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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3029
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads2954
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.054 %
As % of the category below13.94 %14.88 %
Daily rates quoted58
Average minimum daily rate£248£216
Average daily rate£268£235
% change on same period last year+14.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£288£254
UK excluding London average daily rate£264£270
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
Hourly rates quoted08
Average minimum hourly rate-£17.94
Average hourly rate-£19.22
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.98£28.77
% change on same period last year-9.69 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads208363
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.291 %0.365 %
Daily rates quoted5162
Average minimum daily rate£297£280
Average daily rate£317£291
% change on same period last year+8.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£302
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted2355
Average minimum hourly rate£34.43£28.60
Average hourly rate£37.07£29.96
% change on same period last year+23.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.71£31.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
CSS East of EnglandCSS
East of England

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire CSS Hourly Rate Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 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.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeUp+318£268+18.58 %
PeterboroughUp+710--
CSS East of EnglandCSS
East of England

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

138 (55.07 %)JavaScript
231 (44.93 %).NET
329 (42.03 %)ASP.NET
426 (37.68 %)SQL Server
525 (36.23 %)HTML
621 (30.43 %)C#
719 (27.54 %)ASP
719 (27.54 %)Agile Software Development
817 (24.64 %)XML
817 (24.64 %)XHTML
915 (21.74 %)OO
915 (21.74 %)VB
1014 (20.29 %)SQL
1014 (20.29 %)UML
1014 (20.29 %)VB6
1111 (15.94 %)Flash
1111 (15.94 %)Photoshop
1111 (15.94 %)AJAX
1111 (15.94 %)ASP.NET 2.0
129 (13.04 %)Graphic Design
129 (13.04 %)VB.NET
138 (11.59 %)Transact-SQL
138 (11.59 %)XSLT
138 (11.59 %)WebServices
138 (11.59 %)Adobe
138 (11.59 %)Animation
147 (10.14 %)Content Management
147 (10.14 %)PHP
156 (8.696 %)Java
156 (8.696 %)Adobe Illustrator

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131 (44.93 %).NET
229 (42.03 %)ASP.NET
325 (36.23 %)HTML
419 (27.54 %)ASP
517 (24.64 %)XML
517 (24.64 %)XHTML
611 (15.94 %)AJAX
611 (15.94 %)ASP.NET 2.0
78 (11.59 %)XSLT
78 (11.59 %)WebServices
84 (5.797 %)WinForms
84 (5.797 %)J2EE
84 (5.797 %)WCF
84 (5.797 %)WPF
93 (4.348 %)Symfony
102 (2.899 %)jQuery
102 (2.899 %)MooTools
102 (2.899 %).NET Framework
102 (2.899 %)Struts
102 (2.899 %)JSP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (8.696 %)CMS
24 (5.797 %)Apache
32 (2.899 %)Tomcat
32 (2.899 %)IIS
41 (1.449 %)Joomla!
41 (1.449 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (1.449 %)ColdFusion
41 (1.449 %)BizTalk Server
41 (1.449 %)Commerce Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (15.94 %)Photoshop
26 (8.696 %)Adobe Illustrator
34 (5.797 %)Fireworks
41 (1.449 %)InDesign
41 (1.449 %)MS Excel
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.449 %)Microsoft CRM
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (2.899 %)HTTP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (37.68 %)SQL Server
24 (5.797 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (5.797 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (4.348 %)MySQL
41 (1.449 %)DTS
41 (1.449 %)RDBMS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (15.94 %)Flash
25 (7.246 %)Visual Studio
34 (5.797 %)NUnit
42 (2.899 %)Subversion
42 (2.899 %)Dreamweaver
51 (1.449 %)Firebug
51 (1.449 %)Ant
51 (1.449 %)Eclipse
51 (1.449 %)IntelliJ
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (13.04 %)Graphic Design
28 (11.59 %)Animation
34 (5.797 %)Finance
43 (4.348 %)Education
43 (4.348 %)Banking
52 (2.899 %)Publishing
61 (1.449 %)Multimedia
61 (1.449 %)Marketing
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
145 (65.22 %)Developer
219 (27.54 %).NET Developer
318 (26.09 %)Web Designer
412 (17.39 %)ASP.NET Developer
412 (17.39 %)C# Developer
412 (17.39 %)Web Developer
510 (14.49 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
66 (8.696 %)VB.NET Developer
74 (5.797 %)PHP Developer
74 (5.797 %)Lead Developer
83 (4.348 %)Java Developer
83 (4.348 %)Graphic Designer
83 (4.348 %)WinForms Developer
83 (4.348 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
83 (4.348 %)Java/J2EE Developer
92 (2.899 %)C# Application Developer
92 (2.899 %).NET Applications Developer
92 (2.899 %)C# Web Developer
92 (2.899 %)Web Applications Developer
92 (2.899 %).NET Web Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.348 %)N-Tier
13 (4.348 %)Computer Science
22 (2.899 %)Social Network
22 (2.899 %)SCORM
31 (1.449 %)Web 2.0
31 (1.449 %)Biology
31 (1.449 %)W3C
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (7.246 %)Windows
15 (7.246 %)Linux
21 (1.449 %)Windows 2000
21 (1.449 %)Solaris
21 (1.449 %)UNIX
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (27.54 %)Agile Software Development
215 (21.74 %)OO
314 (20.29 %)UML
47 (10.14 %)Content Management
55 (7.246 %)CRM
64 (5.797 %)Web Development
73 (4.348 %)Unit Testing
73 (4.348 %)Web Design
73 (4.348 %)E-Commerce
73 (4.348 %)OOD
73 (4.348 %)OOP
81 (1.449 %)TDD
81 (1.449 %)HOOD
81 (1.449 %)Security Cleared
81 (1.449 %)Use Case
81 (1.449 %)Performance Testing
81 (1.449 %)Bioinformatics
81 (1.449 %)Business Analysis
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
138 (55.07 %)JavaScript
221 (30.43 %)C#
315 (21.74 %)VB
414 (20.29 %)SQL
414 (20.29 %)VB6
59 (13.04 %)VB.NET
68 (11.59 %)Transact-SQL
77 (10.14 %)PHP
86 (8.696 %)Java
94 (5.797 %)ActionScript
102 (2.899 %)Python
102 (2.899 %)C
102 (2.899 %)C++
111 (1.449 %)DHTML
111 (1.449 %)PL/SQL
111 (1.449 %)Perl
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (7.246 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (11.59 %)Adobe
22 (2.899 %)Zend
22 (2.899 %)Oracle
31 (1.449 %)Microsoft