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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Cambridge region.

 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank302036
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+16
Matching permanent IT job ads93137137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge5.413 %8.919 %4.727 %
As % of the Application Development category15.68 %21.11 %13.77 %
Salaries quoted89114129
Average salary£27,500£32,750£29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.03 %+12.93 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,650£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,500£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.660 %-
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
593649995
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge34.52 %42.25 %34.33 %
Salaries quoted553572889
Average salary£33,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.710 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
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CSS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing CSS across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cambridge CSS Demand Trend

CSS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CSS across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge CSS Salary Trend

CSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CSS across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Cambridge CSS Salary Histogram

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CSS.

1205 (83.67 %)HTML
2179 (73.06 %)JavaScript
3103 (42.04 %)PHP
496 (39.18 %)AJAX
588 (35.92 %)XML
675 (30.61 %)MySQL
774 (30.20 %)SQL
872 (29.39 %)XHTML
965 (26.53 %).NET
1060 (24.49 %)Web Development
1159 (24.08 %)Degree
1258 (23.67 %)Flash
1346 (18.78 %)Java
1445 (18.37 %)C#
1535 (14.29 %)Linux
1633 (13.47 %)Photoshop
1731 (12.65 %)E-Commerce
1731 (12.65 %)Project Management
1830 (12.24 %)ASP
1929 (11.84 %)C++
1929 (11.84 %)LAMP
2027 (11.02 %)ASP.NET
2027 (11.02 %)Content Management
2126 (10.61 %)SQL Server
2126 (10.61 %)JSP
2126 (10.61 %)OO
2126 (10.61 %)Apache
2225 (10.20 %)Web Design
2323 (9.388 %)Perl
2323 (9.388 %)Shell Script

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1205 (83.67 %)HTML
296 (39.18 %)AJAX
388 (35.92 %)XML
472 (29.39 %)XHTML
565 (26.53 %).NET
658 (23.67 %)Flash
730 (12.24 %)ASP
829 (11.84 %)LAMP
927 (11.02 %)ASP.NET
1026 (10.61 %)JSP
1123 (9.388 %)jQuery
1220 (8.163 %)Adobe Flex
1314 (5.714 %)XSLT
1412 (4.898 %)SOAP
1511 (4.490 %)Spring
1610 (4.082 %)Ruby on Rails
1610 (4.082 %)Servlets
178 (3.265 %)Web Services
187 (2.857 %)CakePHP
195 (2.041 %)DOM
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (10.61 %)Apache
222 (8.980 %)ColdFusion
319 (7.755 %)CMS
413 (5.306 %)SharePoint
510 (4.082 %)Tomcat
66 (2.449 %)SharePoint Server 2007
75 (2.041 %)Joomla!
84 (1.633 %)IIS
84 (1.633 %)Drupal
84 (1.633 %)EPiServer
84 (1.633 %)Sitecore CMS
93 (1.224 %)Umbraco
102 (0.816 %)BizTalk Server
111 (0.408 %)WordPress
111 (0.408 %)Magento
111 (0.408 %)ExpressionEngine
Cambridge IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
133 (13.47 %)Photoshop
28 (3.265 %)MS Excel
37 (2.857 %)Fireworks
43 (1.224 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.816 %)MS Office
61 (0.408 %)MS Visio
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (2.857 %)Google Analytics
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (2.857 %)HTTP
23 (1.224 %)Internet
32 (0.816 %)Intranet
41 (0.408 %)LAN
41 (0.408 %)WAN
41 (0.408 %)Network Security
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
175 (30.61 %)MySQL
226 (10.61 %)SQL Server
38 (3.265 %)Crystal Reports
43 (1.224 %)RDBMS
43 (1.224 %)PostgreSQL
52 (0.816 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (0.408 %)MS Access
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (2.449 %)Visual Studio
16 (2.449 %)Subversion
16 (2.449 %)Selenium
24 (1.633 %)Dreamweaver
33 (1.224 %)Maven
41 (0.408 %)Firebug
41 (0.408 %)RSpec
41 (0.408 %)Xcode
41 (0.408 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Cambridge IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (7.347 %)Marketing
213 (5.306 %)Advertising
310 (4.082 %)Education
310 (4.082 %)Graphic Design
47 (2.857 %)Finance
55 (2.041 %)Games
63 (1.224 %)Retail
63 (1.224 %)Billing
72 (0.816 %)Music
72 (0.816 %)Flash Games
72 (0.816 %)Animation
72 (0.816 %)Electric
81 (0.408 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.408 %)Multimedia
81 (0.408 %)Publishing
81 (0.408 %)Interactive Media
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1162 (66.12 %)Developer
294 (38.37 %)Web Developer
347 (19.18 %)Designer
438 (15.51 %)Web Designer
536 (14.69 %)PHP Developer
620 (8.163 %)PHP Web Developer
718 (7.347 %)Java Developer
815 (6.122 %)Graphic Designer
914 (5.714 %)Junior
1013 (5.306 %)Software Developer
1013 (5.306 %)Applications Developer
1112 (4.898 %)Software Engineer
1112 (4.898 %)C# Developer
1112 (4.898 %)Photoshop Designer
1211 (4.490 %).NET Developer
1211 (4.490 %)Senior Developer
1211 (4.490 %)Junior Developer
1310 (4.082 %)ColdFusion Developer
1310 (4.082 %)Graduate
1310 (4.082 %)Front-End Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
116 (6.531 %)Computer Science
211 (4.490 %)W3C
211 (4.490 %)Mathematics
38 (3.265 %)Data Protection Act
45 (2.041 %)Physics
54 (1.633 %)Social Network
62 (0.816 %)Client/Server
62 (0.816 %)Chemistry
62 (0.816 %)Biology
62 (0.816 %)E-Learning
71 (0.408 %)SCORM
71 (0.408 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.408 %)Management Information System
71 (0.408 %)iPhone
71 (0.408 %)Open Source
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
135 (14.29 %)Linux
220 (8.163 %)UNIX
311 (4.490 %)Solaris
45 (2.041 %)Windows
53 (1.224 %)Windows XP
61 (0.408 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.408 %)Android
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
160 (24.49 %)Web Development
231 (12.65 %)E-Commerce
231 (12.65 %)Project Management
327 (11.02 %)Content Management
426 (10.61 %)OO
525 (10.20 %)Web Design
617 (6.939 %)Agile Software Development
617 (6.939 %)SEO
713 (5.306 %)Software Engineering
713 (5.306 %)Online Marketing
811 (4.490 %)OOP
910 (4.082 %)DSDM
109 (3.673 %)Software Architecture
118 (3.265 %)Data Protection
118 (3.265 %)TDD
126 (2.449 %)Capacity Planning
126 (2.449 %)Usability Testing
126 (2.449 %)DNA
135 (2.041 %)OOD
135 (2.041 %)Unit Testing
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1179 (73.06 %)JavaScript
2103 (42.04 %)PHP
374 (30.20 %)SQL
446 (18.78 %)Java
545 (18.37 %)C#
629 (11.84 %)C++
723 (9.388 %)Perl
723 (9.388 %)Shell Script
813 (5.306 %)ActionScript
912 (4.898 %)C
1010 (4.082 %)Ruby
119 (3.673 %)ActionScript 3.0
127 (2.857 %)Bash shell
127 (2.857 %)PHP5
135 (2.041 %)VB.NET
135 (2.041 %)ActionScript 2.0
144 (1.633 %)VB
153 (1.224 %)PowerHouse
161 (0.408 %)Objective-C
161 (0.408 %)PHP4
Cambridge IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
159 (24.08 %)Degree
22 (0.816 %)OCP
22 (0.816 %)Oracle Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (6.531 %)QA
26 (2.449 %)WAI
Cambridge IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (4.490 %)Zend
27 (2.857 %)Google
36 (2.449 %)Sage
36 (2.449 %)Salesforce.com
45 (2.041 %)Microsoft
54 (1.633 %)Sitecore
63 (1.224 %)Adobe
72 (0.816 %)Oracle