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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Graphic Design' in contract IT jobs within the Midlands region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGraphic Design
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank69-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.181 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£289
% change on same period last year+8.26 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.56£37.50
% change on same period last year-39.84 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads553623
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.730 %0.620 %
Daily rates quoted117152
Average minimum daily rate£374£365
Average daily rate£394£392
% change on same period last year+0.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£414£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Hourly rates quoted938
Average minimum hourly rate£21.22£28.66
Average hourly rate£23.39£29.67
% change on same period last year-21.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.56£30.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.85£27.05
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

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.

Graphic Design
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Design across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Midlands Graphic Design Demand Trend

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 Midlands region.

Midlands Graphic Design Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

14 (66.67 %)CSS
14 (66.67 %)XSLT
23 (50.00 %)NHS
23 (50.00 %)W3C
23 (50.00 %)HTML
23 (50.00 %)JavaScript
23 (50.00 %).NET
23 (50.00 %)XHTML
32 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (33.33 %)SQL Server
32 (33.33 %)VB.NET
32 (33.33 %)SQL
32 (33.33 %)Intranet
32 (33.33 %)Internet
41 (16.67 %)Project Management
41 (16.67 %)RAD
41 (16.67 %)XML
41 (16.67 %)VB
41 (16.67 %)C#
41 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
41 (16.67 %)Workflow
41 (16.67 %)Publishing
41 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
41 (16.67 %)Retail
41 (16.67 %)AJAX
41 (16.67 %)InfoPath
41 (16.67 %)Windows SharePoint Services
41 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (16.67 %)Usability Testing
41 (16.67 %)SharePoint

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (66.67 %)CSS
14 (66.67 %)XSLT
23 (50.00 %)HTML
23 (50.00 %).NET
23 (50.00 %)XHTML
31 (16.67 %)XML
31 (16.67 %)AJAX
31 (16.67 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11 (16.67 %)SharePoint
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)InfoPath
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)Intranet
12 (33.33 %)Internet
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Publishing
11 (16.67 %)Retail
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Web Designer
22 (33.33 %)Developer
22 (33.33 %)Web Developer
31 (16.67 %)Graphic Designer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)NHS
13 (50.00 %)W3C
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Project Management
11 (16.67 %)RAD
11 (16.67 %)Workflow
11 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
11 (16.67 %)Usability Testing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)JavaScript
22 (33.33 %)VB.NET
22 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)VB
31 (16.67 %)C#