The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Rank 17 32 32
Rank change year-on-year
+15 0
Contract jobs citing CSS 199 132 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 8.223% 4.329% 5.079%
As % of the Application Development category 35.47% 24.44% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 66 62
Average daily rate £361 £295 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.45% -1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 2 21
Average hourly rate £35.00 £15.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+133.33% -57.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £19.76 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+77.12% -28.14%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
561 540 719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.18% 17.71% 24.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 244 291
Average daily rate £375 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £238 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 11 64
Average hourly rate £35.00 £23.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.93% -44.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
CSS
South East

CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CSS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire CSS Jobs Demand Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire CSS Daily Rate Histogram

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

CSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +45 76 £375 +50.00%
Slough +5 52 £325 -
Bracknell +2 16 £425 -
Windsor +1 13 £244 -5.33%
Newbury +2 6 £200 -8.57%
Maidenhead -3 6 £288 -
Wokingham +1 1 - -
Hungerford - 1 £200 -
CSS
South East

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 267 (79.46%) JavaScript
2 262 (77.98%) HTML
3 188 (55.95%) jQuery
4 150 (44.64%) HTML5
5 117 (34.82%) .NET
6 115 (34.23%) XML
7 103 (30.65%) C#
8 101 (30.06%) CSS3
9 91 (27.08%) MVC
10 89 (26.49%) Ajax
11 87 (25.89%) ASP.NET
12 82 (24.40%) SQL
13 73 (21.73%) Photoshop
14 68 (20.24%) SQL Server
15 54 (16.07%) Microsoft
16 52 (15.48%) XSLT
17 47 (13.99%) Java
18 44 (13.10%) XHTML
18 44 (13.10%) E-Commerce
19 43 (12.80%) Web Development
19 43 (12.80%) ASP.NET MVC
20 42 (12.50%) JSP
21 41 (12.20%) .NET Framework
22 39 (11.61%) Scrum
23 37 (11.01%) Agile Software Development
24 36 (10.71%) TDD
24 36 (10.71%) Web Services
24 36 (10.71%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
25 35 (10.42%) CMS
26 30 (8.929%) Marketing

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 262 (77.98%) HTML
2 188 (55.95%) jQuery
3 150 (44.64%) HTML5
4 117 (34.82%) .NET
5 115 (34.23%) XML
6 101 (30.06%) CSS3
7 89 (26.49%) Ajax
8 87 (25.89%) ASP.NET
9 52 (15.48%) XSLT
10 44 (13.10%) XHTML
11 43 (12.80%) ASP.NET MVC
12 42 (12.50%) JSP
13 41 (12.20%) .NET Framework
14 36 (10.71%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 36 (10.71%) Web Services
15 30 (8.929%) J2EE
16 28 (8.333%) WCF
17 27 (8.036%) LINQ
18 26 (7.738%) JSTL
18 26 (7.738%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 35 (10.42%) CMS
2 17 (5.060%) Windows Azure
3 14 (4.167%) IIS
4 9 (2.679%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.679%) ESB
4 9 (2.679%) Drupal
5 5 (1.488%) WordPress
6 4 (1.190%) Joomla!
7 3 (0.893%) Confluence
7 3 (0.893%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.595%) Kentico
8 2 (0.595%) Commerce Server
8 2 (0.595%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.298%) ArcIMS
9 1 (0.298%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.298%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.298%) Apache
9 1 (0.298%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.298%) MSMQ
9 1 (0.298%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 73 (21.73%) Photoshop
2 30 (8.929%) MS Excel
3 8 (2.381%) Fireworks
4 5 (1.488%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.488%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (1.488%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.488%) MS Office
5 2 (0.595%) InDesign
6 1 (0.298%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.298%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.893%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.298%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.679%) Internet
2 4 (1.190%) VPN
3 3 (0.893%) Intranet
3 3 (0.893%) DHCP
3 3 (0.893%) SNMP
3 3 (0.893%) OSPF
3 3 (0.893%) BGP
3 3 (0.893%) VRRP
3 3 (0.893%) Firewall
3 3 (0.893%) VLAN
3 3 (0.893%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (0.893%) Network Security
3 3 (0.893%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (0.893%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (0.893%) HSRP
3 3 (0.893%) GLBP
4 2 (0.595%) HTTP
5 1 (0.298%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.298%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (20.24%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (3.869%) MySQL
4 11 (3.274%) DB2
5 10 (2.976%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (1.488%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.190%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.190%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.893%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.893%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
8 3 (0.893%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.893%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (0.595%) GIS
9 2 (0.595%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.298%) TOAD
10 1 (0.298%) MS Access
10 1 (0.298%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.298%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (7.440%) JUnit
1 25 (7.440%) Visual Studio
2 13 (3.869%) Subversion
2 13 (3.869%) JIRA
3 11 (3.274%) Jasmine
4 10 (2.976%) SpecFlow
4 10 (2.976%) Team Foundation Server
5 9 (2.679%) Dreamweaver
6 6 (1.786%) Eclipse
7 5 (1.488%) Git (software)
8 3 (0.893%) PhoneGap
8 3 (0.893%) MSTest
8 3 (0.893%) Maven
9 2 (0.595%) Ant
9 2 (0.595%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 2 (0.595%) Xcode
9 2 (0.595%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.298%) NuGet
10 1 (0.298%) Gradle
10 1 (0.298%) NUnit
General
1 30 (8.929%) Marketing
2 26 (7.738%) Retail
3 14 (4.167%) Finance
3 14 (4.167%) Publishing
4 13 (3.869%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.274%) Banking
6 9 (2.679%) Advertising
6 9 (2.679%) Japanese Language
6 9 (2.679%) Korean Language
7 8 (2.381%) Games
8 7 (2.083%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.893%) Automotive
9 3 (0.893%) Local Government
10 2 (0.595%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.298%) Music
11 1 (0.298%) German Language
11 1 (0.298%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 277 (82.44%) Developer
2 81 (24.11%) Web Developer
3 66 (19.64%) Front-End Developer
4 61 (18.15%) .NET Developer
5 23 (6.845%) HTML Developer
6 20 (5.952%) CSS Developer
7 18 (5.357%) UI Developer
7 18 (5.357%) .NET Web Developer
7 18 (5.357%) ASP.NET Developer
8 17 (5.060%) C# Developer
8 17 (5.060%) Project Manager
8 17 (5.060%) C# .NET Developer
8 17 (5.060%) UI Programmer
9 16 (4.762%) WebSphere Developer
9 16 (4.762%) JavaScript Developer
10 14 (4.167%) Front-End Web Developer
11 13 (3.869%) Designer
11 13 (3.869%) PHP Developer
11 13 (3.869%) Coordinator
12 12 (3.571%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.655%) Digital Media
2 12 (3.571%) W3C
3 10 (2.976%) iPad
4 8 (2.381%) Mobile App
4 8 (2.381%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.190%) Computer Science
6 3 (0.893%) SecurID
6 3 (0.893%) Open Source
7 2 (0.595%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.595%) RIA
7 2 (0.595%) iPhone
7 2 (0.595%) N-Tier
7 2 (0.595%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.595%) Streaming Video
8 1 (0.298%) E-Learning
8 1 (0.298%) BBC
8 1 (0.298%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.298%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.298%) Online Games
8 1 (0.298%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.036%) Windows
2 17 (5.060%) Android
3 12 (3.571%) Apple iOS
4 11 (3.274%) UNIX
4 11 (3.274%) Linux
5 6 (1.786%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (1.190%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.893%) VMS
8 2 (0.595%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.298%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.298%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.298%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.298%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (27.08%) MVC
2 44 (13.10%) E-Commerce
3 43 (12.80%) Web Development
4 39 (11.61%) Scrum
5 37 (11.01%) Agile Software Development
6 36 (10.71%) TDD
7 26 (7.738%) OO
8 21 (6.250%) Content Management
9 18 (5.357%) Project Management
10 17 (5.060%) BDD
11 15 (4.464%) SOA
12 14 (4.167%) Software Testing
13 13 (3.869%) Information Architecture
14 12 (3.571%) ETL
15 11 (3.274%) RAD
15 11 (3.274%) Time Management
16 8 (2.381%) Automation Testing
16 8 (2.381%) SEO
17 7 (2.083%) UML
17 7 (2.083%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 267 (79.46%) JavaScript
2 103 (30.65%) C#
3 82 (24.40%) SQL
4 47 (13.99%) Java
5 30 (8.929%) PHP
6 14 (4.167%) VB.NET
7 8 (2.381%) Perl
8 7 (2.083%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.786%) Ruby
9 6 (1.786%) PHP5
10 5 (1.488%) Python
11 2 (0.595%) VB
11 2 (0.595%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.595%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.298%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.298%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.298%) Scala
12 1 (0.298%) XPath
12 1 (0.298%) Lua
Qualifications
1 13 (3.869%) Degree
2 3 (0.893%) SC Cleared
2 3 (0.893%) Security Cleared
2 3 (0.893%) CCNP
2 3 (0.893%) CCNA
2 3 (0.893%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (0.893%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.298%) PMP
3 1 (0.298%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.298%) MCTS
3 1 (0.298%) MCP
3 1 (0.298%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.190%) QA
2 3 (0.893%) SLA
3 1 (0.298%) WCAG
3 1 (0.298%) WAI
System Software
1 2 (0.595%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.595%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.595%) SCOM
2 1 (0.298%) Plesk
Vendors
1 54 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.440%) Adobe
3 16 (4.762%) IBM
4 8 (2.381%) Oracle
5 7 (2.083%) Google
6 4 (1.190%) Sencha
7 3 (0.893%) NetScout
7 3 (0.893%) Zend
7 3 (0.893%) TippingPoint
7 3 (0.893%) Business Objects
7 3 (0.893%) Cisco
7 3 (0.893%) Nokia
7 3 (0.893%) CheckPoint
7 3 (0.893%) Blue Coat
8 2 (0.595%) JBoss
8 2 (0.595%) Citrix
8 2 (0.595%) Facebook
8 2 (0.595%) Twitter
8 2 (0.595%) ESRI
9 1 (0.298%) Sitecore
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