The first table below looks at the demand for the Graphic Designer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Graphic 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Graphics Designer
Rank 749 809 797
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Graphic Designer 113 90 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.105% 0.075% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.111% 0.079% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 83 77 81
Average salary £24,500 £27,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.25% +3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £22,400 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £23,250 £26,025 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-10.66% +4.10%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Graphic Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Graphic Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Graphic Designer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Graphic Designer within the UK.

Graphic Designer Salary Trend

Graphic Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Graphic Designer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Graphic Designer Salary Histogram

Graphic Designer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Graphic Designer within the UK 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
England +39 102 £25,000 -7.40%
London +55 33 £28,000 -8.19%
East of England +14 20 £17,500 -40.56%
South East +12 20 £27,500 -21.42%
City of London +11 14 £30,000 -14.28%
South West +3 12 £24,000 -2.04%
Bedfordshire -7 11 £17,500 -20.45%
West Midlands -14 7 £26,500 +39.47%
Dunstable - 6 £17,500 -
Dorset - 6 £24,000 -
Kent - 6 £45,000 -
Hertfordshire - 5 - -
North West +5 4 £26,250 -4.54%
Birmingham -15 4 £30,750 +61.84%
Poole - 4 £24,000 -
Scotland +3 3 - -
Berkshire -4 3 £27,500 -21.42%
Hampshire - 3 - -
Gloucestershire - 3 £30,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 3 £16,000 -
Oxford - 3 £19,000 -
Kings Langley - 3 - -
Manchester - 3 £32,500 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £19,000 -
Surrey - 3 £19,750 -
Nottinghamshire -6 2 £31,000 -11.42%
East Midlands -16 2 £31,000 +14.81%
Bristol - 2 £35,000 -
Bournemouth - 2 £22,500 -
Dundee - 2 - -

Graphic Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Graphic 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 Graphic Designer in their job title.

1 119 (62.96%) Photoshop
2 112 (59.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 102 (53.97%) Adobe
4 83 (43.92%) HTML
5 78 (41.27%) Graphic Design
6 76 (40.21%) Marketing
7 73 (38.62%) CSS
8 51 (26.98%) Flash
9 46 (24.34%) InDesign
10 44 (23.28%) JavaScript
11 30 (15.87%) Advertising
12 29 (15.34%) Web Design
13 27 (14.29%) jQuery
13 27 (14.29%) HTML5
14 22 (11.64%) Dreamweaver
15 18 (9.524%) E-Commerce
16 17 (8.995%) SEO
17 15 (7.937%) Degree
17 15 (7.937%) Retail
18 14 (7.407%) Android
18 14 (7.407%) Microsoft
18 14 (7.407%) Apple iOS
19 13 (6.878%) FreeHand
19 13 (6.878%) Publishing
20 12 (6.349%) Acrobat
20 12 (6.349%) Adobe After Effects
21 11 (5.820%) Multimedia
21 11 (5.820%) Games
21 11 (5.820%) Finance
21 11 (5.820%) CSS3

Graphic Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Graphic 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 Graphic Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 83 (43.92%) HTML
2 73 (38.62%) CSS
3 51 (26.98%) Flash
4 27 (14.29%) jQuery
4 27 (14.29%) HTML5
5 11 (5.820%) CSS3
6 8 (4.233%) Ajax
7 5 (2.646%) XML
8 4 (2.116%) XHTML
9 3 (1.587%) JSON
9 3 (1.587%) Apache Flex
10 2 (1.058%) ASP
10 2 (1.058%) Symfony
10 2 (1.058%) CodeIgniter
10 2 (1.058%) CakePHP
11 1 (0.529%) HTML5 Canvas
11 1 (0.529%) WebGL
11 1 (0.529%) Ext JS
11 1 (0.529%) YUI
11 1 (0.529%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 10 (5.291%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.704%) Magento
3 5 (2.646%) CMS
4 4 (2.116%) WordPress
5 2 (1.058%) concrete5
Applications
1 119 (62.96%) Photoshop
2 112 (59.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 46 (24.34%) InDesign
4 13 (6.878%) FreeHand
5 12 (6.349%) Acrobat
5 12 (6.349%) Adobe After Effects
6 10 (5.291%) MS Office
7 8 (4.233%) Fireworks
7 8 (4.233%) MS PowerPoint
8 5 (2.646%) Maya
8 5 (2.646%) MS Excel
9 4 (2.116%) QuarkXPress
9 4 (2.116%) Swift 3D
10 3 (1.587%) CorelDRAW
11 2 (1.058%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.529%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (0.529%) Vectorworks
12 1 (0.529%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (0.529%) S-PLUS
12 1 (0.529%) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.116%) DNS
1 4 (2.116%) Internet
2 3 (1.587%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.058%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (11.64%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (1.587%) Axure RP
General
1 76 (40.21%) Marketing
2 30 (15.87%) Advertising
3 15 (7.937%) Retail
4 13 (6.878%) Publishing
5 11 (5.820%) Multimedia
5 11 (5.820%) Games
5 11 (5.820%) Finance
6 8 (4.233%) Banking
7 6 (3.175%) Electronics
7 6 (3.175%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.116%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.587%) Military
10 2 (1.058%) Automotive
11 1 (0.529%) Music
11 1 (0.529%) French Language
11 1 (0.529%) German Language
11 1 (0.529%) Swedish Language
11 1 (0.529%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 78 (41.27%) Graphic Design
2 10 (5.291%) Mobile App
3 8 (4.233%) iPad
4 7 (3.704%) Social Media
4 7 (3.704%) Photography
4 7 (3.704%) Video Editing
4 7 (3.704%) Blackberry
4 7 (3.704%) E-Learning
5 6 (3.175%) SCORM
5 6 (3.175%) Mobile Banking
6 5 (2.646%) Animation
6 5 (2.646%) Copywriting
6 5 (2.646%) Replication
6 5 (2.646%) 3D Graphics
7 4 (2.116%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.587%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.587%) FMCG
8 3 (1.587%) Online Games
9 1 (0.529%) Motion Graphics
9 1 (0.529%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.407%) Android
1 14 (7.407%) Apple iOS
2 8 (4.233%) Windows
2 8 (4.233%) Windows 8
3 1 (0.529%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (15.34%) Web Design
2 18 (9.524%) E-Commerce
3 17 (8.995%) SEO
4 10 (5.291%) Web Development
5 9 (4.762%) Digital Marketing
6 7 (3.704%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (3.704%) Content Management
7 5 (2.646%) Progressive Enhancement
7 5 (2.646%) Workflow
8 4 (2.116%) B2B
8 4 (2.116%) Email Marketing
9 3 (1.587%) Information Architecture
9 3 (1.587%) Analytics
9 3 (1.587%) Marketing Strategy
9 3 (1.587%) Business Development
9 3 (1.587%) B2C
10 2 (1.058%) OOP
10 2 (1.058%) MVC
10 2 (1.058%) Validation
10 2 (1.058%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (23.28%) JavaScript
2 10 (5.291%) C
3 9 (4.762%) ActionScript
4 6 (3.175%) PHP
5 4 (2.116%) ActionScript 3.0
5 4 (2.116%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 15 (7.937%) Degree
2 3 (1.587%) SC Cleared
2 3 (1.587%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.529%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.529%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.529%) Plesk
Vendors
1 102 (53.97%) Adobe
2 14 (7.407%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.704%) Apple
4 6 (3.175%) Google
5 5 (2.646%) Sony
6 2 (1.058%) Quark
6 2 (1.058%) Zend
7 1 (0.529%) Serena
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