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This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Lancashire 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1026
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads3220
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.043 %0.020 %
As % of the category below37.21 %16.13 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£281
% change on same period last year+5.29 %
Hourly rates quoted68
Average minimum hourly rate£21.17£21.18
Average hourly rate£23.58£26.45
% change on same period last year-10.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00£31.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.65£28.31
% change on same period last year-9.37 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads86124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.115 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted522
Average minimum daily rate£260£322
Average daily rate£291£352
% change on same period last year-17.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1623
Average minimum hourly rate£26.23£22.47
Average hourly rate£29.14£26.84
% change on same period last year+8.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.04£31.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
CSS North WestCSS
North West

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CSS across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire CSS Demand Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CSS across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Lancashire CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

CSS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
PrestonUp+39--
Newton-le-WillowsNew entry-2--
BlackpoolUp+41--
BurnleyNew entry-1--
CSS North WestCSS
North West

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

141 (74.55 %)JavaScript
237 (67.27 %).NET
329 (52.73 %)ASP
428 (50.91 %)HTML
522 (40.00 %)SQL Server
621 (38.18 %)VBScript
718 (32.73 %)Visual Studio
817 (30.91 %)ASP.NET
817 (30.91 %)SQL
817 (30.91 %)C#
915 (27.27 %)Oracle
915 (27.27 %)Microsoft
1013 (23.64 %)Oracle Reports
1013 (23.64 %)Crystal Reports
1013 (23.64 %)PL/SQL
1112 (21.82 %)XML
1112 (21.82 %)SQL Server 2005
1211 (20.00 %)XHTML
1310 (18.18 %)InterDev
149 (16.36 %)e-GIF
149 (16.36 %)VB
158 (14.55 %)VB.NET
158 (14.55 %)DHTML
158 (14.55 %)IIS
167 (12.73 %)WebServices
167 (12.73 %)SOAP
167 (12.73 %)Government
167 (12.73 %)VB6
167 (12.73 %)AJAX
167 (12.73 %)Local Government

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
137 (67.27 %).NET
229 (52.73 %)ASP
328 (50.91 %)HTML
417 (30.91 %)ASP.NET
512 (21.82 %)XML
611 (20.00 %)XHTML
77 (12.73 %)WebServices
77 (12.73 %)SOAP
77 (12.73 %)AJAX
83 (5.455 %)JSP
83 (5.455 %)J2EE
83 (5.455 %)Hibernate
92 (3.636 %)JDBC
92 (3.636 %)Servlets
101 (1.818 %)Struts
101 (1.818 %)Spring
101 (1.818 %)Java RMI
101 (1.818 %)XML Schema
101 (1.818 %)XSLT
101 (1.818 %)Silverlight
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (14.55 %)IIS
24 (7.273 %)ColdFusion
33 (5.455 %)SharePoint
42 (3.636 %)Apache
51 (1.818 %)BizTalk Server
51 (1.818 %)CMS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (10.91 %)MS Excel
22 (3.636 %)Photoshop
31 (1.818 %)Adobe Illustrator
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.636 %)Summit
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (10.91 %)LDAP
23 (5.455 %)Internet
31 (1.818 %)FTP
31 (1.818 %)SSL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (40.00 %)SQL Server
213 (23.64 %)Crystal Reports
213 (23.64 %)Oracle Reports
312 (21.82 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (10.91 %)DTS
46 (10.91 %)SQL Server 7
53 (5.455 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (3.636 %)MySQL
71 (1.818 %)Oracle 10g
71 (1.818 %)Oracle 9i
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (32.73 %)Visual Studio
210 (18.18 %)InterDev
36 (10.91 %)Dreamweaver
36 (10.91 %)VSS/SourceSafe
44 (7.273 %)Flash
52 (3.636 %)Ant
61 (1.818 %)Subversion
61 (1.818 %)Eclipse
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (12.73 %)Government
17 (12.73 %)Local Government
25 (9.091 %)Construction
32 (3.636 %)Retail
32 (3.636 %)Multimedia
32 (3.636 %)Health
41 (1.818 %)Manufacturing
41 (1.818 %)Police
41 (1.818 %)Marketing
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
153 (96.36 %)Developer
221 (38.18 %)Web Developer
316 (29.09 %).NET Developer
411 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
56 (10.91 %)C# Developer
56 (10.91 %)Software Developer
65 (9.091 %)VB.NET Developer
74 (7.273 %)ColdFusion Developer
74 (7.273 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
83 (5.455 %)ASP Developer
92 (3.636 %)Java Developer
92 (3.636 %)PHP Developer
92 (3.636 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
92 (3.636 %)HTML Developer
92 (3.636 %)MySQL Developer
92 (3.636 %)SharePoint Developer
101 (1.818 %)JavaScript Developer
101 (1.818 %)PHP Web Developer
101 (1.818 %).NET Web Developer
101 (1.818 %)SQL Server Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.818 %)EPoS
11 (1.818 %)W3C
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (1.818 %)UNIX
11 (1.818 %)Windows
11 (1.818 %)Linux
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (16.36 %)e-GIF
25 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
33 (5.455 %)UML
33 (5.455 %)OO
42 (3.636 %)Scrum
42 (3.636 %)Web Design
51 (1.818 %)Content Management
51 (1.818 %)Information Management
51 (1.818 %)Logistics
51 (1.818 %)Web Development
51 (1.818 %)Internet Marketing
51 (1.818 %)Unit Testing
51 (1.818 %)CRM
51 (1.818 %)SEO
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
141 (74.55 %)JavaScript
221 (38.18 %)VBScript
317 (30.91 %)C#
317 (30.91 %)SQL
413 (23.64 %)PL/SQL
59 (16.36 %)VB
68 (14.55 %)VB.NET
68 (14.55 %)DHTML
77 (12.73 %)VB6
85 (9.091 %)Java
92 (3.636 %)PHP
92 (3.636 %)Transact-SQL
101 (1.818 %)Perl
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.818 %)Degree
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.636 %)QA
21 (1.818 %)WAI
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (27.27 %)Oracle
115 (27.27 %)Microsoft
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