Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 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 terms in our General category for the South West region.

 Graphic Design
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank113-151
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West0.040 %-0.040 %
As % of the General category0.087 %-0.093 %
Daily rates quoted100
Average daily rate£175--
UK excluding London average daily rate£165£250£300
% change year-on-year
-34.00 %-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-22.22 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
114810702152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West45.50 %38.48 %42.84 %
Daily rates quoted591366778
Average daily rate£350£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£235£261
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£499£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted85181205
Average hourly rate£23.00£32.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.23 %+8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.70£14.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£37.25£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.00£27.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

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.

Graphic Design
Demand Trend

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

South West Graphic Design Demand Trend

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. 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
DorsetNew entry-1£175-
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

13 (60.00 %)HTML
13 (60.00 %)Flash
13 (60.00 %)CSS
13 (60.00 %)Adobe
22 (40.00 %)LAMP
22 (40.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
22 (40.00 %)Web Development
22 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
22 (40.00 %)JavaScript
22 (40.00 %)Photoshop
22 (40.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)MySQL
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server
31 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (20.00 %)PHP
31 (20.00 %)Fireworks
31 (20.00 %)Project Management
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)Apache
31 (20.00 %)XHTML
31 (20.00 %)MS Excel
31 (20.00 %)SharePoint
31 (20.00 %)Web Accessibility
31 (20.00 %)Degree
31 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
31 (20.00 %)Web Design
31 (20.00 %)Content Management

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)HTML
13 (60.00 %)Flash
13 (60.00 %)CSS
22 (40.00 %)LAMP
31 (20.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)XHTML
31 (20.00 %)AJAX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Apache
11 (20.00 %)SharePoint
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (40.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
12 (40.00 %)Photoshop
21 (20.00 %)Fireworks
21 (20.00 %)MS Excel
21 (20.00 %)Paint Shop Pro
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)MySQL
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
21 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
South West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Publishing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Web Developer
22 (40.00 %)Graphic Designer
22 (40.00 %)Designer
31 (20.00 %)SharePoint Developer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Web Development
21 (20.00 %)Project Management
21 (20.00 %)Web Accessibility
21 (20.00 %)Web Design
21 (20.00 %)Content Management
21 (20.00 %)Workflow
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)JavaScript
12 (40.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)PHP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (20.00 %)Degree
21 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (60.00 %)Adobe