The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 20 May 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 Wales 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Rank 18 26 39
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +13
Contract jobs citing CSS 26 23 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 6.311% 4.114% 2.955%
As % of the Application Development category 29.55% 16.67% 11.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 8
Average daily rate £266 £250 £309
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.50% -19.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £169 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £351 £374
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+75.00% -27.27%
All Application Development
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
88 138 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 21.36% 24.69% 25.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 59 63
Average daily rate £325 £325 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £397 £440 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 13
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
CSS
UK

CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Wales CSS Daily Rate Histogram

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales CSS Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
South Wales +9 18 £266 -3.18%
North Wales 0 3 £350 +40.00%
West Wales +6 2 £219 +41.12%
Mid Wales +2 1 - -
CSS
UK

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 39 (68.42%) HTML
2 27 (47.37%) XML
3 24 (42.11%) Java
4 18 (31.58%) JavaScript
4 18 (31.58%) SQL
4 18 (31.58%) Oracle
5 17 (29.82%) .NET
5 17 (29.82%) XSLT
5 17 (29.82%) UML
6 15 (26.32%) PL/SQL
6 15 (26.32%) WebLogic
6 15 (26.32%) Security Cleared
7 14 (24.56%) jQuery
7 14 (24.56%) XPath
7 14 (24.56%) J2EE
7 14 (24.56%) XSD
7 14 (24.56%) DOM
7 14 (24.56%) Web Services
7 14 (24.56%) ClearCase
7 14 (24.56%) Eclipse
7 14 (24.56%) JAXP
7 14 (24.56%) SAX
7 14 (24.56%) ClearQuest
7 14 (24.56%) Spring
7 14 (24.56%) JSF
8 13 (22.81%) WebLogic Portal
8 13 (22.81%) SQL Server
8 13 (22.81%) Liferay
9 12 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
10 10 (17.54%) Degree

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 39 (68.42%) HTML
2 27 (47.37%) XML
3 17 (29.82%) .NET
3 17 (29.82%) XSLT
4 14 (24.56%) jQuery
4 14 (24.56%) J2EE
4 14 (24.56%) XSD
4 14 (24.56%) DOM
4 14 (24.56%) Web Services
4 14 (24.56%) JAXP
4 14 (24.56%) SAX
4 14 (24.56%) Spring
4 14 (24.56%) JSF
5 10 (17.54%) ASP.NET
6 9 (15.79%) HTML5
7 8 (14.04%) Hibernate
8 6 (10.53%) Flash
9 5 (8.772%) Ajax
9 5 (8.772%) CSS3
10 4 (7.018%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 15 (26.32%) WebLogic
2 13 (22.81%) WebLogic Portal
2 13 (22.81%) Liferay
3 7 (12.28%) CMS
4 5 (8.772%) WordPress
4 5 (8.772%) SharePoint
5 3 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (3.509%) Magento
6 2 (3.509%) Joomla!
6 2 (3.509%) IIS
6 2 (3.509%) Apache
6 2 (3.509%) Zen Cart
7 1 (1.754%) Kentico
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Photoshop
2 8 (14.04%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (5.263%) MS Office
3 3 (5.263%) MS Visio
3 3 (5.263%) Fireworks
4 2 (3.509%) InfoPath
5 1 (1.754%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.018%) Internet
2 3 (5.263%) Intranet
3 1 (1.754%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.018%) MySQL
3 2 (3.509%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.509%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.754%) TOAD
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (1.754%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.754%) GIS
4 1 (1.754%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 14 (24.56%) ClearCase
1 14 (24.56%) Eclipse
1 14 (24.56%) ClearQuest
2 3 (5.263%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.263%) Axure RP
3 2 (3.509%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.509%) Capybara
3 2 (3.509%) WATIR
3 2 (3.509%) Selenium
4 1 (1.754%) Firebug
4 1 (1.754%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.754%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.754%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.754%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.754%) Subversion
4 1 (1.754%) Maven
4 1 (1.754%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.754%) Ant
4 1 (1.754%) Hudson
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (8.772%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.754%) Finance
2 1 (1.754%) Advertising
2 1 (1.754%) Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (68.42%) Developer
2 13 (22.81%) Java Developer
3 11 (19.30%) Designer
4 6 (10.53%) Graphic Designer
4 6 (10.53%) .NET Developer
5 5 (8.772%) Lead Developer
5 5 (8.772%) Lead Java Developer
6 4 (7.018%) C# Developer
6 4 (7.018%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (7.018%) Web Developer
6 4 (7.018%) Software Developer
6 4 (7.018%) Architect
6 4 (7.018%) Junior
7 3 (5.263%) SharePoint Developer
7 3 (5.263%) User Experience Architect
8 2 (3.509%) Graduate
8 2 (3.509%) Junior Analyst
8 2 (3.509%) Junior Developer
8 2 (3.509%) PHP Developer
8 2 (3.509%) Intranet Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.772%) Social Media
1 5 (8.772%) Digital Media
2 4 (7.018%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.263%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.509%) Copywriting
4 2 (3.509%) Graphic Design
4 2 (3.509%) Animation
5 1 (1.754%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.754%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.754%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.754%) Web 2.0
5 1 (1.754%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Windows
2 5 (8.772%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.509%) Windows 7
3 2 (3.509%) Linux
4 1 (1.754%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.754%) Android
4 1 (1.754%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.754%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.754%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) UML
2 12 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (8.772%) Time Management
3 5 (8.772%) Scrum
3 5 (8.772%) Web Design
4 4 (7.018%) MVC
4 4 (7.018%) E-Commerce
4 4 (7.018%) Information Architecture
5 3 (5.263%) CAD
5 3 (5.263%) TDD
5 3 (5.263%) Data Management
5 3 (5.263%) Content Management
5 3 (5.263%) SysML
5 3 (5.263%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (5.263%) Web Development
5 3 (5.263%) PLM
5 3 (5.263%) PDM
5 3 (5.263%) OO
5 3 (5.263%) Data Modelling
6 2 (3.509%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 24 (42.11%) Java
2 18 (31.58%) JavaScript
2 18 (31.58%) SQL
3 15 (26.32%) PL/SQL
4 14 (24.56%) XPath
5 10 (17.54%) C#
6 6 (10.53%) PHP
7 4 (7.018%) VB.NET
8 3 (5.263%) Ruby
9 2 (3.509%) Perl
9 2 (3.509%) PHP5
10 1 (1.754%) Scala
10 1 (1.754%) XAML
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.54%) Degree
3 5 (8.772%) HND
4 3 (5.263%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.754%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Oracle
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.754%) Adobe
3 1 (1.754%) Perforce