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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 19 March 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 terms in our General category for the Watford region.

 Graphic Design
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank17--
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads300
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford3.093 %--
As % of the General category7.692 %--
Daily rates quoted300
Average daily rate£165--
UK excluding London average daily rate£165£250£300
% change year-on-year
-34.00 %-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-22.22 %
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
392365
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford40.21 %40.35 %28.63 %
Daily rates quoted14825
Average daily rate£275£350£356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42 %-1.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£165£350£180
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£330£355£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted325
Average hourly rate£14.50£21.00£13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.95 %+61.53 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£26.75£27.00
% change year-on-year
-10.28 %-0.920 %
Graphic Design HertfordshireGraphic Design
Hertfordshire

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.

Graphic Design
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Design across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Watford Graphic Design Demand Trend

Graphic Design
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Graphic Design across the Watford region.

Watford Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Graphic Design also 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 that cited Graphic Design.

14 (100.00 %)Photoshop
23 (75.00 %)Flash
23 (75.00 %)E-Commerce
23 (75.00 %)Fireworks
23 (75.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)Retail
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %).NET Framework
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (25.00 %)Web Services
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)XSL
31 (25.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 7
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (25.00 %)Contact Management
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Graphic Design also 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 that cited Graphic Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)Flash
13 (75.00 %)CSS
21 (25.00 %)AJAX
21 (25.00 %).NET Framework
21 (25.00 %)Web Services
21 (25.00 %)XML
21 (25.00 %)XSL
21 (25.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (100.00 %)Photoshop
23 (75.00 %)Fireworks
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 7
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (75.00 %)Retail
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Web Designer
13 (75.00 %)Designer
13 (75.00 %)Creative Web Designer
21 (25.00 %)Web Applications Developer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Web Developer
21 (25.00 %)Applications Developer
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (25.00 %)Contact Management
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C#
11 (25.00 %)SQL
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft