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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Stoke-on-Trent region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank18-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below11.11 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£266£266
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
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£24.21£28.24
% change on same period last year-14.26 %
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Stoke-on-Trent
Matching contract IT job ads97
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£33.25-
Average hourly rate£35.13-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
CSS StaffordshireCSS
Staffordshire

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 Stoke-on-Trent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Stoke-on-Trent CSS Demand Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

14 (100.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)AJAX
23 (75.00 %)ASP
23 (75.00 %)E-Commerce
23 (75.00 %)PHP
32 (50.00 %)SQL
32 (50.00 %)JavaScript
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (25.00 %)MySQL
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)ASP
23 (75.00 %)AJAX
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)MySQL
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (75.00 %)ASP Developer
31 (25.00 %)SQL Developer
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Developer
31 (25.00 %)PHP Developer
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)E-Commerce
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)PHP
22 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript