Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Graphic Design over the 3 months to 12 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 Yorkshire region.

 Graphic Design
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7782108
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Up+26
Matching contract IT job ads1320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire0.069 %0.192 %0.577 %
As % of the General category0.166 %0.523 %1.412 %
Daily rates quoted0010
Average daily rate--£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£165£250£300
% change year-on-year
-34.00 %-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted120
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£17.50£22.50
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %-22.22 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
6015741416
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire41.53 %36.82 %40.88 %
Daily rates quoted256167391
Average daily rate£375£340£390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29 %-12.82 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£485£516£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£400
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-6.250 %
Hourly rates quoted183397
Average hourly rate£21.00£25.26£19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.86 %+31.22 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.95£12.60£9.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.97£30.52£32.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£27.50£27.50
% change year-on-year
-12.72 %-
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Graphic Design Daily Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Graphic Design across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Graphic Design Hourly Rate Trend

Graphic Design
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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 YorkshireNew entry-1--
Graphic Design EnglandGraphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (80.00 %)HTML
14 (80.00 %)JavaScript
14 (80.00 %)PHP
14 (80.00 %)MySQL
14 (80.00 %)CSS
14 (80.00 %)CMS
23 (60.00 %)Content Management
23 (60.00 %)Joomla!
32 (40.00 %)Degree
32 (40.00 %)E-Learning
32 (40.00 %)Publishing
41 (20.00 %)Intranet
41 (20.00 %)Photoshop
41 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (20.00 %)C

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)HTML
14 (80.00 %)CSS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (80.00 %)CMS
23 (60.00 %)Joomla!
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (20.00 %)Photoshop
11 (20.00 %)Adobe Illustrator
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)Intranet
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (80.00 %)MySQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Publishing
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Designer
24 (80.00 %)Developer
24 (80.00 %)Web Developer
24 (80.00 %)Web Designer
31 (20.00 %)Graphic Designer
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)E-Learning
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Content Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)JavaScript
14 (80.00 %)PHP
21 (20.00 %)C
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (40.00 %)Degree