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This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the M4 Corridor 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank20-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below16.67 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£280
% change on same period last year+6.78 %
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£25.69£28.57
% change on same period last year-10.05 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads1835
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.035 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£350£320
Average daily rate£350£330
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
CSS South EastCSS
South East

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 M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

15 (100.00 %)XHTML
24 (80.00 %)JavaScript
32 (40.00 %)PHP
32 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
32 (40.00 %)MySQL
32 (40.00 %)Zend
32 (40.00 %)Zend Framework
32 (40.00 %)PHP5
32 (40.00 %)HTML
41 (20.00 %)Content Management
41 (20.00 %)Web Development
41 (20.00 %)CMS
41 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (20.00 %)SQL
41 (20.00 %).NET

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)XHTML
22 (40.00 %)Zend Framework
22 (40.00 %)HTML
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (20.00 %).NET
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)CMS
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)MySQL
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Dreamweaver
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)PHP Developer
31 (20.00 %).NET Web Developer
31 (20.00 %)Web Developer
31 (20.00 %).NET Developer
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Content Management
11 (20.00 %)Web Development
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)JavaScript
22 (40.00 %)PHP
22 (40.00 %)PHP5
31 (20.00 %)SQL
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Zend