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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Cambridge 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2726
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1534
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.035 %
As % of the category below10.71 %16.75 %
Daily rates quoted55
Average minimum daily rate£248£206
Average daily rate£268£226
% change on same period last year+18.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£288£246
UK excluding London average daily rate£264£270
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.50
Average hourly rate-£25.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.74£28.11
% change on same period last year-8.42 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads140203
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.208 %
Daily rates quoted4044
Average minimum daily rate£293£285
Average daily rate£314£296
% change on same period last year+6.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£307
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Hourly rates quoted1727
Average minimum hourly rate£33.73£34.21
Average hourly rate£37.02£36.23
% change on same period last year+2.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.30£38.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.09£32.07
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
CSS CambridgeshireCSS
Cambridgeshire

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

118 (43.90 %)HTML
217 (41.46 %)XHTML
316 (39.02 %)JavaScript
410 (24.39 %)AJAX
410 (24.39 %)Photoshop
410 (24.39 %)XML
58 (19.51 %)Flash
58 (19.51 %)Adobe
58 (19.51 %).NET
58 (19.51 %)Graphic Design
67 (17.07 %)Animation
67 (17.07 %)Content Management
67 (17.07 %)PHP
67 (17.07 %)ASP
76 (14.63 %)ASP.NET
76 (14.63 %)SQL Server
76 (14.63 %)OO
76 (14.63 %)CMS
85 (12.20 %)Adobe Illustrator
85 (12.20 %)Linux
85 (12.20 %)C#
94 (9.756 %)Java
94 (9.756 %)Apache
94 (9.756 %)XSLT
94 (9.756 %)Fireworks
94 (9.756 %)Degree
103 (7.317 %)Symfony
103 (7.317 %)Computer Science
103 (7.317 %)Agile Software Development
103 (7.317 %)VB6

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (43.90 %)HTML
217 (41.46 %)XHTML
310 (24.39 %)XML
310 (24.39 %)AJAX
48 (19.51 %).NET
57 (17.07 %)ASP
66 (14.63 %)ASP.NET
74 (9.756 %)XSLT
83 (7.317 %)J2EE
83 (7.317 %)Symfony
83 (7.317 %)ASP.NET 2.0
92 (4.878 %)jQuery
92 (4.878 %)MooTools
92 (4.878 %)Hibernate
101 (2.439 %)WinForms
101 (2.439 %)Spring
101 (2.439 %)JSF
101 (2.439 %)Swing
101 (2.439 %)WAP
101 (2.439 %)LAMP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (14.63 %)CMS
24 (9.756 %)Apache
31 (2.439 %)Tomcat
31 (2.439 %)Joomla!
31 (2.439 %)IIS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (24.39 %)Photoshop
25 (12.20 %)Adobe Illustrator
34 (9.756 %)Fireworks
41 (2.439 %)InDesign
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.439 %)HTTP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (14.63 %)SQL Server
23 (7.317 %)MySQL
31 (2.439 %)RDBMS
31 (2.439 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.439 %)SQL Server 2005
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (19.51 %)Flash
22 (4.878 %)Dreamweaver
31 (2.439 %)Subversion
31 (2.439 %)Firebug
31 (2.439 %)Eclipse
31 (2.439 %)IntelliJ
31 (2.439 %)Visual Studio
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (19.51 %)Graphic Design
27 (17.07 %)Animation
33 (7.317 %)Education
42 (4.878 %)Publishing
51 (2.439 %)Marketing
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (58.54 %)Developer
216 (39.02 %)Web Designer
39 (21.95 %)Web Developer
44 (9.756 %)PHP Developer
53 (7.317 %).NET Developer
62 (4.878 %)C# Developer
62 (4.878 %)Graphic Designer
62 (4.878 %)Lead Developer
62 (4.878 %)Java Developer
62 (4.878 %)Java/J2EE Developer
62 (4.878 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
71 (2.439 %)UI Developer
71 (2.439 %)Software Developer
71 (2.439 %)Junior
71 (2.439 %)Website Designer
71 (2.439 %)Programmer
71 (2.439 %)Web Editor
71 (2.439 %)PHP Programmer
71 (2.439 %)Web Manager
71 (2.439 %)Junior PHP Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (7.317 %)Computer Science
22 (4.878 %)Social Network
22 (4.878 %)SCORM
31 (2.439 %)Web 2.0
31 (2.439 %)Biology
31 (2.439 %)W3C
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (12.20 %)Linux
23 (7.317 %)Windows
31 (2.439 %)UNIX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (17.07 %)Content Management
26 (14.63 %)OO
33 (7.317 %)E-Commerce
33 (7.317 %)Web Design
33 (7.317 %)Agile Software Development
42 (4.878 %)UML
42 (4.878 %)Web Development
51 (2.439 %)Use Case
51 (2.439 %)Bioinformatics
51 (2.439 %)Business Analysis
51 (2.439 %)OOP
51 (2.439 %)OOD
51 (2.439 %)HOOD
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (39.02 %)JavaScript
27 (17.07 %)PHP
35 (12.20 %)C#
44 (9.756 %)Java
53 (7.317 %)SQL
53 (7.317 %)VB
53 (7.317 %)ActionScript
53 (7.317 %)VB6
62 (4.878 %)Python
71 (2.439 %)Transact-SQL
71 (2.439 %)C
71 (2.439 %)DHTML
71 (2.439 %)PL/SQL
71 (2.439 %)Perl
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (9.756 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (19.51 %)Adobe
22 (4.878 %)Zend
22 (4.878 %)Oracle