The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Graphic Design 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graphic Design
Rank 236 221 206
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -15
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 7 26 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.097% 0.366% 0.408%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.353% 1.356% 1.626%
Number of salaries quoted 6 26 22
Average salary £27,500 £28,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -17.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,750 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £33,750 £38,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £28,500 £28,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.78% -6.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1985 1917 1722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.63% 27.01% 25.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1679 1600 1496
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,225 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Graphic Design across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West Graphic Design Jobs Demand Trend

Graphic Design
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graphic Design across the North West region.

North West Graphic Design Salary Trend

Graphic Design
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graphic Design across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Graphic Design Salary Histogram

Graphic Design
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Design within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester -36 4 £23,000 -8.00%
Lancashire - 3 £30,000 -
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Graphic Design also 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 that cited Graphic Design.

1 18 (85.71%) CSS
2 17 (80.95%) HTML
3 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
3 16 (76.19%) jQuery
4 8 (38.10%) PHP
4 8 (38.10%) E-Commerce
4 8 (38.10%) Photoshop
4 8 (38.10%) Social Media
5 7 (33.33%) Degree
5 7 (33.33%) Flash
5 7 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (33.33%) Web Design
6 6 (28.57%) Fireworks
6 6 (28.57%) OO
6 6 (28.57%) Symfony
6 6 (28.57%) Android
6 6 (28.57%) Unit Testing
6 6 (28.57%) Apple iOS
6 6 (28.57%) CSS3
7 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (23.81%) Web Usability
8 4 (19.05%) Marketing
9 3 (14.29%) Adobe
10 2 (9.524%) Magento
10 2 (9.524%) Mobile App
11 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (4.762%) Ajax
11 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
11 1 (4.762%) Pay per click
11 1 (4.762%) SEO

Graphic Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Graphic Design also 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 that cited Graphic Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (85.71%) CSS
2 17 (80.95%) HTML
3 16 (76.19%) jQuery
4 7 (33.33%) Flash
5 6 (28.57%) Symfony
5 6 (28.57%) CSS3
6 1 (4.762%) Ajax
6 1 (4.762%) XHTML
6 1 (4.762%) HTML5
6 1 (4.762%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) Magento
2 1 (4.762%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Photoshop
2 7 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (28.57%) Fireworks
4 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Balsamiq Mockups
1 1 (4.762%) Axure RP
General
1 4 (19.05%) Marketing
2 1 (4.762%) Advertising
2 1 (4.762%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Designer
2 9 (42.86%) Front-End Developer
2 9 (42.86%) Developer
3 6 (28.57%) Web Designer
4 3 (14.29%) Web Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Front-End Web Developer
5 2 (9.524%) Graphic Designer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Graphic Designer
6 1 (4.762%) Photoshop Designer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Photoshop Designer
6 1 (4.762%) Interface Designer
6 1 (4.762%) Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) UI Programmer
6 1 (4.762%) PPC Executive
6 1 (4.762%) Interaction Designer
6 1 (4.762%) PPC Manager
6 1 (4.762%) PPC Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Designer
6 1 (4.762%) Digital Designer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Social Media
2 2 (9.524%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.762%) W3C
3 1 (4.762%) RIA
3 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.762%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Android
1 6 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) E-Commerce
2 7 (33.33%) Web Design
3 6 (28.57%) OO
3 6 (28.57%) Unit Testing
4 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (23.81%) Web Usability
5 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.762%) Pay per click
5 1 (4.762%) SEO
5 1 (4.762%) Web Development
5 1 (4.762%) CAD
5 1 (4.762%) RAD
5 1 (4.762%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (4.762%) Market Research
5 1 (4.762%) Email Marketing
5 1 (4.762%) Creative Marketing
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
2 8 (38.10%) PHP
3 1 (4.762%) ActionScript
3 1 (4.762%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (4.762%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Adobe
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft