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This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the East of England 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank2149
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching contract IT job ads253115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.325 %0.129 %
As % of the category below18.51 %11.40 %
Daily rates quoted12843
Average minimum daily rate£280£269
Average daily rate£306£295
% change on same period last year+3.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£283
% change on same period last year+1.97 %
Hourly rates quoted1512
Average minimum hourly rate£25.60£27.33
Average hourly rate£29.13£27.46
% change on same period last year+6.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.67£27.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.01£26.28
% change on same period last year-4.81 %
Application Development East of EnglandApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads13671009
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.754 %1.134 %
Daily rates quoted451281
Average minimum daily rate£336£321
Average daily rate£363£347
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted122100
Average minimum hourly rate£31.15£27.98
Average hourly rate£34.18£29.61
% change on same period last year+15.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.22£31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
CSS EnglandCSS
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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CSS across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England CSS Demand Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region over the past 3 months.

East of England CSS Daily Rate Histogram

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

East of England CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

CSS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1HertfordshireUp+20127£323+5.55 %
2CambridgeshireUp+1056£277+3.93 %
3EssexUp+1442£265-41.12 %
4NorfolkUp+2518£275+44.73 %
5SuffolkDown-25£223-21.47 %
6BedfordshireUp+23--
7East AngliaNew entry-2--
CSS EnglandCSS
England

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1294 (66.97 %)HTML
2248 (56.49 %)JavaScript
3236 (53.76 %)XML
4189 (43.05 %)XHTML
5141 (32.12 %)AJAX
6108 (24.60 %)SQL
7107 (24.37 %).NET
896 (21.87 %)DHTML
992 (20.96 %)XSLT
992 (20.96 %)Internet
1086 (19.59 %)ASP.NET
1179 (18.00 %)Java
1277 (17.54 %)E-Commerce
1373 (16.63 %)SQL Server
1471 (16.17 %)W3C
1559 (13.44 %)ASP
1559 (13.44 %)JSP
1656 (12.76 %)Web Development
1755 (12.53 %)C#
1852 (11.85 %)Photoshop
1951 (11.62 %)OO
2050 (11.39 %)XSL
2146 (10.48 %)J2EE
2245 (10.25 %)WebSphere
2344 (10.02 %)iDTV
2443 (9.795 %)Retail
2542 (9.567 %)VB.NET
2641 (9.339 %)Flash
2641 (9.339 %)Web Design
2738 (8.656 %)Agile Software Development

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England 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
1294 (66.97 %)HTML
2236 (53.76 %)XML
3189 (43.05 %)XHTML
4141 (32.12 %)AJAX
5107 (24.37 %).NET
692 (20.96 %)XSLT
786 (19.59 %)ASP.NET
859 (13.44 %)ASP
859 (13.44 %)JSP
950 (11.39 %)XSL
1046 (10.48 %)J2EE
1145 (10.25 %)WebSphere
1233 (7.517 %)Servlets
1322 (5.011 %)DOM
1322 (5.011 %)XML Schema
1419 (4.328 %)WPF
1517 (3.872 %)Spring
1517 (3.872 %)Struts
1616 (3.645 %)WebServices
1616 (3.645 %)WCF
Application Platforms
127 (6.150 %)IIS
216 (3.645 %)TeamSite
314 (3.189 %)Apache
412 (2.733 %)JBoss
511 (2.506 %)Tomcat
610 (2.278 %)WebLogic
610 (2.278 %)CMS
76 (1.367 %)WebSphere Application Server
76 (1.367 %)MQSeries
76 (1.367 %)ColdFusion
84 (0.911 %)DotNetNuke
92 (0.456 %)SharePoint
101 (0.228 %)Mambo
101 (0.228 %)BizTalk Server
101 (0.228 %)Oracle Application Server
101 (0.228 %)MindAlign
101 (0.228 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
152 (11.85 %)Photoshop
215 (3.417 %)Fireworks
311 (2.506 %)Adobe Illustrator
46 (1.367 %)MS Office
55 (1.139 %)MS Excel
64 (0.911 %)ImageReady
64 (0.911 %)FreeHand
73 (0.683 %)Acrobat
82 (0.456 %)RoboHelp
91 (0.228 %)CA Clarity
Business Applications
11 (0.228 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (0.228 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
192 (20.96 %)Internet
212 (2.733 %)Intranet
37 (1.595 %)Extranet
45 (1.139 %)SMTP
45 (1.139 %)FTP
54 (0.911 %)HTTP
54 (0.911 %)TCP/IP
54 (0.911 %)SSH
62 (0.456 %)Network Security
62 (0.456 %)DNS
62 (0.456 %)PBX
62 (0.456 %)VoIP
71 (0.228 %)SSL
71 (0.228 %)RIP
71 (0.228 %)Firewall
71 (0.228 %)Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
173 (16.63 %)SQL Server
224 (5.467 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (4.328 %)MySQL
412 (2.733 %)MS Access
510 (2.278 %)DB2
67 (1.595 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (1.139 %)RDBMS
83 (0.683 %)DTS
92 (0.456 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.228 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.228 %)TOAD
101 (0.228 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.228 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.228 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.228 %)JasperReports
101 (0.228 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
141 (9.339 %)Flash
235 (7.973 %)Dreamweaver
324 (5.467 %)Visual Studio
410 (2.278 %)OpenDeploy
59 (2.050 %)Eclipse
66 (1.367 %)JUnit
75 (1.139 %)JDeveloper
75 (1.139 %)JBuilder
75 (1.139 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
82 (0.456 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (0.456 %)NUnit
82 (0.456 %)Subversion
91 (0.228 %)FrontPage
91 (0.228 %)StarTeam
91 (0.228 %)Firebug
General
143 (9.795 %)Retail
232 (7.289 %)Finance
327 (6.150 %)Marketing
422 (5.011 %)Graphic Design
515 (3.417 %)Publishing
610 (2.278 %)Banking
78 (1.822 %)Insurance
87 (1.595 %)Multimedia
96 (1.367 %)Telecoms
105 (1.139 %)Health
114 (0.911 %)Education
114 (0.911 %)Games
123 (0.683 %)Automotive
123 (0.683 %)Animation
131 (0.228 %)Online Games
131 (0.228 %)Front Office
131 (0.228 %)Electric
131 (0.228 %)Government
131 (0.228 %)Legal
131 (0.228 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
1356 (81.09 %)Developer
2131 (29.84 %)Web Developer
344 (10.02 %)Java Developer
442 (9.567 %).NET Developer
534 (7.745 %)Web Designer
625 (5.695 %)Java/J2EE Developer
723 (5.239 %)ASP.NET Developer
819 (4.328 %)C# Developer
917 (3.872 %)VB.NET Developer
1013 (2.961 %)J2EE Developer
1112 (2.733 %)Team Leader
1112 (2.733 %).NET Web Developer
1112 (2.733 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1211 (2.506 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1310 (2.278 %)PHP Developer
149 (2.050 %)WebSphere Developer
158 (1.822 %)HTML Developer
158 (1.822 %)Flash Developer
158 (1.822 %)ASP Developer
167 (1.595 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
171 (16.17 %)W3C
244 (10.02 %)iDTV
314 (3.189 %)Web 2.0
47 (1.595 %)N-Tier
55 (1.139 %)Handset
64 (0.911 %)Computer Science
72 (0.456 %)Bioinformatics
72 (0.456 %)Biology
81 (0.228 %)Mathematics
81 (0.228 %)Physics
81 (0.228 %)VAX
81 (0.228 %)Streaming Media
81 (0.228 %)BBC
81 (0.228 %)Copywriting
81 (0.228 %)Blog
81 (0.228 %)Podcast
81 (0.228 %)E-Learning
81 (0.228 %)SCORM
81 (0.228 %)STB
81 (0.228 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
114 (3.189 %)Windows
114 (3.189 %)Linux
213 (2.961 %)Unix
32 (0.456 %)Solaris
41 (0.228 %)HPUX
41 (0.228 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.228 %)Windows NT
41 (0.228 %)Windows XP
41 (0.228 %)VMS
41 (0.228 %)OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
177 (17.54 %)E-Commerce
256 (12.76 %)Web Development
351 (11.62 %)OO
441 (9.339 %)Web Design
538 (8.656 %)Agile Software Development
631 (7.062 %)UML
726 (5.923 %)SEO
726 (5.923 %)Content Management
822 (5.011 %)OOD
917 (3.872 %)MVC
1012 (2.733 %)CRM
1111 (2.506 %)OOP
1210 (2.278 %)RAD
1210 (2.278 %)Internet Marketing
1210 (2.278 %)Continuous Integration
139 (2.050 %)Unit Testing
147 (1.595 %)TDD
155 (1.139 %)Use Case
155 (1.139 %)OOA/OOD
164 (0.911 %)Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1248 (56.49 %)JavaScript
2108 (24.60 %)SQL
396 (21.87 %)DHTML
479 (18.00 %)Java
555 (12.53 %)C#
642 (9.567 %)VB.NET
738 (8.656 %)PHP
832 (7.289 %)Transact-SQL
929 (6.606 %)ActionScript
1018 (4.100 %)VB
1117 (3.872 %)VBScript
1212 (2.733 %)Perl
1311 (2.506 %)VB6
145 (1.139 %)XPath
154 (0.911 %)PHP5
154 (0.911 %)Delphi
154 (0.911 %)ECMAScript
163 (0.683 %)C++
172 (0.456 %)C
172 (0.456 %)Python
Qualifications
110 (2.278 %)Degree
27 (1.595 %)Sun Certification
33 (0.683 %)HND
42 (0.456 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.456 %)MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
131 (7.062 %)WCAG
212 (2.733 %)WAI
32 (0.456 %)QA
Vendors
133 (7.517 %)Microsoft
223 (5.239 %)Oracle
320 (4.556 %)IBM
419 (4.328 %)Interwoven
515 (3.417 %)Adobe
610 (2.278 %)BEA
77 (1.595 %)Sun
86 (1.367 %)Macromedia
94 (0.911 %)Avaya
94 (0.911 %)Remedy
102 (0.456 %)Tridion
111 (0.228 %)CheckPoint
111 (0.228 %)BT
111 (0.228 %)Olivetti
111 (0.228 %)HP
111 (0.228 %)Cisco
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