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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 80 94 88
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 4 14 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.404% 1.017% 1.329%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.413% 1.045% 1.399%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 17
Average salary £38,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.92% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,300 £29,442 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,750 £39,250 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
969 1340 1215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.88% 97.31% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 831 1098 1014
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Designer
East of England

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Salary Histogram

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

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Basildon -4 3 £40,000 -6.97%
Harlow - 1 £25,000 -
Designer
East of England

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 9 (60.00%) HTML
1 9 (60.00%) Photoshop
1 9 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 9 (60.00%) Marketing
2 8 (53.33%) CSS
3 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
4 6 (40.00%) E-Commerce
5 5 (33.33%) PHP
5 5 (33.33%) Degree
6 4 (26.67%) Ajax
6 4 (26.67%) ASP
6 4 (26.67%) Flash
7 3 (20.00%) Dreamweaver
7 3 (20.00%) E-Learning
7 3 (20.00%) SEO
7 3 (20.00%) Finance
7 3 (20.00%) Adobe
7 3 (20.00%) Analytics
8 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
8 2 (13.33%) Web Design
8 2 (13.33%) Rapid Prototyping
8 2 (13.33%) jQuery
8 2 (13.33%) Usability Testing
8 2 (13.33%) Information Architecture
8 2 (13.33%) Psychology
8 2 (13.33%) Human Factors
8 2 (13.33%) Web Analytics
8 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (13.33%) SMS
8 2 (13.33%) B2B

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 9 (60.00%) HTML
2 8 (53.33%) CSS
3 4 (26.67%) Ajax
3 4 (26.67%) ASP
3 4 (26.67%) Flash
4 2 (13.33%) jQuery
5 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
5 1 (6.667%) .NET
5 1 (6.667%) HTML5
5 1 (6.667%) CSS3
5 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) CMS
1 1 (6.667%) Joomla!
Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Photoshop
1 9 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (6.667%) InDesign
2 1 (6.667%) Fireworks
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) SMS
2 1 (6.667%) HTTP
2 1 (6.667%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) MySQL
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (6.667%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 1 (6.667%) Axure RP
General
1 9 (60.00%) Marketing
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) E-Learning
2 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (13.33%) Psychology
2 2 (13.33%) Human Factors
3 1 (6.667%) Streaming Video
3 1 (6.667%) Streaming Media
3 1 (6.667%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (20.00%) SEO
2 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (13.33%) Web Design
3 2 (13.33%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (13.33%) Usability Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Information Architecture
3 2 (13.33%) Web Analytics
3 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (13.33%) B2B
4 1 (6.667%) MVC
4 1 (6.667%) Web Development
4 1 (6.667%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
2 5 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (6.667%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (6.667%) Quark
2 1 (6.667%) Google
2 1 (6.667%) Twitter