The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior 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 Junior 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
Junior Designer
Rank 522 567 583
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Designer 11 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.010% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.011% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
Average daily rate £200 £250 £261
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -4.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £113 £210 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £370 £372
UK excluding London average daily rate £181 £225 £400
% change year-on-year
-19.44% -43.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £10.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £10.00 -
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%

Junior Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Junior Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Junior Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Junior Designer Daily Rate Trend

Junior Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Junior Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Junior Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Junior Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Junior Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Junior Designer
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior 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 +69 11 £200 -38.46%
South East +28 7 £113 -
Surrey - 3 £113 -
East Sussex - 3 - -
London +21 2 £200 -50.00%
City of London - 2 £200 -
East of England +21 1 £250 -
North West - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
Slough - 1 £255 -
Staines - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 £255 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £250 -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 - -
Brighton - 1 - -
Guildford - 1 £113 -

Junior Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (78.95%) Photoshop
2 10 (52.63%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (36.84%) HTML
3 7 (36.84%) CSS
4 5 (26.32%) Web Design
5 4 (21.05%) Retail
6 3 (15.79%) Marketing
6 3 (15.79%) jQuery
6 3 (15.79%) Adobe
6 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
7 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
7 2 (10.53%) Fireworks
7 2 (10.53%) Graphic Design
8 1 (5.263%) CSS3
8 1 (5.263%) Digital Media
8 1 (5.263%) Twitter
8 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
8 1 (5.263%) Axure RP
8 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (5.263%) Degree
8 1 (5.263%) Banking
8 1 (5.263%) Industrial Design
8 1 (5.263%) Email Marketing
8 1 (5.263%) User Experience Design
8 1 (5.263%) Visualisation
8 1 (5.263%) Intranet
8 1 (5.263%) Project Management
8 1 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (5.263%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (5.263%) Microsoft

Junior Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (36.84%) HTML
1 7 (36.84%) CSS
2 3 (15.79%) jQuery
3 1 (5.263%) CSS3
3 1 (5.263%) XML
3 1 (5.263%) XSL
3 1 (5.263%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (78.95%) Photoshop
2 10 (52.63%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (10.53%) Fireworks
4 1 (5.263%) InDesign
4 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
1 1 (5.263%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (5.263%) Axure RP
General
1 4 (21.05%) Retail
2 3 (15.79%) Marketing
3 1 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.263%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Graphic Design
2 1 (5.263%) Visualisation
2 1 (5.263%) Digital Media
2 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Web Design
2 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
3 1 (5.263%) Project Management
3 1 (5.263%) Workflow
3 1 (5.263%) Validation
3 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.263%) Industrial Design
3 1 (5.263%) Email Marketing
3 1 (5.263%) User Experience Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.263%) PHP
2 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Adobe
2 1 (5.263%) Quark
2 1 (5.263%) Twitter
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
City of London
This will preferably be in a retail environment You must have a working knowledge of the below on a Mac: Illustrator In Design Photoshop Microsoft Office The projects...
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Rate: £150 - £250 per day + Depending on Experience
Posted: 14 May 2013