The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 18 June 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 129 143 99
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 75 44 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.417% 0.928% 1.953%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.483% 0.972% 2.053%
Number of salaries quoted 54 38 76
Average salary £26,500 £27,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.63% -20.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,400 £22,500 £17,300
10% offered a salary of more than £37,650 £40,000 £49,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5056 4527 4141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.50% 95.47% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4199 3970 3517
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Designer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warwickshire +24 33 £25,000 -9.09% 2
Birmingham -4 17 £27,500 -2.65% 3
Staffordshire -3 7 £30,750 -23.12% 1
Worcestershire +9 6 £23,500 +5.61% 3
Shropshire +2 2 £26,500 -
Walsall -17 1 £20,000 -18.36%
Designer
England

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 98 (56.65%) CSS
2 81 (46.82%) HTML
3 79 (45.66%) JavaScript
4 67 (38.73%) HTML5
5 49 (28.32%) Photoshop
6 47 (27.17%) Adobe
7 44 (25.43%) jQuery
8 42 (24.28%) Microsoft
9 41 (23.70%) .NET
10 36 (20.81%) CSS3
11 32 (18.50%) Marketing
12 29 (16.76%) Flash
13 28 (16.18%) Windows
14 24 (13.87%) SAP
14 24 (13.87%) OO
14 24 (13.87%) E-Commerce
15 23 (13.29%) ASP.NET
16 22 (12.72%) XML
16 22 (12.72%) Degree
17 21 (12.14%) Web Design
18 20 (11.56%) SQL Server
18 20 (11.56%) C#
19 19 (10.98%) ActionScript
20 18 (10.40%) Adobe Illustrator
20 18 (10.40%) Java
20 18 (10.40%) Mobile App
21 16 (9.249%) SQL
21 16 (9.249%) OOD
21 16 (9.249%) Graphic Design
22 15 (8.671%) Agile Software Development

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 98 (56.65%) CSS
2 81 (46.82%) HTML
3 67 (38.73%) HTML5
4 44 (25.43%) jQuery
5 41 (23.70%) .NET
6 36 (20.81%) CSS3
7 29 (16.76%) Flash
8 23 (13.29%) ASP.NET
9 22 (12.72%) XML
10 14 (8.092%) Silverlight
10 14 (8.092%) J2EE
11 13 (7.514%) XHTML
11 13 (7.514%) Web Services
12 8 (4.624%) Ajax
12 8 (4.624%) EJB
12 8 (4.624%) Java EE 5
12 8 (4.624%) Web Dynpro
13 5 (2.890%) ASP
13 5 (2.890%) DHTML
14 4 (2.312%) BREW
Application Platforms
1 13 (7.514%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.624%) NetWeaver
2 8 (4.624%) SAP Portal
3 4 (2.312%) WordPress
3 4 (2.312%) CMS
4 3 (1.734%) Joomla!
5 2 (1.156%) Drupal
5 2 (1.156%) Moodle
6 1 (0.578%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 49 (28.32%) Photoshop
2 18 (10.40%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (3.468%) MS Excel
3 6 (3.468%) Fireworks
4 4 (2.312%) InDesign
5 3 (1.734%) MS Office
6 2 (1.156%) QuarkXPress
6 2 (1.156%) Revit
6 2 (1.156%) OmniGraffle
7 1 (0.578%) 3ds Max
Business Applications
1 6 (3.468%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.578%) Agresso
2 1 (0.578%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.578%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.468%) WAN
2 4 (2.312%) LAN
3 1 (0.578%) SAN
3 1 (0.578%) Internet
3 1 (0.578%) Network Security
3 1 (0.578%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.56%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.202%) DB2
3 5 (2.890%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (2.890%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.156%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.156%) dBASE
5 1 (0.578%) PowerCenter
5 1 (0.578%) DataStage
5 1 (0.578%) IBM InfoSphere
5 1 (0.578%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (6.936%) Dreamweaver
2 8 (4.624%) Xcode
2 8 (4.624%) Flash Builder
3 7 (4.046%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.156%) Balsamiq Mockups
5 1 (0.578%) Subversion
5 1 (0.578%) ERwin
General
1 32 (18.50%) Marketing
2 13 (7.514%) Advertising
3 11 (6.358%) Finance
4 10 (5.780%) Games
5 8 (4.624%) Retail
6 7 (4.046%) Legal
7 4 (2.312%) Publishing
8 3 (1.734%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.734%) Automotive
9 2 (1.156%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.40%) Mobile App
2 16 (9.249%) Graphic Design
3 10 (5.780%) Blackberry
4 8 (4.624%) Copywriting
5 4 (2.312%) Visualisation
5 4 (2.312%) Clustering
5 4 (2.312%) Social Gaming
6 3 (1.734%) Social Media
6 3 (1.734%) Psychology
7 2 (1.156%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.156%) iPad
7 2 (1.156%) Blog
7 2 (1.156%) RIA
7 2 (1.156%) iPhone
7 2 (1.156%) E-Learning
7 2 (1.156%) VLE
7 2 (1.156%) Motion Graphics
8 1 (0.578%) W3C
8 1 (0.578%) Statistics
8 1 (0.578%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.18%) Windows
2 11 (6.358%) Android
3 8 (4.624%) Windows Phone 7
3 8 (4.624%) Windows Phone
4 4 (2.312%) Solaris
4 4 (2.312%) Linux
5 2 (1.156%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.156%) Windows Vista
5 2 (1.156%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.578%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.578%) Windows XP Embedded
6 1 (0.578%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.578%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.578%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.578%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (13.87%) OO
1 24 (13.87%) E-Commerce
2 21 (12.14%) Web Design
3 16 (9.249%) OOD
4 15 (8.671%) Agile Software Development
5 14 (8.092%) Web Development
6 9 (5.202%) Workflow
6 9 (5.202%) UML
7 8 (4.624%) Scrum
7 8 (4.624%) MVC
7 8 (4.624%) Responsive Web Design
8 7 (4.046%) Content Management
9 6 (3.468%) Email Marketing
9 6 (3.468%) SOA
9 6 (3.468%) Usability Testing
10 5 (2.890%) User Experience Design
10 5 (2.890%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (2.890%) SEO
10 5 (2.890%) Software Engineering
11 4 (2.312%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 79 (45.66%) JavaScript
2 20 (11.56%) C#
3 19 (10.98%) ActionScript
4 18 (10.40%) Java
5 16 (9.249%) SQL
6 13 (7.514%) C++
6 13 (7.514%) ActionScript 3.0
6 13 (7.514%) VB
7 6 (3.468%) C
8 4 (2.312%) PHP
8 4 (2.312%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.156%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.578%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.578%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 22 (12.72%) Degree
2 2 (1.156%) MCSE
2 2 (1.156%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.578%) CCSA
3 1 (0.578%) JNCIP
3 1 (0.578%) JNCIE
3 1 (0.578%) CCIE
3 1 (0.578%) CCNP
3 1 (0.578%) CCNA
3 1 (0.578%) CCDA
3 1 (0.578%) CCDP
3 1 (0.578%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.578%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.578%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.046%) QA
2 1 (0.578%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.468%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.890%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.578%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.578%) Xen
3 1 (0.578%) XenApp
3 1 (0.578%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.578%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (1.734%) SCCM
2 1 (0.578%) SCOM
2 1 (0.578%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 47 (27.17%) Adobe
2 42 (24.28%) Microsoft
3 24 (13.87%) SAP
4 12 (6.936%) Oracle
5 8 (4.624%) Sybase
6 7 (4.046%) Citrix
7 6 (3.468%) VMware
8 5 (2.890%) Sun
9 4 (2.312%) IBM
9 4 (2.312%) Quark
9 4 (2.312%) Remedy
10 3 (1.734%) Twitter
11 1 (0.578%) AppSense
11 1 (0.578%) Teradata
11 1 (0.578%) Zend
11 1 (0.578%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.578%) Facebook
11 1 (0.578%) Ab Initio
11 1 (0.578%) Symantec
11 1 (0.578%) Juniper
Warwickshire
As a web designer you will be responsible designing and producing content within the web design team and ensuring all output and quality of work meets required criteria.
Spring Technology
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Plus benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
They work with some fantastic National clients and international clients and have a very healthy pipeline of new work coming in The successful Senior Designer - Web / Print / Mobile...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Continually improve code Communicate with other departments when required Skills / Attributes Required Passion for providing the full user experience (UI / UX) JavaScript / jQuery HTML / HTML5 CSS / CSS3 Flexible...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Good salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Worcester, Worcestershire, West Midlands
We're currently looking for a Web Designer / Front End Developer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Moodle, PHP, UX)Location: Worcester, WorcestershireKey Skills: HTML, CSS, PHP, JavascripEssential skills for the...
Concept Advertising
Salary: c. £25,000 - £30,000
Posted: 12 June 2013
Worcester, West Midlands
Company OverviewFor over a decade, this Internet domain name and hosting service has provided first class web services to a wide variety of customers that require high-quality,...
Salary: £22000 - £24000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £27000 - £34000 per annum + Depending on exp +Good Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Worcester, West Midlands
Salary: £22000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Kyna Associates
Salary: £30000 - 40000 Per Annum Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Salary: From £40,000 to £75,000 per annum plus excellent package
Posted: 12 June 2013
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