The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 advertised for the Wales region.

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
Designer
Rank 32 50 49
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 11 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 2.723% 0.721% 1.543%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.926% 0.778% 1.678%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 1
Average daily rate £228 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.50% -11.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £360 £386
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -6.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+9.52% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
376 514 596
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.07% 92.61% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 247 272
Average daily rate £330 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £155 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £481 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 37
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -23.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £10.35 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Designer
UK

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Designer across the Wales region.

Wales Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Wales Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Designer across the Wales region.

Wales Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Wales region 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
South Wales +5 8 £228 -35.50%
West Wales - 1 £175 -
North Wales - 1 - -
Designer
UK

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited 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 Designer in their job title.

1 11 (44.00%) Photoshop
1 11 (44.00%) CSS
2 9 (36.00%) HTML
2 9 (36.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (28.00%) Flash
4 6 (24.00%) HTML5
5 5 (20.00%) Mac OS
5 5 (20.00%) Time Management
5 5 (20.00%) Digital Media
5 5 (20.00%) SAP
5 5 (20.00%) Web Design
6 4 (16.00%) SOA
6 4 (16.00%) Java
6 4 (16.00%) SQL
6 4 (16.00%) Web Services
6 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
6 4 (16.00%) Cordys
6 4 (16.00%) Degree
6 4 (16.00%) ESB
6 4 (16.00%) Graphic Design
7 3 (12.00%) Animation
7 3 (12.00%) Social Media
7 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
7 3 (12.00%) Fireworks
7 3 (12.00%) JDA
7 3 (12.00%) CMS
8 2 (8.000%) LiveLink
8 2 (8.000%) SEO

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (44.00%) CSS
2 9 (36.00%) HTML
3 7 (28.00%) Flash
4 6 (24.00%) HTML5
5 4 (16.00%) Web Services
6 2 (8.000%) XML
6 2 (8.000%) XSD
6 2 (8.000%) DOM
6 2 (8.000%) XSLT
6 2 (8.000%) .NET
6 2 (8.000%) J2EE
6 2 (8.000%) EDI
6 2 (8.000%) JAXP
6 2 (8.000%) SAX
7 1 (4.000%) Spring
7 1 (4.000%) JSF
7 1 (4.000%) Java EE
7 1 (4.000%) JPA
7 1 (4.000%) EJB
7 1 (4.000%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) ESB
2 3 (12.00%) CMS
3 2 (8.000%) LiveLink
3 2 (8.000%) WebLogic
3 2 (8.000%) MQSeries
4 1 (4.000%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (44.00%) Photoshop
2 9 (36.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (12.00%) Fireworks
4 1 (4.000%) InDesign
4 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) SAP SD
2 1 (4.000%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.000%) SAP MM
2 1 (4.000%) SAP PP
2 1 (4.000%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (4.000%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.000%) TOAD
1 1 (4.000%) RDBMS
1 1 (4.000%) BODI
1 1 (4.000%) QlikView
1 1 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (4.000%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (4.000%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) ClearCase
1 2 (8.000%) Eclipse
1 2 (8.000%) ClearQuest
2 1 (4.000%) Maven
2 1 (4.000%) Axure RP
2 1 (4.000%) Ant
General
1 2 (8.000%) Finance
1 2 (8.000%) Publishing
2 1 (4.000%) Banking
2 1 (4.000%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Digital Media
2 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (16.00%) Graphic Design
3 3 (12.00%) Animation
3 3 (12.00%) Social Media
4 2 (8.000%) Copywriting
4 2 (8.000%) Mainframe
5 1 (4.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) Web Design
1 5 (20.00%) Time Management
2 4 (16.00%) SOA
3 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (8.000%) EAI
4 2 (8.000%) UML
4 2 (8.000%) ETL
4 2 (8.000%) Project Management
4 2 (8.000%) SEO
4 2 (8.000%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (8.000%) Information Architecture
4 2 (8.000%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Usability Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.000%) Use Case
5 1 (4.000%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (4.000%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (4.000%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Java
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.000%) PL/SQL
3 2 (8.000%) ActionScript
3 2 (8.000%) XPath
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.000%) HND
3 1 (4.000%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) SAP
2 4 (16.00%) Cordys
3 3 (12.00%) JDA
4 2 (8.000%) Oracle
4 2 (8.000%) Adobe
4 2 (8.000%) i2