The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Staines region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Staines 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 16 18 28
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 7 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 5.109% 2.721% 3.704%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.385% 2.985% 4.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
Average daily rate £325 £135 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+140.74% -68.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £360 £386
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+9.52% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
130 134 221
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 94.89% 91.16% 90.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 42 54
Average daily rate £375 £369 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.62% -13.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £216 £342
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £517 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
Average hourly rate £13.00 £22.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.22% +60.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Designer
Surrey

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staines Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staines Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines region that cited 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 Designer in their job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (50.00%) User Experience Design
2 6 (50.00%) Adobe
2 6 (50.00%) Marketing
2 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 5 (41.67%) Internet
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) SOA
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL V2
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (8.333%) Web Design
6 1 (8.333%) SaaS
6 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
6 1 (8.333%) ERP
6 1 (8.333%) Taxonomies
6 1 (8.333%) Usability Testing
6 1 (8.333%) R

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines region that cited 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Internet
General
1 6 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) Taxonomies
2 1 (8.333%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (50.00%) User Experience Design
3 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) SOA
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL V2
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (8.333%) Usability Testing
5 1 (8.333%) ERP
5 1 (8.333%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Adobe