The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 17 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 Exeter 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Rank 3 10 6
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Contract jobs citing CSS 23 9 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 20.72% 15.00% 22.37%
As % of the Application Development category 48.94% 34.62% 44.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 6
Average daily rate £320 £419 £423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.62% -0.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £285 £399
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £475 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £19.76 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+77.12% -28.14%
All Application Development
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
47 26 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 42.34% 43.33% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 15 16
Average daily rate £325 £419 £423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.43% -0.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £376
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -66.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
CSS
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CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter 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 Exeter region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 24 (77.42%) JavaScript
2 22 (70.97%) HTML
3 19 (61.29%) .NET
3 19 (61.29%) Web Services
3 19 (61.29%) XML
4 18 (58.06%) C#
5 13 (41.94%) XQuery
6 12 (38.71%) XPath
6 12 (38.71%) jQuery
7 10 (32.26%) Dojo
7 10 (32.26%) HTML5
7 10 (32.26%) CSS3
7 10 (32.26%) ASP.NET
8 9 (29.03%) VB.NET
8 9 (29.03%) XSLT
9 8 (25.81%) MCAD
9 8 (25.81%) MCSD
9 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (25.81%) SOA
9 8 (25.81%) Oracle
9 8 (25.81%) Oracle Applications
9 8 (25.81%) Git (software)
10 7 (22.58%) Ajax
10 7 (22.58%) Web Development
10 7 (22.58%) Agile Software Development
11 6 (19.35%) ArcSDE
11 6 (19.35%) Data Management
11 6 (19.35%) Summit
11 6 (19.35%) Information Management
11 6 (19.35%) Publishing

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 22 (70.97%) HTML
2 19 (61.29%) .NET
2 19 (61.29%) Web Services
2 19 (61.29%) XML
3 12 (38.71%) jQuery
4 10 (32.26%) HTML5
4 10 (32.26%) CSS3
4 10 (32.26%) ASP.NET
4 10 (32.26%) Dojo
5 9 (29.03%) XSLT
6 7 (22.58%) Ajax
7 6 (19.35%) REST
7 6 (19.35%) ArcObjects
7 6 (19.35%) Apache Flex
7 6 (19.35%) Silverlight
7 6 (19.35%) Servlets
7 6 (19.35%) XSD
7 6 (19.35%) J2EE
8 4 (12.90%) JAXB
8 4 (12.90%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 6 (19.35%) ArcGIS
1 6 (19.35%) ArcSDE
2 1 (3.226%) Joomla!
2 1 (3.226%) Drupal
2 1 (3.226%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Photoshop
1 6 (19.35%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (16.13%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (19.35%) Summit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) GIS
2 1 (3.226%) MySQL
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Git (software)
2 6 (19.35%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.226%) Subversion
General
1 6 (19.35%) Publishing
2 3 (9.677%) Back Office
2 3 (9.677%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (80.65%) Developer
2 12 (38.71%) .NET Developer
3 6 (19.35%) GIS Developer
4 5 (16.13%) Web Designer
4 5 (16.13%) Designer
5 4 (12.90%) Web Developer
6 3 (9.677%) Photoshop Designer
7 2 (6.452%) Software Developer
7 2 (6.452%) HTML Developer
8 1 (3.226%) Senior .NET Developer
8 1 (3.226%) ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (3.226%) PHP Developer
8 1 (3.226%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.226%) VB.NET Developer
8 1 (3.226%) Front-End Developer
8 1 (3.226%) Front-End Web Developer
8 1 (3.226%) PHP MySQL Developer
8 1 (3.226%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
1 6 (19.35%) Linux
1 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (19.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 6 (19.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) SOA
2 7 (22.58%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (22.58%) Web Development
3 6 (19.35%) Data Modelling
3 6 (19.35%) Data Management
3 6 (19.35%) Information Management
4 5 (16.13%) User Experience Design
4 5 (16.13%) Information Architecture
4 5 (16.13%) Usability Testing
5 4 (12.90%) OO
5 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
6 3 (9.677%) B2B
6 3 (9.677%) B2C
6 3 (9.677%) Configuration Management
7 2 (6.452%) MVC
7 2 (6.452%) Web Design
7 2 (6.452%) Waterfall
8 1 (3.226%) E-Commerce
8 1 (3.226%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (77.42%) JavaScript
2 18 (58.06%) C#
3 13 (41.94%) XQuery
4 12 (38.71%) XPath
5 9 (29.03%) VB.NET
6 6 (19.35%) Python
6 6 (19.35%) Java
7 2 (6.452%) C
7 2 (6.452%) SQL
8 1 (3.226%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) MCAD
1 8 (25.81%) MCSD
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.452%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO 9001
1 6 (19.35%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Oracle
2 6 (19.35%) Red Hat
2 6 (19.35%) ESRI
3 1 (3.226%) Zend
3 1 (3.226%) Microsoft