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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Scotland region.

 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank273440
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Up+6
Matching contract IT job ads824468
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland4.209 %2.979 %2.399 %
As % of the Application Development category17.67 %13.88 %11.76 %
Daily rates quoted3677
Average daily rate£280£150£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+86.66 %-55.55 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£150£144£207
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£344£350£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£255£275
% change year-on-year
-1.960 %-7.270 %
Hourly rates quoted546
Average hourly rate£27.50£17.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.76 %-32.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.10£10.80£18.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£33.80£20.75£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£20.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00 %-27.27 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
464317578
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland23.82 %21.46 %20.40 %
Daily rates quoted16967132
Average daily rate£320£275£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.36 %-21.42 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£165£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£450£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted91713
Average hourly rate£31.50£22.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00 %-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.15£10.50£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£34.55£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
CSS UKCSS
UK

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.

CSS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CSS across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Scotland CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

CSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
GlasgowUp+647£300+81.81 %
EdinburghDown-528£158+5.00 %
FifeNew entry-3--
West LothianUp+31--
CSS UKCSS
UK

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1107 (79.26 %)HTML
293 (68.89 %)JavaScript
360 (44.44 %)XML
447 (34.81 %).NET
540 (29.63 %)XHTML
639 (28.89 %)C#
738 (28.15 %)ASP.NET
833 (24.44 %)Oracle
928 (20.74 %)SQL
1026 (19.26 %)SQL Server
1125 (18.52 %)Java
1223 (17.04 %)Web Development
1223 (17.04 %)Web Services
1322 (16.30 %)Photoshop
1421 (15.56 %)Web Design
1520 (14.81 %)CMS
1520 (14.81 %)Internet
1619 (14.07 %)Intranet
1619 (14.07 %)PHP
1717 (12.59 %)XSLT
1717 (12.59 %)OO
1815 (11.11 %)Perl
1815 (11.11 %)AJAX
1914 (10.37 %)Government
2013 (9.630 %)W3C
2013 (9.630 %)Content Management
2112 (8.889 %)J2EE
2211 (8.148 %)Oracle 9i
2211 (8.148 %)Dreamweaver
2211 (8.148 %)Oracle 10g

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1107 (79.26 %)HTML
260 (44.44 %)XML
347 (34.81 %).NET
440 (29.63 %)XHTML
538 (28.15 %)ASP.NET
623 (17.04 %)Web Services
717 (12.59 %)XSLT
815 (11.11 %)AJAX
912 (8.889 %)J2EE
1010 (7.407 %).NET Framework
1010 (7.407 %)jQuery
119 (6.667 %)Flash
119 (6.667 %)ASP
119 (6.667 %)JSP
119 (6.667 %)WebSphere
127 (5.185 %)ArcObjects
127 (5.185 %)Spring
136 (4.444 %)DHTML
144 (2.963 %)JSON
144 (2.963 %)LINQ
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (14.81 %)CMS
211 (8.148 %)Oracle Spatial
310 (7.407 %)ArcSDE
310 (7.407 %)ArcIMS
310 (7.407 %)SharePoint
48 (5.926 %)Joomla!
57 (5.185 %)Apache
64 (2.963 %)SharePoint Server 2007
73 (2.222 %)Umbraco
73 (2.222 %)Drupal
82 (1.481 %)Immediacy CMS
82 (1.481 %)WebSphere Portal
82 (1.481 %)Sitecore CMS
82 (1.481 %)IIS
82 (1.481 %)Lotus Domino
82 (1.481 %)ColdFusion
82 (1.481 %)QuickPlace
91 (0.741 %)Tomcat
91 (0.741 %)ExpressionEngine
91 (0.741 %)Morello
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
122 (16.30 %)Photoshop
27 (5.185 %)MS Visio
34 (2.963 %)MS Excel
34 (2.963 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (1.481 %)MS Office
42 (1.481 %)Fireworks
51 (0.741 %)InDesign
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.741 %)Google Analytics
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (14.81 %)Internet
219 (14.07 %)Intranet
34 (2.963 %)Extranet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (19.26 %)SQL Server
211 (8.148 %)Oracle 9i
211 (8.148 %)Oracle 10g
211 (8.148 %)GIS
310 (7.407 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (5.926 %)MySQL
54 (2.963 %)SQL Server 2008
54 (2.963 %)RDBMS
61 (0.741 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.741 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.741 %)Oracle 8/8i
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (8.148 %)Dreamweaver
26 (4.444 %)FrontPage
35 (3.704 %)Visual Studio
44 (2.963 %)CruiseControl
44 (2.963 %)NUnit
44 (2.963 %)Ant
53 (2.222 %)ClearCase
53 (2.222 %)Maven
62 (1.481 %)Subversion
62 (1.481 %)Selenium
71 (0.741 %)Eclipse
71 (0.741 %)Team Foundation Server
71 (0.741 %)WatiN
71 (0.741 %)Oracle APEX
71 (0.741 %)ReSharper
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (10.37 %)Government
29 (6.667 %)Finance
36 (4.444 %)Publishing
45 (3.704 %)Marketing
53 (2.222 %)Graphic Design
62 (1.481 %)Banking
62 (1.481 %)Pensions
71 (0.741 %)Games
71 (0.741 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.741 %)Retail
71 (0.741 %)Multimedia
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
192 (68.15 %)Developer
237 (27.41 %)Web Developer
325 (18.52 %)Designer
420 (14.81 %).NET Developer
517 (12.59 %)Web Designer
611 (8.148 %)GIS Developer
710 (7.407 %)C# Developer
87 (5.185 %)Senior Developer
87 (5.185 %)ASP.NET Developer
96 (4.444 %)UI Designer
96 (4.444 %)PHP Developer
96 (4.444 %)Technical Manager
96 (4.444 %)Project Manager
96 (4.444 %)Technical Project Manager
104 (2.963 %).NET Web Developer
104 (2.963 %)SharePoint Developer
104 (2.963 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
104 (2.963 %)Java Developer
104 (2.963 %)Interface Designer
113 (2.222 %)Intranet Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (9.630 %)W3C
23 (2.222 %)RIA
23 (2.222 %)Social Network
32 (1.481 %)Web 2.0
32 (1.481 %)Replication
41 (0.741 %)BBC
41 (0.741 %)Handset
41 (0.741 %)Computer Science
41 (0.741 %)Mashup
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (2.222 %)UNIX
13 (2.222 %)Windows
22 (1.481 %)Linux
31 (0.741 %)Windows Server 2003
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (17.04 %)Web Development
221 (15.56 %)Web Design
317 (12.59 %)OO
413 (9.630 %)Content Management
58 (5.926 %)MVC
67 (5.185 %)E-business
67 (5.185 %)Project Management
75 (3.704 %)Agile Software Development
84 (2.963 %)Unit Testing
84 (2.963 %)E-Commerce
84 (2.963 %)OOP
93 (2.222 %)Scrum
93 (2.222 %)Migration
93 (2.222 %)Stakeholder Management
93 (2.222 %)Web Usability
93 (2.222 %)Web Accessibility
93 (2.222 %)Online Marketing
93 (2.222 %)Business Analysis
93 (2.222 %)Competitor Analysis
102 (1.481 %)TDD
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
193 (68.89 %)JavaScript
239 (28.89 %)C#
328 (20.74 %)SQL
425 (18.52 %)Java
519 (14.07 %)PHP
615 (11.11 %)Perl
711 (8.148 %)Python
89 (6.667 %)VB.NET
96 (4.444 %)T-SQL
96 (4.444 %)C
105 (3.704 %)PL/SQL
113 (2.222 %)Shell Script
113 (2.222 %)VB
113 (2.222 %)XPath
122 (1.481 %)VB6
122 (1.481 %)Ruby
122 (1.481 %)VBScript
122 (1.481 %)LotusScript
131 (0.741 %)XAML
131 (0.741 %)CFML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (4.444 %)Degree
16 (4.444 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (3.704 %)MCP
25 (3.704 %)MCAD
25 (3.704 %)MCSD
25 (3.704 %)MCTS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
133 (24.44 %)Oracle
211 (8.148 %)ESRI
310 (7.407 %)Microsoft
46 (4.444 %)Adobe
52 (1.481 %)Sitecore
52 (1.481 %)Lotus
61 (0.741 %)Sony
61 (0.741 %)Nokia
61 (0.741 %)Siemens
61 (0.741 %)IBM
61 (0.741 %)JBoss
61 (0.741 %)Google
61 (0.741 %)Alterian