The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Warwickshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank - 20 -
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 0 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire - 2.419% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 2.521% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £233 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £369 £386
% change year-on-year
-5.08% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £13.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+19.04% +2.43%
All Job Titles
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
192 238 192
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 91.43% 95.97% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 106 70
Average daily rate £325 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 24
Average hourly rate £13.00 £16.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.21% -34.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £12.25 £13.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £31.00 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
West Midlands

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Designer Daily Rate Trend

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) SEO
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Essbase
3 1 (16.67%) E-Learning
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms
3 1 (16.67%) Pay per click
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
3 1 (16.67%) Graphic Design
3 1 (16.67%) WPF
3 1 (16.67%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Online Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) CSS3
3 1 (16.67%) Flash
3 1 (16.67%) RSS
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (16.67%) Hyperion
3 1 (16.67%) JD Edwards
3 1 (16.67%) Fireworks
3 1 (16.67%) Internet

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms
3 1 (16.67%) WPF
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) CSS3
3 1 (16.67%) Flash
3 1 (16.67%) RSS
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 1 (16.67%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (16.67%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dreamweaver
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) E-Learning
1 1 (16.67%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) MVC
1 1 (16.67%) SEO
1 1 (16.67%) Pay per click
1 1 (16.67%) Web Development
1 1 (16.67%) Online Marketing
1 1 (16.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Hyperion
1 1 (16.67%) JD Edwards
1 1 (16.67%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle