The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the Surrey 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 52 79 59
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 31 20 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 2.504% 1.254% 2.227%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.647% 1.359% 2.370%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 13
Average daily rate £175 £263 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -34.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £138 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £350 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £388 £400
% change year-on-year
-9.67% -3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £166.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -16.66%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1171 1472 1730
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 94.59% 92.29% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 594 746 817
Average daily rate £370 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £517 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 132 83
Average hourly rate £20.00 £21.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +2.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.54 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
South East

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Designer across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Surrey Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 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
(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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Guildford - 10 £175 - 2
Staines -3 6 - -
Egham - 1 - -
Camberley - - - -
Redhill - - - -
Reigate - - - -
Woking - - - -
Designer
South East

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 24 (47.06%) Photoshop
2 15 (29.41%) Adobe Illustrator
3 14 (27.45%) Flash
3 14 (27.45%) Adobe
4 13 (25.49%) HTML
5 11 (21.57%) CSS
6 9 (17.65%) RPG
6 9 (17.65%) MS Visio
6 9 (17.65%) Games
6 9 (17.65%) Mobile App
7 8 (15.69%) Finance
7 8 (15.69%) Intranet
7 8 (15.69%) Internet
8 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (13.73%) jQuery
9 6 (11.76%) Marketing
9 6 (11.76%) Web Design
9 6 (11.76%) JavaScript
9 6 (11.76%) User Experience Design
10 5 (9.804%) Dreamweaver
10 5 (9.804%) SOA
10 5 (9.804%) Banking
11 4 (7.843%) Investment Banking
11 4 (7.843%) .NET
11 4 (7.843%) ITIL
11 4 (7.843%) MS PowerPoint
12 3 (5.882%) MVVM
12 3 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
12 3 (5.882%) Microsoft Blend
12 3 (5.882%) Oracle

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Application Development
1 14 (27.45%) Flash
2 13 (25.49%) HTML
3 11 (21.57%) CSS
4 7 (13.73%) jQuery
5 4 (7.843%) .NET
6 3 (5.882%) WPF
7 2 (3.922%) HTML5
7 2 (3.922%) CSS3
8 1 (1.961%) SOAP
8 1 (1.961%) Web Services
8 1 (1.961%) XML
8 1 (1.961%) XML Schema
8 1 (1.961%) WSDL
8 1 (1.961%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (5.882%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.961%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.961%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (47.06%) Photoshop
2 15 (29.41%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (17.65%) MS Visio
4 4 (7.843%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.961%) MS Office
5 1 (1.961%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.69%) Intranet
1 8 (15.69%) Internet
2 1 (1.961%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.922%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.961%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.804%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (5.882%) Microsoft Blend
3 1 (1.961%) XMLSpy
General
1 9 (17.65%) Games
2 8 (15.69%) Finance
3 6 (11.76%) Marketing
4 5 (9.804%) Banking
5 4 (7.843%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.922%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.961%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.922%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.961%) SaaS
3 1 (1.961%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.922%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (11.76%) Web Design
2 6 (11.76%) User Experience Design
3 5 (9.804%) SOA
4 4 (7.843%) ITIL
5 3 (5.882%) MVVM
6 2 (3.922%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (3.922%) Scrum
6 2 (3.922%) Waterfall
6 2 (3.922%) ITIL V2
7 1 (1.961%) Responsive Web Design
7 1 (1.961%) BPR
7 1 (1.961%) ERP
7 1 (1.961%) Usability Testing
7 1 (1.961%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) RPG
2 6 (11.76%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.922%) SQL
4 1 (1.961%) R
4 1 (1.961%) C#
4 1 (1.961%) XAML
Qualifications
1 2 (3.922%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (1.961%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (3.922%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.922%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (1.961%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Adobe
2 3 (5.882%) Oracle
3 2 (3.922%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.922%) VMware
3 2 (3.922%) Cognos
3 2 (3.922%) EMC
4 1 (1.961%) Open Text
Guildford, South East
12 Month ContractRate £150 - £200 a dayPreferred Sectors Web/games/media/technologyExpertise/Experience:*A minimum of 3 years experience as a UI design, with at least 2 released...
Rate: £150 - £250 per month
Posted: 6 June 2013
Guildford, South East
12 Month ContractRate £150 - £200 a dayPreferred Sectors Web/games/media/technologyExpertise/Experience:*A minimum of 3 years experience as a UI design, with at least 2 released...
Rate: £150 - £250 per month
Posted: 8 June 2013