The first table below looks at the demand for the Creative Director role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Creative Director 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 currently tracked.

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
Creative Director
Rank 532 584 585
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Creative Director 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.004% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Creative Director
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Creative Director within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Creative Director Jobs Demand Trend

Creative Director
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Creative Director within the UK.

Creative Director Daily Rate Trend

Creative Director
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Director within the UK 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
England +56 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
Manchester - 2 - -

Creative Director
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Creative Director 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 Creative Director in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Acrobat
1 2 (100.00%) Quark
1 2 (100.00%) QuarkXPress
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) InDesign
1 2 (100.00%) Photography
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation

Creative Director
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Creative Director 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 Creative Director in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Acrobat
1 2 (100.00%) QuarkXPress
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) InDesign
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Photography
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Quark