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The table below looks at the demand for the Web Designer role in IT contracts within the Manchester 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Web Designer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5868
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.626 %0.278 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£313-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£258
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£15.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£16.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.97£23.42
% change on same period last year-23.25 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads11071081
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.496 %1.066 %
Daily rates quoted212222
Average minimum daily rate£318£329
Average daily rate£337£352
% change on same period last year-4.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted147134
Average minimum hourly rate£19.28£17.66
Average hourly rate£20.97£19.48
% change on same period last year+7.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.67£21.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Web Designer North WestWeb Designer
North West

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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StockportNew entry-1£225-
Web Designer North WestWeb Designer
North West

Web Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

121 (72.41 %)HTML
220 (68.97 %)CSS
220 (68.97 %)Flash
317 (58.62 %)JavaScript
415 (51.72 %)XHTML
514 (48.28 %)Photoshop
612 (41.38 %)Adobe Illustrator
711 (37.93 %).NET
88 (27.59 %)Dreamweaver
88 (27.59 %)Adobe
88 (27.59 %)Web Design
97 (24.14 %)Fireworks
97 (24.14 %)Marketing
97 (24.14 %)Graphic Design
105 (17.24 %)W3C
114 (13.79 %)SEO
114 (13.79 %)E-Commerce
114 (13.79 %)SQL Server
114 (13.79 %)SQL
114 (13.79 %)InDesign
123 (10.34 %)Content Management
123 (10.34 %)AJAX
123 (10.34 %)Adobe Flex
123 (10.34 %)PHP
123 (10.34 %)ASP
123 (10.34 %)SharePoint
123 (10.34 %)XML
123 (10.34 %)CMS
132 (6.897 %)Quark
132 (6.897 %)QuarkXPress

Web Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (72.41 %)HTML
220 (68.97 %)CSS
315 (51.72 %)XHTML
411 (37.93 %).NET
53 (10.34 %)ASP
53 (10.34 %)AJAX
53 (10.34 %)Adobe Flex
53 (10.34 %)XML
62 (6.897 %)Silverlight
62 (6.897 %)ASP.NET
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (10.34 %)SharePoint
13 (10.34 %)CMS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (48.28 %)Photoshop
212 (41.38 %)Adobe Illustrator
37 (24.14 %)Fireworks
44 (13.79 %)InDesign
52 (6.897 %)MS Office
52 (6.897 %)Acrobat
52 (6.897 %)QuarkXPress
61 (3.448 %)ImageReady
61 (3.448 %)Adobe Premiere
61 (3.448 %)3ds Max
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (13.79 %)SQL Server
21 (3.448 %)ETL
21 (3.448 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (3.448 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (68.97 %)Flash
28 (27.59 %)Dreamweaver
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (24.14 %)Marketing
17 (24.14 %)Graphic Design
21 (3.448 %)Construction
21 (3.448 %)3D Graphics
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (17.24 %)W3C
22 (6.897 %)Social Network
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (6.897 %)Windows
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (27.59 %)Web Design
24 (13.79 %)E-Commerce
24 (13.79 %)SEO
33 (10.34 %)Content Management
42 (6.897 %)Internet Marketing
51 (3.448 %)Web Development
51 (3.448 %)Workflow
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (58.62 %)JavaScript
24 (13.79 %)SQL
33 (10.34 %)PHP
42 (6.897 %)ActionScript
51 (3.448 %)Java
51 (3.448 %)Transact-SQL
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (27.59 %)Adobe
22 (6.897 %)Microsoft
22 (6.897 %)Quark
31 (3.448 %)Macromedia