Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Flash Designer role in IT contracts within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Flash Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Flash Designer
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank106122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.118 %0.274 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£213
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£185£255
% change on same period last year-27.45 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.19£22.50
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads25333286
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.110 %3.587 %
Daily rates quoted705710
Average minimum daily rate£321£316
Average daily rate£342£337
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted355567
Average minimum hourly rate£20.64£20.10
Average hourly rate£21.95£21.73
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.25£23.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.15£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Flash Designer EnglandFlash Designer
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Flash Designer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Flash Designer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Flash Designer Demand Trend

Flash Designer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Flash Designer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Flash Designer Daily Rate Trend

Flash Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Flash Designer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Flash Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Flash Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Flash Designer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+142--
WalsallNew entry-1--
Flash Designer EnglandFlash Designer
England

Flash Designer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Flash 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 Flash Designer in their job title.

110 (100.00 %)Flash
25 (50.00 %)Photoshop
25 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
34 (40.00 %)InDesign
34 (40.00 %)Web Design
34 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
34 (40.00 %)Adobe
34 (40.00 %)Quark
42 (20.00 %)Intranet
42 (20.00 %)Internet
42 (20.00 %)Apple
42 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (20.00 %)XML
42 (20.00 %).NET
42 (20.00 %)SQL
42 (20.00 %)Video Editing
51 (10.00 %)Social Network
51 (10.00 %)AJAX
51 (10.00 %)Degree
51 (10.00 %)ActionScript
51 (10.00 %)C#
51 (10.00 %)HTML
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server
51 (10.00 %)NHS
51 (10.00 %)Games

Flash Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Flash 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 Flash Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %).NET
12 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (20.00 %)XML
21 (10.00 %)AJAX
21 (10.00 %)HTML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (50.00 %)Photoshop
15 (50.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
24 (40.00 %)InDesign
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)Intranet
12 (20.00 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (10.00 %)SQL Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (100.00 %)Flash
24 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Video Editing
21 (10.00 %)Games
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)NHS
11 (10.00 %)Social Network
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Web Design
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (10.00 %)ActionScript
21 (10.00 %)C#
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)Adobe
14 (40.00 %)Quark
22 (20.00 %)Apple