The first table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CSS 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 Yorkshire 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
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Rank 24 28 44
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +16
Contract jobs citing CSS 86 77 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 6.698% 4.800% 2.557%
As % of the Application Development category 22.87% 21.10% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 55 9
Average daily rate £290 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £203 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £380 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 £19.75 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.11% -8.13%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £19.76 £27.75
% change year-on-year
+77.12% -28.79%
All Application Development
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
376 365 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 29.28% 22.76% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 214 121
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 3
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.11% -60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
CSS
Yorkshire

CSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire CSS Hourly Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

West Yorkshire CSS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Yorkshire 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
Leeds 0 56 £284 -12.69%
Bradford +12 11 £325 +41.30%
Halifax +8 2 - -
Wakefield - 2 - -
Huddersfield -5 1 - -
CSS
Yorkshire

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 109 (70.78%) HTML
2 104 (67.53%) JavaScript
3 89 (57.79%) .NET
4 80 (51.95%) C#
5 69 (44.81%) ASP.NET
6 64 (41.56%) jQuery
7 51 (33.12%) SQL Server
8 44 (28.57%) MVC
9 36 (23.38%) HTML5
10 35 (22.73%) PHP
11 34 (22.08%) Web Services
12 27 (17.53%) SQL
12 27 (17.53%) SQL Server 2008
13 26 (16.88%) MySQL
14 25 (16.23%) Visual Studio
14 25 (16.23%) Scrum
14 25 (16.23%) CMS
15 24 (15.58%) Ajax
15 24 (15.58%) CSS3
16 22 (14.29%) Web Development
16 22 (14.29%) Silverlight
16 22 (14.29%) XML
17 21 (13.64%) EPiServer
18 20 (12.99%) Agile Software Development
18 20 (12.99%) XHTML
18 20 (12.99%) Internet
19 19 (12.34%) Oracle
19 19 (12.34%) .NET Framework
19 19 (12.34%) ASP.NET MVC
20 18 (11.69%) TDD

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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
1 109 (70.78%) HTML
2 89 (57.79%) .NET
3 69 (44.81%) ASP.NET
4 64 (41.56%) jQuery
5 36 (23.38%) HTML5
6 34 (22.08%) Web Services
7 24 (15.58%) Ajax
7 24 (15.58%) CSS3
8 22 (14.29%) Silverlight
8 22 (14.29%) XML
9 20 (12.99%) XHTML
10 19 (12.34%) .NET Framework
10 19 (12.34%) ASP.NET MVC
11 18 (11.69%) SOAP
12 15 (9.740%) WCF
12 15 (9.740%) REST
13 13 (8.442%) WPF
14 12 (7.792%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 10 (6.494%) J2EE
15 10 (6.494%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 25 (16.23%) CMS
2 18 (11.69%) SharePoint
3 15 (9.740%) Apache
4 13 (8.442%) Amazon AWS
5 12 (7.792%) Amazon EC2
5 12 (7.792%) Amazon S3
5 12 (7.792%) Route 53
6 11 (7.143%) EPiServer CMS
7 9 (5.844%) Adobe CQ
7 9 (5.844%) Apache Solr
8 7 (4.545%) nginx
8 7 (4.545%) Tomcat
9 5 (3.247%) Umbraco
10 4 (2.597%) Drupal
11 3 (1.948%) SharePoint 2010
11 3 (1.948%) WordPress
11 3 (1.948%) Magento
12 2 (1.299%) DotNetNuke
12 2 (1.299%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.649%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 7 (4.545%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.948%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.948%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.299%) InDesign
4 1 (0.649%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 12 (7.792%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.299%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.649%) SiteCatalyst
3 1 (0.649%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.99%) Internet
2 7 (4.545%) HTTP
2 7 (4.545%) DNS
3 2 (1.299%) VRRP
3 2 (1.299%) NetScreen
3 2 (1.299%) OSPF
3 2 (1.299%) BGP
3 2 (1.299%) IPsec
3 2 (1.299%) Firewall
3 2 (1.299%) Wireless
3 2 (1.299%) RIP
3 2 (1.299%) SNMP
3 2 (1.299%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (1.299%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (1.299%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (1.299%) VLAN
3 2 (1.299%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.299%) HSRP
3 2 (1.299%) FWSM
4 1 (0.649%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (33.12%) SQL Server
2 27 (17.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (16.88%) MySQL
4 12 (7.792%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (7.792%) Redis
4 12 (7.792%) MongoDB
5 10 (6.494%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (5.844%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.948%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.299%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (1.299%) RavenDB
9 1 (0.649%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.649%) SQLite
9 1 (0.649%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.649%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.649%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 25 (16.23%) Visual Studio
2 16 (10.39%) Git (software)
3 14 (9.091%) Jenkins
4 8 (5.195%) Maven
5 6 (3.896%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 6 (3.896%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (3.247%) Selenium
7 4 (2.597%) Dreamweaver
8 3 (1.948%) ClearCase
9 2 (1.299%) Subversion
10 1 (0.649%) Hudson
10 1 (0.649%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.649%) Flash Builder
10 1 (0.649%) JUnit
10 1 (0.649%) Oracle Forms
General
1 14 (9.091%) Telecoms
2 4 (2.597%) Finance
3 3 (1.948%) Interactive Media
3 3 (1.948%) Marketing
3 3 (1.948%) Games
3 3 (1.948%) Publishing
4 2 (1.299%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.299%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.299%) Banking
5 1 (0.649%) German Language
5 1 (0.649%) Japanese Language
5 1 (0.649%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 142 (92.21%) Developer
2 62 (40.26%) .NET Developer
3 19 (12.34%) Web Developer
4 18 (11.69%) PHP Developer
5 13 (8.442%) Front-End Developer
6 10 (6.494%) Java Developer
7 9 (5.844%) SharePoint Developer
7 9 (5.844%) C# Developer
8 8 (5.195%) C# .NET Developer
9 7 (4.545%) Mobile Developer
10 6 (3.896%) Programmer
10 6 (3.896%) Front-End Web Developer
10 6 (3.896%) Designer
10 6 (3.896%) CMS Developer
10 6 (3.896%) Web Designer
11 5 (3.247%) ASP.NET Developer
11 5 (3.247%) Agile .NET Developer
11 5 (3.247%) Applications Developer
12 4 (2.597%) Software Developer
12 4 (2.597%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.494%) Open Source
2 8 (5.195%) Client/Server
3 7 (4.545%) W3C
4 5 (3.247%) RIA
5 4 (2.597%) NHS
6 3 (1.948%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.948%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.299%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.299%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.299%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.649%) Social Media
8 1 (0.649%) Web 2.0
8 1 (0.649%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.649%) Pharmacovigilance
8 1 (0.649%) Mobile Games
8 1 (0.649%) Streaming Video
8 1 (0.649%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.740%) Linux
2 4 (2.597%) Windows
3 3 (1.948%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (1.299%) Windows CE
4 2 (1.299%) UNIX
5 1 (0.649%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.649%) Android
5 1 (0.649%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.57%) MVC
2 25 (16.23%) Scrum
3 22 (14.29%) Web Development
4 20 (12.99%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (11.69%) TDD
6 17 (11.04%) E-Commerce
7 16 (10.39%) OO
8 15 (9.740%) BDD
9 12 (7.792%) Security Testing
10 11 (7.143%) Workflow
11 7 (4.545%) Software Engineering
11 7 (4.545%) Document Management
11 7 (4.545%) Test Automation
11 7 (4.545%) Kanban
11 7 (4.545%) SOA
11 7 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (3.896%) Unit Testing
12 6 (3.896%) Supplier Management
12 6 (3.896%) Web Application Development
13 5 (3.247%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 104 (67.53%) JavaScript
2 80 (51.95%) C#
3 35 (22.73%) PHP
4 27 (17.53%) SQL
5 16 (10.39%) Java
6 12 (7.792%) XAML
7 10 (6.494%) Python
8 9 (5.844%) Ruby
8 9 (5.844%) C++
8 9 (5.844%) Perl
9 7 (4.545%) Bash shell
10 6 (3.896%) T-SQL
10 6 (3.896%) PHP5
11 4 (2.597%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.948%) ActionScript
13 2 (1.299%) VC++
13 2 (1.299%) VB
13 2 (1.299%) PL/SQL
13 2 (1.299%) OCaml
13 2 (1.299%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 6 (3.896%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.597%) Degree
3 2 (1.299%) CCNP
3 2 (1.299%) CCNA
3 2 (1.299%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.299%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.649%) MCP
4 1 (0.649%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.299%) WAI
Vendors
1 21 (13.64%) EPiServer
2 19 (12.34%) Oracle
3 16 (10.39%) Adobe
4 12 (7.792%) Percona
5 9 (5.844%) Microsoft
6 7 (4.545%) hybris
7 6 (3.896%) Zend
8 4 (2.597%) RedDot
8 4 (2.597%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.299%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.299%) Nokia
9 2 (1.299%) Cisco
9 2 (1.299%) Twitter
10 1 (0.649%) Omniture
10 1 (0.649%) Google
10 1 (0.649%) Lotus
West Yorkshire
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West Yorkshire
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Posted: 16 May 2013
West Yorkshire
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Rate: £275 - £325 per day
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West Yorkshire
You need to be an experienced developer with the following skills: - 3+ years Java - JavaScript/JQuery - Html - CSS - Relevant GUI experience - Further relevant front-end development experience: JSP,...
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Rate: £325 - £360 per day
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West Yorkshire
You will be working on a full-cycle project and liaising with users and attached teams.Ideally they are seeking a candidate with the following must haves: - Minimum...
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Rate: £325 - £375 per day
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West Yorkshire
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Rate: £250 - £251 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Yorkshire
The role will involve the development of web applications as well as continued development of customer code in Java.Ideally they are seeking a candidate with the following...
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Rate: £300 - £340 per day
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