The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Durham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Durham 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Rank 9 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing CSS 5 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Durham 9.804% 2.740% -
As % of the Application Development category 27.78% 25.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £280 £365 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.28% -
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 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+55.55% -13.46%
All Application Development
Durham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
18 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Durham 35.29% 10.96% 23.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 4
Average daily rate £310 £365 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.06% +35.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
CSS
North East

CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham 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 Durham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Darlington - 1 £310 -
Stockton-on-Tees - - - - 3
CSS
North East

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Durham 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 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (66.67%) jQuery
1 6 (66.67%) CSS3
2 5 (55.56%) HTML5
3 4 (44.44%) Web Application Development
3 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (44.44%) Spring
3 4 (44.44%) Ajax
3 4 (44.44%) SOA
3 4 (44.44%) RIA
3 4 (44.44%) XML
3 4 (44.44%) UNIX
3 4 (44.44%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) Java
3 4 (44.44%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) SOAP
4 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (33.33%) MVC
4 3 (33.33%) CMS
5 2 (22.22%) RedDot
5 2 (22.22%) C#
5 2 (22.22%) Web Development
5 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (11.11%) Progressive Enhancement
6 1 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (11.11%) Graceful Degradation

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Durham 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 6 (66.67%) jQuery
1 6 (66.67%) CSS3
2 5 (55.56%) HTML5
3 4 (44.44%) Spring
3 4 (44.44%) Ajax
3 4 (44.44%) XML
3 4 (44.44%) HTML
3 4 (44.44%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) SOAP
4 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (11.11%) XHTML
5 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
5 1 (11.11%) WPF
5 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Web Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Front-End Web Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Interaction Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Interaction Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Visual Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Visual Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Web Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Web Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (44.44%) RIA
2 1 (11.11%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) UNIX
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (44.44%) Web Application Development
2 4 (44.44%) SOA
3 3 (33.33%) MVC
4 2 (22.22%) Web Development
5 1 (11.11%) Progressive Enhancement
5 1 (11.11%) Graceful Degradation
5 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) XAML
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) RedDot
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe