The first part of the 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 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

Web Designer
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank206193119
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Down-74
Matching contract IT job ads4659103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East0.447 %0.566 %1.190 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.484 %0.613 %1.305 %
Number of daily rates quoted202250
Average daily rate£208£250£250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£143£175£181
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£360£325£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£265£213
% change year-on-year
-15.09 %+24.70 %
Number of hourly rates quoted450
Average hourly rate£30.00£20.50-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.34 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£23.50£17.50
% change year-on-year
+27.65 %+34.28 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
950896267893
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East92.38 %92.34 %91.21 %
Number of daily rates quoted426541652852
Average daily rate£350£360£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77 %+6.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£225£203
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted720790721
Average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.52 %+13.51 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.05£11.00£10.52
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %
Web Designer EnglandWeb Designer
England

Web Designer
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

Web Designer
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 16 May 2012.

South East Web Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Designer across the South East region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

South East Web Designer Hourly Rate Histogram

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 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireDown-215£200-15.78 %
OxfordshireNo change014£300+3.44 %
SurreyDown-16£135-28.00 %
BuckinghamshireDown-44£200+14.28 %
East SussexNew entry-4--
West SussexDown-92£500+132.55 %
HampshireDown-101£350+7.69 %
Web Designer EnglandWeb Designer
England

Web Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

153 (65.43 %)HTML
245 (55.56 %)CSS
338 (46.91 %)Photoshop
437 (45.68 %)JavaScript
525 (30.86 %)Adobe Illustrator
525 (30.86 %)Graphic Design
623 (28.40 %)Web Design
722 (27.16 %)XHTML
821 (25.93 %)Flash
920 (24.69 %)Dreamweaver
1016 (19.75 %)PHP
1016 (19.75 %)jQuery
1115 (18.52 %)SQL Server
1214 (17.28 %)MySQL
1214 (17.28 %)Microsoft
1313 (16.05 %)Adobe
1412 (14.81 %)Marketing
1511 (13.58 %)Degree
1511 (13.58 %)IIS
1511 (13.58 %)ASP
1610 (12.35 %).NET
1610 (12.35 %)CMS
179 (11.11 %)Finance
179 (11.11 %)B2B
179 (11.11 %)Intranet
179 (11.11 %)ActionScript
179 (11.11 %)Axure RP
188 (9.877 %)Security Cleared
188 (9.877 %)SharePoint
188 (9.877 %)E-Commerce

Web Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
153 (65.43 %)HTML
245 (55.56 %)CSS
322 (27.16 %)XHTML
421 (25.93 %)Flash
516 (19.75 %)jQuery
611 (13.58 %)ASP
710 (12.35 %).NET
86 (7.407 %).NET Framework
95 (6.173 %)ASP.NET
104 (4.938 %)Windows SharePoint Services
104 (4.938 %)Ajax
104 (4.938 %)XML
112 (2.469 %)CSS3
112 (2.469 %)HTML5
112 (2.469 %)XSL
112 (2.469 %)XSLT
121 (1.235 %)JDBC
121 (1.235 %)SOAP
121 (1.235 %)Web Services
121 (1.235 %)XML Schema
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (13.58 %)IIS
210 (12.35 %)CMS
38 (9.877 %)SharePoint
47 (8.642 %)SharePoint Server
51 (1.235 %)MQSeries
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
138 (46.91 %)Photoshop
225 (30.86 %)Adobe Illustrator
38 (9.877 %)Fireworks
44 (4.938 %)MS Excel
52 (2.469 %)InDesign
52 (2.469 %)MS Visio
61 (1.235 %)FreeHand
61 (1.235 %)Final Cut Pro
61 (1.235 %)MS PowerPoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (3.704 %)WebTrends
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (11.11 %)Intranet
27 (8.642 %)Internet
35 (6.173 %)DNS
44 (4.938 %)DMZ
44 (4.938 %)Firewall
51 (1.235 %)FTP
51 (1.235 %)Extranet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (18.52 %)SQL Server
214 (17.28 %)MySQL
34 (4.938 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (4.938 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (3.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (24.69 %)Dreamweaver
29 (11.11 %)Axure RP
33 (3.704 %)Visual Studio
42 (2.469 %)Firebug
51 (1.235 %)Subversion
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (14.81 %)Marketing
29 (11.11 %)Finance
36 (7.407 %)Retail
42 (2.469 %)Legal
42 (2.469 %)Telecoms
51 (1.235 %)Advertising
51 (1.235 %)Games
51 (1.235 %)Multimedia
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (30.86 %)Graphic Design
27 (8.642 %)E-Learning
36 (7.407 %)N-Tier
45 (6.173 %)W3C
54 (4.938 %)Replication
62 (2.469 %)New Media
71 (1.235 %)Social Media
71 (1.235 %)iPad
71 (1.235 %)Digital Media
71 (1.235 %)FMCG
71 (1.235 %)Visualisation
71 (1.235 %)Web 2.0
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (7.407 %)Windows Server 2008
16 (7.407 %)Windows Server 2003
16 (7.407 %)Windows
25 (6.173 %)Windows XP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (28.40 %)Web Design
29 (11.11 %)B2B
38 (9.877 %)E-Commerce
47 (8.642 %)Web Development
56 (7.407 %)Statistical Analysis
56 (7.407 %)Web Analytics
56 (7.407 %)Capacity Planning
65 (6.173 %)Customer Engagement
65 (6.173 %)Usability Testing
74 (4.938 %)Email Marketing
74 (4.938 %)Load Balancing
74 (4.938 %)Disaster Recovery
82 (2.469 %)Agile Software Development
82 (2.469 %)Web Accessibility
82 (2.469 %)Brand Management
82 (2.469 %)B2C
82 (2.469 %)Scrum
82 (2.469 %)Service Management
91 (1.235 %)EAI
91 (1.235 %)SOA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
137 (45.68 %)JavaScript
216 (19.75 %)PHP
39 (11.11 %)ActionScript
45 (6.173 %)SQL
52 (2.469 %)Java
61 (1.235 %)C
61 (1.235 %)C#
61 (1.235 %)Ruby
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (13.58 %)Degree
28 (9.877 %)Security Cleared
36 (7.407 %)SC Cleared
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (6.173 %)Active Directory
24 (4.938 %)ISA Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (17.28 %)Microsoft
213 (16.05 %)Adobe
36 (7.407 %)Open Text
36 (7.407 %)RedDot
45 (6.173 %)Unica
51 (1.235 %)IBM
51 (1.235 %)webMethods
51 (1.235 %)Facebook
51 (1.235 %)Twitter