The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 42 - 48
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 4 0 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 1.342% - 4.124%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.429% - 4.301%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 12
Average salary £18,500 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
280 163 279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.96% 98.19% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 156 152 266
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £46,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Designer
Cheshire

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 16 (94.12%) Photoshop
2 15 (88.24%) Adobe Illustrator
3 11 (64.71%) E-Commerce
4 10 (58.82%) CSS
4 10 (58.82%) Adobe
5 9 (52.94%) Web Design
6 6 (35.29%) HTML
7 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
7 4 (23.53%) Dreamweaver
7 4 (23.53%) Flash
7 4 (23.53%) XHTML
7 4 (23.53%) SEO
7 4 (23.53%) Marketing
7 4 (23.53%) jQuery
7 4 (23.53%) Magento
8 3 (17.65%) Fireworks
8 3 (17.65%) Internet
8 3 (17.65%) Internet Marketing
9 2 (11.76%) Facebook
9 2 (11.76%) Social Media
9 2 (11.76%) PHP
9 2 (11.76%) WordPress
9 2 (11.76%) Web Development
9 2 (11.76%) Graphic Design
10 1 (5.882%) JSON
10 1 (5.882%) Social Network
10 1 (5.882%) Ajax
10 1 (5.882%) Time Management
10 1 (5.882%) Android
10 1 (5.882%) B2B

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 10 (58.82%) CSS
2 6 (35.29%) HTML
3 4 (23.53%) Flash
3 4 (23.53%) XHTML
3 4 (23.53%) jQuery
4 1 (5.882%) JSON
4 1 (5.882%) Ajax
4 1 (5.882%) CSS3
4 1 (5.882%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) Magento
2 2 (11.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (94.12%) Photoshop
2 15 (88.24%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (17.65%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Dreamweaver
General
1 4 (23.53%) Marketing
2 1 (5.882%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Social Media
1 2 (11.76%) Graphic Design
2 1 (5.882%) Social Network
2 1 (5.882%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Android
1 1 (5.882%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) E-Commerce
2 9 (52.94%) Web Design
3 4 (23.53%) SEO
4 3 (17.65%) Internet Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) Web Development
6 1 (5.882%) Time Management
6 1 (5.882%) B2B
6 1 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (11.76%) PHP
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Adobe
2 2 (11.76%) Facebook