West Midlands CSS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the West Midlands 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Chelmsford Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnham Feltham Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hastings Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Horsham Hove Hull Ipswich Kenilworth Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Romford Runcorn Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	69
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	111	61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.148 %	0.062 %
As % of the category below	14.88 %	8.957 %
Daily rates quoted	30	7
Average minimum daily rate	£272	£216
Average daily rate	£292	£232
% change on same period last year	+25.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£312	£249
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£283
% change on same period last year	+4.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.63	£31.00
Average hourly rate	£23.31	£33.92
% change on same period last year	-31.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£36.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.48	£28.22
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
Application Development West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	746	681
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.993 %	0.690 %
Daily rates quoted	161	124
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£292
Average daily rate	£316	£308
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£323
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£335
% change on same period last year	+1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	52
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.19	£31.18
Average hourly rate	£30.07	£33.56
% change on same period last year	-10.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.94	£35.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.66	£33.10
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
CSS England

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

CSS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CSS across the West Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Coventry	+8	29	£323	+35.96 %
Warwickshire	+23	16	£360	-
Birmingham	-7	13	£275	+21.32 %
Worcestershire	+11	12	£226	-
Herefordshire	+22	6	£375	+7.14 %
Staffordshire	-	3	-	-
Shropshire	-	3	-	-

CSS England

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 164 (67.49 %) JavaScript 2 162 (66.67 %) HTML 3 117 (48.15 %) .NET 4 111 (45.68 %) XHTML 5 97 (39.92 %) XML 6 87 (35.80 %) ASP.NET 7 78 (32.10 %) SQL Server 8 72 (29.63 %) SQL 9 68 (27.98 %) W3C 10 58 (23.87 %) AJAX 11 52 (21.40 %) C# 12 46 (18.93 %) WebServices 13 45 (18.52 %) OO 13 45 (18.52 %) Web Development 14 43 (17.70 %) Agile Software Development

15 40 (16.46 %) Microsoft 16 38 (15.64 %) Web Design 17 37 (15.23 %) ASP 18 34 (13.99 %) ASP.NET 2.0 19 33 (13.58 %) VB.NET 20 31 (12.76 %) MySQL 21 30 (12.35 %) Flash 22 28 (11.52 %) Java 23 26 (10.70 %) Oracle 24 24 (9.877 %) MS Excel 24 24 (9.877 %) Content Management 25 23 (9.465 %) E-Commerce 25 23 (9.465 %) J2EE 25 23 (9.465 %) PHP 25 23 (9.465 %) JSP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 162 (66.67 %) HTML 2 117 (48.15 %) .NET 3 111 (45.68 %) XHTML 4 97 (39.92 %) XML 5 87 (35.80 %) ASP.NET 6 58 (23.87 %) AJAX 7 46 (18.93 %) WebServices 8 37 (15.23 %) ASP 9 34 (13.99 %) ASP.NET 2.0 10 23 (9.465 %) JSP 10 23 (9.465 %) J2EE 11 21 (8.642 %) XSL 12 19 (7.819 %) XSLT 13 17 (6.996 %) SOAP 14 14 (5.761 %) Servlets 15 12 (4.938 %) Spring 16 11 (4.527 %) Struts 17 10 (4.115 %) .NET Framework 18 8 (3.292 %) DOM 19 7 (2.881 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 21 (8.642 %) IIS 2 13 (5.350 %) CMS 3 12 (4.938 %) SharePoint 3 12 (4.938 %) ColdFusion 4 11 (4.527 %) Apache 5 4 (1.646 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 3 (1.235 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.412 %) Content Management Server
Applications 1 24 (9.877 %) MS Excel 2 18 (7.407 %) Photoshop 3 7 (2.881 %) Fireworks 4 2 (0.823 %) Adobe Illustrator 4 2 (0.823 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.412 %) MS Office 5 1 (0.412 %) ImageReady	Communications & Networking 1 9 (3.704 %) Internet 2 7 (2.881 %) Intranet 3 3 (1.235 %) FTP 4 2 (0.823 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (0.823 %) SSL 5 1 (0.412 %) OSPF 5 1 (0.412 %) EIGRP 5 1 (0.412 %) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence 1 78 (32.10 %) SQL Server 2 31 (12.76 %) MySQL 3 15 (6.173 %) SQL Server 2005 4 13 (5.350 %) SQL Server 7 5 11 (4.527 %) SQL Server 2000 6 4 (1.646 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 3 (1.235 %) TOAD 8 2 (0.823 %) GIS 9 1 (0.412 %) Oracle 10g 9 1 (0.412 %) DTS 9 1 (0.412 %) Crystal Reports	Development Applications 1 30 (12.35 %) Flash 2 22 (9.053 %) Dreamweaver 3 18 (7.407 %) Visual Studio 4 6 (2.469 %) JDeveloper 5 5 (2.058 %) Subversion 6 4 (1.646 %) JUnit 7 2 (0.823 %) Zend Studio 8 1 (0.412 %) StarTeam 8 1 (0.412 %) Ant 8 1 (0.412 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 1 (0.412 %) Oracle Forms 8 1 (0.412 %) NUnit
General 1 11 (4.527 %) Health 1 11 (4.527 %) Graphic Design 2 8 (3.292 %) Government 3 7 (2.881 %) Retail 4 4 (1.646 %) Marketing 4 4 (1.646 %) Back Office 5 3 (1.235 %) Telecoms 6 2 (0.823 %) Construction 6 2 (0.823 %) Education 6 2 (0.823 %) Publishing 7 1 (0.412 %) Finance 7 1 (0.412 %) Video Editing	Job Titles 1 181 (74.49 %) Developer 2 68 (27.98 %) Web Developer 3 39 (16.05 %) .NET Developer 4 20 (8.230 %) Web Designer 4 20 (8.230 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 19 (7.819 %) Java Developer 6 12 (4.938 %) VB.NET Developer 6 12 (4.938 %) Analyst 7 11 (4.527 %) C# Developer 7 11 (4.527 %) ASP Developer 8 10 (4.115 %) PHP Developer 8 10 (4.115 %) HTML Developer 9 9 (3.704 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 10 8 (3.292 %) Graphic Designer 10 8 (3.292 %) SharePoint Developer 11 7 (2.881 %) ColdFusion Developer 11 7 (2.881 %) Analyst Programmer 11 7 (2.881 %) Programmer 11 7 (2.881 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 11 7 (2.881 %) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous 1 68 (27.98 %) W3C 2 22 (9.053 %) NHS 3 13 (5.350 %) Web 2.0 4 2 (0.823 %) N-Tier 4 2 (0.823 %) Computer Science 4 2 (0.823 %) Arabic Language 5 1 (0.412 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.412 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.412 %) PDA 5 1 (0.412 %) Streaming Media	Operating Systems 1 9 (3.704 %) Windows 2 5 (2.058 %) UNIX 3 3 (1.235 %) Windows 2000 4 2 (0.823 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 45 (18.52 %) OO 1 45 (18.52 %) Web Development 2 43 (17.70 %) Agile Software Development 3 38 (15.64 %) Web Design 4 24 (9.877 %) Content Management 5 23 (9.465 %) E-Commerce 6 20 (8.230 %) UML 7 14 (5.761 %) OOP 8 10 (4.115 %) Project Management 9 9 (3.704 %) RAD 10 8 (3.292 %) Unit Testing 11 7 (2.881 %) OOA/OOD 12 6 (2.469 %) OOD 12 6 (2.469 %) CAD 12 6 (2.469 %) Scrum 12 6 (2.469 %) TDD 12 6 (2.469 %) Usability Testing 13 3 (1.235 %) Security Cleared 13 3 (1.235 %) Enterprise Architecture 14 2 (0.823 %) Data Management	Programming Languages 1 164 (67.49 %) JavaScript 2 72 (29.63 %) SQL 3 52 (21.40 %) C# 4 33 (13.58 %) VB.NET 5 28 (11.52 %) Java 6 23 (9.465 %) PHP 7 20 (8.230 %) VB 8 14 (5.761 %) ActionScript 9 13 (5.350 %) PL/SQL 10 12 (4.938 %) VBScript 11 10 (4.115 %) Transact-SQL 12 6 (2.469 %) PHP5 13 5 (2.058 %) DHTML 14 4 (1.646 %) C 15 3 (1.235 %) Lingo 16 2 (0.823 %) PHP4 17 1 (0.412 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 8 (3.292 %) Sun Certification 2 5 (2.058 %) Degree 3 2 (0.823 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (0.823 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (0.823 %) MCSD 3 2 (0.823 %) CCNP 4 1 (0.412 %) CCIP 4 1 (0.412 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.412 %) CCIE 4 1 (0.412 %) CCSP 4 1 (0.412 %) PMP 4 1 (0.412 %) PMI Certification 4 1 (0.412 %) CCSA 4 1 (0.412 %) CCSE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (2.058 %) WAI 2 1 (0.412 %) WCAG
Systems Management 1 3 (1.235 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 40 (16.46 %) Microsoft 2 26 (10.70 %) Oracle 3 8 (3.292 %) Sun 4 6 (2.469 %) Adobe 5 4 (1.646 %) Stellent 6 2 (0.823 %) Zend 6 2 (0.823 %) Macromedia 6 2 (0.823 %) SAP 7 1 (0.412 %) Cisco 7 1 (0.412 %) Nokia 7 1 (0.412 %) Borland 7 1 (0.412 %) CheckPoint 7 1 (0.412 %) FatWire 7 1 (0.412 %) RedDot