The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield 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 17 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 56 61 42
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 2 3 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.382% 0.479% 3.553%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.395% 0.495% 3.665%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 20
Average salary £29,000 £28,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.75% +9.61%
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
506 606 573
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 96.75% 96.81% 96.95%
Number of salaries quoted 436 523 488
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Designer
South Yorkshire

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 7 (50.00%) E-Learning
2 6 (42.86%) Photoshop
3 5 (35.71%) CSS
4 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 4 (28.57%) XHTML
5 3 (21.43%) Animation
5 3 (21.43%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (21.43%) HTML
5 3 (21.43%) Adobe
6 2 (14.29%) Web Design
6 2 (14.29%) W3C
6 2 (14.29%) Open Source
6 2 (14.29%) jQuery
6 2 (14.29%) HTML5
6 2 (14.29%) CSS3
7 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
7 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (7.143%) Vectorworks
7 1 (7.143%) Photography
7 1 (7.143%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (7.143%) Marketing
7 1 (7.143%) Web Development
7 1 (7.143%) QuarkXPress
7 1 (7.143%) CAD
7 1 (7.143%) Project Management
7 1 (7.143%) SCORM
7 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
7 1 (7.143%) Advertising
7 1 (7.143%) Games
7 1 (7.143%) VMware

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 5 (35.71%) CSS
2 4 (28.57%) XHTML
3 3 (21.43%) HTML
4 2 (14.29%) jQuery
4 2 (14.29%) HTML5
4 2 (14.29%) CSS3
5 1 (7.143%) Flash
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Photoshop
2 3 (21.43%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (7.143%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (7.143%) Vectorworks
3 1 (7.143%) QuarkXPress
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
1 1 (7.143%) Advertising
1 1 (7.143%) Games
1 1 (7.143%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) E-Learning
2 3 (21.43%) Animation
3 2 (14.29%) Open Source
3 2 (14.29%) W3C
4 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
4 1 (7.143%) Photography
4 1 (7.143%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) UNIX
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Web Design
2 1 (7.143%) Web Development
2 1 (7.143%) CAD
2 1 (7.143%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe
2 1 (7.143%) NetApp
2 1 (7.143%) VMware