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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Web 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 Web Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Web Designer
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank399279315
Rank change year-on-year
Down-120Up+36
Matching contract IT job ads164177306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.272 %0.463 %0.421 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.296 %0.498 %0.454 %
Daily rates quoted917086
Average daily rate£235£250£248
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.000 %+1.010 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£145£159£170
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£335£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£220£288£225
% change year-on-year
-23.47 %+27.77 %
Hourly rates quoted192048
Average hourly rate£32.50£15.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66 %-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£11.75£15.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£85.00£25.00£29.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£15.00£17.50
% change year-on-year
+166.66 %-14.28 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
553423556767402
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.88 %92.94 %92.63 %
Daily rates quoted275771401122240
Average daily rate£420£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£210£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£325£350
% change year-on-year
+4.610 %-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted289229395868
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--4.760 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£20.50
% change year-on-year
--2.430 %

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.

Web Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Web Designer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Web Designer Demand Trend

Web Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Web Designer Daily Rate Trend

Web Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010.

Web Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Web Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Web Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Web Designer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010.

Web Designer Hourly Rate Histogram

Web Designer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-124159£230-8.00 %
LondonDown-9370£253+12.22 %
South EastDown-2145£225-17.43 %
City of LondonDown-6417£275+22.22 %
YorkshireDown-1016£220-
West YorkshireNew entry-14£223-
HampshireDown-813£240-36.00 %
LeedsNew entry-12£223-
BerkshireDown-1710£350+22.80 %
SurreyDown-2410£219-12.50 %
North WestDown-3810£175-40.42 %
ReadingDown-169£350+26.12 %
BrightonUp+48£200-
East SussexNo change08£200-
South WestDown-338£200-40.29 %
ManchesterDown-335£175-39.65 %
HalifaxNew entry-5--
East of EnglandDown-493£175-28.57 %
North EastNew entry-3£220-
Thames ValleyDown-52--
South YorkshireDown-62£110-
West SussexDown-92--
CheshireDown-112--
West MidlandsDown-172--
DevonNew entry-2£200-
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-2£220-
LiverpoolNew entry-2--
MerseysideNew entry-2--
Tyne and WearNew entry-2£220-
GatwickUp+31--

Web Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Web 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 Web Designer in their job title.

1303 (70.79 %)CSS
2278 (64.95 %)HTML
3241 (56.31 %)Photoshop
4168 (39.25 %)JavaScript
5160 (37.38 %)Flash
6147 (34.35 %)XHTML
7130 (30.37 %)Adobe Illustrator
8111 (25.93 %)Adobe
9110 (25.70 %)Dreamweaver
10104 (24.30 %)Web Design
1165 (15.19 %)W3C
1250 (11.68 %)Fireworks
1349 (11.45 %)E-Commerce
1447 (10.98 %)jQuery
1539 (9.112 %)CMS
1636 (8.411 %)AJAX
1636 (8.411 %)XML
1735 (8.178 %)Marketing
1832 (7.477 %)Graphic Design
1832 (7.477 %)Microsoft
1931 (7.243 %).NET
1931 (7.243 %)Java
1931 (7.243 %)Web Development
2030 (7.009 %)MySQL
2129 (6.776 %)Intranet
2129 (6.776 %)Internet
2228 (6.542 %)PHP
2326 (6.075 %)Content Management
2326 (6.075 %)Security Cleared
2326 (6.075 %)IIS

Web Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Web 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 Web Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1303 (70.79 %)CSS
2278 (64.95 %)HTML
3160 (37.38 %)Flash
4147 (34.35 %)XHTML
547 (10.98 %)jQuery
636 (8.411 %)AJAX
636 (8.411 %)XML
731 (7.243 %).NET
823 (5.374 %)Web Services
915 (3.505 %)DHTML
915 (3.505 %)ASP.NET
1014 (3.271 %)DOM
1112 (2.804 %)XSLT
1211 (2.570 %)ASP
1211 (2.570 %)J2EE
1310 (2.336 %)Spring
1310 (2.336 %)JSP
148 (1.869 %)Forefront TMG
156 (1.402 %)RESTful
156 (1.402 %)JAXP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
139 (9.112 %)CMS
226 (6.075 %)IIS
315 (3.505 %)SharePoint
410 (2.336 %)SharePoint Server 2007
58 (1.869 %)WordPress
67 (1.636 %)Drupal
75 (1.168 %)WebLogic
75 (1.168 %)Documentum
75 (1.168 %)Content Management Server
75 (1.168 %)SharePoint Portal Server
75 (1.168 %)SharePoint 2010
83 (0.701 %)Apache
83 (0.701 %)ColdFusion
83 (0.701 %)Magento
83 (0.701 %)Joomla!
83 (0.701 %)Sitecore CMS
92 (0.467 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
92 (0.467 %)DotNetNuke
92 (0.467 %)AquaLogic
92 (0.467 %)ESB
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1241 (56.31 %)Photoshop
2130 (30.37 %)Adobe Illustrator
350 (11.68 %)Fireworks
47 (1.636 %)MS Office
56 (1.402 %)MS Excel
65 (1.168 %)Acrobat
65 (1.168 %)MS PowerPoint
74 (0.935 %)Adobe After Effects
83 (0.701 %)ImageReady
83 (0.701 %)FreeHand
83 (0.701 %)CINEMA 4D
92 (0.467 %)QuarkXPress
101 (0.234 %)MS Visio
101 (0.234 %)InDesign
101 (0.234 %)CorelDRAW
101 (0.234 %)3ds Max
101 (0.234 %)GIMP
101 (0.234 %)Poser
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.234 %)WebTrends
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
129 (6.776 %)Intranet
129 (6.776 %)Internet
212 (2.804 %)Extranet
37 (1.636 %)DNS
46 (1.402 %)Firewall
55 (1.168 %)DMZ
63 (0.701 %)Kerberos
71 (0.234 %)Broadband
71 (0.234 %)BSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (7.009 %)MySQL
211 (2.570 %)SQL Server
37 (1.636 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (1.402 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (0.701 %)GIS
61 (0.234 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.234 %)Data Mining
61 (0.234 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.234 %)Text Mining
61 (0.234 %)PostgreSQL
61 (0.234 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1110 (25.70 %)Dreamweaver
211 (2.570 %)Eclipse
37 (1.636 %)Axure RP
44 (0.935 %)FrontPage
53 (0.701 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.467 %)Expression Blend
62 (0.467 %)Subversion
62 (0.467 %)ClearQuest
62 (0.467 %)ClearCase
62 (0.467 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.234 %)Ant
71 (0.234 %)Git (software)
71 (0.234 %)Balsamiq Mockups
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
135 (8.178 %)Marketing
232 (7.477 %)Graphic Design
326 (6.075 %)Publishing
414 (3.271 %)Government
513 (3.037 %)Multimedia
610 (2.336 %)Telecoms
79 (2.103 %)Banking
87 (1.636 %)Finance
96 (1.402 %)Retail
105 (1.168 %)Education
105 (1.168 %)Animation
114 (0.935 %)Advertising
121 (0.234 %)Home Office
121 (0.234 %)Legal
121 (0.234 %)Electronics
121 (0.234 %)Aerospace
121 (0.234 %)Construction
121 (0.234 %)Front Office
121 (0.234 %)Back Office
121 (0.234 %)Online Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
165 (15.19 %)W3C
213 (3.037 %)Management Information System
310 (2.336 %)E-Learning
48 (1.869 %)N-Tier
55 (1.168 %)Web 2.0
55 (1.168 %)Replication
55 (1.168 %)Wiki
64 (0.935 %)Blog
64 (0.935 %)Visualisation
64 (0.935 %)BBC
73 (0.701 %)Data Protection Act
82 (0.467 %)Social Network
82 (0.467 %)Clustering
82 (0.467 %)Taxonomies
91 (0.234 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
91 (0.234 %)Equities
91 (0.234 %)Fixed Income
91 (0.234 %)iPhone
91 (0.234 %)Learning Management System
91 (0.234 %)Open Source
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (5.374 %)Windows
211 (2.570 %)Windows Server 2008
37 (1.636 %)Windows XP
44 (0.935 %)Linux
44 (0.935 %)UNIX
51 (0.234 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1104 (24.30 %)Web Design
249 (11.45 %)E-Commerce
331 (7.243 %)Web Development
426 (6.075 %)Content Management
525 (5.841 %)SEO
612 (2.804 %)Web Accessibility
612 (2.804 %)Information Management
710 (2.336 %)Project Management
89 (2.103 %)B2B
98 (1.869 %)Agile Software Development
98 (1.869 %)Information Architecture
107 (1.636 %)RUP
107 (1.636 %)Migration
107 (1.636 %)Unified Process
116 (1.402 %)Data Migration
125 (1.168 %)OO
125 (1.168 %)Disaster Recovery
125 (1.168 %)Statistical Analysis
125 (1.168 %)TDD
125 (1.168 %)Online Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1168 (39.25 %)JavaScript
231 (7.243 %)Java
328 (6.542 %)PHP
421 (4.907 %)ActionScript
517 (3.972 %)C#
68 (1.869 %)C
68 (1.869 %)SQL
76 (1.402 %)XPath
84 (0.935 %)ActionScript 3.0
84 (0.935 %)ActionScript 2.0
84 (0.935 %)Ruby
84 (0.935 %)VB
93 (0.701 %)Perl
93 (0.701 %)PHP5
102 (0.467 %)XAML
111 (0.234 %)VBA
111 (0.234 %)VB.NET
111 (0.234 %)ECMAScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (6.075 %)Security Cleared
215 (3.505 %)Degree
313 (3.037 %)DV Cleared
410 (2.336 %)SC Cleared
52 (0.467 %)Sun Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.168 %)WCAG
23 (0.701 %)WAI
31 (0.234 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (1.636 %)ISA Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1111 (25.93 %)Adobe
232 (7.477 %)Microsoft
37 (1.636 %)Oracle
46 (1.402 %)IBM
55 (1.168 %)EMC
55 (1.168 %)Google
64 (0.935 %)Sitecore
64 (0.935 %)Macromedia
64 (0.935 %)Apple
72 (0.467 %)Mercator
72 (0.467 %)Quark
72 (0.467 %)BEA
72 (0.467 %)Tridion
81 (0.234 %)Interwoven
81 (0.234 %)Open Text
81 (0.234 %)RedDot
81 (0.234 %)Zend
81 (0.234 %)iRise