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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 8 February 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.

LinkGraphic Design
Location
3 months to
8 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank394407489
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+82
Matching contract IT job ads6971121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.158 %0.154 %0.150 %
As % of the General category0.307 %0.339 %0.327 %
Daily rates quoted292042
Average daily rate£165£215£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.25 %-28.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£145£168£144
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£278£450£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£158£198£300
% change year-on-year
-20.25 %-34.16 %
Hourly rates quoted3611
Average hourly rate£9.50£19.50£24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.28 %-20.40 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.10£15.64£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.90£20.00£26.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£9.50£19.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
-51.28 %-22.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
224822092237047
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK51.58 %45.35 %46.01 %
Daily rates quoted11020715312893
Average daily rate£450£410£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.750 %-8.880 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£575£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£390
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-3.780 %
Hourly rates quoted80813922223
Average hourly rate£22.00£25.00£26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00 %-5.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.45£12.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.49£40.00£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£27.50£28.00
% change year-on-year
-18.18 %-1.780 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Design within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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 within the UK.

Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the UK over the 3 months to 8 February 2010.

Graphic Design Daily Rate Histogram

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Design within the UK.

Graphic Design Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the UK over the 3 months to 8 February 2010.

Graphic Design Hourly Rate Histogram

Graphic Design
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 8 February 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
EnglandUp+267£163-24.41 %
LondonDown-4028£225-
South EastUp+3518£145-21.62 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-16£145-
Milton KeynesNew entry-16£145-
City of LondonDown-469£225-
North WestUp+56£250-
East of EnglandUp+295£165-
West MidlandsUp+215£218+2.35 %
ManchesterDown-45£250-
StaffordshireNew entry-4£160-
South WestUp+233--
HertfordshireNew entry-3£165-
CannockNew entry-3--
YorkshireUp+92£203-
ScotlandDown-42£288-
South YorkshireNew entry-2£203-
BristolNew entry-2--
WatfordNew entry-2£165-
SheffieldNew entry-2£203-
BerkshireUp+131--
CambridgeshireUp+121--
CambridgeUp+111--
BedfordshireUp+81--
North EastUp+61--
East MidlandsUp+61--
SurreyDown-11£175+59.09 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1--
MerseysideNew entry-1--
St HelensNew entry-1--

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

196 (54.55 %)CSS
281 (46.02 %)Photoshop
378 (44.32 %)HTML
461 (34.66 %)Flash
554 (30.68 %)JavaScript
639 (22.16 %)PHP
639 (22.16 %)Adobe Illustrator
737 (21.02 %)Web Design
737 (21.02 %)Dreamweaver
836 (20.45 %)Adobe
933 (18.75 %)W3C
1031 (17.61 %)ActionScript
1130 (17.05 %)XHTML
1130 (17.05 %)Marketing
1226 (14.77 %)SharePoint
1226 (14.77 %)Content Management
1323 (13.07 %)Fireworks
1323 (13.07 %)MySQL
1422 (12.50 %)Web Accessibility
1521 (11.93 %)XML
1620 (11.36 %)Degree
1718 (10.23 %)Apache
1816 (9.091 %).NET
1816 (9.091 %)Web Development
1915 (8.523 %)AJAX
1915 (8.523 %)Security Cleared
1915 (8.523 %)ActionScript 3.0
1915 (8.523 %)Visual Studio
1915 (8.523 %)Microsoft
1915 (8.523 %)LAMP

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
196 (54.55 %)CSS
278 (44.32 %)HTML
361 (34.66 %)Flash
430 (17.05 %)XHTML
521 (11.93 %)XML
616 (9.091 %).NET
715 (8.523 %)AJAX
715 (8.523 %)LAMP
813 (7.386 %)jQuery
910 (5.682 %)Silverlight
109 (5.114 %)XSLT
109 (5.114 %)ASP.NET
109 (5.114 %)Adobe Flex
118 (4.545 %)WPF
127 (3.977 %)DOM
136 (3.409 %)DHTML
145 (2.841 %)Web Services
154 (2.273 %).NET Framework
163 (1.705 %)XSL
172 (1.136 %)CAML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (14.77 %)SharePoint
218 (10.23 %)Apache
312 (6.818 %)CMS
46 (3.409 %)SharePoint Server 2007
55 (2.841 %)Joomla!
61 (0.568 %)WordPress
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
181 (46.02 %)Photoshop
239 (22.16 %)Adobe Illustrator
323 (13.07 %)Fireworks
47 (3.977 %)Paint Shop Pro
55 (2.841 %)MS Excel
64 (2.273 %)MS Office
73 (1.705 %)FreeHand
73 (1.705 %)MS Visio
82 (1.136 %)MS PowerPoint
82 (1.136 %)InfoPath
82 (1.136 %)QuarkXPress
91 (0.568 %)Maya
91 (0.568 %)InDesign
91 (0.568 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (6.250 %)Internet
29 (5.114 %)Intranet
32 (1.136 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (13.07 %)MySQL
26 (3.409 %)SQL Server
32 (1.136 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (1.136 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.136 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.568 %)SQL Server 7
41 (0.568 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.568 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
137 (21.02 %)Dreamweaver
215 (8.523 %)Visual Studio
37 (3.977 %)Eclipse
46 (3.409 %)Ant
53 (1.705 %)Expression Blend
62 (1.136 %)Flex Builder
71 (0.568 %)FlexUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (17.05 %)Marketing
214 (7.955 %)Publishing
214 (7.955 %)Multimedia
311 (6.250 %)Animation
410 (5.682 %)Banking
410 (5.682 %)Finance
59 (5.114 %)Games
68 (4.545 %)Government
73 (1.705 %)Investment Banking
73 (1.705 %)Telecoms
73 (1.705 %)Financial Institution
73 (1.705 %)Local Government
82 (1.136 %)Online Games
82 (1.136 %)Front Office
82 (1.136 %)Insurance
82 (1.136 %)Retail
82 (1.136 %)3D Graphics
91 (0.568 %)Legal
91 (0.568 %)Advertising
91 (0.568 %)Flash Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1114 (64.77 %)Designer
272 (40.91 %)Developer
361 (34.66 %)Web Designer
432 (18.18 %)Graphic Designer
515 (8.523 %)UI Designer
515 (8.523 %)Web Developer
611 (6.250 %)Flash Developer
78 (4.545 %)Flash Designer
87 (3.977 %)Architect
87 (3.977 %)Interface Designer
87 (3.977 %)Flex Developer
87 (3.977 %)UI Developer
95 (2.841 %)Information Architect
95 (2.841 %)Software Developer
95 (2.841 %)SharePoint Developer
95 (2.841 %)SharePoint Designer
104 (2.273 %)Senior Designer
104 (2.273 %)Digital Designer
104 (2.273 %)Front-End Developer
104 (2.273 %)Multimedia Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (18.75 %)W3C
213 (7.386 %)E-Learning
38 (4.545 %)NHS
47 (3.977 %)Interactive TV
56 (3.409 %)Psychology
63 (1.705 %)Client/Server
63 (1.705 %)Web 2.0
63 (1.705 %)RIA
72 (1.136 %)Fat Client
72 (1.136 %)Visualisation
72 (1.136 %)Thin Client
81 (0.568 %)Fixed Income
81 (0.568 %)SCORM
81 (0.568 %)Management Information System
81 (0.568 %)Taxonomies
81 (0.568 %)Copywriting
81 (0.568 %)Mathematics
81 (0.568 %)Human Factors
81 (0.568 %)Computer Science
81 (0.568 %)Russian Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (6.250 %)Windows
26 (3.409 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
137 (21.02 %)Web Design
226 (14.77 %)Content Management
322 (12.50 %)Web Accessibility
416 (9.091 %)Web Development
512 (6.818 %)E-Commerce
611 (6.250 %)OO
611 (6.250 %)Product Marketing
611 (6.250 %)Information Architecture
78 (4.545 %)Usability Testing
78 (4.545 %)Agile Software Development
86 (3.409 %)Web Usability
86 (3.409 %)Industrial Design
86 (3.409 %)SEO
86 (3.409 %)Workflow
95 (2.841 %)Online Marketing
104 (2.273 %)Rapid Prototyping
104 (2.273 %)CRM
104 (2.273 %)OOD
113 (1.705 %)PRINCE2
113 (1.705 %)ITIL
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
154 (30.68 %)JavaScript
239 (22.16 %)PHP
331 (17.61 %)ActionScript
415 (8.523 %)ActionScript 3.0
55 (2.841 %)XAML
55 (2.841 %)C#
55 (2.841 %)PHP5
55 (2.841 %)PHP4
64 (2.273 %)C++
64 (2.273 %)C
73 (1.705 %)SQL
82 (1.136 %)Perl
82 (1.136 %)Java
91 (0.568 %)ActionScript 2.0
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (11.36 %)Degree
215 (8.523 %)Security Cleared
313 (7.386 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.568 %)HND
41 (0.568 %)A+ Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (5.114 %)WCAG
25 (2.841 %)WAI
34 (2.273 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (20.45 %)Adobe
215 (8.523 %)Microsoft
34 (2.273 %)Macromedia
43 (1.705 %)Perforce
52 (1.136 %)Quark
61 (0.568 %)RedDot
61 (0.568 %)Sony
61 (0.568 %)Oracle
61 (0.568 %)Nokia
61 (0.568 %)Mercator
61 (0.568 %)Google
61 (0.568 %)XMPie