The first table below looks at the demand for CSS3 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS3 over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Manchester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CSS 3
Rank 49 79 70
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -9
Contract jobs citing CSS3 26 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 2.711% 0.162% 0.096%
As % of the Application Development category 9.091% 0.549% 0.350%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 0
Average daily rate £263 £190 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.15% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £376
% change year-on-year
- -20.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.61 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year
- -35.77%
All Application Development
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286 364 286
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 29.82% 29.50% 27.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 197 159
Average daily rate £300 £288 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% +4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 17
Average hourly rate £25.00 £19.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.20% -40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £16.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £33.64 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
CSS3
North West

CSS3
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CSS3 across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester CSS3 Jobs Demand Trend

CSS3
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CSS3 across the Manchester region.

Manchester CSS3 Daily Rate Trend

CSS3
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS3 across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester CSS3 Daily Rate Histogram

CSS3
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CSS3 across the Manchester region.

Manchester CSS3 Hourly Rate Trend

CSS3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS3 within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bolton - 2 £163 - 1
Oldham - 1 £163 - 2
Stockport - 1 £163 -
Wigan - - - -
Sale - - - -
Salford - - - -
CSS3
North West

CSS3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing CSS3 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 CSS3.

1 48 (100.00%) CSS
2 45 (93.75%) JavaScript
3 41 (85.42%) HTML5
4 35 (72.92%) jQuery
5 27 (56.25%) HTML
6 21 (43.75%) PHP
7 19 (39.58%) JSON
8 16 (33.33%) XML
9 15 (31.25%) Java
9 15 (31.25%) MySQL
10 14 (29.17%) Web Services
11 12 (25.00%) Web Design
11 12 (25.00%) Ajax
12 10 (20.83%) SQL
13 9 (18.75%) .NET
13 9 (18.75%) XSL
13 9 (18.75%) CMS
13 9 (18.75%) LAMP
13 9 (18.75%) Degree
14 8 (16.67%) Subversion
14 8 (16.67%) Content Management
14 8 (16.67%) SOAP
15 7 (14.58%) ASP.NET
15 7 (14.58%) C#
15 7 (14.58%) MVC
15 7 (14.58%) REST
16 6 (12.50%) Spring
16 6 (12.50%) JSTL
16 6 (12.50%) Eclipse
16 6 (12.50%) SEO

CSS3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing CSS3 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 CSS3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 48 (100.00%) CSS
2 41 (85.42%) HTML5
3 35 (72.92%) jQuery
4 27 (56.25%) HTML
5 19 (39.58%) JSON
6 16 (33.33%) XML
7 14 (29.17%) Web Services
8 12 (25.00%) Ajax
9 9 (18.75%) .NET
9 9 (18.75%) XSL
9 9 (18.75%) LAMP
10 8 (16.67%) SOAP
11 7 (14.58%) ASP.NET
11 7 (14.58%) REST
12 6 (12.50%) Spring
12 6 (12.50%) JSTL
12 6 (12.50%) JSP
12 6 (12.50%) Servlets
12 6 (12.50%) XHTML
13 5 (10.42%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 9 (18.75%) CMS
2 5 (10.42%) Apache
2 5 (10.42%) TeamSite
2 5 (10.42%) Drupal
3 3 (6.250%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.083%) MS Exchange
4 1 (2.083%) WordPress
4 1 (2.083%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (12.50%) Photoshop
2 4 (8.333%) Fireworks
3 2 (4.167%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.083%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.333%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (31.25%) MySQL
2 2 (4.167%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Subversion
2 6 (12.50%) Eclipse
2 6 (12.50%) NetBeans
3 4 (8.333%) Git (software)
3 4 (8.333%) JIRA
4 1 (2.083%) Mercurial
4 1 (2.083%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.083%) PhoneGap
4 1 (2.083%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 5 (10.42%) Banking
2 3 (6.250%) Finance
2 3 (6.250%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.167%) Marketing
4 1 (2.083%) Games
4 1 (2.083%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (89.58%) Developer
2 23 (47.92%) Web Developer
3 9 (18.75%) Front-End Developer
4 7 (14.58%) Designer
5 6 (12.50%) PHP Developer
5 6 (12.50%) Applications Developer
5 6 (12.50%) Java Developer
6 5 (10.42%) Web Applications Developer
6 5 (10.42%) Java Web Developer
7 4 (8.333%) Drupal Developer
7 4 (8.333%) Java Applications Developer
7 4 (8.333%) .NET Developer
7 4 (8.333%) Web Designer
8 3 (6.250%) PHP Drupal Developer
8 3 (6.250%) Mobile Developer
8 3 (6.250%) UI Designer
9 2 (4.167%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (4.167%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (4.167%) Front-End Web Developer
9 2 (4.167%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Client/Server
2 3 (6.250%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.083%) Social Network
3 1 (2.083%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.083%) Linux
2 1 (2.083%) Android
2 1 (2.083%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Web Design
2 8 (16.67%) Content Management
3 7 (14.58%) MVC
4 6 (12.50%) SEO
5 5 (10.42%) OOP
5 5 (10.42%) Web Analytics
5 5 (10.42%) Analytics
6 4 (8.333%) Web Development
6 4 (8.333%) ITIL
7 3 (6.250%) Scrum
7 3 (6.250%) Release Management
8 2 (4.167%) Responsive Web Design
8 2 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (4.167%) Service Delivery
9 1 (2.083%) OO
9 1 (2.083%) OOD
9 1 (2.083%) Migration
9 1 (2.083%) Mobile Commerce
9 1 (2.083%) Creative Marketing
9 1 (2.083%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 45 (93.75%) JavaScript
2 21 (43.75%) PHP
3 15 (31.25%) Java
4 10 (20.83%) SQL
5 7 (14.58%) C#
6 5 (10.42%) PHP5
7 3 (6.250%) Ruby
8 1 (2.083%) T-SQL
8 1 (2.083%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (18.75%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (2.083%) Plesk
Vendors
1 5 (10.42%) Interwoven
2 4 (8.333%) Facebook
2 4 (8.333%) Adobe
3 2 (4.167%) Twitter
3 2 (4.167%) Zend
4 1 (2.083%) Apple
4 1 (2.083%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.083%) Sitecore
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