The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 23 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 72 79 82
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 14 13 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.316% 0.951% 1.450%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.371% 0.997% 1.521%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 14
Average salary £40,000 £65,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.46% +62.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £22,500 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £65,000 £44,850
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1021 1304 1512
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.96% 95.39% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 593 952 1095
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Designer
Scotland

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Designer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Edinburgh Designer Salary Histogram

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Banking
3 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
4 7 (24.14%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (24.14%) HTML
4 7 (24.14%) CSS
5 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
6 5 (17.24%) UNIX
7 4 (13.79%) Windows
7 4 (13.79%) Linux
7 4 (13.79%) Flash
7 4 (13.79%) Migration
7 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (13.79%) Retail
7 4 (13.79%) VMware
7 4 (13.79%) Axure RP
7 4 (13.79%) User Experience Design
7 4 (13.79%) Ajax
7 4 (13.79%) Retail Banking
7 4 (13.79%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (13.79%) Photography
7 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (10.34%) jQuery
8 3 (10.34%) Usability Testing
8 3 (10.34%) Marketing
8 3 (10.34%) Information Architecture
8 3 (10.34%) Scrum
8 3 (10.34%) Publishing
8 3 (10.34%) MS Visio
8 3 (10.34%) .NET

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 7 (24.14%) HTML
1 7 (24.14%) CSS
2 4 (13.79%) Flash
2 4 (13.79%) Ajax
3 3 (10.34%) jQuery
3 3 (10.34%) .NET
4 2 (6.897%) XML
4 2 (6.897%) XHTML
4 2 (6.897%) HTML5
5 1 (3.448%) Ext JS
5 1 (3.448%) Apache CXF
5 1 (3.448%) JSON
5 1 (3.448%) Dojo
5 1 (3.448%) soapUI
5 1 (3.448%) CSS3
5 1 (3.448%) Middleware
5 1 (3.448%) JMS
5 1 (3.448%) SOAP
5 1 (3.448%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) Mule
1 1 (3.448%) ESB
1 1 (3.448%) SAP Portal
1 1 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.448%) Apache
1 1 (3.448%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Visio
2 2 (6.897%) Photoshop
3 1 (3.448%) Fireworks
3 1 (3.448%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.897%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) MS Access
2 1 (3.448%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.448%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Axure RP
2 1 (3.448%) Dreamweaver
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Retail
3 4 (13.79%) Retail Banking
4 3 (10.34%) Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Publishing
5 2 (6.897%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.448%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Photography
2 2 (6.897%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.897%) Open Source
3 1 (3.448%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.448%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.448%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.448%) Online Banking
3 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.448%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) UNIX
2 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (13.79%) Migration
2 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (13.79%) User Experience Design
2 4 (13.79%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (10.34%) Usability Testing
3 3 (10.34%) Information Architecture
3 3 (10.34%) Scrum
4 2 (6.897%) Data Modelling
4 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (6.897%) Analytics
4 2 (6.897%) Web Analytics
4 2 (6.897%) Software Engineering
4 2 (6.897%) Time Management
5 1 (3.448%) BPMN
5 1 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.448%) Refactoring
5 1 (3.448%) TDD
5 1 (3.448%) Pair Programming
5 1 (3.448%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.897%) Java
3 1 (3.448%) VB6
3 1 (3.448%) Perl
3 1 (3.448%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.448%) SQL
3 1 (3.448%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) HND
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) VMware
3 2 (6.897%) Oracle
3 2 (6.897%) Adobe
4 1 (3.448%) Pega
4 1 (3.448%) EPiServer
4 1 (3.448%) Casewise
4 1 (3.448%) TIBCO
4 1 (3.448%) Informatica
4 1 (3.448%) Teradata
4 1 (3.448%) IBM
4 1 (3.448%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.448%) SAP
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client is looking for the following experience: *A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent *Strong database knowledge and experience - Oracle/DB2/SQL Server *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
My client is looking for the following experience: *A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent *Strong database knowledge and experience - Oracle/DB2/SQL Server *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013