The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 27 37 37
Rank change year-on-year
+10 0
Contract jobs citing CSS 110 64 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 7.106% 3.993% 4.432%
As % of the Application Development category 23.86% 14.65% 15.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 38 43
Average daily rate £325 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.55% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £400 £384
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
Average hourly rate £23.13 £17.50 £26.28
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.14% -33.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £19.76 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+77.12% -28.14%
All Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
461 437 526
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.78% 27.26% 28.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 194 216
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 49 71
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £19.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
CSS
South East

CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Basingstoke +10 42 £350 -1.40%
Southampton +5 19 £273 -9.16%
Portsmouth +9 8 £331 -17.18%
Winchester +1 4 £295 +9.25%
Farnborough +1 2 £325 +4.83%
Andover - 2 £350 -
Eastleigh -2 1 - -
Havant - 1 - -
CSS
South East

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 148 (79.57%) HTML
2 140 (75.27%) JavaScript
3 126 (67.74%) jQuery
4 75 (40.32%) SQL Server
5 72 (38.71%) Java
6 69 (37.10%) SQL
7 65 (34.95%) MVC
8 63 (33.87%) Web Development
9 56 (30.11%) UML
10 55 (29.57%) Web Services
10 55 (29.57%) .NET
11 50 (26.88%) JUnit
12 49 (26.34%) Hibernate
12 49 (26.34%) Spring
13 44 (23.66%) Agile Software Development
13 44 (23.66%) SOAP
13 44 (23.66%) Git (software)
14 43 (23.12%) OOD
15 40 (21.51%) REST
16 39 (20.97%) JPA
16 39 (20.97%) ASP.NET
16 39 (20.97%) Maven
16 39 (20.97%) Java EE
16 39 (20.97%) Spring MVC
17 38 (20.43%) XML
17 38 (20.43%) BDD
18 37 (19.89%) Software Architecture
18 37 (19.89%) HTML5
18 37 (19.89%) JMS
18 37 (19.89%) EJB

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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
1 148 (79.57%) HTML
2 126 (67.74%) jQuery
3 55 (29.57%) .NET
3 55 (29.57%) Web Services
4 49 (26.34%) Hibernate
4 49 (26.34%) Spring
5 44 (23.66%) SOAP
6 40 (21.51%) REST
7 39 (20.97%) JPA
7 39 (20.97%) Java EE
7 39 (20.97%) Spring MVC
7 39 (20.97%) ASP.NET
8 38 (20.43%) XML
9 37 (19.89%) EJB
9 37 (19.89%) JMS
9 37 (19.89%) JSON
9 37 (19.89%) HTML5
10 36 (19.35%) Spring Security
10 36 (19.35%) Spring Web Flow
10 36 (19.35%) JAXB
Application Platforms
1 31 (16.67%) CMS
2 17 (9.140%) BizTalk Server
3 14 (7.527%) IIS
4 9 (4.839%) Magento
4 9 (4.839%) WebLogic
5 8 (4.301%) WordPress
5 8 (4.301%) SharePoint
5 8 (4.301%) Drupal
6 5 (2.688%) Oracle Application Server
6 5 (2.688%) SharePoint 2010
7 4 (2.151%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (2.151%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (1.613%) Apache
8 3 (1.613%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.613%) Windows Azure
9 2 (1.075%) Liferay
9 2 (1.075%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (1.075%) WebLogic Portal
9 2 (1.075%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.538%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 22 (11.83%) MS Excel
2 11 (5.914%) Photoshop
3 6 (3.226%) MS Office
4 4 (2.151%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (2.151%) InfoPath
5 2 (1.075%) GIMP
5 2 (1.075%) InDesign
5 2 (1.075%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.075%) Fireworks
6 1 (0.538%) 3ds Max
Business Applications
1 11 (5.914%) Tridion
2 1 (0.538%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.538%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.538%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.075%) Internet
2 1 (0.538%) Extranet
2 1 (0.538%) Network Security
2 1 (0.538%) HTTP
2 1 (0.538%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (40.32%) SQL Server
2 37 (19.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 36 (19.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 16 (8.602%) NoSQL
5 15 (8.065%) MySQL
6 12 (6.452%) SQL Server 2005
7 10 (5.376%) SQL Server 2008
8 9 (4.839%) Oracle 11g
9 8 (4.301%) Oracle 10g
10 5 (2.688%) Oracle OWB
10 5 (2.688%) Oracle BI EE
10 5 (2.688%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (2.151%) Oracle Discoverer
11 4 (2.151%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (1.613%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.613%) TOAD
12 3 (1.613%) SQLPlus
13 2 (1.075%) Oracle 8/8i
14 1 (0.538%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 50 (26.88%) JUnit
2 44 (23.66%) Git (software)
3 39 (20.97%) Maven
4 36 (19.35%) Mockito
5 27 (14.52%) Selenium
6 16 (8.602%) NUnit
7 13 (6.989%) Visual Studio
7 13 (6.989%) JBehave
8 11 (5.914%) Subversion
9 10 (5.376%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 10 (5.376%) JSUnit
10 9 (4.839%) Jenkins
11 8 (4.301%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (2.151%) Eclipse
12 4 (2.151%) Axure RP
13 3 (1.613%) Moq
13 3 (1.613%) Log4j
13 3 (1.613%) FitNesse
14 2 (1.075%) Xcode
14 2 (1.075%) ClearQuest
General
1 9 (4.839%) Telecoms
2 8 (4.301%) Finance
3 6 (3.226%) Manufacturing
4 3 (1.613%) Marketing
5 2 (1.075%) Retail
6 1 (0.538%) Electronics
6 1 (0.538%) Games
6 1 (0.538%) Military
6 1 (0.538%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 170 (91.40%) Developer
2 49 (26.34%) Java Developer
3 38 (20.43%) Web Developer
4 22 (11.83%) Front-End Developer
5 19 (10.22%) PHP Developer
6 18 (9.677%) .NET Developer
7 11 (5.914%) C# Developer
7 11 (5.914%) Technical Leader
8 8 (4.301%) Front-End Web Developer
8 8 (4.301%) Tridion Developer
9 7 (3.763%) Perl Developer
9 7 (3.763%) C# .NET Developer
10 6 (3.226%) ASP.NET Developer
10 6 (3.226%) Oracle Developer
10 6 (3.226%) Programmer
11 5 (2.688%) Analyst
11 5 (2.688%) Designer
11 5 (2.688%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 5 (2.688%) VB.NET Developer
12 4 (2.151%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.452%) Client/Server
2 11 (5.914%) N-Tier
3 6 (3.226%) W3C
3 6 (3.226%) SaaS
4 4 (2.151%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.151%) iPhone
5 2 (1.075%) PMI
5 2 (1.075%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.075%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.075%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (0.538%) Social Media
6 1 (0.538%) iPad
6 1 (0.538%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.538%) Open Source
6 1 (0.538%) DTV
6 1 (0.538%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.538%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.065%) Windows
2 8 (4.301%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (3.763%) Linux
4 5 (2.688%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.688%) Oracle Linux
5 4 (2.151%) Android
5 4 (2.151%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (2.151%) UNIX
6 3 (1.613%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.613%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.95%) MVC
2 63 (33.87%) Web Development
3 56 (30.11%) UML
4 44 (23.66%) Agile Software Development
5 43 (23.12%) OOD
6 38 (20.43%) BDD
7 37 (19.89%) Software Architecture
8 32 (17.20%) Pair Programming
9 25 (13.44%) OO
9 25 (13.44%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (9.677%) OOP
11 16 (8.602%) Dependency Injection
12 13 (6.989%) Unit Testing
13 12 (6.452%) TDD
13 12 (6.452%) Scrum
14 10 (5.376%) Business Intelligence
15 8 (4.301%) Data Security
15 8 (4.301%) Migration
16 7 (3.763%) Content Management
16 7 (3.763%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 140 (75.27%) JavaScript
2 72 (38.71%) Java
3 69 (37.10%) SQL
4 36 (19.35%) C#
5 27 (14.52%) PHP
6 15 (8.065%) Perl
7 14 (7.527%) T-SQL
8 12 (6.452%) VB
8 12 (6.452%) VB.NET
9 11 (5.914%) PL/SQL
10 9 (4.839%) PHP5
11 6 (3.226%) Shell Script
12 5 (2.688%) C++
13 4 (2.151%) C
14 2 (1.075%) Ruby
14 2 (1.075%) XPath
15 1 (0.538%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.538%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (6.452%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.839%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.075%) OCP
3 2 (1.075%) Oracle Certification
3 2 (1.075%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.538%) MCPD
4 1 (0.538%) Degree
4 1 (0.538%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.538%) MCAD
4 1 (0.538%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.226%) QA
2 5 (2.688%) HL7
3 1 (0.538%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.151%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (0.538%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 31 (16.67%) JBoss
2 28 (15.05%) Oracle
3 27 (14.52%) Microsoft
4 16 (8.602%) Twitter
5 10 (5.376%) Telerik
5 10 (5.376%) Aquila
6 8 (4.301%) Google
7 5 (2.688%) Zend
7 5 (2.688%) Serena
8 4 (2.151%) VMware
9 3 (1.613%) Adobe
10 2 (1.075%) Lotus
10 2 (1.075%) Open Text
11 1 (0.538%) Infragistics
11 1 (0.538%) SAP
11 1 (0.538%) Interwoven
11 1 (0.538%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.538%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.538%) Ektron
11 1 (0.538%) Sencha
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