The first table below looks at the demand for the Web Designer role 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 Web Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Designer
Rank 199 204 191
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Web Designer 30 42 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.379% 0.406% 0.497%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.409% 0.440% 0.536%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 20
Average daily rate £255 £200 £239
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.50% -16.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £141 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £370 £328
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £225 £270
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
Average hourly rate £15.00 £35.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-57.14% +70.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-47.82% +27.77%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7340 9547 9507
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.65% 92.30% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3646 4278 4096
Average daily rate £350 £350 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 732 811
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Web Designer
England

Web Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Web Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Web Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Web Designer Daily Rate Trend

Web Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Designer across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Web Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Web Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Designer within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire +16 16 £274 +36.87%
Surrey +21 9 £215 +59.25%
East Sussex +9 3 - -
Hampshire -2 1 £163 -53.57%
Kent - 1 - -
Web Designer
England

Web Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Web 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 Web Designer in their job title.

1 33 (68.75%) Photoshop
2 28 (58.33%) HTML
3 24 (50.00%) CSS
4 15 (31.25%) Adobe Illustrator
5 13 (27.08%) Web Design
5 13 (27.08%) JavaScript
6 10 (20.83%) Dreamweaver
7 9 (18.75%) Marketing
7 9 (18.75%) Mobile App
8 8 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
8 8 (16.67%) Scrum
8 8 (16.67%) Intranet
8 8 (16.67%) Internet
9 6 (12.50%) Adobe
9 6 (12.50%) CMS
9 6 (12.50%) Visualisation
10 5 (10.42%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (10.42%) Brand Management
11 4 (8.333%) Telecoms
11 4 (8.333%) Advertising
11 4 (8.333%) Kanban
11 4 (8.333%) Apache Flex
11 4 (8.333%) Google Analytics
11 4 (8.333%) Google
11 4 (8.333%) Analytics
12 3 (6.250%) Multimedia
12 3 (6.250%) jQuery
12 3 (6.250%) Publishing
12 3 (6.250%) SEO
12 3 (6.250%) Flash

Web Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Web 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 Web Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (58.33%) HTML
2 24 (50.00%) CSS
3 4 (8.333%) Apache Flex
4 3 (6.250%) jQuery
4 3 (6.250%) Flash
5 2 (4.167%) HTML5
5 2 (4.167%) CSS3
6 1 (2.083%) JSP
6 1 (2.083%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.50%) CMS
2 1 (2.083%) Sitefinity
2 1 (2.083%) WordPress
2 1 (2.083%) Drupal
2 1 (2.083%) Joomla!
Applications
1 33 (68.75%) Photoshop
2 15 (31.25%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.083%) Fireworks
4 1 (2.083%) MS Excel
4 1 (2.083%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.333%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) Intranet
1 8 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.083%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (20.83%) Dreamweaver
General
1 9 (18.75%) Marketing
2 4 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 4 (8.333%) Advertising
3 3 (6.250%) Multimedia
3 3 (6.250%) Publishing
4 2 (4.167%) Finance
5 1 (2.083%) Japanese Language
5 1 (2.083%) Korean Language
5 1 (2.083%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Mobile App
2 6 (12.50%) Visualisation
3 1 (2.083%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.083%) Open Source
3 1 (2.083%) SaaS
3 1 (2.083%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.083%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) Web Design
2 8 (16.67%) Scrum
3 5 (10.42%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (10.42%) Brand Management
4 4 (8.333%) Kanban
4 4 (8.333%) Analytics
5 3 (6.250%) SEO
6 2 (4.167%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.167%) User Experience Design
7 1 (2.083%) Test Strategy
7 1 (2.083%) Content Management
7 1 (2.083%) Web Development
7 1 (2.083%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.083%) ERP
7 1 (2.083%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.083%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (2.083%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (12.50%) Adobe
2 4 (8.333%) Google
3 1 (2.083%) Telerik
3 1 (2.083%) Microsoft
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Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire
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Rate: £350 - 390 Per Day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire
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Rate: £280 - 345 Per Day
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Hydrogen Group
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013