Scotland Graphic Design Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Graphic Design' in contract IT jobs within the Scotland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Graphic Design
Location Basingstoke Birmingham Blackpool Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Clackmannanshire Coventry Devon East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Exeter Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Lewes London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Preston Scotland South East South West Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	91	122
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.278 %	0.156 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£229	£228
% change on same period last year	+0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.90	£25.13
% change on same period last year	-20.79 %
General Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	720	1278
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.157 %	1.372 %
Daily rates quoted	205	266
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£353
Average daily rate	£353	£368
% change on same period last year	-4.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£378
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	65
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.93	£22.03
Average hourly rate	£30.06	£23.19
% change on same period last year	+29.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.20	£24.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.35	£26.62
% change on same period last year	+2.74 %
Graphic Design UK

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 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.

Location	Rank 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
Clackmannanshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (66.67 %) Marketing 2 1 (33.33 %) C# 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET 2 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 2 1 (33.33 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (33.33 %) HND 2 1 (33.33 %) Advertising 2 1 (33.33 %) Multimedia

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (33.33 %) .NET 1 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) Visual Studio	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Marketing 2 1 (33.33 %) Advertising 2 1 (33.33 %) Multimedia
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Developer 1 1 (33.33 %) .NET Developer 1 1 (33.33 %) C# Developer 1 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET Developer 1 1 (33.33 %) Graphic Designer 1 1 (33.33 %) Creative Director 1 1 (33.33 %) Art Director 1 1 (33.33 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer	Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) C#
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) HND