The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 24 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 West Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 78 72 60
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 10 19 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.797% 1.214% 1.689%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.844% 1.284% 1.794%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 9
Average daily rate £250 £290 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.79% -35.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
+30.95% +2.43%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1185 1480 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.42% 94.57% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 828 495
Average daily rate £313 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.08% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 74
Average hourly rate £12.75 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.53 £10.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Designer
Yorkshire

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds -9 10 £250 -20.63%
Designer
Yorkshire

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 13 (48.15%) Oracle
2 10 (37.04%) ETL
3 9 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (33.33%) HTML
4 8 (29.63%) Oracle 11g
4 8 (29.63%) Oracle BI EE
5 7 (25.93%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
6 6 (22.22%) CSS
6 6 (22.22%) Adobe
7 5 (18.52%) Finance
7 5 (18.52%) Photoshop
7 5 (18.52%) Data Integration
8 4 (14.81%) Performance Testing
8 4 (14.81%) Java
8 4 (14.81%) PL/SQL
8 4 (14.81%) SQL
9 3 (11.11%) PHP
9 3 (11.11%) MySQL
9 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
9 3 (11.11%) Web Services
9 3 (11.11%) AIX
9 3 (11.11%) HPUX
9 3 (11.11%) Solaris
9 3 (11.11%) Linux
9 3 (11.11%) JBoss
9 3 (11.11%) UNIX
9 3 (11.11%) Apache
9 3 (11.11%) Tomcat
9 3 (11.11%) MS Visio

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (33.33%) HTML
2 6 (22.22%) CSS
3 3 (11.11%) Web Services
4 2 (7.407%) Flash
5 1 (3.704%) Struts
5 1 (3.704%) .NET
5 1 (3.704%) J2EE
5 1 (3.704%) Hibernate
5 1 (3.704%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) Apache
1 3 (11.11%) Tomcat
2 2 (7.407%) Documentum
3 1 (3.704%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Photoshop
2 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 3 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (7.407%) InDesign
4 1 (3.704%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (29.63%) Oracle 11g
2 8 (29.63%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (11.11%) MySQL
3 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
4 2 (7.407%) Star Schema
4 2 (7.407%) RDBMS
5 1 (3.704%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (3.704%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (3.704%) Oracle OWB
5 1 (3.704%) ROLAP
5 1 (3.704%) MOLAP
5 1 (3.704%) OLTP
5 1 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (3.704%) DataStage
5 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (3.704%) Subversion
General
1 5 (18.52%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Interactive Media
2 3 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.704%) Electronics
4 1 (3.704%) Legal
4 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.704%) Marketing
4 1 (3.704%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Data Integration
2 1 (3.704%) Thin Client
2 1 (3.704%) DTV
2 1 (3.704%) Graphic Design
2 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.704%) Copywriting
2 1 (3.704%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) AIX
1 3 (11.11%) HPUX
1 3 (11.11%) Solaris
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
1 3 (11.11%) UNIX
1 3 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (7.407%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) ETL
2 7 (25.93%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
3 4 (14.81%) Performance Testing
4 3 (11.11%) SEO
5 2 (7.407%) Analytics
5 2 (7.407%) Dimensional Modelling
5 2 (7.407%) Content Management
5 2 (7.407%) Document Management
5 2 (7.407%) Quality Management
5 2 (7.407%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.704%) Migration
6 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.704%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.704%) Benchmarking
6 1 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (3.704%) Load Balancing
6 1 (3.704%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Java
1 4 (14.81%) PL/SQL
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) PHP
3 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.704%) ActionScript
3 1 (3.704%) LINC
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) XenApp
1 1 (3.704%) XenServer
1 1 (3.704%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Oracle
2 6 (22.22%) Adobe
3 3 (11.11%) JBoss
3 3 (11.11%) Informatica
3 3 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 2 (7.407%) Apple
4 2 (7.407%) Siebel
5 1 (3.704%) Unisys
5 1 (3.704%) Business Objects
5 1 (3.704%) SAP
5 1 (3.704%) Citrix
5 1 (3.704%) AppSense
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