City of London CSS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the City of London 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 last 3 months to 22 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Aldershot Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Cobham Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gateshead Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Gwent Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Lowestoft 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 Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Perth and Kinross Peterborough Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Rhondda Cynon Taff Ringwood Romford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stockport Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Torquay Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 22 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	51	124
Rank change on same period last year	+73
Matching contract IT job ads	255	68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.331 %	0.076 %
As % of the category below	11.55 %	3.892 %
Daily rates quoted	129	33
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£396
Average daily rate	£328	£418
% change on same period last year	-21.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£440
UK excluding London average daily rate	£287	£281
% change on same period last year	+2.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.14	£40.00
Average hourly rate	£23.64	£42.50
% change on same period last year	-44.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.14	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.85	£26.89
% change on same period last year	-7.57 %
Application Development City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	2208	1747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.863 %	1.963 %
Daily rates quoted	1150	820
Average minimum daily rate	£410	£461
Average daily rate	£445	£491
% change on same period last year	-9.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£479	£521
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£334
% change on same period last year	+4.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	34	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.14	£30.96
Average hourly rate	£34.09	£33.88
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.04	£36.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.36	£32.22
% change on same period last year	+0.43 %
CSS London

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CSS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the City of London region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CSS across the City of London region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the City of London region over the past 3 months.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the City of London region citing CSS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CSS.

1 282 (67.46 %) HTML 2 278 (66.51 %) JavaScript 3 147 (35.17 %) .NET 4 145 (34.69 %) XHTML 5 134 (32.06 %) AJAX 6 124 (29.67 %) SQL 7 123 (29.43 %) C# 8 121 (28.95 %) XML 9 115 (27.51 %) ASP.NET 10 72 (17.22 %) SQL Server 11 71 (16.99 %) OO 12 64 (15.31 %) Java 13 63 (15.07 %) Flash 14 56 (13.40 %) Photoshop 15 55 (13.16 %) Finance

16 53 (12.68 %) JSP 17 51 (12.20 %) Oracle 17 51 (12.20 %) PHP 18 50 (11.96 %) Banking 19 48 (11.48 %) Internet 19 48 (11.48 %) Web Development 20 46 (11.00 %) J2EE 21 42 (10.05 %) Unix 21 42 (10.05 %) Content Management 22 40 (9.569 %) W3C 23 39 (9.330 %) Investment Banking 24 38 (9.091 %) CMS 24 38 (9.091 %) XSLT 24 38 (9.091 %) MySQL 24 38 (9.091 %) DHTML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the City of London region citing CSS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 282 (67.46 %) HTML 2 147 (35.17 %) .NET 3 145 (34.69 %) XHTML 4 134 (32.06 %) AJAX 5 121 (28.95 %) XML 6 115 (27.51 %) ASP.NET 7 53 (12.68 %) JSP 8 46 (11.00 %) J2EE 9 38 (9.091 %) XSLT 10 33 (7.895 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 32 (7.656 %) WebServices 12 30 (7.177 %) Spring 13 28 (6.699 %) ASP 14 27 (6.459 %) Hibernate 15 16 (3.828 %) Velocity 15 16 (3.828 %) DOM 16 15 (3.589 %) Struts 16 15 (3.589 %) .NET Framework 17 13 (3.110 %) JSTL 17 13 (3.110 %) Taglibs	Application Platforms 1 38 (9.091 %) CMS 2 28 (6.699 %) IIS 3 18 (4.306 %) Apache 4 17 (4.067 %) SharePoint 5 16 (3.828 %) WebLogic 6 13 (3.110 %) JBoss 7 10 (2.392 %) TeamSite 7 10 (2.392 %) Tomcat 8 9 (2.153 %) ColdFusion 9 8 (1.914 %) SharePoint Server 2007 10 7 (1.675 %) Lotus Notes 10 7 (1.675 %) Lotus Domino 11 4 (0.957 %) WebSphere Application Server 11 4 (0.957 %) SharePoint Portal Server 12 2 (0.478 %) Commerce Server 12 2 (0.478 %) Alfresco 13 1 (0.239 %) Commerce Server 2007 13 1 (0.239 %) ColdFusion MX 13 1 (0.239 %) Documentum 13 1 (0.239 %) WebLogic Portal
Applications 1 56 (13.40 %) Photoshop 2 12 (2.871 %) MS Office 3 6 (1.435 %) MS Visio 4 5 (1.196 %) Acrobat 4 5 (1.196 %) Adobe Illustrator 5 4 (0.957 %) Fireworks 6 3 (0.718 %) MS Project 6 3 (0.718 %) Paint Shop Pro 7 2 (0.478 %) ImageReady 7 2 (0.478 %) MS Excel 8 1 (0.239 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 4 (0.957 %) WebTrends 2 1 (0.239 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 2 1 (0.239 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 48 (11.48 %) Internet 2 36 (8.612 %) Intranet 3 3 (0.718 %) DNS 3 3 (0.718 %) FTP 4 2 (0.478 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.239 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 72 (17.22 %) SQL Server 2 38 (9.091 %) MySQL 2 38 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2005 3 24 (5.742 %) SQL Server 2000 4 10 (2.392 %) Oracle 10g 4 10 (2.392 %) Oracle 9i 5 2 (0.478 %) GIS 5 2 (0.478 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (0.478 %) SQL Server 7 5 2 (0.478 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (0.478 %) DTS 6 1 (0.239 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (0.239 %) Cognos Powerplay 6 1 (0.239 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 1 (0.239 %) ReportNet
Development Applications 1 63 (15.07 %) Flash 2 20 (4.785 %) Visual Studio 3 16 (3.828 %) Dreamweaver 4 11 (2.632 %) Ant 5 10 (2.392 %) Eclipse 6 8 (1.914 %) Subversion 6 8 (1.914 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 4 (0.957 %) ClearCase 7 4 (0.957 %) FrontPage 8 3 (0.718 %) CruiseControl 8 3 (0.718 %) NUnit 9 2 (0.478 %) HttpUnit 9 2 (0.478 %) Cactus 10 1 (0.239 %) JIRA 10 1 (0.239 %) Aptana Studio	General 1 55 (13.16 %) Finance 2 50 (11.96 %) Banking 3 39 (9.330 %) Investment Banking 4 15 (3.589 %) Front Office 5 12 (2.871 %) Marketing 5 12 (2.871 %) Insurance 6 9 (2.153 %) Publishing 7 8 (1.914 %) Games 8 5 (1.196 %) Government 8 5 (1.196 %) Advertising 9 4 (0.957 %) Multimedia 10 3 (0.718 %) Music 10 3 (0.718 %) Animation 10 3 (0.718 %) Retail 10 3 (0.718 %) Financial Institution 11 2 (0.478 %) Legal 11 2 (0.478 %) Telecoms 11 2 (0.478 %) Online Games 11 2 (0.478 %) Interactive Media 11 2 (0.478 %) Corporate Banking
Job Titles 1 336 (80.38 %) Developer 2 127 (30.38 %) Web Developer 3 68 (16.27 %) .NET Developer 4 57 (13.64 %) C# Developer 5 40 (9.569 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 27 (6.459 %) Web Designer 6 27 (6.459 %) Java Developer 7 24 (5.742 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 8 15 (3.589 %) Senior Developer 8 15 (3.589 %) HTML Developer 9 14 (3.349 %) PHP Developer 10 12 (2.871 %) .NET Web Developer 11 11 (2.632 %) Team Leader 12 9 (2.153 %) JavaScript Developer 12 9 (2.153 %) Java Web Developer 12 9 (2.153 %) J2EE Developer 12 9 (2.153 %) Perl Developer 12 9 (2.153 %) Analyst 13 8 (1.914 %) Project Manager 13 8 (1.914 %) C# Web Developer	Miscellaneous 1 40 (9.569 %) W3C 2 15 (3.589 %) Equities 2 15 (3.589 %) Fixed Income 2 15 (3.589 %) Web 2.0 3 11 (2.632 %) N-Tier 4 5 (1.196 %) Social Network 4 5 (1.196 %) Computer Science 5 4 (0.957 %) Streaming Video 5 4 (0.957 %) Asset Management 5 4 (0.957 %) Streaming Media 6 3 (0.718 %) Podcast 6 3 (0.718 %) Statistics 7 2 (0.478 %) German Language 8 1 (0.239 %) Taxonomies 8 1 (0.239 %) PDA 8 1 (0.239 %) Contract for Difference 8 1 (0.239 %) Spread Betting 8 1 (0.239 %) Wiki 8 1 (0.239 %) Blog 8 1 (0.239 %) Data Integration
Operating Systems 1 42 (10.05 %) Unix 2 23 (5.502 %) Windows 3 18 (4.306 %) Linux 4 5 (1.196 %) Windows NT 5 4 (0.957 %) Solaris 6 1 (0.239 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.239 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 71 (16.99 %) OO 2 48 (11.48 %) Web Development 3 42 (10.05 %) Content Management 4 27 (6.459 %) UML 5 26 (6.220 %) E-Commerce 6 23 (5.502 %) Project Management 7 19 (4.545 %) Web Design 8 11 (2.632 %) Agile Software Development 9 9 (2.153 %) Usability Testing 9 9 (2.153 %) Investment Management 9 9 (2.153 %) SEO 10 8 (1.914 %) Workflow 10 8 (1.914 %) OOD 11 7 (1.675 %) Time Management 12 5 (1.196 %) B2C 12 5 (1.196 %) TDD 12 5 (1.196 %) Document Management 12 5 (1.196 %) Scrum 13 4 (0.957 %) Data Modelling 14 3 (0.718 %) MVC
Programming Languages 1 278 (66.51 %) JavaScript 2 124 (29.67 %) SQL 3 123 (29.43 %) C# 4 64 (15.31 %) Java 5 51 (12.20 %) PHP 6 38 (9.091 %) DHTML 7 20 (4.785 %) Transact-SQL 8 17 (4.067 %) Perl 9 15 (3.589 %) ActionScript 10 11 (2.632 %) VBScript 11 10 (2.392 %) PHP5 12 9 (2.153 %) PL/SQL 13 7 (1.675 %) LotusScript 13 7 (1.675 %) Formula Language 14 6 (1.435 %) VBA 14 6 (1.435 %) Ruby 15 5 (1.196 %) Python 16 4 (0.957 %) Shell Script 16 4 (0.957 %) VB 16 4 (0.957 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 13 (3.110 %) Degree 2 5 (1.196 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (0.478 %) MCSE 3 2 (0.478 %) MCAD 4 1 (0.239 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 21 (5.024 %) WAI 2 17 (4.067 %) QA 3 14 (3.349 %) WCAG	System Software 1 1 (0.239 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 51 (12.20 %) Oracle 2 23 (5.502 %) Microsoft 3 14 (3.349 %) Adobe 4 8 (1.914 %) Sybase 5 7 (1.675 %) Lotus 6 6 (1.435 %) RedDot 6 6 (1.435 %) Tridion 7 3 (0.718 %) Macromedia 7 3 (0.718 %) Sun 8 2 (0.478 %) Intel 8 2 (0.478 %) IBM 8 2 (0.478 %) BEA 8 2 (0.478 %) Business Objects 8 2 (0.478 %) Fujitsu 9 1 (0.239 %) SAP 9 1 (0.239 %) Vignette 9 1 (0.239 %) Cognos 9 1 (0.239 %) Red Hat 9 1 (0.239 %) Quark 9 1 (0.239 %) Interwoven