If you’re working in web design, freelance or otherwise, then you might want to take a look at A List Apart’s new Survey For People Who Make Websites.

The survey calls on “all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites” in order to get an idea on how web design and development is carried out on a global scale.

You can download the 2007 survey results by clicking here (1.6mb PDF)

As surveys evolve with time and responses from those taking part, so too has the 2008 survey with

more detailed and numerous questions for freelance contractors and owners of (or partners in) small web businesses. There are also better international categories, and many other improvements recommended by those who took the survey last year.

I’ve already taken the survey myself - 44 questions spread across 18 pages covering a wide range of topics from income to working conditions, expectations in the workplace, competency and more. I’ll look forward to seeing the results when they’re published later in the year.

If you’re one of the “people who make websites” then take the 2-3 minutes out of your day to fill out the survey and make a contribution aimed at helping us understand our industry that bit better.

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