The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design 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 Graphic Design over the 3 months to 22 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graphic Design
Rank 119 123 123
Rank change year-on-year
+4 0
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 4 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.170% 0.220% 0.100%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.734% 1.087% 0.485%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £158
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £250 £175
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £17.51 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £17.51 £112.50
% change year-on-year
+64.19% -84.43%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
545 644 618
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.15% 20.28% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 312 311
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £205 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £466 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 59 70
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.35 £10.47
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.83 £25.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Graphic Design Jobs Demand Trend

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Graphic Design Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheshire +3 3 - -
Manchester +12 1 - -
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 4 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (30.00%) Flash
2 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (30.00%) E-Learning
2 3 (30.00%) Multimedia
2 3 (30.00%) Ajax
2 3 (30.00%) Orchard
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
2 3 (30.00%) Joomla!
3 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (20.00%) Adobe
3 2 (20.00%) XHTML
3 2 (20.00%) ActionScript
3 2 (20.00%) HTML
3 2 (20.00%) CSS
3 2 (20.00%) Web Application Development
4 1 (10.00%) Graceful Degradation
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (10.00%) CSS3
4 1 (10.00%) XML
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (10.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) .NET
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) HTML5
4 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (10.00%) jQuery
4 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Time Management

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) Flash
1 3 (30.00%) Ajax
2 2 (20.00%) XHTML
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 2 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (10.00%) CSS3
3 1 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Joomla!
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 3 (30.00%) Multimedia
1 3 (30.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Multimedia Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Joomla! Developer
3 2 (20.00%) ActionScript Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Web Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Flash Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Flash ActionScript Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Graphic Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) E-Learning
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (20.00%) Web Application Development
3 1 (10.00%) Graceful Degradation
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) ActionScript
3 1 (10.00%) C#
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Orchard
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe