The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London 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 24 29 52
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +23
Contract jobs citing CSS 6 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 3.509% 0.948% 0.829%
As % of the Application Development category 15.79% 4.348% 3.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
Average daily rate £240 £500 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.00% +28.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £500 £341
10% offered a daily rate of more than £361 £500 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+75.00% -31.03%
All Application Development
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
38 46 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 22.22% 21.80% 23.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 49
Average daily rate £413 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £473 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £578 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 £42.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Docklands, London CSS Daily Rate Histogram

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Docklands, London CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 16 (94.12%) HTML
2 11 (64.71%) XML
3 10 (58.82%) UML
3 10 (58.82%) RUP
4 9 (52.94%) JavaScript
4 9 (52.94%) SQL
4 9 (52.94%) HTML5
5 8 (47.06%) HTTP
5 8 (47.06%) IBM
6 7 (41.18%) Web Services
6 7 (41.18%) CSS3
7 6 (35.29%) XSD
7 6 (35.29%) XSL
7 6 (35.29%) Java
7 6 (35.29%) PL/SQL
8 5 (29.41%) Oracle
8 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (29.41%) jQuery
9 4 (23.53%) Ajax
9 4 (23.53%) Information Governance
9 4 (23.53%) Content Management
9 4 (23.53%) Unified Process
9 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
9 4 (23.53%) Publishing
9 4 (23.53%) EMC
9 4 (23.53%) Rational Rose
9 4 (23.53%) MS Office
9 4 (23.53%) SOAP
9 4 (23.53%) J2EE
10 3 (17.65%) XSLT

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 16 (94.12%) HTML
2 11 (64.71%) XML
3 9 (52.94%) HTML5
4 7 (41.18%) Web Services
4 7 (41.18%) CSS3
5 6 (35.29%) XSD
5 6 (35.29%) XSL
6 5 (29.41%) jQuery
7 4 (23.53%) Ajax
7 4 (23.53%) SOAP
7 4 (23.53%) J2EE
8 3 (17.65%) XSLT
8 3 (17.65%) LAMP
8 3 (17.65%) JSON
8 3 (17.65%) Apache Flex
9 2 (11.76%) REST
9 2 (11.76%) ODBC
9 2 (11.76%) RSS
9 2 (11.76%) ASP
10 1 (5.882%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) IIS
1 2 (11.76%) Apache
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
1 2 (11.76%) Documentum
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.882%) nginx
2 1 (5.882%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (5.882%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Office
2 1 (5.882%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.882%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (5.882%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) HTTP
2 3 (17.65%) Intranet
3 2 (11.76%) SSL
4 1 (5.882%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Rational Rose
2 1 (5.882%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.882%) Flash Builder
2 1 (5.882%) Maven
2 1 (5.882%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 4 (23.53%) Publishing
2 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.882%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Oracle Developer
2 4 (23.53%) SQL Developer
2 4 (23.53%) PL/SQL Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Software Architect
3 2 (11.76%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Applications Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Web Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Java Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Java Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Web 2.0
2 2 (11.76%) Telematics
2 2 (11.76%) Streaming Video
3 1 (5.882%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.882%) Video on Demand
3 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Android
1 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
2 1 (5.882%) Windows 8
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) UML
1 10 (58.82%) RUP
2 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (23.53%) Information Governance
3 4 (23.53%) Content Management
3 4 (23.53%) Unified Process
4 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Data Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Information Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.882%) OO
5 1 (5.882%) MVC
5 1 (5.882%) Workflow
5 1 (5.882%) Document Management
5 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.882%) BDD
5 1 (5.882%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) JavaScript
1 9 (52.94%) SQL
2 6 (35.29%) Java
2 6 (35.29%) PL/SQL
3 2 (11.76%) PHP
3 2 (11.76%) VBScript
3 2 (11.76%) VB
4 1 (5.882%) ActionScript
4 1 (5.882%) C#
4 1 (5.882%) Objective-C
4 1 (5.882%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (5.882%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (5.882%) Groovy
4 1 (5.882%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) IBM
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle
3 4 (23.53%) EMC
4 1 (5.882%) Sencha
4 1 (5.882%) Facebook
4 1 (5.882%) Zend