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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Worcestershire 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank811
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the category below31.58 %14.29 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£160
Average daily rate-£160
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£160
UK excluding London average daily rate£269£265
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.56£28.06
% change on same period last year-16.02 %
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Worcestershire
Matching contract IT job ads1914
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£303£225
Average daily rate£344£262
% change on same period last year+31.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£298
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£34.23
Average hourly rate£34.30£34.62
% change on same period last year-0.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.60£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.54
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
CSS West MidlandsCSS
West Midlands

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire CSS Daily Rate Trend

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Worcestershire CSS Hourly Rate Trend

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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 3 December 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
WorcesterUp+31--
CSS West MidlandsCSS
West Midlands

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

111 (100.00 %)JavaScript
26 (54.55 %)XHTML
26 (54.55 %)HTML
26 (54.55 %).NET
35 (45.45 %)SQL Server
35 (45.45 %)ASP.NET
35 (45.45 %)XML
35 (45.45 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (36.36 %)Retail
44 (36.36 %)ActionScript
44 (36.36 %)ASP
44 (36.36 %)Health
44 (36.36 %)E-Learning
44 (36.36 %)MS Excel
44 (36.36 %)Microsoft
44 (36.36 %)Intranet
44 (36.36 %)Internet
44 (36.36 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (36.36 %)Pharmaceutical
44 (36.36 %)OOP
44 (36.36 %)Flash
44 (36.36 %)C#
44 (36.36 %)SQL
44 (36.36 %)Transact-SQL
44 (36.36 %)VB
51 (9.091 %)AJAX
51 (9.091 %)PHP5
51 (9.091 %)PHP4
51 (9.091 %)VB.NET
51 (9.091 %)PHP

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (54.55 %)HTML
16 (54.55 %).NET
16 (54.55 %)XHTML
25 (45.45 %)ASP.NET
25 (45.45 %)XML
34 (36.36 %)ASP
41 (9.091 %)MVC
41 (9.091 %)AJAX
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (36.36 %)MS Excel
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (36.36 %)Intranet
14 (36.36 %)Internet
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (45.45 %)SQL Server
15 (45.45 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (36.36 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (9.091 %)MySQL
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (36.36 %)Flash
21 (9.091 %)Visual Studio
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (36.36 %)Pharmaceutical
14 (36.36 %)Health
14 (36.36 %)Retail
21 (9.091 %)Finance
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (72.73 %)Developer
25 (45.45 %)Web Developer
25 (45.45 %).NET Developer
32 (18.18 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (9.091 %)PHP Developer
41 (9.091 %).NET Web Developer
41 (9.091 %)HTML Developer
41 (9.091 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
41 (9.091 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (9.091 %)C# Developer
41 (9.091 %)VB.NET Developer
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (36.36 %)E-Learning
21 (9.091 %)W3C
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (36.36 %)OOP
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (100.00 %)JavaScript
24 (36.36 %)ActionScript
24 (36.36 %)SQL
24 (36.36 %)Transact-SQL
24 (36.36 %)VB
24 (36.36 %)C#
31 (9.091 %)VB.NET
31 (9.091 %)PHP5
31 (9.091 %)PHP4
31 (9.091 %)PHP
Worcestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (36.36 %)Microsoft