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This section looks at the demand for Web Design skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Design over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Design
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank128120
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads1518
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.750 %0.937 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£326
Average daily rate-£335
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£280
% change on same period last year+10.48 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£10.00
Average hourly rate£16.50£10.00
% change on same period last year+65.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00£10.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.65£22.51
% change on same period last year-12.70 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching contract IT job ads20001922
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.666 %1.945 %
Daily rates quoted506498
Average minimum daily rate£345£347
Average daily rate£362£364
% change on same period last year-0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted182116
Average minimum hourly rate£23.67£23.72
Average hourly rate£25.41£25.91
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.15£28.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Web Design EnglandWeb 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.

Web Design
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web Design across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Web Design Demand Trend

Web Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Web Design Daily Rate Trend

Web Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Web Design Hourly Rate Trend

Web Design
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Design within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ManchesterDown-119--
LancashireNew entry-3--
CumbriaNew entry-1--
CheshireDown-161--
Web Design EnglandWeb Design
England

Web Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Web 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 Web Design.

128 (56.00 %)HTML
224 (48.00 %)CSS
320 (40.00 %)JavaScript
418 (36.00 %)XHTML
516 (32.00 %)ASP.NET
516 (32.00 %).NET
615 (30.00 %)XML
615 (30.00 %)Photoshop
714 (28.00 %)Flash
714 (28.00 %)SQL
811 (22.00 %)SQL Server
99 (18.00 %)VB.NET
99 (18.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
107 (14.00 %)C#
107 (14.00 %)AJAX
115 (10.00 %)Content Management
115 (10.00 %)PHP
115 (10.00 %)ActionScript
115 (10.00 %)W3C
115 (10.00 %)Dreamweaver
115 (10.00 %)Adobe
124 (8.000 %)Hibernate
124 (8.000 %)Java
124 (8.000 %)E-Commerce
124 (8.000 %)Ant
124 (8.000 %)JSP
124 (8.000 %)Struts
124 (8.000 %)WebServices
124 (8.000 %)Spring
124 (8.000 %)Web Development

Web Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Web 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 Web Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (56.00 %)HTML
224 (48.00 %)CSS
318 (36.00 %)XHTML
416 (32.00 %)ASP.NET
416 (32.00 %).NET
515 (30.00 %)XML
67 (14.00 %)AJAX
74 (8.000 %)Spring
74 (8.000 %)Hibernate
74 (8.000 %)JSP
74 (8.000 %)Struts
74 (8.000 %)WebServices
83 (6.000 %)SiteMesh
83 (6.000 %)XSL
83 (6.000 %)XSLT
83 (6.000 %)Velocity
83 (6.000 %)Adobe Flex
83 (6.000 %)FreeMarker
83 (6.000 %)jQuery
91 (2.000 %)ASP.NET 2.0
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (6.000 %)Joomla!
22 (4.000 %)CMS
31 (2.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (30.00 %)Photoshop
29 (18.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
33 (6.000 %)Fireworks
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (6.000 %)Internet
13 (6.000 %)WEP
21 (2.000 %)Intranet
21 (2.000 %)Extranet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (22.00 %)SQL Server
23 (6.000 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (4.000 %)MySQL
41 (2.000 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (2.000 %)OLAP
41 (2.000 %)ETL
41 (2.000 %)SQL Server 7
41 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2000
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (28.00 %)Flash
25 (10.00 %)Dreamweaver
34 (8.000 %)Ant
41 (2.000 %)Visual Studio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (6.000 %)Marketing
13 (6.000 %)Graphic Design
22 (4.000 %)Finance
31 (2.000 %)Government
31 (2.000 %)Advertising
31 (2.000 %)Publishing
31 (2.000 %)Banking
31 (2.000 %)Local Government
31 (2.000 %)Animation
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (54.00 %)Developer
214 (28.00 %)Web Designer
39 (18.00 %)Web Developer
48 (16.00 %).NET Developer
55 (10.00 %)VB.NET Developer
55 (10.00 %)Graphic Designer
63 (6.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
63 (6.000 %)C# Developer
63 (6.000 %)Website Designer
72 (4.000 %)Author
72 (4.000 %)SQL Developer
72 (4.000 %)SQL Server Developer
72 (4.000 %)PHP Developer
72 (4.000 %)Web Author
72 (4.000 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
81 (2.000 %)SEO Specialist
81 (2.000 %)Web Editor
81 (2.000 %)MySQL Developer
81 (2.000 %)Photoshop Designer
81 (2.000 %)Flash Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (10.00 %)W3C
23 (6.000 %)PDA
31 (2.000 %)NHS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (10.00 %)Content Management
24 (8.000 %)Web Development
24 (8.000 %)E-Commerce
33 (6.000 %)SEO
42 (4.000 %)OO
51 (2.000 %)Workflow
51 (2.000 %)Process Management
51 (2.000 %)E-business
51 (2.000 %)Internet Marketing
51 (2.000 %)Data Analysis
51 (2.000 %)Web Analytics
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (40.00 %)JavaScript
214 (28.00 %)SQL
39 (18.00 %)VB.NET
47 (14.00 %)C#
55 (10.00 %)PHP
55 (10.00 %)ActionScript
64 (8.000 %)Java
72 (4.000 %)VB
72 (4.000 %)VB6
81 (2.000 %)Transact-SQL
81 (2.000 %)VBScript
81 (2.000 %)DHTML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.000 %)WCAG
11 (2.000 %)WAI
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (10.00 %)Adobe
23 (6.000 %)Oracle
31 (2.000 %)Macromedia
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