| Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 24 | 44 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +20 |  -14 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 61 | 16 | 72 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire | 5.793 % | 1.843 % | 3.941 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 26.41 % | 7.921 % | 16.86 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 25 | 2 | 15 |
| Average daily rate | £215 | £200 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £177 | £200 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £200 | £303 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £255 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.50 | £30.00 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.00 | £20.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 231 | 202 | 427 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire | 21.94 % | 23.27 % | 23.37 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 103 | 40 | 98 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £300 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £190 | £203 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £375 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 14 | 40 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.00 | £31.50 | £25.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £16.20 | £17.50 | £23.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.50 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £27.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CSS across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
