The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 20 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 163 182 172
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 1777 1636 1795
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 1.722% 1.469% 1.471%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.825% 1.546% 1.561%
Number of salaries quoted 1400 1379 1529
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,050 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
97387 105805 114973
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 81911 91479 98204
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Designer
UK

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Designer across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Designer Salary Histogram

Designer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +15 748 £45,000 +12.50% 80
South East +33 355 £42,500 - 33
North West -2 184 £30,000 -17.80% 25
East of England +28 146 £32,500 -0.76% 22
South West -2 85 £34,250 +17.09% 9
Yorkshire +8 79 £26,000 -11.86% 10
West Midlands +8 76 £26,250 -4.54% 7
East Midlands -6 62 £39,500 +43.63% 6
Midlands - 19 £25,000 -
North East +17 15 £24,000 -4.00%
Designer
UK

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1517 (45.69%) CSS
2 1414 (42.59%) HTML
3 1386 (41.75%) Photoshop
4 1028 (30.96%) Adobe Illustrator
5 942 (28.37%) JavaScript
6 881 (26.54%) Adobe
7 578 (17.41%) Marketing
8 567 (17.08%) HTML5
9 540 (16.27%) jQuery
10 527 (15.87%) Web Design
11 497 (14.97%) Flash
12 486 (14.64%) E-Commerce
13 367 (11.05%) CSS3
14 364 (10.96%) Degree
15 319 (9.608%) Finance
16 312 (9.398%) Microsoft
17 306 (9.217%) Mobile App
18 283 (8.524%) Agile Software Development
19 274 (8.253%) Dreamweaver
20 273 (8.223%) XHTML
21 270 (8.133%) SEO
22 264 (7.952%) Windows
23 261 (7.861%) PHP
23 261 (7.861%) Advertising
24 255 (7.681%) Fireworks
25 251 (7.560%) Android
26 250 (7.530%) Information Architecture
27 249 (7.500%) .NET
28 248 (7.470%) Graphic Design
29 247 (7.440%) Apple iOS

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1517 (45.69%) CSS
2 1414 (42.59%) HTML
3 567 (17.08%) HTML5
4 540 (16.27%) jQuery
5 497 (14.97%) Flash
6 367 (11.05%) CSS3
7 273 (8.223%) XHTML
8 249 (7.500%) .NET
9 148 (4.458%) Ajax
10 142 (4.277%) XML
11 113 (3.404%) Web Services
12 108 (3.253%) ASP.NET
13 78 (2.349%) Spring
14 57 (1.717%) J2EE
15 47 (1.416%) Middleware
16 37 (1.114%) WCF
17 34 (1.024%) Java EE
18 33 (0.994%) Apache Flex
18 33 (0.994%) Semantic HTML
19 32 (0.964%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 145 (4.367%) CMS
2 115 (3.464%) WordPress
3 85 (2.560%) SharePoint
4 55 (1.657%) Apache
5 46 (1.386%) Magento
6 34 (1.024%) Drupal
6 34 (1.024%) Tomcat
7 32 (0.964%) MS Exchange
8 23 (0.693%) IIS
9 20 (0.602%) WebLogic
10 18 (0.542%) WebSphere Application Server
10 18 (0.542%) ColdFusion
11 17 (0.512%) WebLogic Portal
11 17 (0.512%) Joomla!
12 14 (0.422%) Exchange Server 2007
13 9 (0.271%) Office Communications Server
13 9 (0.271%) SAP Portal
14 8 (0.241%) ESB
14 8 (0.241%) NetWeaver
14 8 (0.241%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1386 (41.75%) Photoshop
2 1028 (30.96%) Adobe Illustrator
3 255 (7.681%) Fireworks
4 244 (7.349%) InDesign
5 136 (4.096%) MS Excel
6 135 (4.066%) MS Visio
7 116 (3.494%) Adobe After Effects
8 115 (3.464%) OmniGraffle
9 67 (2.018%) MS Office
10 34 (1.024%) MS PowerPoint
11 30 (0.904%) Acrobat
12 27 (0.813%) Maya
12 27 (0.813%) 3ds Max
13 19 (0.572%) CINEMA 4D
14 16 (0.482%) Google Apps
15 15 (0.452%) FreeHand
16 11 (0.331%) AutoCAD
17 8 (0.241%) QuarkXPress
18 7 (0.211%) Adobe Premiere
19 6 (0.181%) GIMP
Business Applications
1 26 (0.783%) Google Analytics
2 17 (0.512%) CSG Singleview
3 15 (0.452%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 10 (0.301%) JDE OneWorld
5 7 (0.211%) SAP PP
6 6 (0.181%) SAP MM
7 5 (0.151%) Maximo
7 5 (0.151%) Oracle BPM
8 4 (0.120%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.120%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.090%) WebTrends
9 3 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
10 2 (0.060%) BusinessWorks
11 1 (0.030%) SAP CRM
11 1 (0.030%) Agresso
11 1 (0.030%) SAP R/3
11 1 (0.030%) SAP APO
11 1 (0.030%) SAP IS-U
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 94 (2.831%) Internet
2 65 (1.958%) LAN
3 59 (1.777%) WAN
4 53 (1.596%) Firewall
5 40 (1.205%) HTTP
6 36 (1.084%) SAN
7 32 (0.964%) X.500
8 26 (0.783%) Network Security
9 25 (0.753%) X.400
9 25 (0.753%) LDAP
10 22 (0.663%) Intranet
11 18 (0.542%) FTP
11 18 (0.542%) TCP/IP
12 14 (0.422%) Cisco Nexus
12 14 (0.422%) Broadband
13 12 (0.361%) VPN
13 12 (0.361%) DNS
13 12 (0.361%) BIG-IP
14 9 (0.271%) HTTPS
14 9 (0.271%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (5.723%) SQL Server
2 90 (2.711%) Data Warehouse
3 76 (2.289%) MySQL
4 74 (2.229%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 33 (0.994%) SQL Server 2008
6 30 (0.904%) Oracle 11g
6 30 (0.904%) RDBMS
7 27 (0.813%) DB2
7 27 (0.813%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (0.723%) SQL Server 2005
9 22 (0.663%) Oracle 8/8i
10 20 (0.602%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 20 (0.602%) Oracle 10g
11 18 (0.542%) Oracle OWB
11 18 (0.542%) Oracle ODI
12 15 (0.452%) QlikView
13 10 (0.301%) GIS
14 9 (0.271%) IBM InfoSphere
15 8 (0.241%) Big Data
15 8 (0.241%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 274 (8.253%) Dreamweaver
2 217 (6.536%) Axure RP
3 57 (1.717%) Git (software)
4 55 (1.657%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.235%) Subversion
6 34 (1.024%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 31 (0.934%) ERwin
8 22 (0.663%) Microsoft Blend
9 20 (0.602%) JUnit
10 19 (0.572%) Maven
11 18 (0.542%) Ant
12 9 (0.271%) Xcode
12 9 (0.271%) LoadRunner
12 9 (0.271%) Firebug
12 9 (0.271%) Selenium
12 9 (0.271%) Mercurial
13 8 (0.241%) Team Foundation Server
13 8 (0.241%) Flash Builder
14 7 (0.211%) Oracle Forms
14 7 (0.211%) JIRA
General
1 578 (17.41%) Marketing
2 319 (9.608%) Finance
3 261 (7.861%) Advertising
4 246 (7.410%) Retail
5 165 (4.970%) Games
6 156 (4.699%) Telecoms
7 93 (2.801%) Banking
8 85 (2.560%) Publishing
9 44 (1.325%) Military
10 40 (1.205%) Legal
11 38 (1.145%) Multimedia
12 26 (0.783%) Manufacturing
13 23 (0.693%) Automotive
14 22 (0.663%) Billing
15 20 (0.602%) Front Office
16 18 (0.542%) French Language
16 18 (0.542%) Investment Banking
17 17 (0.512%) German Language
18 16 (0.482%) Pharmaceutical
19 15 (0.452%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 306 (9.217%) Mobile App
2 248 (7.470%) Graphic Design
3 207 (6.235%) Social Media
4 109 (3.283%) Animation
5 105 (3.163%) W3C
6 104 (3.133%) iPad
7 88 (2.651%) Digital Media
8 83 (2.500%) iPhone
9 75 (2.259%) Blackberry
10 52 (1.566%) SaaS
11 46 (1.386%) Enterprise Software
12 45 (1.355%) Visualisation
12 45 (1.355%) Computer Science
13 44 (1.325%) E-Learning
14 40 (1.205%) Open Source
15 37 (1.114%) Video Editing
15 37 (1.114%) Psychology
16 34 (1.024%) Social Gaming
17 33 (0.994%) Online Games
18 32 (0.964%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 264 (7.952%) Windows
2 251 (7.560%) Android
3 247 (7.440%) Apple iOS
4 98 (2.952%) Linux
5 79 (2.380%) UNIX
6 38 (1.145%) Windows XP
7 33 (0.994%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 31 (0.934%) Windows Server 2003
9 29 (0.873%) Windows Server 2008
9 29 (0.873%) Windows 7
10 23 (0.693%) Solaris
11 20 (0.602%) Windows Mobile
12 18 (0.542%) Windows Phone
12 18 (0.542%) Windows 2000
13 13 (0.392%) Windows 8
14 12 (0.361%) Mac OS X
15 9 (0.271%) Windows Vista
16 8 (0.241%) Windows Phone 7
17 6 (0.181%) Mac OS
18 3 (0.090%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (15.87%) Web Design
2 486 (14.64%) E-Commerce
3 283 (8.524%) Agile Software Development
4 270 (8.133%) SEO
5 250 (7.530%) Information Architecture
6 167 (5.030%) Web Development
7 146 (4.398%) Analytics
8 115 (3.464%) Usability Testing
9 106 (3.193%) OO
10 100 (3.012%) UML
10 100 (3.012%) Digital Marketing
11 97 (2.922%) Business Intelligence
12 90 (2.711%) Content Management
13 89 (2.681%) Scrum
14 83 (2.500%) Project Management
15 81 (2.440%) User Experience Design
16 75 (2.259%) SOA
17 64 (1.928%) ETL
17 64 (1.928%) Time Management
18 62 (1.867%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 942 (28.37%) JavaScript
2 261 (7.861%) PHP
3 211 (6.355%) SQL
4 209 (6.295%) Java
5 155 (4.669%) ActionScript
6 121 (3.645%) C#
7 76 (2.289%) C++
8 69 (2.078%) ActionScript 3.0
9 53 (1.596%) ActionScript 2.0
10 49 (1.476%) PL/SQL
11 27 (0.813%) C
12 26 (0.783%) Ruby
13 23 (0.693%) T-SQL
14 17 (0.512%) VB
15 13 (0.392%) XAML
15 13 (0.392%) Shell Script
16 9 (0.271%) VB.NET
17 8 (0.241%) Perl
18 7 (0.211%) Objective-C
19 6 (0.181%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 364 (10.96%) Degree
2 110 (3.313%) Security Cleared
3 53 (1.596%) DV Cleared
4 52 (1.566%) SC Cleared
5 30 (0.904%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (0.843%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (0.783%) CCNP
8 21 (0.633%) CCNA
9 19 (0.572%) MCSE
10 16 (0.482%) CCIE
10 16 (0.482%) ISEB
11 15 (0.452%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (0.361%) VCDX
12 12 (0.361%) HND
13 10 (0.301%) CCDE
14 8 (0.241%) CCDA
14 8 (0.241%) CCDP
15 6 (0.181%) Postgraduate
15 6 (0.181%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.151%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (1.837%) QA
2 23 (0.693%) WAI
3 8 (0.241%) ISO 9001
4 5 (0.151%) WCAG
5 4 (0.120%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.090%) COBIT
7 2 (0.060%) SLA
8 1 (0.030%) EFQM
8 1 (0.030%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.030%) GCP
8 1 (0.030%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 56 (1.687%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (1.416%) Active Directory
3 27 (0.813%) XenApp
4 19 (0.572%) Xen
5 13 (0.392%) Terminal Services
6 9 (0.271%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.181%) XenDesktop
8 5 (0.151%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.120%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.090%) IAG
11 2 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.060%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.060%) VMware ESX
12 1 (0.030%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.030%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.030%) vCloud
12 1 (0.030%) FreeRADIUS
12 1 (0.030%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (0.572%) Tivoli
2 17 (0.512%) SCOM
3 14 (0.422%) SCCM
3 14 (0.422%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 12 (0.361%) Red Hat Satellite
4 12 (0.361%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 11 (0.331%) Netcool
6 8 (0.241%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 6 (0.181%) MIIS
8 5 (0.151%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.151%) Plesk
9 3 (0.090%) OpenView
9 3 (0.090%) Puppet
9 3 (0.090%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.060%) Cacti
10 2 (0.060%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.060%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.030%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.030%) Nagios
11 1 (0.030%) Ionix
Vendors
1 881 (26.54%) Adobe
2 312 (9.398%) Microsoft
3 244 (7.349%) Oracle
4 108 (3.253%) Google
5 94 (2.831%) Cisco
6 77 (2.319%) Citrix
7 74 (2.229%) VMware
8 68 (2.048%) Facebook
9 60 (1.807%) SAP
10 54 (1.627%) Fujitsu
11 52 (1.566%) Apple
12 38 (1.145%) IBM
13 35 (1.054%) Business Objects
14 33 (0.994%) Red Hat
14 33 (0.994%) HP
15 32 (0.964%) Twitter
16 20 (0.602%) Teradata
16 20 (0.602%) Serena
17 19 (0.572%) hybris
18 18 (0.542%) DoubleClick
Suffolk
My client is looking for a candidate who has strong experience with: *HTML *CSS *Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator etc.) *JavaScript My client is looking for a Web Designer...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Job Title: Web Designer (HTML, CSS)Location: Sheffield, YorkshireSalary: £15,000 - £30,000 per yearMy client, an exciting and ambitious Web Design company, are looking to add a...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: £15,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 10 June 2013
Oxfordshire
UX Designer required for this start up company in Oxford. Strong UX Designer required to lead and design web and mobile applications for this exciting new project.
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Prior experience in web design... Excellent Adobe Photoshop experience, interaction and visual design skills. Good knowledge of image compression standards and the use of image/CSS sprites to...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £21k - 24k per year
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will have extensive experience of the Adobe suite of products along with HTML and CSS (HTML5 and CSS3 would be advantageous)... You will possess: - Extensive experience of...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Middlesex
Salt
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £30k - 35k per year + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Central London / West End
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000/30,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Senitor Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Interact Consulting
Salary: 18-30k
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Appliance Online
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Aston Carter
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Preston, North West
Salary: £24000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
Salary: £18000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Interact Consulting
Salary: 25-45k
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Roc Search
Salary: £24000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
We are tomorrow people
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Computer Futures
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 27 May 2013
City, London
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Mint
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
City of London
Mint
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013