The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 23 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 South East 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graphic Design
Rank 216 220 225
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +5
Contract jobs citing Graphic Design 7 22 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.090% 0.216% 0.322%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.447% 1.141% 1.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 12
Average daily rate £375 £313 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £360 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £250 £175
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -30.52%
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1566 1928 1984
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.12% 18.96% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 816 823
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £223 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 178 184
Average hourly rate £23.22 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.56% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.65 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graphic Design across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Graphic Design Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
East Sussex - 4 - -
Berkshire +10 1 - -
Hampshire -1 1 £500 +100.00%
Middlesex - 1 £250 -
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (60.00%) CSS
1 6 (60.00%) Photoshop
1 6 (60.00%) jQuery
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (40.00%) Fireworks
4 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (20.00%) Web Design
5 2 (20.00%) Adobe
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Animation
6 1 (10.00%) Direct Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) French Language
6 1 (10.00%) German Language
6 1 (10.00%) Italian Language
6 1 (10.00%) Spanish Language
6 1 (10.00%) Lua
6 1 (10.00%) Interactive Advertising
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (10.00%) SaaS
6 1 (10.00%) HTML5
6 1 (10.00%) Social Media
6 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
6 1 (10.00%) New Media
6 1 (10.00%) Marketing Management
6 1 (10.00%) Asset Management

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (60.00%) CSS
1 6 (60.00%) jQuery
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) Flash
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (40.00%) Fireworks
3 1 (10.00%) PaintShop Pro
3 1 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) French Language
2 1 (10.00%) German Language
2 1 (10.00%) Italian Language
2 1 (10.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (10.00%) Music
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Advertising
2 1 (10.00%) Publishing
2 1 (10.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Designer
2 4 (40.00%) Front-End Developer
3 2 (20.00%) User Experience Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Architect
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Web Designer
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Animation
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
1 1 (10.00%) Social Media
1 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (10.00%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (20.00%) Web Design
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Direct Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Interactive Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing Management
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) MVC
3 1 (10.00%) SEO
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) Lua
2 1 (10.00%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
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