The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Oxford 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Rank 23 14 4
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -10
Contract jobs citing CSS 13 29 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 5.652% 8.480% 16.25%
As % of the Application Development category 36.11% 30.85% 37.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 24 15
Average daily rate £285 £225 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% -18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £190 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £350 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £19.76 £27.75
% change year-on-year
+77.12% -28.79%
All Application Development
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
36 94 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 15.65% 27.49% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 56 48
Average daily rate £320 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £223 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £438 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £12.28
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +144.39%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
CSS
Oxfordshire

CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford CSS Jobs Demand Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford CSS Daily Rate Histogram

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

1 20 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (52.00%) HTML
3 12 (48.00%) Ajax
3 12 (48.00%) jQuery
3 12 (48.00%) HTML5
3 12 (48.00%) CSS3
4 8 (32.00%) CMS
5 5 (20.00%) PHP
6 4 (16.00%) .NET
6 4 (16.00%) MySQL
6 4 (16.00%) XML
6 4 (16.00%) XSL
6 4 (16.00%) SQL
6 4 (16.00%) C#
6 4 (16.00%) Scrum
6 4 (16.00%) Web Development
6 4 (16.00%) Digital Media
7 3 (12.00%) Pharmacovigilance
7 3 (12.00%) Unit Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Alfresco
7 3 (12.00%) Sencha
7 3 (12.00%) MVC
7 3 (12.00%) Content Management
7 3 (12.00%) JSP
7 3 (12.00%) Photoshop
7 3 (12.00%) XHTML
7 3 (12.00%) Interwoven
7 3 (12.00%) TeamSite
7 3 (12.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (12.00%) Oracle

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Application Development
1 13 (52.00%) HTML
2 12 (48.00%) Ajax
2 12 (48.00%) jQuery
2 12 (48.00%) HTML5
2 12 (48.00%) CSS3
3 4 (16.00%) .NET
3 4 (16.00%) XML
3 4 (16.00%) XSL
4 3 (12.00%) JSP
4 3 (12.00%) XHTML
5 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET
5 2 (8.000%) Web Services
5 2 (8.000%) WebSphere
5 2 (8.000%) .NET Framework
5 2 (8.000%) JSON
5 2 (8.000%) LINQ
5 2 (8.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (4.000%) Backbone.js
6 1 (4.000%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (4.000%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 8 (32.00%) CMS
2 3 (12.00%) Alfresco
2 3 (12.00%) TeamSite
3 1 (4.000%) MODX
3 1 (4.000%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) MySQL
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (8.000%) Firebug
1 2 (8.000%) Fiddler
1 2 (8.000%) Selenium
1 2 (8.000%) FitNesse
General
1 3 (12.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (8.000%) Marketing
3 1 (4.000%) German Language
3 1 (4.000%) Japanese Language
3 1 (4.000%) Publishing
3 1 (4.000%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 22 (88.00%) Developer
2 8 (32.00%) Front-End Developer
3 5 (20.00%) PHP Developer
4 4 (16.00%) .NET Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Web Developer
5 3 (12.00%) PL/SQL Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Programmer
5 3 (12.00%) SQL Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Software Engineer
6 2 (8.000%) .NET Web Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) Test Analyst
6 2 (8.000%) C# Developer
6 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Agile .NET Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Agile C# Developer
6 2 (8.000%) Front-End Web Developer
6 2 (8.000%) SQL Programmer
7 1 (4.000%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Digital Media
2 3 (12.00%) Pharmacovigilance
3 2 (8.000%) N-Tier
4 1 (4.000%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.000%) Android
1 1 (4.000%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.00%) Scrum
1 4 (16.00%) Web Development
2 3 (12.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (12.00%) MVC
2 3 (12.00%) Content Management
3 2 (8.000%) ITIL
3 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2
3 2 (8.000%) UML
3 2 (8.000%) OOP
3 2 (8.000%) OO
3 2 (8.000%) RAD
3 2 (8.000%) Software Testing
3 2 (8.000%) Workflow Management
3 2 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (8.000%) TDD
3 2 (8.000%) Workflow
3 2 (8.000%) Regression Testing
3 2 (8.000%) Web Design
3 2 (8.000%) Integration Testing
3 2 (8.000%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 20 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (20.00%) PHP
3 4 (16.00%) SQL
3 4 (16.00%) C#
4 3 (12.00%) PL/SQL
5 2 (8.000%) Java
5 2 (8.000%) Python
6 1 (4.000%) ActionScript 3.0
6 1 (4.000%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (4.000%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Sencha
1 3 (12.00%) Interwoven
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.000%) IBM
3 1 (4.000%) Google