The first table below looks at the demand for CSS3 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS3 over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CSS 3
Rank 58 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Contract jobs citing CSS3 38 36 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.261% 1.602% -
As % of the Application Development category 9.246% 6.618% -
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 0
Average daily rate £301 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.16% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
- -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
- -4.10%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
411 544 469
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.45% 24.21% 25.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 298 254
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 21
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
CSS3
England

CSS3
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CSS3 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands CSS3 Jobs Demand Trend

CSS3
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CSS3 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands CSS3 Daily Rate Trend

CSS3
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CSS3 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands CSS3 Daily Rate Histogram

CSS3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS3 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Birmingham +3 8 £275 +22.22%
Staffordshire +7 6 £330 +1.53%
Warwickshire -2 4 £325 -4.41%
Worcestershire -12 4 - -
Wolverhampton - 3 £249 -
Solihull - 2 - -
CSS3
England

CSS3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing CSS3 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 CSS3.

1 77 (100.00%) CSS
2 72 (93.51%) JavaScript
3 68 (88.31%) HTML5
4 64 (83.12%) jQuery
5 43 (55.84%) .NET
6 41 (53.25%) HTML
6 41 (53.25%) ASP.NET
7 33 (42.86%) C#
8 32 (41.56%) XHTML
9 27 (35.06%) SQL Server
10 26 (33.77%) XML
11 25 (32.47%) Photoshop
11 25 (32.47%) Ajax
12 24 (31.17%) SEO
13 22 (28.57%) E-Commerce
14 21 (27.27%) XSLT
14 21 (27.27%) VB.NET
14 21 (27.27%) Unit Testing
15 20 (25.97%) Degree
15 20 (25.97%) SQL
15 20 (25.97%) CMS
15 20 (25.97%) Web Application Development
16 19 (24.68%) N-Tier
16 19 (24.68%) SOA
17 13 (16.88%) TDD
18 12 (15.58%) MVC
19 11 (14.29%) Web Development
20 10 (12.99%) Facebook
21 9 (11.69%) W3C
22 8 (10.39%) JSP

CSS3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing CSS3 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 CSS3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 77 (100.00%) CSS
2 68 (88.31%) HTML5
3 64 (83.12%) jQuery
4 43 (55.84%) .NET
5 41 (53.25%) HTML
5 41 (53.25%) ASP.NET
6 32 (41.56%) XHTML
7 26 (33.77%) XML
8 25 (32.47%) Ajax
9 21 (27.27%) XSLT
10 8 (10.39%) JSP
10 8 (10.39%) .NET Framework
11 7 (9.091%) JSON
11 7 (9.091%) Web Services
12 6 (7.792%) ASP.NET MVC
13 5 (6.494%) YUI
13 5 (6.494%) Razor View Engine
14 4 (5.195%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 4 (5.195%) Dojo
15 3 (3.896%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 20 (25.97%) CMS
2 7 (9.091%) Sitecore CMS
3 4 (5.195%) WordPress
3 4 (5.195%) Umbraco
3 4 (5.195%) Joomla!
4 3 (3.896%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (1.299%) Magento
Applications
1 25 (32.47%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.597%) OmniGraffle
2 2 (2.597%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.299%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.299%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (35.06%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.195%) MySQL
3 2 (2.597%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (7.792%) JIRA
1 6 (7.792%) Subversion
2 3 (3.896%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (2.597%) PhoneGap
4 1 (1.299%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (1.299%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (9.091%) Games
2 6 (7.792%) Marketing
3 2 (2.597%) Back Office
3 2 (2.597%) Finance
4 1 (1.299%) Retail
Job Titles
1 74 (96.10%) Developer
2 36 (46.75%) Web Developer
3 33 (42.86%) Front-End Developer
4 23 (29.87%) .NET Developer
5 22 (28.57%) ASP.NET Developer
6 18 (23.38%) VB.NET Developer
6 18 (23.38%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 16 (20.78%) SQL Developer
7 16 (20.78%) .NET Web Developer
8 10 (12.99%) Front-End Web Developer
9 7 (9.091%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 7 (9.091%) C# .NET Developer
9 7 (9.091%) C# Developer
10 6 (7.792%) JavaScript Developer
11 4 (5.195%) Programmer
12 3 (3.896%) UI Developer
12 3 (3.896%) J2EE Developer
12 3 (3.896%) UI Programmer
13 2 (2.597%) Senior Analyst Developer
13 2 (2.597%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.68%) N-Tier
2 9 (11.69%) W3C
3 5 (6.494%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.896%) WURFL
4 3 (3.896%) iPhone
4 3 (3.896%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.597%) Web 2.0
5 2 (2.597%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.299%) Open Source
6 1 (1.299%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (1.299%) iPad
6 1 (1.299%) E-Learning
6 1 (1.299%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.792%) Apple iOS
1 6 (7.792%) Android
2 5 (6.494%) Windows
3 3 (3.896%) Windows Mobile
3 3 (3.896%) BlackBerry OS
4 2 (2.597%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.17%) SEO
2 22 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 21 (27.27%) Unit Testing
4 20 (25.97%) Web Application Development
5 19 (24.68%) SOA
6 13 (16.88%) TDD
7 12 (15.58%) MVC
8 11 (14.29%) Web Development
9 7 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (7.792%) Content Management
10 6 (7.792%) Document Management
11 5 (6.494%) Web Accessibility
11 5 (6.494%) Scrum
12 3 (3.896%) Graceful Degradation
13 2 (2.597%) PRINCE
13 2 (2.597%) OO
13 2 (2.597%) PRINCE2
13 2 (2.597%) Time Management
13 2 (2.597%) Continuous Integration
14 1 (1.299%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 72 (93.51%) JavaScript
2 33 (42.86%) C#
3 21 (27.27%) VB.NET
4 20 (25.97%) SQL
5 6 (7.792%) PHP
6 4 (5.195%) Java
6 4 (5.195%) PHP5
7 3 (3.896%) Objective-C
8 2 (2.597%) J#
8 2 (2.597%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.597%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.597%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (25.97%) Degree
2 1 (1.299%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.299%) WCAG
Vendors
1 10 (12.99%) Facebook
2 7 (9.091%) Sitecore
2 7 (9.091%) Adobe
3 6 (7.792%) AccuRev
4 3 (3.896%) Alterian
5 2 (2.597%) Macromedia
5 2 (2.597%) Apple
5 2 (2.597%) Oracle
6 1 (1.299%) Telerik
6 1 (1.299%) Appcelerator
Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)
My client, a digital agency has an opening for a Front End Developer - HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery to join them on a contract basis in their Wolverhampton office.....
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
West Midlands
For the role applicants should have an excellent knowledge and extensive commercial experience of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and flash... Additional desirable skills which could make you stand out...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Umbraco Developer - Urgent 3 month contractMy leading client based in the West Midlands is looking for a talented Umbraco / -Net Web Developer for an initial 3 month requirement-...
OPUS
Rate: GBP225 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)
My leading client based in the West Midlands is looking for a talented Umbraco / .Net Web Developer for an initial 3 month requirement. You will be working in...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £225 to £300 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Main skill sought - PHP/Web Development, Drupal, MySQL, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript Experienced PHP contractor sought by this prestigious advertising agency. You will be involved in developing leading edge...
Applause IT Innovation
Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be involved in developing leading edge web based applications using PHP and a variety of web tools. Ideally you will be able to demonstrate commercial experience...
Applause IT Ltd
Rate: £220 - £260 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have experience of working in the communications industry Key Skills Required: * Java * J2EE * Google Web Toolkit * Spring * Hibernate * HTML5 * CSS3 Desirable Skill * Knowledge of...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013