The first table below looks at the demand for the Interactive Designer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Interactive Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Interactive Designer
Rank 529 570 581
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +11
Contract jobs requiring an Interactive Designer 4 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.006% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
Average daily rate £260 £313 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.80% -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
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
42921 54032 55868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.62% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24602 29796 30366
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 2138 2561 2889
Average hourly rate £18.53 £18.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.74 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Interactive Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Interactive Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Interactive Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Interactive Designer Daily Rate Trend

Interactive Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Interactive Designer within the UK.

Interactive Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Interactive Designer
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Interactive Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +64 4 £260 -16.80%
London +22 4 £260 -16.80%

Interactive Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Interactive 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 Interactive Designer in their job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (50.00%) Flash
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (37.50%) Mobile Application Development
2 3 (37.50%) Social Media
2 3 (37.50%) Responsive Web Design
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) ActionScript
2 3 (37.50%) Web Design
3 2 (25.00%) Advertising
3 2 (25.00%) Adobe
3 2 (25.00%) Games
3 2 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (25.00%) Graphic Design
3 2 (25.00%) Animation
3 2 (25.00%) HTML5
4 1 (12.50%) Big Data
4 1 (12.50%) Graceful Degradation
4 1 (12.50%) Web Usability
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) Maya
4 1 (12.50%) 3ds Max
4 1 (12.50%) Fireworks
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Android
4 1 (12.50%) iPhone
4 1 (12.50%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (12.50%) Publishing
4 1 (12.50%) CMS

Interactive Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) Flash
2 2 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (12.50%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (12.50%) Fireworks
3 1 (12.50%) Maya
3 1 (12.50%) 3ds Max
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dreamweaver
General
1 2 (25.00%) Advertising
1 2 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (37.50%) Social Media
3 2 (25.00%) Graphic Design
3 2 (25.00%) Animation
4 1 (12.50%) iPhone
4 1 (12.50%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Web Design
1 3 (37.50%) Responsive Web Design
1 3 (37.50%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (12.50%) Graceful Degradation
2 1 (12.50%) Time Management
2 1 (12.50%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (37.50%) ActionScript
2 1 (12.50%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Adobe