The first table below looks at the demand for the Visual 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 Visual Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Visual Designer
Rank 493 540 559
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Visual Designer 37 38 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.080% 0.065% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.070% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 17 20
Average daily rate £380 £350 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -26.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £213 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £578
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
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 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Visual Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Visual Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Visual Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Visual Designer Daily Rate Trend

Visual Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Visual Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Visual Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Visual Designer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visual Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +49 37 £380 +8.57%
London +19 27 £393 +10.17%
South East +30 9 £380 +8.57%
City of London +9 6 £255 -36.32%
Surrey +27 5 - -
Staines - 5 - -
Berkshire +16 1 - -
South West - 1 £300 -
Wiltshire - 1 £300 -
Kent - 1 - -
Swindon - 1 £300 -

Visual Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Visual 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 Visual Designer in their job title.

1 26 (46.43%) Photoshop
2 20 (35.71%) Adobe
3 14 (25.00%) Mobile App
4 13 (23.21%) Internet
4 13 (23.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 11 (19.64%) Digital Media
6 9 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (16.07%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (16.07%) Banking
7 8 (14.29%) Investment Banking
7 8 (14.29%) Finance
7 8 (14.29%) RIA
8 7 (12.50%) User Experience Design
8 7 (12.50%) Flash
9 5 (8.929%) Marketing
9 5 (8.929%) Games
9 5 (8.929%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (7.143%) E-Commerce
10 4 (7.143%) CSS
10 4 (7.143%) HTML
10 4 (7.143%) Apple iOS
10 4 (7.143%) Android
11 3 (5.357%) Expression Blend
11 3 (5.357%) XAML
12 2 (3.571%) .NET
12 2 (3.571%) Web Design
12 2 (3.571%) Dreamweaver
12 2 (3.571%) WPF
12 2 (3.571%) Degree
12 2 (3.571%) Graphic Design

Visual Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Visual 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 Visual Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (12.50%) Flash
2 4 (7.143%) HTML
2 4 (7.143%) CSS
3 2 (3.571%) WPF
3 2 (3.571%) .NET
4 1 (1.786%) Apache Flex
4 1 (1.786%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.786%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (46.43%) Photoshop
2 13 (23.21%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (8.929%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.786%) InDesign
4 1 (1.786%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.786%) QuarkXPress
4 1 (1.786%) FreeHand
Communications & Networking
1 13 (23.21%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (5.357%) Expression Blend
2 2 (3.571%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.786%) Axure RP
General
1 9 (16.07%) Banking
2 8 (14.29%) Finance
2 8 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 5 (8.929%) Marketing
3 5 (8.929%) Games
4 1 (1.786%) Retail
4 1 (1.786%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 11 (19.64%) Digital Media
3 8 (14.29%) RIA
4 2 (3.571%) Visualisation
4 2 (3.571%) Video on Demand
4 2 (3.571%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.786%) Photography
5 1 (1.786%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.786%) PDA
5 1 (1.786%) iPad
5 1 (1.786%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.143%) Android
1 4 (7.143%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
1 9 (16.07%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (12.50%) User Experience Design
3 4 (7.143%) E-Commerce
4 2 (3.571%) MVVM
4 2 (3.571%) Web Design
5 1 (1.786%) Kanban
5 1 (1.786%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.357%) XAML
2 1 (1.786%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (3.571%) Degree
2 1 (1.786%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 20 (35.71%) Adobe
2 1 (1.786%) Microsoft
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