The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 17 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 Solihull 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Rank 9 15 12
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -3
Contract jobs citing CSS 6 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 8.333% 1.220% 1.449%
As % of the Application Development category 42.86% 11.11% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £275 £200 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% +60.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+55.55% -13.46%
All Application Development
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
14 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 19.44% 10.98% 8.696%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
Average daily rate £275 £200 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £200 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £300 £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £19.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
CSS
West Midlands

CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Solihull CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 9 (75.00%) .NET
2 8 (66.67%) C#
2 8 (66.67%) HTML
2 8 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
4 6 (50.00%) XHTML
5 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
5 5 (41.67%) .NET Framework
5 5 (41.67%) jQuery
6 4 (33.33%) CSS3
6 4 (33.33%) Ajax
6 4 (33.33%) MVC
6 4 (33.33%) SQL
7 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
7 3 (25.00%) Web Services
7 3 (25.00%) HTML5
7 3 (25.00%) Web Application Development
8 2 (16.67%) Graceful Degradation
8 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (16.67%) XML
8 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
8 2 (16.67%) PRINCE
8 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
8 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
8 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
8 2 (16.67%) ASP
8 2 (16.67%) Finance
8 2 (16.67%) Games
8 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 9 (75.00%) .NET
2 8 (66.67%) HTML
3 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
4 6 (50.00%) XHTML
5 5 (41.67%) .NET Framework
5 5 (41.67%) jQuery
6 4 (33.33%) Ajax
6 4 (33.33%) CSS3
7 3 (25.00%) HTML5
7 3 (25.00%) Web Services
8 2 (16.67%) XML
8 2 (16.67%) ASP
8 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (16.67%) JSON
8 2 (16.67%) Dojo
8 2 (16.67%) YUI
8 2 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (8.333%) WinForms
9 1 (8.333%) DHTML
9 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) IIS
1 1 (8.333%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (8.333%) DTS
2 1 (8.333%) RDBMS
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Web Developer
3 4 (33.33%) .NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) C# Developer
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (16.67%) Programmer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Programmer
4 2 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
4 2 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Front-End Developer
4 2 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) NHS
1 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) MVC
2 3 (25.00%) Web Application Development
3 2 (16.67%) Graceful Degradation
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE
3 2 (16.67%) Web Development
3 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.333%) OO
4 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
4 1 (8.333%) Content Management
4 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
4 1 (8.333%) Web Usability
4 1 (8.333%) Data Entry
4 1 (8.333%) Progressive Enhancement
4 1 (8.333%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
1 8 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 1 (8.333%) VB6
5 1 (8.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft