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This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3037
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads4831
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.033 %
As % of the category below19.43 %14.35 %
Daily rates quoted195
Average minimum daily rate£267£304
Average daily rate£280£329
% change on same period last year-14.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£285
% change on same period last year+6.28 %
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£24.97£27.11
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
Application Development ReadingApplication Development
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads247216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.229 %
Daily rates quoted7352
Average minimum daily rate£312£334
Average daily rate£330£351
% change on same period last year-6.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted2311
Average minimum hourly rate£31.26£28.42
Average hourly rate£35.66£29.71
% change on same period last year+20.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.07£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
CSS BerkshireCSS
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Reading region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Reading CSS Daily Rate Histogram

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

167 (72.04 %)HTML
262 (66.67 %)JavaScript
345 (48.39 %)XHTML
437 (39.78 %)XML
527 (29.03 %).NET
624 (25.81 %)C#
624 (25.81 %)AJAX
721 (22.58 %)PHP
721 (22.58 %)SQL Server
820 (21.51 %)ASP.NET
820 (21.51 %)MySQL
918 (19.35 %)Linux
1017 (18.28 %)JSP
1115 (16.13 %)Photoshop
1214 (15.05 %)Java
1313 (13.98 %)CMS
1313 (13.98 %)PHP5
1412 (12.90 %)Web Development
1412 (12.90 %)LAMP
1412 (12.90 %)ASP
1511 (11.83 %)Flash
1511 (11.83 %)XSLT
1511 (11.83 %)Subversion
169 (9.677 %)Adobe Illustrator
169 (9.677 %)Content Management
169 (9.677 %)Red Hat
169 (9.677 %)DOM
178 (8.602 %)Python
178 (8.602 %)Apache
178 (8.602 %)Eclipse

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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
167 (72.04 %)HTML
245 (48.39 %)XHTML
337 (39.78 %)XML
427 (29.03 %).NET
524 (25.81 %)AJAX
620 (21.51 %)ASP.NET
717 (18.28 %)JSP
812 (12.90 %)ASP
812 (12.90 %)LAMP
911 (11.83 %)XSLT
109 (9.677 %)DOM
118 (8.602 %)Drupal
127 (7.527 %)JSTL
136 (6.452 %)WebServices
144 (4.301 %)XSL
153 (3.226 %)Zend Framework
153 (3.226 %)ASP.NET 2.0
153 (3.226 %)CAML
153 (3.226 %)Windows SharePoint Services
162 (2.151 %).NET Framework
Application Platforms
113 (13.98 %)CMS
28 (8.602 %)Apache
36 (6.452 %)SharePoint
44 (4.301 %)Tomcat
44 (4.301 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (2.151 %)Movable Type
52 (2.151 %)Mambo
52 (2.151 %)WebLogic
61 (1.075 %)IIS
61 (1.075 %)JBoss
61 (1.075 %)TeamSite
61 (1.075 %)Commerce Server
61 (1.075 %)WebLogic Portal
61 (1.075 %)Commerce Server 2007
Applications
115 (16.13 %)Photoshop
29 (9.677 %)Adobe Illustrator
36 (6.452 %)MS Visio
41 (1.075 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
12 (2.151 %)Internet
12 (2.151 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
121 (22.58 %)SQL Server
220 (21.51 %)MySQL
35 (5.376 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (3.226 %)PostgreSQL
52 (2.151 %)SQL Server 7
61 (1.075 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (1.075 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (1.075 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
111 (11.83 %)Flash
111 (11.83 %)Subversion
28 (8.602 %)Eclipse
36 (6.452 %)Visual Studio
44 (4.301 %)Ant
44 (4.301 %)Dreamweaver
53 (3.226 %)FrontPage
61 (1.075 %)JUnit
61 (1.075 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
16 (6.452 %)Telecoms
22 (2.151 %)Government
22 (2.151 %)Retail
22 (2.151 %)Marketing
31 (1.075 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (1.075 %)Publishing
31 (1.075 %)Finance
31 (1.075 %)Education
Job Titles
165 (69.89 %)Developer
235 (37.63 %)Web Developer
316 (17.20 %).NET Developer
412 (12.90 %)Web Designer
510 (10.75 %)ASP.NET Developer
68 (8.602 %)C# Developer
68 (8.602 %)Senior Developer
77 (7.527 %)Senior Web Developer
77 (7.527 %)PHP Developer
77 (7.527 %)Photoshop Designer
77 (7.527 %)Web Manager
77 (7.527 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
85 (5.376 %)Development Manager
94 (4.301 %)Web Development Manager
94 (4.301 %)Junior
103 (3.226 %)Consultant
103 (3.226 %)Applications Developer
103 (3.226 %)Project Leader
112 (2.151 %)ASP Developer
112 (2.151 %)Architect
Miscellaneous
14 (4.301 %)Web 2.0
23 (3.226 %)Taxonomies
23 (3.226 %)Social Network
23 (3.226 %)N-Tier
23 (3.226 %)W3C
Operating Systems
118 (19.35 %)Linux
23 (3.226 %)Unix
23 (3.226 %)Windows
31 (1.075 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
112 (12.90 %)Web Development
29 (9.677 %)Content Management
36 (6.452 %)Web Design
45 (5.376 %)E-Commerce
54 (4.301 %)Project Management
54 (4.301 %)Migration
63 (3.226 %)OO
63 (3.226 %)Service Delivery
72 (2.151 %)CRM
72 (2.151 %)Direct Marketing
72 (2.151 %)System Testing
81 (1.075 %)Data Migration
81 (1.075 %)Agile Software Development
81 (1.075 %)Scrum
81 (1.075 %)Extreme Programming
81 (1.075 %)SEO
Programming Languages
162 (66.67 %)JavaScript
224 (25.81 %)C#
321 (22.58 %)PHP
414 (15.05 %)Java
513 (13.98 %)PHP5
68 (8.602 %)Python
68 (8.602 %)SQL
74 (4.301 %)DHTML
74 (4.301 %)Perl
83 (3.226 %)C
83 (3.226 %)C++
83 (3.226 %)Transact-SQL
92 (2.151 %)VBScript
92 (2.151 %)ActionScript
92 (2.151 %)Ruby
101 (1.075 %)Korn
101 (1.075 %)XPath
101 (1.075 %)PHP4
101 (1.075 %)Shell Script
Qualifications
13 (3.226 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (2.151 %)MCP
22 (2.151 %)MCAD
22 (2.151 %)MCSD
31 (1.075 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
17 (7.527 %)WCAG
23 (3.226 %)SLA
32 (2.151 %)QA
Vendors
19 (9.677 %)Red Hat
27 (7.527 %)Oracle
34 (4.301 %)Quark
43 (3.226 %)Zend
52 (2.151 %)FatWire
52 (2.151 %)Microsoft
61 (1.075 %)BEA
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