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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Leicestershire 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads712
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.013 %
As % of the category below12.28 %14.29 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£288£300
Average daily rate£306£350
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£268£265
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.34£28.06
% change on same period last year-16.80 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads5784
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.092 %
Daily rates quoted1614
Average minimum daily rate£338£357
Average daily rate£349£383
% change on same period last year-8.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted1713
Average minimum hourly rate£34.66£27.76
Average hourly rate£35.25£31.70
% change on same period last year+11.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.84£35.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
CSS East MidlandsCSS
East Midlands

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 Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Leicestershire CSS Daily Rate Histogram

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 4 December 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
LoughboroughNew entry-1--
LeicesterDown-21--
CSS East MidlandsCSS
East Midlands

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

115 (83.33 %)HTML
28 (44.44 %)XHTML
37 (38.89 %)Flash
46 (33.33 %)Dreamweaver
46 (33.33 %)C#
46 (33.33 %).NET
46 (33.33 %)Photoshop
46 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
55 (27.78 %)Web Design
64 (22.22 %)Finance
64 (22.22 %)ASP
64 (22.22 %)SQL
64 (22.22 %)JavaScript
73 (16.67 %)PHP
73 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
73 (16.67 %)Oracle
73 (16.67 %)Oracle APEX
73 (16.67 %)TDD
82 (11.11 %)Intranet
82 (11.11 %)MySQL
82 (11.11 %)XML
82 (11.11 %)ActionScript
91 (5.556 %)VBScript
91 (5.556 %)IIS
91 (5.556 %)SQL Server
91 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (5.556 %)WebTrends
91 (5.556 %)RDBMS
91 (5.556 %)W3C
91 (5.556 %)E-Commerce

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (83.33 %)HTML
28 (44.44 %)XHTML
36 (33.33 %).NET
36 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
44 (22.22 %)ASP
52 (11.11 %)XML
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.556 %)IIS
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (33.33 %)Photoshop
21 (5.556 %)Adobe Illustrator
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.556 %)WebTrends
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.11 %)Intranet
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (11.11 %)MySQL
21 (5.556 %)SQL Server
21 (5.556 %)RDBMS
21 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (38.89 %)Flash
26 (33.33 %)Dreamweaver
33 (16.67 %)Oracle APEX
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (22.22 %)Finance
21 (5.556 %)Marketing
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (72.22 %)Developer
26 (33.33 %)Web Designer
34 (22.22 %)Web Developer
43 (16.67 %)Oracle Developer
43 (16.67 %).NET Developer
52 (11.11 %)PHP Developer
61 (5.556 %)Flash Developer
61 (5.556 %)MySQL Developer
61 (5.556 %)C# Developer
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)W3C
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (27.78 %)Web Design
23 (16.67 %)TDD
31 (5.556 %)Content Management
31 (5.556 %)Web Development
31 (5.556 %)E-Commerce
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (33.33 %)C#
24 (22.22 %)JavaScript
24 (22.22 %)SQL
33 (16.67 %)PHP
33 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
42 (11.11 %)ActionScript
51 (5.556 %)PHP5
51 (5.556 %)VBScript
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (16.67 %)Oracle