The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Photography in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Photography over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Photography
Rank 527 570 571
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +1
Contract jobs citing Photography 13 11 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.019% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.104% 0.077% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
Average daily rate £350 £300 £135
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +122.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £410 £250
% change year-on-year
- +64.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 - £15.00
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12468 14366 16938
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.41% 24.57% 28.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7504 8442 10060
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £252 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 669 716
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.33 £11.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.85 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%

Photography
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Photography within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Photography Jobs Demand Trend

Photography
Daily Rate Trend

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

Photography Daily Rate Trend

Photography
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Photography Hourly Rate Trend

Photography
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photography within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Photography Hourly Rate Histogram

Photography
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 Photography within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +45 11 £350 +16.66%
London +14 5 £350 +16.66%
Manchester +18 3 - -
North West +17 3 - -
Glasgow - 2 - -
Cambridge - 2 - -
Swansea - 2 - -
City of London - 2 £350 -
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
East of England - 2 - -
West Wales - 2 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
South East +24 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Reading - 1 - -

Photography
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Photography 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 Photography.

1 11 (42.31%) Photoshop
1 11 (42.31%) Adobe
1 11 (42.31%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (34.62%) InDesign
3 7 (26.92%) Marketing
3 7 (26.92%) Business Analysis
4 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
4 6 (23.08%) ISEB
4 6 (23.08%) MS Office
4 6 (23.08%) GIS
5 5 (19.23%) Apple
6 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
6 4 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (15.38%) Graphic Design
6 4 (15.38%) Social Media
6 4 (15.38%) Digital Media
7 3 (11.54%) Acrobat
7 3 (11.54%) Quark
7 3 (11.54%) QuarkXPress
8 2 (7.692%) Intranet
8 2 (7.692%) Internet
8 2 (7.692%) 3G
8 2 (7.692%) CAD
8 2 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (7.692%) CSS
8 2 (7.692%) Flash
8 2 (7.692%) B2B
8 2 (7.692%) HTML
8 2 (7.692%) Broadband
8 2 (7.692%) Wireless

Photography
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Photography 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 Photography. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) CSS
1 2 (7.692%) Flash
1 2 (7.692%) HTML
2 1 (3.846%) HTML5
2 1 (3.846%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (42.31%) Photoshop
1 11 (42.31%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (34.62%) InDesign
3 6 (23.08%) MS Office
4 4 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (11.54%) Acrobat
5 3 (11.54%) QuarkXPress
6 1 (3.846%) PageMaker
6 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) Intranet
1 2 (7.692%) Internet
1 2 (7.692%) 3G
1 2 (7.692%) Broadband
1 2 (7.692%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Dreamweaver
General
1 7 (26.92%) Marketing
2 2 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (7.692%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.692%) Music
2 2 (7.692%) Multimedia
2 2 (7.692%) Automotive
2 2 (7.692%) Advertising
3 1 (3.846%) Publishing
3 1 (3.846%) Retail
3 1 (3.846%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Designer
2 7 (26.92%) Graphic Designer
2 7 (26.92%) Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.692%) Graduate
4 2 (7.692%) Creative Director
4 2 (7.692%) Instructional Designer
4 2 (7.692%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Designer
5 1 (3.846%) Digital Designer
5 1 (3.846%) Creative Designer
5 1 (3.846%) Visual Designer
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Digital Designer
5 1 (3.846%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Programme Manager
5 1 (3.846%) IT Programme Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Senior IT Programme Manager
5 1 (3.846%) Art Director
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Graphic Design
2 4 (15.38%) Social Media
2 4 (15.38%) Digital Media
3 2 (7.692%) Animation
3 2 (7.692%) Smartphone
3 2 (7.692%) Visualisation
3 2 (7.692%) RIA
4 1 (3.846%) New Media
4 1 (3.846%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.846%) Copywriting
4 1 (3.846%) Podcast
4 1 (3.846%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Business Analysis
2 2 (7.692%) CAD
2 2 (7.692%) B2B
2 2 (7.692%) Content Management
2 2 (7.692%) Performance Management
2 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (3.846%) User Experience Design
3 1 (3.846%) Market Research
3 1 (3.846%) Brand Management
3 1 (3.846%) System Testing
3 1 (3.846%) Web Development
3 1 (3.846%) Business Development
3 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (3.846%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.846%) Web Design
3 1 (3.846%) Information Security
3 1 (3.846%) SEO
3 1 (3.846%) Workflow
3 1 (3.846%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Adobe
2 5 (19.23%) Apple
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 3 (11.54%) Quark
5 1 (3.846%) Panasonic
5 1 (3.846%) EPiServer
5 1 (3.846%) Facebook
5 1 (3.846%) Twitter
5 1 (3.846%) Sony