Progressive Enhancement
5 1 (1.695%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (1.695%) Time Management
5 1 (1.695%) User Experience Design
5 1 (1.695%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.42%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.780%) PHP
3 1 (1.695%) PHP5
3 1 (1.695%) Java
3 1 (1.695%) C#
3 1 (1.695%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (1.695%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (25.42%) Adobe
2 3 (5.085%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.085%) Apple
3 2 (3.390%) webMethods
4 1 (1.695%) Omniture
East London
We are looking for a talented web designer with good understanding of information architecture to work on redesigning various news related webpages. You must be passionate about the...
IBTimes Company LTD
Posted: 26 April 2013
London
HTML Email designer - 3 Month contract - London - £175 a day My Client currently has a requirement for a HTML Email designer for a 3 month contract. The successful...
Computer Futures
Rate: £150 - £175 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
West London
You must also be able to demonstrate the following:- Good grounding in eCommerce- Solid experience and knowledge of CSS and HTML and Dreamweaver- Excellent working knowledge of photoshop...
Amoria Bond
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 8 May 2013
London
As a Web Designer for this leading women's wear brand your key responsibilities would be: Design, build and testing of email newsletters Accountable for building and sending...
Freedom Recruitment
Salary: £25 - £30 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013