There has been one really significant general ecosystem change in the "web design" space: much higher quality HTML themes. I think these have just obliterated

There has been one really significant general ecosystem change in the "web design" space: much higher quality HTML themes. I think these have just obliterated the low end of the market as for $50 and a little developer elbow grease you can have a very professional looking site. These are displacing web design jobs that would otherwise be in the $3k to $15k range and often times are better quality (tons of built in templates for different page types, retina ready, responsive, etc.) and no need for PSD2HTML work.