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This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Midlands 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
Rank4360
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads3325
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.025 %
As % of the category below11.04 %6.739 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£337-
Average daily rate£357-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£377-
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£281
% change on same period last year+5.29 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.65£28.31
% change on same period last year-9.37 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads299371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.399 %0.375 %
Daily rates quoted6133
Average minimum daily rate£355£340
Average daily rate£380£365
% change on same period last year+4.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£391
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted619
Average minimum hourly rate£24.14£36.96
Average hourly rate£27.36£37.78
% change on same period last year-27.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.57£38.61
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

148 (78.69 %)JavaScript
239 (63.93 %)HTML
338 (62.30 %).NET
431 (50.82 %)ASP.NET
526 (42.62 %)XML
623 (37.70 %)C#
722 (36.07 %)XHTML
722 (36.07 %)AJAX
818 (29.51 %)SQL Server
915 (24.59 %)Visual Studio
1013 (21.31 %)Agile Software Development
1112 (19.67 %)WebServices
1211 (18.03 %)Oracle
1211 (18.03 %)W3C
1211 (18.03 %)Content Management
1310 (16.39 %)Flash
1310 (16.39 %)SharePoint
1310 (16.39 %)VB.NET
1310 (16.39 %)IIS
149 (14.75 %)SQL Server 2005
158 (13.11 %)Web Development
158 (13.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
158 (13.11 %)Dreamweaver
158 (13.11 %)Microsoft
158 (13.11 %)Oracle 10g
167 (11.48 %)SOAP
167 (11.48 %)Windows
167 (11.48 %)SQL
167 (11.48 %)VB
167 (11.48 %)SharePoint Server 2007

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
139 (63.93 %)HTML
238 (62.30 %).NET
331 (50.82 %)ASP.NET
426 (42.62 %)XML
522 (36.07 %)XHTML
522 (36.07 %)AJAX
612 (19.67 %)WebServices
78 (13.11 %)ASP.NET 2.0
87 (11.48 %)SOAP
96 (9.836 %)XSLT
104 (6.557 %)WCF
104 (6.557 %)WinForms
104 (6.557 %).NET Framework
113 (4.918 %)Silverlight
113 (4.918 %)XSL
113 (4.918 %)ASP
122 (3.279 %)YUI
122 (3.279 %)jQuery
122 (3.279 %)MooTools
122 (3.279 %)Dojo
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (16.39 %)IIS
110 (16.39 %)SharePoint
27 (11.48 %)SharePoint Server 2007
36 (9.836 %)CMS
44 (6.557 %)BizTalk Server
52 (3.279 %)Lotus Notes
52 (3.279 %)Lotus Domino
61 (1.639 %)Apache
61 (1.639 %)Tomcat
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (9.836 %)MS Excel
24 (6.557 %)Photoshop
32 (3.279 %)MS Visio
32 (3.279 %)Fireworks
41 (1.639 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (1.639 %)InfoPath
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.639 %)FTP
11 (1.639 %)TCP/IP
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (29.51 %)SQL Server
29 (14.75 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (13.11 %)Oracle 10g
44 (6.557 %)SQL Server 7
52 (3.279 %)MySQL
61 (1.639 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (1.639 %)Crystal Reports
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (24.59 %)Visual Studio
210 (16.39 %)Flash
38 (13.11 %)Dreamweaver
44 (6.557 %)NUnit
44 (6.557 %)Subversion
44 (6.557 %)Oracle Forms
44 (6.557 %)Oracle Designer 10g
53 (4.918 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (1.639 %)Zend Studio
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (8.197 %)Retail
24 (6.557 %)Finance
24 (6.557 %)Graphic Design
32 (3.279 %)Marketing
32 (3.279 %)Financial Institution
32 (3.279 %)Publishing
41 (1.639 %)Construction
41 (1.639 %)Health
41 (1.639 %)Advertising
41 (1.639 %)Video Editing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
146 (75.41 %)Developer
221 (34.43 %).NET Developer
313 (21.31 %)Web Developer
410 (16.39 %)ASP.NET Developer
58 (13.11 %)Web Designer
67 (11.48 %)C# Developer
76 (9.836 %)VB.NET Developer
76 (9.836 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
84 (6.557 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
84 (6.557 %)SharePoint Developer
84 (6.557 %)Team Leader
84 (6.557 %)HTML Developer
93 (4.918 %)Flash Developer
93 (4.918 %)JavaScript Developer
102 (3.279 %)Web Team Leader
102 (3.279 %).NET Web Developer
111 (1.639 %)Senior Web Designer
111 (1.639 %)Flash Designer
111 (1.639 %)Senior C# Developer
111 (1.639 %)Senior .NET Developer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (18.03 %)W3C
26 (9.836 %)NHS
31 (1.639 %)Social Network
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (11.48 %)Windows
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (21.31 %)Agile Software Development
211 (18.03 %)Content Management
38 (13.11 %)Web Development
46 (9.836 %)UML
55 (8.197 %)RAD
64 (6.557 %)CAD
73 (4.918 %)OOP
73 (4.918 %)OO
73 (4.918 %)Asset Management
82 (3.279 %)E-Commerce
82 (3.279 %)TDD
82 (3.279 %)Validation
82 (3.279 %)Scrum
82 (3.279 %)Web Design
91 (1.639 %)Internet Marketing
91 (1.639 %)Usability Testing
91 (1.639 %)Unit Testing
91 (1.639 %)OOD
91 (1.639 %)B2B
91 (1.639 %)B2C
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
148 (78.69 %)JavaScript
223 (37.70 %)C#
310 (16.39 %)VB.NET
47 (11.48 %)VB
47 (11.48 %)SQL
56 (9.836 %)Java
65 (8.197 %)VB6
65 (8.197 %)PHP
74 (6.557 %)PL/SQL
74 (6.557 %)DHTML
82 (3.279 %)Perl
82 (3.279 %)PHP5
91 (1.639 %)PHP4
91 (1.639 %)ActionScript
91 (1.639 %)VBScript
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (6.557 %)Degree
21 (1.639 %)Microsoft Certification
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.279 %)QA
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (18.03 %)Oracle
28 (13.11 %)Microsoft
32 (3.279 %)Lotus
41 (1.639 %)Stellent
41 (1.639 %)Zend
41 (1.639 %)SAP
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