The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 104 96 77
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 17 13 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.944% 0.786% 1.306%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.001% 0.827% 1.389%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 16
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £17,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +59.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £26,000 £15,750
10% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £46,100 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1698 1572 1296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.33% 95.10% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1399 1117
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Designer
West Midlands

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Designer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Designer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Designer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Birmingham Designer Salary Histogram

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled with Designer in their job title.

1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 12 (37.50%) .NET
2 12 (37.50%) Marketing
3 11 (34.38%) CSS
4 7 (21.88%) jQuery
5 6 (18.75%) Workflow
5 6 (18.75%) SQL
5 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
5 6 (18.75%) C#
5 6 (18.75%) HTML
5 6 (18.75%) ASP.NET
5 6 (18.75%) SOA
5 6 (18.75%) UML
5 6 (18.75%) Advertising
6 5 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (15.63%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (15.63%) XHTML
6 5 (15.63%) JavaScript
6 5 (15.63%) DHTML
6 5 (15.63%) Photoshop
6 5 (15.63%) Visual Studio
6 5 (15.63%) XML
7 4 (12.50%) C
7 4 (12.50%) Copywriting
8 3 (9.375%) QA
8 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
8 3 (9.375%) MS Office
8 3 (9.375%) MVC
9 2 (6.250%) Dreamweaver
9 2 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled with Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (37.50%) .NET
2 11 (34.38%) CSS
3 7 (21.88%) jQuery
4 6 (18.75%) HTML
4 6 (18.75%) ASP.NET
5 5 (15.63%) XHTML
5 5 (15.63%) DHTML
5 5 (15.63%) XML
6 2 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 2 (6.250%) .NET Framework
7 1 (3.125%) WF
7 1 (3.125%) Flash
7 1 (3.125%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.125%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Photoshop
2 3 (9.375%) MS Excel
2 3 (9.375%) MS Office
3 2 (6.250%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (3.125%) InDesign
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) WAN
1 1 (3.125%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (15.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.125%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (3.125%) PowerCenter
3 1 (3.125%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.250%) Dreamweaver
General
1 12 (37.50%) Marketing
2 6 (18.75%) Advertising
3 1 (3.125%) Publishing
3 1 (3.125%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Copywriting
2 2 (6.250%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.125%) Statistics
3 1 (3.125%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.125%) SCORM
3 1 (3.125%) VLE
3 1 (3.125%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.250%) Mac OS X
1 2 (6.250%) Windows
1 2 (6.250%) Windows Vista
2 1 (3.125%) Windows XP Embedded
2 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.125%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.125%) Windows XP
2 1 (3.125%) Windows 2000
2 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) Workflow
1 6 (18.75%) SOA
1 6 (18.75%) UML
2 3 (9.375%) MVC
3 2 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (6.250%) OO
3 2 (6.250%) Logistics
4 1 (3.125%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (3.125%) Web Development
4 1 (3.125%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (3.125%) Change Control
4 1 (3.125%) Build Automation
4 1 (3.125%) Software Deployment
4 1 (3.125%) Online Marketing
4 1 (3.125%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.125%) Internet Marketing
4 1 (3.125%) ETL
4 1 (3.125%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.125%) BPR
4 1 (3.125%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) SQL
1 6 (18.75%) C#
2 5 (15.63%) JavaScript
3 4 (12.50%) C
4 2 (6.250%) T-SQL
4 2 (6.250%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.125%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) MCSE
2 1 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.375%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.125%) Xen
1 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.125%) XenApp
1 1 (3.125%) XenDesktop
1 1 (3.125%) IAG
1 1 (3.125%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.125%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (6.250%) SCCM
2 1 (3.125%) SCOM
2 1 (3.125%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.250%) Quark
2 2 (6.250%) Citrix
2 2 (6.250%) Adobe
3 1 (3.125%) Sun
3 1 (3.125%) Informatica
3 1 (3.125%) Symantec
3 1 (3.125%) Remedy
3 1 (3.125%) AppSense
3 1 (3.125%) Ab Initio
3 1 (3.125%) VMware
Birmingham, West Midlands
They work with some fantastic National clients and international clients and have a very healthy pipeline of new work coming in The successful Senior Designer - Web / Print / Mobile...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Continually improve code Communicate with other departments when required Skills / Attributes Required Passion for providing the full user experience (UI / UX) JavaScript / jQuery HTML / HTML5 CSS / CSS3 Flexible...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Good salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013