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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.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3869
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads11161
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.148 %0.062 %
As % of the category below14.88 %8.957 %
Daily rates quoted307
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 quoted85
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 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads746681
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.993 %0.690 %
Daily rates quoted161124
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 quoted2552
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 EnglandCSS
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.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

West Midlands CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

CSS
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.

LocationRank 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
CoventryUp+829£323+35.96 %
WarwickshireUp+2316£360-
BirminghamDown-713£275+21.32 %
WorcestershireUp+1112£226-
HerefordshireUp+226£375+7.14 %
StaffordshireNew entry-3--
ShropshireNew entry-3--
CSS EnglandCSS
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.

1164 (67.49 %)JavaScript
2162 (66.67 %)HTML
3117 (48.15 %).NET
4111 (45.68 %)XHTML
597 (39.92 %)XML
687 (35.80 %)ASP.NET
778 (32.10 %)SQL Server
872 (29.63 %)SQL
968 (27.98 %)W3C
1058 (23.87 %)AJAX
1152 (21.40 %)C#
1246 (18.93 %)WebServices
1345 (18.52 %)OO
1345 (18.52 %)Web Development
1443 (17.70 %)Agile Software Development
1540 (16.46 %)Microsoft
1638 (15.64 %)Web Design
1737 (15.23 %)ASP
1834 (13.99 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1933 (13.58 %)VB.NET
2031 (12.76 %)MySQL
2130 (12.35 %)Flash
2228 (11.52 %)Java
2326 (10.70 %)Oracle
2424 (9.877 %)MS Excel
2424 (9.877 %)Content Management
2523 (9.465 %)E-Commerce
2523 (9.465 %)J2EE
2523 (9.465 %)PHP
2523 (9.465 %)JSP

CSS
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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1162 (66.67 %)HTML
2117 (48.15 %).NET
3111 (45.68 %)XHTML
497 (39.92 %)XML
587 (35.80 %)ASP.NET
658 (23.87 %)AJAX
746 (18.93 %)WebServices
837 (15.23 %)ASP
934 (13.99 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1023 (9.465 %)JSP
1023 (9.465 %)J2EE
1121 (8.642 %)XSL
1219 (7.819 %)XSLT
1317 (6.996 %)SOAP
1414 (5.761 %)Servlets
1512 (4.938 %)Spring
1611 (4.527 %)Struts
1710 (4.115 %).NET Framework
188 (3.292 %)DOM
197 (2.881 %)ADO.NET
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (8.642 %)IIS
213 (5.350 %)CMS
312 (4.938 %)SharePoint
312 (4.938 %)ColdFusion
411 (4.527 %)Apache
54 (1.646 %)SharePoint Server 2007
63 (1.235 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.412 %)Content Management Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (9.877 %)MS Excel
218 (7.407 %)Photoshop
37 (2.881 %)Fireworks
42 (0.823 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (0.823 %)MS Project
51 (0.412 %)MS Office
51 (0.412 %)ImageReady
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (3.704 %)Internet
27 (2.881 %)Intranet
33 (1.235 %)FTP
42 (0.823 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.823 %)SSL
51 (0.412 %)OSPF
51 (0.412 %)EIGRP
51 (0.412 %)Firewall
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
178 (32.10 %)SQL Server
231 (12.76 %)MySQL
315 (6.173 %)SQL Server 2005
413 (5.350 %)SQL Server 7
511 (4.527 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (1.646 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (1.235 %)TOAD
82 (0.823 %)GIS
91 (0.412 %)Oracle 10g
91 (0.412 %)DTS
91 (0.412 %)Crystal Reports
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
130 (12.35 %)Flash
222 (9.053 %)Dreamweaver
318 (7.407 %)Visual Studio
46 (2.469 %)JDeveloper
55 (2.058 %)Subversion
64 (1.646 %)JUnit
72 (0.823 %)Zend Studio
81 (0.412 %)StarTeam
81 (0.412 %)Ant
81 (0.412 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.412 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.412 %)NUnit
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (4.527 %)Health
111 (4.527 %)Graphic Design
28 (3.292 %)Government
37 (2.881 %)Retail
44 (1.646 %)Marketing
44 (1.646 %)Back Office
53 (1.235 %)Telecoms
62 (0.823 %)Construction
62 (0.823 %)Education
62 (0.823 %)Publishing
71 (0.412 %)Finance
71 (0.412 %)Video Editing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1181 (74.49 %)Developer
268 (27.98 %)Web Developer
339 (16.05 %).NET Developer
420 (8.230 %)Web Designer
420 (8.230 %)ASP.NET Developer
519 (7.819 %)Java Developer
612 (4.938 %)VB.NET Developer
612 (4.938 %)Analyst
711 (4.527 %)C# Developer
711 (4.527 %)ASP Developer
810 (4.115 %)PHP Developer
810 (4.115 %)HTML Developer
99 (3.704 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
108 (3.292 %)Graphic Designer
108 (3.292 %)SharePoint Developer
117 (2.881 %)ColdFusion Developer
117 (2.881 %)Analyst Programmer
117 (2.881 %)Programmer
117 (2.881 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
117 (2.881 %)Java/J2EE Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
168 (27.98 %)W3C
222 (9.053 %)NHS
313 (5.350 %)Web 2.0
42 (0.823 %)N-Tier
42 (0.823 %)Computer Science
42 (0.823 %)Arabic Language
51 (0.412 %)EPoS
51 (0.412 %)Client/Server
51 (0.412 %)PDA
51 (0.412 %)Streaming Media
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (3.704 %)Windows
25 (2.058 %)UNIX
33 (1.235 %)Windows 2000
42 (0.823 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
145 (18.52 %)OO
145 (18.52 %)Web Development
243 (17.70 %)Agile Software Development
338 (15.64 %)Web Design
424 (9.877 %)Content Management
523 (9.465 %)E-Commerce
620 (8.230 %)UML
714 (5.761 %)OOP
810 (4.115 %)Project Management
99 (3.704 %)RAD
108 (3.292 %)Unit Testing
117 (2.881 %)OOA/OOD
126 (2.469 %)OOD
126 (2.469 %)CAD
126 (2.469 %)Scrum
126 (2.469 %)TDD
126 (2.469 %)Usability Testing
133 (1.235 %)Security Cleared
133 (1.235 %)Enterprise Architecture
142 (0.823 %)Data Management
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1164 (67.49 %)JavaScript
272 (29.63 %)SQL
352 (21.40 %)C#
433 (13.58 %)VB.NET
528 (11.52 %)Java
623 (9.465 %)PHP
720 (8.230 %)VB
814 (5.761 %)ActionScript
913 (5.350 %)PL/SQL
1012 (4.938 %)VBScript
1110 (4.115 %)Transact-SQL
126 (2.469 %)PHP5
135 (2.058 %)DHTML
144 (1.646 %)C
153 (1.235 %)Lingo
162 (0.823 %)PHP4
171 (0.412 %)VB6
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (3.292 %)Sun Certification
25 (2.058 %)Degree
32 (0.823 %)Cisco Certification
32 (0.823 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.823 %)MCSD
32 (0.823 %)CCNP
41 (0.412 %)CCIP
41 (0.412 %)CCNA
41 (0.412 %)CCIE
41 (0.412 %)CCSP
41 (0.412 %)PMP
41 (0.412 %)PMI Certification
41 (0.412 %)CCSA
41 (0.412 %)CCSE
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (2.058 %)WAI
21 (0.412 %)WCAG
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (1.235 %)MIIS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
140 (16.46 %)Microsoft
226 (10.70 %)Oracle
38 (3.292 %)Sun
46 (2.469 %)Adobe
54 (1.646 %)Stellent
62 (0.823 %)Zend
62 (0.823 %)Macromedia
62 (0.823 %)SAP
71 (0.412 %)Cisco
71 (0.412 %)Nokia
71 (0.412 %)Borland
71 (0.412 %)CheckPoint
71 (0.412 %)FatWire
71 (0.412 %)RedDot
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