The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 17 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 Reading 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 44 43 49
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 26 38 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 3.133% 3.571% 3.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.408% 3.901% 3.433%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 4
Average daily rate £400 £360 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £333 £359
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £445 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £360 £386
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +21.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+9.52% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
763 974 932
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.93% 91.54% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 323 416
Average daily rate £375 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £215 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 55 39
Average hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% +10.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.00 £10.34
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £20.40 £33.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Designer
Berkshire

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 16 (45.71%) Security Cleared
2 13 (37.14%) SC Cleared
3 10 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 10 (28.57%) Meridio
4 9 (25.71%) Photoshop
5 8 (22.86%) CSS
6 7 (20.00%) HTML
7 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
8 5 (14.29%) Advertising
8 5 (14.29%) Marketing
8 5 (14.29%) .NET
9 4 (11.43%) BMC
9 4 (11.43%) Apache Flex
10 3 (8.571%) Huawei
10 3 (8.571%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (8.571%) CMDB
10 3 (8.571%) jQuery
10 3 (8.571%) HTML5
10 3 (8.571%) Test Strategy
10 3 (8.571%) Digital Media
10 3 (8.571%) Configuration Management
10 3 (8.571%) Windows
10 3 (8.571%) SharePoint
10 3 (8.571%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (8.571%) Service Management
10 3 (8.571%) C#
10 3 (8.571%) Finance
11 2 (5.714%) XAML
11 2 (5.714%) CISA
11 2 (5.714%) CISM

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (22.86%) CSS
2 7 (20.00%) HTML
3 5 (14.29%) .NET
4 4 (11.43%) Apache Flex
5 3 (8.571%) jQuery
5 3 (8.571%) HTML5
6 2 (5.714%) J2EE
7 1 (2.857%) ADO.NET
7 1 (2.857%) JSP
7 1 (2.857%) XML
7 1 (2.857%) Flash
7 1 (2.857%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.857%) CSS3
7 1 (2.857%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.571%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (8.571%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.714%) CMS
3 1 (2.857%) Joomla!
3 1 (2.857%) Drupal
3 1 (2.857%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.857%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) Internet
1 1 (2.857%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (2.857%) Subversion
1 1 (2.857%) Expression Blend
General
1 5 (14.29%) Advertising
1 5 (14.29%) Marketing
2 3 (8.571%) Finance
3 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.857%) Japanese Language
3 1 (2.857%) Korean Language
3 1 (2.857%) Publishing
3 1 (2.857%) Games
3 1 (2.857%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.571%) CMDB
1 3 (8.571%) Digital Media
2 2 (5.714%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.857%) Animation
3 1 (2.857%) Ergonomics
3 1 (2.857%) Open Source
3 1 (2.857%) New Media
3 1 (2.857%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.571%) Windows
2 2 (5.714%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.857%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.571%) Configuration Management
1 3 (8.571%) Service Management
1 3 (8.571%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (8.571%) Test Strategy
2 2 (5.714%) Data Architecture
2 2 (5.714%) V-Model
2 2 (5.714%) Information Security
2 2 (5.714%) Data Modelling
2 2 (5.714%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.857%) MVC
3 1 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (2.857%) Asset Management
3 1 (2.857%) Content Management
3 1 (2.857%) Network Design
3 1 (2.857%) Interactive Advertising
3 1 (2.857%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (8.571%) C#
3 2 (5.714%) XAML
4 1 (2.857%) Lua
4 1 (2.857%) Perl
4 1 (2.857%) PHP
4 1 (2.857%) SQL
4 1 (2.857%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 16 (45.71%) Security Cleared
2 13 (37.14%) SC Cleared
3 10 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.714%) CISSP
4 2 (5.714%) CISA
4 2 (5.714%) CISM
5 1 (2.857%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.857%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Meridio
2 4 (11.43%) BMC
3 3 (8.571%) Huawei
4 2 (5.714%) Citrix
5 1 (2.857%) Remedy
5 1 (2.857%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.857%) Adobe
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Posted: 17 May 2013