The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 24 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 47 57 91
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 42 15 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 3.630% 2.092% 1.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.864% 2.294% 1.085%
Number of salaries quoted 35 12 11
Average salary £65,000 £40,052 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+62.28% +14.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £30,750 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £54,350 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1087 654 1014
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.95% 91.21% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 930 583 931
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,500 £48,650
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Designer
South East

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Designer across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent Designer Salary Histogram

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 (27.87%) Microsoft
1 17 (27.87%) HTML
2 15 (24.59%) Mobile App
3 12 (19.67%) Web Services
3 12 (19.67%) SOA
4 11 (18.03%) RDBMS
4 11 (18.03%) Photoshop
4 11 (18.03%) Mainframe
4 11 (18.03%) Agile Software Development
4 11 (18.03%) Android
4 11 (18.03%) HTML5
4 11 (18.03%) Apple iOS
4 11 (18.03%) Node.js
5 10 (16.39%) QA
6 9 (14.75%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (14.75%) Graphic Design
7 7 (11.48%) ETL
8 6 (9.836%) Adobe
8 6 (9.836%) CSS
8 6 (9.836%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (9.836%) XML
8 6 (9.836%) OOP
8 6 (9.836%) OO
8 6 (9.836%) Oracle
8 6 (9.836%) SQL Server
8 6 (9.836%) PL/SQL
8 6 (9.836%) SQL
8 6 (9.836%) .NET
8 6 (9.836%) Oracle OWB
8 6 (9.836%) SQL Server Integration Services

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 17 (27.87%) HTML
2 12 (19.67%) Web Services
3 11 (18.03%) HTML5
3 11 (18.03%) Node.js
4 6 (9.836%) CSS
4 6 (9.836%) XML
4 6 (9.836%) .NET
5 3 (4.918%) Flash
6 2 (3.279%) jQuery
6 2 (3.279%) MooTools
7 1 (1.639%) LAMP
7 1 (1.639%) J2EE
7 1 (1.639%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.639%) MQSeries
1 1 (1.639%) CICS
Applications
1 11 (18.03%) Photoshop
2 9 (14.75%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (4.918%) Fireworks
4 2 (3.279%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (3.279%) InDesign
5 1 (1.639%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.639%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.639%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.03%) RDBMS
2 6 (9.836%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (9.836%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.836%) Oracle OWB
2 6 (9.836%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.639%) DB2
3 1 (1.639%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.918%) Axure RP
General
1 4 (6.557%) Electronics
2 3 (4.918%) Retail
3 2 (3.279%) Marketing
4 1 (1.639%) Advertising
4 1 (1.639%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Mobile App
2 11 (18.03%) Mainframe
3 9 (14.75%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.03%) Android
1 11 (18.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.67%) SOA
2 11 (18.03%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (11.48%) ETL
4 6 (9.836%) OOP
4 6 (9.836%) OO
4 6 (9.836%) User Experience Design
5 3 (4.918%) Information Architecture
5 3 (4.918%) Market Research
6 2 (3.279%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (3.279%) E-Commerce
6 2 (3.279%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (1.639%) Data Modelling
7 1 (1.639%) MVC
7 1 (1.639%) Analytics
7 1 (1.639%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.639%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.836%) PL/SQL
1 6 (9.836%) SQL
2 2 (3.279%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.639%) PHP5
3 1 (1.639%) Lua
3 1 (1.639%) PHP
3 1 (1.639%) COBOL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.39%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.836%) Adobe
2 6 (9.836%) Oracle
3 1 (1.639%) Google
3 1 (1.639%) Zend
3 1 (1.639%) Quark
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