The first table below looks at the demand for the Photoshop 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 Photoshop Designer 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
Adobe Photoshop Designer
Rank 514 553 551
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Photoshop Designer 20 33 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.042% 0.056% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.060% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 18
Average daily rate £280 £188 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+49.33% -68.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £175 £250
% change year-on-year
+45.71% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
Average hourly rate £21.00 £24.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +63.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+31.25% +6.66%
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%

Photoshop Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Photoshop Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Photoshop Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Photoshop Designer Daily Rate Trend

Photoshop Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Photoshop Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Photoshop Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Photoshop Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Photoshop Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Photoshop 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 Photoshop Designer 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 +42 19 £280 +49.33%
South East +18 7 £260 +48.57%
London +24 6 £369 +53.64%
Berkshire +16 6 £260 +38.66%
Slough -9 4 £284 +62.14%
South West +30 3 £200 -20.00%
Devon - 3 £200 -
Exeter - 3 £200 -
Manchester +13 1 - -
East of England +11 1 £78 -77.85%
City of London +10 1 £375 +56.25%
Hertfordshire +9 1 £78 -77.85%
North West +7 1 - -
Hampshire -1 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £250 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £78 -

Photoshop Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 29 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 18 (62.07%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (44.83%) CSS
4 10 (34.48%) HTML
5 6 (20.69%) Retail
5 6 (20.69%) Adobe
6 5 (17.24%) Fireworks
6 5 (17.24%) E-Commerce
6 5 (17.24%) Web Design
7 4 (13.79%) InDesign
7 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
7 4 (13.79%) Flash
7 4 (13.79%) Information Architecture
7 4 (13.79%) Axure RP
7 4 (13.79%) Graphic Design
8 3 (10.34%) jQuery
8 3 (10.34%) Web Development
8 3 (10.34%) Visualisation
8 3 (10.34%) Intranet
8 3 (10.34%) Finance
8 3 (10.34%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (6.897%) Banking
9 2 (6.897%) Retail Banking
9 2 (6.897%) Scrum
9 2 (6.897%) Summit
9 2 (6.897%) ISO 14001
9 2 (6.897%) XAML
9 2 (6.897%) ISO 9001
9 2 (6.897%) CSS3
9 2 (6.897%) HTML5

Photoshop Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (44.83%) CSS
2 10 (34.48%) HTML
3 4 (13.79%) Flash
4 3 (10.34%) jQuery
5 2 (6.897%) CSS3
5 2 (6.897%) HTML5
6 1 (3.448%) XHTML
6 1 (3.448%) Ajax
Applications
1 29 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 18 (62.07%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (17.24%) Fireworks
4 4 (13.79%) InDesign
5 1 (3.448%) Acrobat
5 1 (3.448%) QuarkXPress
5 1 (3.448%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Axure RP
2 1 (3.448%) Expression Blend
2 1 (3.448%) Dreamweaver
General
1 6 (20.69%) Retail
2 3 (10.34%) Finance
3 2 (6.897%) Banking
3 2 (6.897%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.448%) Interactive Media
4 1 (3.448%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Graphic Design
2 3 (10.34%) Visualisation
3 1 (3.448%) Animation
3 1 (3.448%) Video Editing
3 1 (3.448%) iPad
3 1 (3.448%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.448%) New Media
3 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.448%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) E-Commerce
1 5 (17.24%) Web Design
2 4 (13.79%) Information Architecture
3 3 (10.34%) Web Development
3 3 (10.34%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (6.897%) Scrum
4 2 (6.897%) Brand Management
4 2 (6.897%) User Experience Design
4 2 (6.897%) Usability Testing
5 1 (3.448%) Web Accessibility
5 1 (3.448%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.897%) XAML
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) ISO 14001
1 2 (6.897%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Adobe
2 1 (3.448%) Apple
2 1 (3.448%) Quark
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