The first table below looks at the demand for User Experience Design skills 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 User Experience Design over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Experience Design
Rank 212 243 242
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -1
Contract jobs citing User Experience Design 8 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.100% 0.040% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.145% 0.061% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £425 £363 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% +72.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £350 £275
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5512 6610 6800
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.83% 66.13% 64.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2869 3135 3151
Average daily rate £375 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 312 351
Average hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £30.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.88 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
User Experience Design
England

User Experience Design
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing User Experience Design across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East User Experience Design Jobs Demand Trend

User Experience Design
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing User Experience Design across the South East region.

South East User Experience Design Daily Rate Trend

User Experience Design
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing User Experience Design across the South East region.

South East User Experience Design Hourly Rate Trend

User Experience Design
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Design within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
Berkshire - 1 £425 -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Kent - - - - 1
Oxfordshire - - - - 1
West Sussex - - - -
User Experience Design
England

User Experience Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing User Experience 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 User Experience Design.

1 6 (54.55%) Mobile App
1 6 (54.55%) Adobe
1 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (54.55%) Marketing
2 5 (45.45%) Internet
3 3 (27.27%) Ektron
3 3 (27.27%) Content Management
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) .NET
3 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
4 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
5 1 (9.091%) ServiceNow
5 1 (9.091%) Windows 8
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (9.091%) Software Distribution
5 1 (9.091%) MCITP
5 1 (9.091%) SaaS
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (9.091%) Web Design
5 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
5 1 (9.091%) Finance
5 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
5 1 (9.091%) WSUS
5 1 (9.091%) SCCM
5 1 (9.091%) SCOM
5 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
5 1 (9.091%) ERP
5 1 (9.091%) B2C

User Experience Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing User Experience 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 User Experience Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Internet
General
1 6 (54.55%) Marketing
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Designer
2 5 (45.45%) Visual Designer
3 3 (27.27%) Developer
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Web Designer
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Designer
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Junior Web Designer
5 1 (9.091%) Junior Designer
5 1 (9.091%) Lead .NET Developer
5 1 (9.091%) .NET Designer
5 1 (9.091%) Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Lead Designer
5 1 (9.091%) Lead Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Website Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.091%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows 8
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Content Management
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
3 1 (9.091%) Software Distribution
3 1 (9.091%) Web Design
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.091%) VBScript
1 1 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) MCITP
1 1 (9.091%) MCSE
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) WSUS
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Adobe
2 3 (27.27%) Ektron
3 1 (9.091%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft