Buckinghamshire CSS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnham Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hastings Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hove Hull Ipswich Kenilworth Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Romford Runcorn Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	54
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	16	43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.044 %
As % of the category below	7.583 %	8.977 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
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	£296	£281
% change on same period last year	+5.29 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	£24.87
Average hourly rate	£40.00	£25.13
% change on same period last year	+59.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£25.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.65	£28.31
% change on same period last year	-9.37 %
Application Development Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	211	479
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.281 %	0.485 %
Daily rates quoted	75	111
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£307
Average daily rate	£374	£328
% change on same period last year	+13.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	58
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.69	£30.64
Average hourly rate	£37.81	£31.98
% change on same period last year	+18.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.94	£33.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
CSS South East

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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

CSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CSS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Marlow	-2	3	-	-
Milton Keynes	-23	2	-	-
High Wycombe	-10	1	-	-
Gerrards Cross	-	1	-	-
Aylesbury	+6	1	-	-

CSS South East

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 42 (85.71 %) HTML 2 29 (59.18 %) JavaScript 3 16 (32.65 %) PHP 4 15 (30.61 %) Java 4 15 (30.61 %) SQL Server 4 15 (30.61 %) JSP 5 13 (26.53 %) SQL 6 12 (24.49 %) J2EE 6 12 (24.49 %) XHTML 7 11 (22.45 %) XML 7 11 (22.45 %) WebSphere 8 10 (20.41 %) .NET 9 8 (16.33 %) RSS 9 8 (16.33 %) ASP.NET 9 8 (16.33 %) C#

9 8 (16.33 %) C++ 9 8 (16.33 %) XUL 10 7 (14.29 %) FatWire 10 7 (14.29 %) Content Management 10 7 (14.29 %) MySQL 10 7 (14.29 %) Microsoft 11 6 (12.24 %) E-Commerce 11 6 (12.24 %) WebServices 11 6 (12.24 %) UML 11 6 (12.24 %) Oracle 11 6 (12.24 %) Finance 12 5 (10.20 %) Intranet 12 5 (10.20 %) Internet 12 5 (10.20 %) Web Development 12 5 (10.20 %) DB2

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 42 (85.71 %) HTML 2 15 (30.61 %) JSP 3 12 (24.49 %) J2EE 3 12 (24.49 %) XHTML 4 11 (22.45 %) XML 4 11 (22.45 %) WebSphere 5 10 (20.41 %) .NET 6 8 (16.33 %) ASP.NET 6 8 (16.33 %) RSS 6 8 (16.33 %) XUL 7 6 (12.24 %) WebServices 8 5 (10.20 %) Servlets 9 4 (8.163 %) SOAP 9 4 (8.163 %) Struts 9 4 (8.163 %) JMS 9 4 (8.163 %) EJB 9 4 (8.163 %) JDBC 9 4 (8.163 %) Fusebox 9 4 (8.163 %) JSF 10 2 (4.082 %) Ruby on Rails	Application Platforms 1 5 (10.20 %) ColdFusion 2 4 (8.163 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 4 (8.163 %) IIS 2 4 (8.163 %) MQSeries 3 3 (6.122 %) ColdFusion MX 4 2 (4.082 %) SharePoint 5 1 (2.041 %) Apache 5 1 (2.041 %) TeamSite 5 1 (2.041 %) CMS 5 1 (2.041 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 5 (10.20 %) Photoshop 2 4 (8.163 %) MS Office 2 4 (8.163 %) MS Excel 2 4 (8.163 %) ImageReady 3 3 (6.122 %) MS PowerPoint 3 3 (6.122 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 5 (10.20 %) Intranet 1 5 (10.20 %) Internet 2 1 (2.041 %) FTP 2 1 (2.041 %) HTTP 2 1 (2.041 %) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 15 (30.61 %) SQL Server 2 7 (14.29 %) MySQL 3 5 (10.20 %) DB2 4 3 (6.122 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (4.082 %) SQL Server 2000 6 1 (2.041 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (2.041 %) RDBMS 6 1 (2.041 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 4 (8.163 %) JUnit 1 4 (8.163 %) Subversion 2 2 (4.082 %) Visual Studio 3 1 (2.041 %) Flash
General 1 6 (12.24 %) Finance 2 4 (8.163 %) Banking 3 3 (6.122 %) Financial Institution 4 2 (4.082 %) Retail 4 2 (4.082 %) Government 5 1 (2.041 %) Back Office 5 1 (2.041 %) Automotive 5 1 (2.041 %) Education	Job Titles 1 38 (77.55 %) Developer 2 8 (16.33 %) Web Developer 3 5 (10.20 %) ColdFusion Developer 4 4 (8.163 %) JavaScript Developer 4 4 (8.163 %) Java Developer 4 4 (8.163 %) .NET Developer 4 4 (8.163 %) C# Developer 4 4 (8.163 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 3 (6.122 %) GUI Developer 5 3 (6.122 %) Analyst 6 2 (4.082 %) Software Developer 6 2 (4.082 %) Senior Developer 6 2 (4.082 %) Web Designer 6 2 (4.082 %) Senior Web Developer 6 2 (4.082 %) Analyst Developer 6 2 (4.082 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 2 (4.082 %) SQL Developer 6 2 (4.082 %) C# Web Developer 6 2 (4.082 %) Senior .NET Web Developer 6 2 (4.082 %) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.082 %) W3C 2 1 (2.041 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 5 (10.20 %) Windows 2 2 (4.082 %) Linux 3 1 (2.041 %) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (14.29 %) Content Management 2 6 (12.24 %) UML 2 6 (12.24 %) E-Commerce 3 5 (10.20 %) Web Development 4 4 (8.163 %) Continuous Integration 4 4 (8.163 %) Business Analysis 5 3 (6.122 %) DV Cleared 5 3 (6.122 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (4.082 %) Project Management 6 2 (4.082 %) Agile Software Development 7 1 (2.041 %) PRINCE2 7 1 (2.041 %) Risk Management 7 1 (2.041 %) Web Design 7 1 (2.041 %) OOD 7 1 (2.041 %) Business Intelligence 7 1 (2.041 %) OO 7 1 (2.041 %) SC Cleared 7 1 (2.041 %) Unit Testing 7 1 (2.041 %) Software Engineering	Programming Languages 1 29 (59.18 %) JavaScript 2 16 (32.65 %) PHP 3 15 (30.61 %) Java 4 13 (26.53 %) SQL 5 8 (16.33 %) C# 5 8 (16.33 %) C++ 6 5 (10.20 %) Transact-SQL 7 4 (8.163 %) VC++ 8 3 (6.122 %) Perl 9 2 (4.082 %) Ruby 9 2 (4.082 %) ActionScript 9 2 (4.082 %) C 10 1 (2.041 %) DHTML 10 1 (2.041 %) VB 10 1 (2.041 %) PHP5 10 1 (2.041 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 2 (4.082 %) MCSD 1 2 (4.082 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (2.041 %) Degree	Vendors 1 7 (14.29 %) Microsoft 1 7 (14.29 %) FatWire 2 6 (12.24 %) Oracle 3 5 (10.20 %) IBM 4 4 (8.163 %) Adobe 5 1 (2.041 %) Interwoven 5 1 (2.041 %) Ericsson 5 1 (2.041 %) Nokia 5 1 (2.041 %) Sony