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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Luton 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1327
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.009 %
As % of the category below3.846 %13.85 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£291
Average daily rate-£380
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£469
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£282
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.76
% change on same period last year-10.01 %
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Luton
Matching contract IT job ads2665
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.064 %
Daily rates quoted1728
Average minimum daily rate£273£311
Average daily rate£282£365
% change on same period last year-22.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£290£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£16.00£33.75
% change on same period last year-52.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
CSS LondonCSS
London

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

116 (84.21 %)PHP
214 (73.68 %)XHTML
313 (68.42 %)MySQL
313 (68.42 %)Zend
313 (68.42 %)Zend Framework
412 (63.16 %)Interactive Media
412 (63.16 %)SEO
412 (63.16 %)OO
57 (36.84 %)JavaScript
57 (36.84 %)OOP
57 (36.84 %)PHP5
65 (26.32 %)LAMP
74 (21.05 %)Apache
74 (21.05 %)Linux
74 (21.05 %)HTML
83 (15.79 %).NET
83 (15.79 %)ASP.NET
92 (10.53 %)XML
92 (10.53 %)XSLT
92 (10.53 %)C#
92 (10.53 %)SQL Server
92 (10.53 %)SQL
92 (10.53 %)VB.NET
101 (5.263 %)ASP
101 (5.263 %)DHTML
101 (5.263 %)DOM
101 (5.263 %)WebServices
101 (5.263 %)AJAX
101 (5.263 %)Web Development
101 (5.263 %)Education

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (73.68 %)XHTML
213 (68.42 %)Zend Framework
35 (26.32 %)LAMP
44 (21.05 %)HTML
53 (15.79 %).NET
53 (15.79 %)ASP.NET
62 (10.53 %)XML
62 (10.53 %)XSLT
71 (5.263 %)DOM
71 (5.263 %)AJAX
71 (5.263 %)WebServices
71 (5.263 %)ASP
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (21.05 %)Apache
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.263 %)Internet
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (68.42 %)MySQL
22 (10.53 %)SQL Server
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (63.16 %)Interactive Media
21 (5.263 %)Education
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (100.00 %)Developer
213 (68.42 %)Web Developer
34 (21.05 %)PHP Developer
41 (5.263 %)PHP Web Developer
41 (5.263 %)LAMP Developer
41 (5.263 %).NET Developer
41 (5.263 %)C# Developer
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)W3C
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (21.05 %)Linux
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (63.16 %)OO
112 (63.16 %)SEO
27 (36.84 %)OOP
31 (5.263 %)Web Development
31 (5.263 %)Web Testing
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (84.21 %)PHP
27 (36.84 %)PHP5
27 (36.84 %)JavaScript
32 (10.53 %)SQL
32 (10.53 %)VB.NET
32 (10.53 %)C#
41 (5.263 %)DHTML
41 (5.263 %)PHP4
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (68.42 %)Zend