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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank23-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads70
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.000 %
As % of the category below12.28 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£225-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£275-
UK excluding London average daily rate£266£264
% change on same period last year+0.79 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.33£28.24
% change on same period last year-13.83 %
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads5726
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.089 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted145
Average minimum daily rate£239£260
Average daily rate£260£265
% change on same period last year-1.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£282£271
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£333
% change on same period last year-1.91 %
Hourly rates quoted72
Average minimum hourly rate£24.91£30.00
Average hourly rate£28.73£34.40
% change on same period last year-16.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.55£38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.97£31.52
% change on same period last year-8.10 %
CSS County AntrimCSS
County Antrim

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

CSS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CSS across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Belfast CSS Demand Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CSS across the Belfast region.

Belfast CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

Belfast CSS Daily Rate Histogram

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CSS across the Belfast region.

Belfast CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 20 November 2008.

Belfast CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing CSS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CSS.

19 (90.00 %)XML
27 (70.00 %)Web Design
36 (60.00 %)XSLT
36 (60.00 %)HTML
36 (60.00 %)JavaScript
36 (60.00 %).NET
36 (60.00 %)SQL Server
36 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
45 (50.00 %)VB.NET
45 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
54 (40.00 %)XHTML
63 (30.00 %)E-Commerce
63 (30.00 %)ASP
63 (30.00 %)WebServices
63 (30.00 %)SQL
63 (30.00 %)VBScript
63 (30.00 %)Banking
63 (30.00 %)IIS
63 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
72 (20.00 %)Photoshop
72 (20.00 %)MS Excel
72 (20.00 %)SharePoint
72 (20.00 %)Microsoft
72 (20.00 %)Adobe
81 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (10.00 %)Internet
81 (10.00 %)Education

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing CSS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (90.00 %)XML
26 (60.00 %)XSLT
26 (60.00 %)HTML
26 (60.00 %).NET
26 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
34 (40.00 %)XHTML
43 (30.00 %)WebServices
43 (30.00 %)ASP
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)IIS
22 (20.00 %)SharePoint
31 (10.00 %)Apache
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)Photoshop
12 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)Internet
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (60.00 %)SQL Server
25 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (10.00 %)Flash
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Banking
21 (10.00 %)Education
21 (10.00 %)Law
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Developer
24 (40.00 %).NET Developer
32 (20.00 %)VB.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)Web Developer
41 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)BBC
11 (10.00 %)Interactive TV
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)Windows
11 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (10.00 %)Windows XP
11 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (10.00 %)Windows Vista
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (70.00 %)Web Design
23 (30.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (10.00 %)Software Testing
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)JavaScript
25 (50.00 %)VB.NET
33 (30.00 %)VBScript
33 (30.00 %)SQL
42 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
51 (10.00 %)C#
51 (10.00 %)C++
51 (10.00 %)DHTML
51 (10.00 %)VB
51 (10.00 %)ActionScript
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft
12 (20.00 %)Adobe