The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 21 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 130 126 146
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 88 94 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.665% 1.696% 1.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.724% 1.778% 1.067%
Number of salaries quoted 71 82 49
Average salary £39,000 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +14.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £23,075 £22,400
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5105 5288 5532
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.61% 95.43% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4500 4567 4737
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Designer
England

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Designer across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Somerset +4 20 £41,861 +70.86%
Bristol -6 15 £55,000 +100.00%
Gloucestershire -9 14 £39,000 +20.00%
Dorset -13 14 £24,000 -33.79%
Devon +11 12 £20,750 -58.50%
Wiltshire +4 11 £27,500 -31.25%
Cornwall - 1 £27,000 -
Designer
England

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 73 (45.34%) CSS
2 59 (36.65%) HTML
3 56 (34.78%) Photoshop
4 53 (32.92%) Adobe
5 52 (32.30%) JavaScript
6 39 (24.22%) Adobe Illustrator
7 38 (23.60%) Marketing
8 30 (18.63%) Finance
9 28 (17.39%) Flash
9 28 (17.39%) Ajax
10 26 (16.15%) HTML5
10 26 (16.15%) Java
11 25 (15.53%) Web Services
12 23 (14.29%) SQL Server
13 22 (13.66%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (13.04%) .NET
14 21 (13.04%) jQuery
15 20 (12.42%) Web Design
16 19 (11.80%) Microsoft
16 19 (11.80%) Cloud Computing
17 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
17 18 (11.18%) Java EE
17 18 (11.18%) SQL
17 18 (11.18%) ASP.NET
18 17 (10.56%) SOA
18 17 (10.56%) CSS3
19 16 (9.938%) Oracle
20 15 (9.317%) Dreamweaver
20 15 (9.317%) Telecoms
20 15 (9.317%) Graphic Design

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 73 (45.34%) CSS
2 59 (36.65%) HTML
3 28 (17.39%) Flash
3 28 (17.39%) Ajax
4 26 (16.15%) HTML5
5 25 (15.53%) Web Services
6 21 (13.04%) .NET
6 21 (13.04%) jQuery
7 18 (11.18%) Java EE
7 18 (11.18%) ASP.NET
8 17 (10.56%) CSS3
9 10 (6.211%) XHTML
10 9 (5.590%) J2EE
11 8 (4.969%) Hibernate
11 8 (4.969%) Spring
12 6 (3.727%) JSON
13 5 (3.106%) ASP
14 3 (1.863%) XML
15 2 (1.242%) JSP
15 2 (1.242%) Symfony
Application Platforms
1 11 (6.832%) CMS
2 9 (5.590%) Drupal
3 7 (4.348%) MS Exchange
4 5 (3.106%) WordPress
5 4 (2.484%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.863%) Magento
6 3 (1.863%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (1.242%) Amazon AWS
7 2 (1.242%) MS Project Server
7 2 (1.242%) Joomla!
7 2 (1.242%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.621%) CICS
Applications
1 56 (34.78%) Photoshop
2 39 (24.22%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (4.969%) Maya
4 7 (4.348%) InDesign
5 6 (3.727%) 3ds Max
5 6 (3.727%) MS Excel
6 5 (3.106%) Fireworks
7 4 (2.484%) AutoCAD
7 4 (2.484%) Acrobat
7 4 (2.484%) Swift 3D
7 4 (2.484%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (1.863%) MS PowerPoint
8 3 (1.863%) QuarkXPress
9 2 (1.242%) MS Project
10 1 (0.621%) FreeHand
10 1 (0.621%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.106%) PBX
1 5 (3.106%) VoIP
1 5 (3.106%) DPNSS
1 5 (3.106%) Q.931
1 5 (3.106%) QSIG
1 5 (3.106%) Internet
1 5 (3.106%) CTI
2 4 (2.484%) LAN
2 4 (2.484%) PABX
3 3 (1.863%) Network Security
3 3 (1.863%) WAN
3 3 (1.863%) VPN
3 3 (1.863%) H.323
4 1 (0.621%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.621%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.621%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.621%) FWSM
4 1 (0.621%) IPv4
4 1 (0.621%) IPv6
4 1 (0.621%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.106%) MySQL
3 2 (1.242%) Big Data
3 2 (1.242%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.242%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.242%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.621%) DB2
4 1 (0.621%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (9.317%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (1.863%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.621%) Axure RP
General
1 38 (23.60%) Marketing
2 30 (18.63%) Finance
3 15 (9.317%) Telecoms
4 14 (8.696%) Banking
5 13 (8.075%) Games
6 9 (5.590%) Publishing
7 8 (4.969%) Advertising
7 8 (4.969%) Multimedia
8 5 (3.106%) Retail
9 4 (2.484%) Back Office
10 2 (1.242%) Military
10 2 (1.242%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.66%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (11.80%) Cloud Computing
3 15 (9.317%) Graphic Design
4 13 (8.075%) E-Learning
5 10 (6.211%) Animation
6 8 (4.969%) Social Media
6 8 (4.969%) Digital Media
7 7 (4.348%) Mobile App
7 7 (4.348%) IBM Mainframe
7 7 (4.348%) Mainframe
8 5 (3.106%) Learning Management System
8 5 (3.106%) IVR
9 4 (2.484%) SCORM
9 4 (2.484%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (2.484%) Flash Games
10 3 (1.863%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.863%) SWIFT
11 2 (1.242%) Blackberry
11 2 (1.242%) W3C
11 2 (1.242%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.621%) Android
1 1 (0.621%) Windows Phone
1 1 (0.621%) Windows
1 1 (0.621%) Mac OS X
1 1 (0.621%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (12.42%) Web Design
2 17 (10.56%) SOA
3 15 (9.317%) Agile Software Development
4 14 (8.696%) Information Architecture
4 14 (8.696%) E-Commerce
5 11 (6.832%) ITIL
6 10 (6.211%) Investment Management
6 10 (6.211%) Enterprise Architecture
7 9 (5.590%) Content Management
8 6 (3.727%) MVC
8 6 (3.727%) OO
8 6 (3.727%) Security Testing
9 5 (3.106%) Web Application Development
9 5 (3.106%) ITSM
9 5 (3.106%) Service Management
10 4 (2.484%) CAD
10 4 (2.484%) CAE
10 4 (2.484%) Project Management
10 4 (2.484%) SEO
10 4 (2.484%) UML
Programming Languages
1 52 (32.30%) JavaScript
2 26 (16.15%) Java
3 18 (11.18%) SQL
4 13 (8.075%) PHP
5 12 (7.453%) C#
6 6 (3.727%) ActionScript
7 5 (3.106%) C
8 4 (2.484%) ActionScript 3.0
8 4 (2.484%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.621%) C++
9 1 (0.621%) COBOL
9 1 (0.621%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
2 14 (8.696%) Degree
3 10 (6.211%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.969%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.863%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.242%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.621%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.621%) CCIE
7 1 (0.621%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.863%) COBIT
2 1 (0.621%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (3.106%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.621%) MetaFrame
Vendors
1 53 (32.92%) Adobe
2 19 (11.80%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.938%) Oracle
4 10 (6.211%) Cisco
5 8 (4.969%) IBM
6 6 (3.727%) VMware
7 5 (3.106%) Citrix
8 4 (2.484%) SolidWorks
8 4 (2.484%) Avaya
9 3 (1.863%) Tandberg
9 3 (1.863%) Juniper
10 2 (1.242%) Sun
10 2 (1.242%) Zend
11 1 (0.621%) Apple
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