Designer IT Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 North West 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 76 55 53
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 43 88 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.856% 2.772% 2.824%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.990% 3.025% 3.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 39 41
Average daily rate £300 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £305 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £388
% change year-on-year
-3.44% -6.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £66.25 - £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £21.75 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+5.74% +6.09%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2161 2909 2791
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.27% 91.62% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1017 1450 1397
Average daily rate £333 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.46% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 171 188
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
England

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Designer across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Designer across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West Designer Hourly Rate Histogram

Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester -4 25 £338 -6.89%
Lancashire +4 7 £300 -28.99%
Cheshire -10 7 £435 +12.25%
Merseyside +1 2 - -
Designer
England

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited 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 Designer in their job title.

1 23 (27.71%) CSS
2 20 (24.10%) HTML
3 18 (21.69%) Photoshop
3 18 (21.69%) Windows
4 17 (20.48%) Adobe Illustrator
5 16 (19.28%) JavaScript
6 15 (18.07%) Migration
7 13 (15.66%) jQuery
8 12 (14.46%) HTML5
8 12 (14.46%) Finance
8 12 (14.46%) Web Design
8 12 (14.46%) Mainframe
9 11 (13.25%) .NET
9 11 (13.25%) SQL
9 11 (13.25%) UNIX
9 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
9 11 (13.25%) Banking
10 10 (12.05%) Middleware
11 9 (10.84%) Firewall
11 9 (10.84%) Adobe
11 9 (10.84%) Oracle
11 9 (10.84%) Ajax
11 9 (10.84%) CSS3
12 8 (9.639%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (9.639%) Retail
12 8 (9.639%) ASP.NET
12 8 (9.639%) Active Directory
12 8 (9.639%) IBM
13 7 (8.434%) IBM Mainframe
14 6 (7.229%) Orchard

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (27.71%) CSS
2 20 (24.10%) HTML
3 13 (15.66%) jQuery
4 12 (14.46%) HTML5
5 11 (13.25%) .NET
6 10 (12.05%) Middleware
7 9 (10.84%) Ajax
7 9 (10.84%) CSS3
8 8 (9.639%) ASP.NET
9 5 (6.024%) XML
9 5 (6.024%) WebSphere
10 4 (4.819%) XHTML
10 4 (4.819%) Web Services
10 4 (4.819%) JSON
11 3 (3.614%) REST
11 3 (3.614%) Flash
11 3 (3.614%) SOAP
11 3 (3.614%) .NET Framework
12 2 (2.410%) SAML
13 1 (1.205%) MooTools
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.614%) SharePoint
1 3 (3.614%) CICS
2 2 (2.410%) CMS
2 2 (2.410%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (2.410%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.410%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.410%) IIS
2 2 (2.410%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.205%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (1.205%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (1.205%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 18 (21.69%) Photoshop
2 17 (20.48%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (7.229%) Fireworks
4 5 (6.024%) InDesign
5 4 (4.819%) MS Excel
6 3 (3.614%) MS Office
6 3 (3.614%) Acrobat
6 3 (3.614%) QuarkXPress
7 2 (2.410%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (1.205%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.205%) BASE24
1 1 (1.205%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.205%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.84%) Firewall
2 5 (6.024%) Internet
3 4 (4.819%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.614%) Intranet
4 3 (3.614%) SNA
5 2 (2.410%) DNS
5 2 (2.410%) SAN
5 2 (2.410%) LDAP
6 1 (1.205%) Kerberos
6 1 (1.205%) VPN
6 1 (1.205%) Wireless
6 1 (1.205%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.205%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.229%) SQL Server
1 6 (7.229%) DB2
2 5 (6.024%) MySQL
3 3 (3.614%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.410%) QlikView
4 2 (2.410%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.205%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.205%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.205%) PowerCenter
5 1 (1.205%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 3 (3.614%) Dreamweaver
1 3 (3.614%) Subversion
2 1 (1.205%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (14.46%) Finance
2 11 (13.25%) Banking
3 8 (9.639%) Retail
4 4 (4.819%) Marketing
5 3 (3.614%) Local Government
5 3 (3.614%) Retail Banking
6 2 (2.410%) Multimedia
6 2 (2.410%) Advertising
7 1 (1.205%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Mainframe
2 7 (8.434%) IBM Mainframe
3 4 (4.819%) Tandem
4 3 (3.614%) VSAM
4 3 (3.614%) PKI
4 3 (3.614%) Online Banking
4 3 (3.614%) Photography
4 3 (3.614%) iPad
4 3 (3.614%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (2.410%) New Media
5 2 (2.410%) Replication
5 2 (2.410%) E-Learning
5 2 (2.410%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.205%) CMDB
6 1 (1.205%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.205%) W3C
6 1 (1.205%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.205%) iPhone
6 1 (1.205%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.69%) Windows
2 11 (13.25%) UNIX
3 8 (9.639%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (7.229%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (3.614%) Android
5 3 (3.614%) Linux
6 2 (2.410%) Windows XP
6 2 (2.410%) AIX
6 2 (2.410%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.410%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.205%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.205%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.07%) Migration
2 12 (14.46%) Web Design
3 6 (7.229%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (7.229%) ITIL
4 5 (6.024%) Risk Management
5 3 (3.614%) Information Security
5 3 (3.614%) UML
5 3 (3.614%) E-Commerce
5 3 (3.614%) ETL
5 3 (3.614%) Test Strategy
6 2 (2.410%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (2.410%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (2.410%) B2B
6 2 (2.410%) Data Modelling
6 2 (2.410%) Change Management
6 2 (2.410%) Content Management
6 2 (2.410%) Network Design
6 2 (2.410%) Requirements Management
6 2 (2.410%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (2.410%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.28%) JavaScript
2 11 (13.25%) SQL
3 5 (6.024%) C#
3 5 (6.024%) Java
4 3 (3.614%) PHP
4 3 (3.614%) JCL
4 3 (3.614%) Ruby
5 2 (2.410%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.410%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.410%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.410%) VBA
6 1 (1.205%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (4.819%) Degree
2 2 (2.410%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.410%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.410%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (2.410%) MCTS
2 2 (2.410%) MCITP
3 1 (1.205%) CCNP
3 1 (1.205%) CCNA
3 1 (1.205%) CCDP
3 1 (1.205%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 8 (9.639%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.614%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.410%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.410%) vSphere
3 2 (2.410%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (1.205%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.614%) SCCM
2 2 (2.410%) SCOM
2 2 (2.410%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (2.410%) Tivoli
2 2 (2.410%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.84%) Adobe
2 9 (10.84%) Oracle
3 8 (9.639%) IBM
4 6 (7.229%) VMware
4 6 (7.229%) Orchard
5 5 (6.024%) Cisco
6 4 (4.819%) HP
6 4 (4.819%) Citrix
6 4 (4.819%) Quark
7 3 (3.614%) Remedy
7 3 (3.614%) McAfee
8 2 (2.410%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.410%) Apple
8 2 (2.410%) Juniper
8 2 (2.410%) CA
8 2 (2.410%) Brocade
8 2 (2.410%) F5
9 1 (1.205%) Twitter
9 1 (1.205%) Fortinet
Graphic Designer/Art Director
Manchester, Lancashire
To include art direction, conceptualisation, visualising, & producing creative, innovative & original ideas. Rresponsible for interpreting client briefs to ensure the successful development of design communications. Use innovation to define...
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Posted: 14 May 2013
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