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This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the London 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
Rank2656
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads15471338
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.062 %1.354 %
As % of the category below18.37 %11.39 %
Daily rates quoted688446
Average minimum daily rate£284£284
Average daily rate£317£309
% change on same period last year+2.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£281
% change on same period last year+5.29 %
Hourly rates quoted6179
Average minimum hourly rate£27.15£24.59
Average hourly rate£29.70£27.55
% change on same period last year+7.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.24£30.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.65£28.31
% change on same period last year-9.37 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads842311752
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.23 %11.89 %
Daily rates quoted37584669
Average minimum daily rate£371£402
Average daily rate£400£431
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted235387
Average minimum hourly rate£29.98£31.11
Average hourly rate£32.18£33.97
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.37£36.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CSS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London 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 London region.

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

London 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 London region.

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonUp+64263£338-7.31 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1715£304+21.32 %
LutonUp+1612£267-22.48 %
RomfordDown-34--
UpminsterNew entry-4£278-
UxbridgeDown-82£225-
CroydonDown-122--
EnfieldNo change02£200-
Canary WharfUp+12£325+19.04 %
WimbledonUp+32£275-
HammersmithDown-121--
PaddingtonNew entry-1--
TwickenhamUp+51£288-
SouthwarkNew entry-1£440-
HarrowNew entry-1--
CSS EnglandCSS
England

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

12368 (70.67 %)HTML
22213 (66.04 %)JavaScript
31306 (38.97 %)XHTML
41191 (35.54 %)XML
51084 (32.35 %).NET
61017 (30.35 %)AJAX
7762 (22.74 %)C#
8753 (22.47 %)ASP.NET
9709 (21.16 %)PHP
10681 (20.32 %)SQL Server
11665 (19.84 %)SQL
12635 (18.95 %)Flash
13529 (15.79 %)OO
14471 (14.06 %)Photoshop
15462 (13.79 %)MySQL
16408 (12.18 %)XSLT
17384 (11.46 %)Java
18349 (10.41 %)Web Development
19338 (10.09 %)ActionScript
20307 (9.161 %)JSP
21306 (9.132 %)CMS
22289 (8.624 %)ASP
23287 (8.565 %)W3C
24272 (8.117 %)DHTML
25256 (7.640 %)SQL Server 2005
26249 (7.431 %)Microsoft
27236 (7.043 %)WebServices
28233 (6.953 %)Content Management
29216 (6.446 %)Internet
30213 (6.356 %)Agile Software Development

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12368 (70.67 %)HTML
21306 (38.97 %)XHTML
31191 (35.54 %)XML
41084 (32.35 %).NET
51017 (30.35 %)AJAX
6753 (22.47 %)ASP.NET
7408 (12.18 %)XSLT
8307 (9.161 %)JSP
9289 (8.624 %)ASP
10236 (7.043 %)WebServices
11203 (6.058 %)J2EE
12141 (4.208 %)Adobe Flex
13135 (4.029 %)Spring
14125 (3.730 %)ASP.NET 2.0
15122 (3.641 %)XSL
16102 (3.044 %).NET Framework
1798 (2.925 %)SOAP
1892 (2.745 %)Hibernate
1982 (2.447 %)MVC
2079 (2.358 %)Struts
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1306 (9.132 %)CMS
2174 (5.192 %)IIS
3159 (4.745 %)Apache
4143 (4.267 %)SharePoint
586 (2.566 %)WebLogic
673 (2.178 %)ColdFusion
765 (1.940 %)SharePoint Server 2007
857 (1.701 %)Tomcat
945 (1.343 %)TeamSite
1043 (1.283 %)JBoss
1125 (0.746 %)Content Management Server
1223 (0.686 %)BizTalk Server
1316 (0.477 %)Documentum
1316 (0.477 %)Lotus Notes
1316 (0.477 %)Lotus Domino
1414 (0.418 %)Joomla!
1513 (0.388 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1611 (0.328 %)Commerce Server
179 (0.269 %)Commerce Server 2007
179 (0.269 %)Alfresco
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1471 (14.06 %)Photoshop
2113 (3.372 %)Adobe Illustrator
366 (1.970 %)Fireworks
464 (1.910 %)MS Office
562 (1.850 %)MS Visio
659 (1.761 %)MS Excel
734 (1.015 %)MS Project
819 (0.567 %)ImageReady
911 (0.328 %)Acrobat
107 (0.209 %)Paint Shop Pro
107 (0.209 %)Quicktime
116 (0.179 %)RoboHelp
116 (0.179 %)FreeHand
125 (0.149 %)MS PowerPoint
125 (0.149 %)QuarkXPress
134 (0.119 %)InfoPath
143 (0.090 %)3ds Max
143 (0.090 %)InDesign
152 (0.060 %)Adobe Premiere
161 (0.030 %)Adobe Captivate
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (0.477 %)SAP CRM
27 (0.209 %)WebTrends
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1216 (6.446 %)Internet
2137 (4.088 %)Intranet
348 (1.432 %)HTTP
421 (0.627 %)TCP/IP
517 (0.507 %)FTP
613 (0.388 %)DNS
712 (0.358 %)LDAP
811 (0.328 %)Firewall
811 (0.328 %)Extranet
99 (0.269 %)LAN
108 (0.239 %)SSL
117 (0.209 %)SMTP
117 (0.209 %)IIOP
117 (0.209 %)NetScreen
125 (0.149 %)Network Security
125 (0.149 %)OSPF
125 (0.149 %)BGP
125 (0.149 %)WAN
125 (0.149 %)ADSL
134 (0.119 %)SSH
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1681 (20.32 %)SQL Server
2462 (13.79 %)MySQL
3256 (7.640 %)SQL Server 2005
4110 (3.283 %)SQL Server 2000
547 (1.403 %)SQL Server 7
637 (1.104 %)Oracle 10g
730 (0.895 %)MS Access
828 (0.836 %)RDBMS
921 (0.627 %)Oracle 9i
1020 (0.597 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1117 (0.507 %)TOAD
129 (0.269 %)DTS
136 (0.179 %)Datawarehouse
145 (0.149 %)SQL Server Integration Services
154 (0.119 %)PostgreSQL
154 (0.119 %)Informix
154 (0.119 %)Oracle Reports
154 (0.119 %)BusinessObjects
163 (0.090 %)Oracle 8/8i
163 (0.090 %)Crystal Reports
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1635 (18.95 %)Flash
2163 (4.864 %)Visual Studio
3154 (4.596 %)Dreamweaver
4127 (3.790 %)Subversion
568 (2.029 %)VSS/SourceSafe
658 (1.731 %)JUnit
750 (1.492 %)Eclipse
843 (1.283 %)Ant
933 (0.985 %)NUnit
1027 (0.806 %)Firebug
1122 (0.657 %)Selenium
1219 (0.567 %)FitNesse
1311 (0.328 %)FrontPage
147 (0.209 %)JDeveloper
147 (0.209 %)PowerBuilder
155 (0.149 %)QuickTest Pro
155 (0.149 %)LoadRunner
155 (0.149 %)CruiseControl
164 (0.119 %)Rational Rose
164 (0.119 %)TestDirector
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1206 (6.147 %)Finance
2132 (3.939 %)Marketing
3129 (3.850 %)Banking
488 (2.626 %)Games
571 (2.119 %)Investment Banking
663 (1.880 %)Publishing
757 (1.701 %)Retail
856 (1.671 %)Government
949 (1.462 %)Telecoms
1042 (1.253 %)Advertising
1132 (0.955 %)Construction
1228 (0.836 %)Interactive Media
1324 (0.716 %)Online Games
1324 (0.716 %)Graphic Design
1422 (0.657 %)Multimedia
1422 (0.657 %)Education
1521 (0.627 %)Insurance
1620 (0.597 %)Front Office
1716 (0.477 %)Music
1812 (0.358 %)Health
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12660 (79.38 %)Developer
2926 (27.63 %)Web Developer
3511 (15.25 %).NET Developer
4368 (10.98 %)C# Developer
5330 (9.848 %)PHP Developer
6247 (7.371 %)ASP.NET Developer
7192 (5.730 %)Web Designer
8168 (5.013 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
9146 (4.357 %)Senior Developer
10139 (4.148 %)HTML Developer
11130 (3.879 %)Flash Developer
12125 (3.730 %)Java Developer
1393 (2.775 %)JavaScript Developer
1487 (2.596 %).NET Web Developer
1574 (2.208 %)C# Web Developer
1667 (1.999 %)UI Developer
1756 (1.671 %)Project Manager
1852 (1.552 %)Junior
1949 (1.462 %)Analyst
1949 (1.462 %)SQL Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1287 (8.565 %)W3C
2122 (3.641 %)Web 2.0
365 (1.940 %)N-Tier
461 (1.820 %)Social Network
547 (1.403 %)Computer Science
626 (0.776 %)Mathematics
725 (0.746 %)NHS
823 (0.686 %)Blog
922 (0.657 %)E-Learning
1021 (0.627 %)Fixed Income
1118 (0.537 %)Equities
1216 (0.477 %)iDTV
1315 (0.448 %)Streaming Video
1412 (0.358 %)Streaming Media
1510 (0.298 %)Wiki
169 (0.269 %)Derivative
178 (0.239 %)Statistics
186 (0.179 %)Management Information System
186 (0.179 %)BBC
186 (0.179 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1171 (5.103 %)Linux
2166 (4.954 %)UNIX
3153 (4.566 %)Windows
414 (0.418 %)Mac OS X
513 (0.388 %)Windows Server 2003
612 (0.358 %)Windows XP
710 (0.298 %)Windows NT
88 (0.239 %)Solaris
96 (0.179 %)Windows 2000
96 (0.179 %)Debian
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1529 (15.79 %)OO
2349 (10.41 %)Web Development
3233 (6.953 %)Content Management
4213 (6.356 %)Agile Software Development
5203 (6.058 %)OOP
6165 (4.924 %)E-Commerce
7143 (4.267 %)UML
8129 (3.850 %)Web Design
994 (2.805 %)TDD
1091 (2.716 %)Project Management
1185 (2.537 %)SEO
1185 (2.537 %)Scrum
1271 (2.119 %)OOD
1350 (1.492 %)CRM
1443 (1.283 %)Workflow
1541 (1.224 %)Document Management
1634 (1.015 %)Software Engineering
1733 (0.985 %)Digital Marketing
1829 (0.865 %)Security Cleared
1926 (0.776 %)Time Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12213 (66.04 %)JavaScript
2762 (22.74 %)C#
3709 (21.16 %)PHP
4665 (19.84 %)SQL
5384 (11.46 %)Java
6338 (10.09 %)ActionScript
7272 (8.117 %)DHTML
8185 (5.521 %)PHP5
9168 (5.013 %)Transact-SQL
10125 (3.730 %)Perl
11108 (3.223 %)VB.NET
1288 (2.626 %)PHP4
1370 (2.089 %)VBScript
1463 (1.880 %)VB
1539 (1.164 %)C++
1636 (1.074 %)PL/SQL
1636 (1.074 %)Ruby
1729 (0.865 %)C
1826 (0.776 %)VBA
1922 (0.657 %)Python
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1107 (3.193 %)Degree
218 (0.537 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (0.358 %)Cisco Certification
410 (0.298 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
56 (0.179 %)MCSD
56 (0.179 %)CCIE
65 (0.149 %)CCNA
65 (0.149 %)MCAD
73 (0.090 %)MCP
73 (0.090 %)MCSE
73 (0.090 %)CCNP
82 (0.060 %)Sun Certification
82 (0.060 %)MCTS
91 (0.030 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.030 %)HND
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
157 (1.701 %)WAI
243 (1.283 %)WCAG
342 (1.253 %)QA
49 (0.269 %)ISO9001
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (0.477 %)Active Directory
22 (0.060 %)AquaLogic
31 (0.030 %)Squid
31 (0.030 %)Terminal Services
31 (0.030 %)MSMQ
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.060 %)CA SiteMinder
12 (0.060 %)MIIS
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1249 (7.431 %)Microsoft
2180 (5.372 %)Oracle
3112 (3.342 %)Adobe
455 (1.641 %)RedDot
554 (1.611 %)Google
632 (0.955 %)Macromedia
731 (0.925 %)Sybase
826 (0.776 %)Zend
917 (0.507 %)Lotus
1016 (0.477 %)SAP
1114 (0.418 %)Mercator
1213 (0.388 %)Red Hat
1312 (0.358 %)IBM
1312 (0.358 %)salesforce.com
1312 (0.358 %)Altova
1410 (0.298 %)Cisco
159 (0.269 %)BEA
168 (0.239 %)Tridion
177 (0.209 %)Interwoven
186 (0.179 %)Sun
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