The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 24 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 Croydon 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Rank 14 21 32
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +11
Contract jobs citing CSS 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 2.041% 1.527% 1.064%
As % of the Application Development category 14.29% 8.696% 3.226%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £263 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+75.00% -31.03%
All Application Development
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7 23 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 14.29% 17.56% 32.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 31
Average daily rate £450 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £263 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £17.00 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +51.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
CSS
London

CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Croydon CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) PHP
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (50.00%) PHP5
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) CSS3
2 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) Apache
2 1 (25.00%) XHTML
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow Management
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Zend

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) CSS3
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) XHTML
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Front-End Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Junior
2 1 (25.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) PHP Developer
2 1 (25.00%) PHP Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) Junior PHP Programmer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) PHP
1 2 (50.00%) PHP5
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Zend