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This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Southampton 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
Rank59
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads2630
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.032 %
As % of the category below39.39 %30.30 %
Daily rates quoted26
Average minimum daily rate£200£300
Average daily rate£200£329
% change on same period last year-39.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£285
% change on same period last year+6.28 %
Hourly rates quoted44
Average minimum hourly rate£30.67£19.60
Average hourly rate£32.46£21.71
% change on same period last year+49.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.25£23.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.97£27.11
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
Application Development SouthamptonApplication Development
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads6699
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.105 %
Daily rates quoted1124
Average minimum daily rate£314£313
Average daily rate£346£333
% change on same period last year+3.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted814
Average minimum hourly rate£32.96£23.47
Average hourly rate£34.85£26.39
% change on same period last year+32.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.74£29.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
CSS HampshireCSS
Hampshire

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Southampton CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

125 (71.43 %)XHTML
222 (62.86 %)XML
321 (60.00 %).NET
419 (54.29 %)SQL Server
419 (54.29 %)HTML
518 (51.43 %)Visual Studio
614 (40.00 %)JavaScript
713 (37.14 %)ASP
713 (37.14 %)Photoshop
713 (37.14 %)CMS
811 (31.43 %).NET Framework
910 (28.57 %)Content Management
910 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
109 (25.71 %)SQL
109 (25.71 %)Web Development
118 (22.86 %)SQL Server 2005
118 (22.86 %)Intranet
118 (22.86 %)VBScript
118 (22.86 %)VB.NET
127 (20.00 %)C#
127 (20.00 %)ColdFusion
127 (20.00 %)Flash
136 (17.14 %)Marketing
145 (14.29 %)Internet
145 (14.29 %)Adobe
145 (14.29 %)ActionScript
145 (14.29 %)IIS
145 (14.29 %)XSLT
145 (14.29 %)WebServices
145 (14.29 %)OO

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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
125 (71.43 %)XHTML
222 (62.86 %)XML
321 (60.00 %).NET
419 (54.29 %)HTML
513 (37.14 %)ASP
611 (31.43 %).NET Framework
710 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
85 (14.29 %)WebServices
85 (14.29 %)Adobe Flex
85 (14.29 %)AJAX
85 (14.29 %)XSLT
93 (8.571 %)XMPP
102 (5.714 %)ActiveX
102 (5.714 %)Middleware
102 (5.714 %)DOM
102 (5.714 %)JSP
Application Platforms
113 (37.14 %)CMS
27 (20.00 %)ColdFusion
35 (14.29 %)IIS
44 (11.43 %)BizTalk Server
52 (5.714 %)Apache
52 (5.714 %)Tomcat
52 (5.714 %)SharePoint
61 (2.857 %)ColdFusion MX
Applications
113 (37.14 %)Photoshop
24 (11.43 %)MS Excel
33 (8.571 %)FreeHand
33 (8.571 %)Fireworks
33 (8.571 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (5.714 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (5.714 %)Acrobat
Communications & Networking
18 (22.86 %)Intranet
25 (14.29 %)Internet
33 (8.571 %)HTTP
33 (8.571 %)RTSP
41 (2.857 %)DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
119 (54.29 %)SQL Server
28 (22.86 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (14.29 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
44 (11.43 %)BusinessObjects
51 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (2.857 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
118 (51.43 %)Visual Studio
27 (20.00 %)Flash
33 (8.571 %)Dreamweaver
General
16 (17.14 %)Marketing
23 (8.571 %)Finance
31 (2.857 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
123 (65.71 %)Developer
29 (25.71 %)Web Developer
37 (20.00 %)ColdFusion Developer
46 (17.14 %)C# Developer
54 (11.43 %)Web Designer
54 (11.43 %).NET Developer
63 (8.571 %)Junior Developer
63 (8.571 %)Junior Web Developer
63 (8.571 %)Flex Developer
63 (8.571 %)Junior
72 (5.714 %)Interface Designer
72 (5.714 %)Systems Developer
72 (5.714 %)ASP.NET Developer
72 (5.714 %)VB.NET Developer
72 (5.714 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
72 (5.714 %).NET Web Developer
81 (2.857 %)C# Web Developer
81 (2.857 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
81 (2.857 %)Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
12 (5.714 %)NHS
12 (5.714 %)W3C
12 (5.714 %)STB
21 (2.857 %)iDTV
21 (2.857 %)DTV
Operating Systems
14 (11.43 %)Windows
14 (11.43 %)Linux
23 (8.571 %)Embedded Linux
31 (2.857 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
110 (28.57 %)Content Management
29 (25.71 %)Web Development
35 (14.29 %)OO
43 (8.571 %)E-Commerce
43 (8.571 %)OOD
43 (8.571 %)OOP
51 (2.857 %)Digital Marketing
51 (2.857 %)Web Design
51 (2.857 %)SSADM
Programming Languages
114 (40.00 %)JavaScript
29 (25.71 %)SQL
38 (22.86 %)VBScript
38 (22.86 %)VB.NET
47 (20.00 %)C#
55 (14.29 %)ActionScript
64 (11.43 %)C++
64 (11.43 %)VB
64 (11.43 %)C
72 (5.714 %)Perl
81 (2.857 %)Embedded C
81 (2.857 %)Embedded C++
Vendors
15 (14.29 %)Adobe
24 (11.43 %)Business Objects
33 (8.571 %)MKS
42 (5.714 %)Google
42 (5.714 %)Tridion
51 (2.857 %)Microsoft
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