Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 15 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 Essex region.

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Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank52250
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Up+28
Matching permanent IT job ads1508993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex21.90 %8.436 %4.348 %
As % of the Application Development category55.76 %20.32 %8.807 %
Salaries quoted1208886
Average salary£35,000£30,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£22,250£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£42,750£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£31,000£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.330 %-
Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2694381056
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex39.27 %41.52 %49.37 %
Salaries quoted221411943
Average salary£37,500£32,587£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.07 %-6.890 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£60,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
CSS East of EnglandCSS
East of England

CSS
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex CSS Salary Trend

CSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CSS across the Essex region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

Essex CSS Salary Histogram

CSS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Essex region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ColchesterUp+1968£33,000+10.00 %
ChelmsfordUp+113£40,000+142.42 %
HockleyNew entry-3£35,000-
Southend-on-SeaUp+82£28,000-20.56 %
RayleighNew entry-2£26,500-
BrentwoodNew entry-2£45,000-
BraintreeUp+21£35,000+41.41 %
MaldonNew entry-1£21,500-
CSS East of EnglandCSS
East of England

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1177 (82.71 %)HTML
2132 (61.68 %)JavaScript
3113 (52.80 %)PHP
498 (45.79 %).NET
589 (41.59 %)SQL
589 (41.59 %)C#
681 (37.85 %)Web Development
773 (34.11 %)XML
872 (33.64 %)Web Services
872 (33.64 %)AJAX
967 (31.31 %)SQL Server
1060 (28.04 %)ASP.NET
1157 (26.64 %)Marketing
1254 (25.23 %)Migration
1254 (25.23 %)CRM
1352 (24.30 %)SOA
1352 (24.30 %)RDBMS
1352 (24.30 %)Salesforce.com
1352 (24.30 %)DHTML
1352 (24.30 %)Force.com
1352 (24.30 %)Visualforce
1352 (24.30 %)Apex Code
1446 (21.50 %)MySQL
1543 (20.09 %)OO
1641 (19.16 %)E-Commerce
1734 (15.89 %)Online Marketing
1833 (15.42 %)SEO
1931 (14.49 %)Pay per click
2030 (14.02 %)Microsoft
2128 (13.08 %)Linux

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1177 (82.71 %)HTML
298 (45.79 %).NET
373 (34.11 %)XML
472 (33.64 %)AJAX
472 (33.64 %)Web Services
560 (28.04 %)ASP.NET
652 (24.30 %)DHTML
652 (24.30 %)Visualforce
727 (12.62 %)Flash
826 (12.15 %)XHTML
917 (7.944 %)jQuery
1016 (7.477 %)ASP
1115 (7.009 %)MVC
1211 (5.140 %)WCF
1211 (5.140 %)WPF
138 (3.738 %)LAMP
146 (2.804 %)XSLT
154 (1.869 %)Ruby on Rails
163 (1.402 %)MFC
163 (1.402 %)Zend Framework
Essex IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
152 (24.30 %)Force.com
216 (7.477 %)IIS
313 (6.075 %)Apache
410 (4.673 %)ColdFusion
56 (2.804 %)CMS
65 (2.336 %)SharePoint
65 (2.336 %)ExpressionEngine
74 (1.869 %)WordPress
83 (1.402 %)SharePoint Server 2007
92 (0.935 %)BizTalk Server
101 (0.467 %)Drupal
101 (0.467 %)Umbraco
101 (0.467 %)Joomla!
Essex IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
119 (8.879 %)MS Excel
216 (7.477 %)Fireworks
37 (3.271 %)Adobe Illustrator
46 (2.804 %)Photoshop
51 (0.467 %)MS Office
Essex IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (4.673 %)Google Analytics
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (4.206 %)Internet
28 (3.738 %)Asterisk PBX
36 (2.804 %)SMS
43 (1.402 %)HTTP
43 (1.402 %)SSL
51 (0.467 %)Extranet
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
167 (31.31 %)SQL Server
252 (24.30 %)RDBMS
346 (21.50 %)MySQL
417 (7.944 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (2.336 %)SQL Server 2008
62 (0.935 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (0.935 %)MS Access
71 (0.467 %)PostgreSQL
Essex IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (3.271 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.869 %)Dreamweaver
33 (1.402 %)Subversion
Essex IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
157 (26.64 %)Marketing
212 (5.607 %)Graphic Design
38 (3.738 %)Social Media
47 (3.271 %)Retail
53 (1.402 %)Construction
53 (1.402 %)Online Games
53 (1.402 %)Online Betting
53 (1.402 %)Games
62 (0.935 %)Advertising
71 (0.467 %)Insurance
71 (0.467 %)Video Editing
Essex IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1174 (81.31 %)Developer
255 (25.70 %)Web Developer
352 (24.30 %)Salesforce.com Developer
446 (21.50 %)Analyst
446 (21.50 %)Analyst Developer
540 (18.69 %)Senior Developer
634 (15.89 %).NET Developer
724 (11.21 %)Software Developer
814 (6.542 %)Web Designer
814 (6.542 %)Designer
913 (6.075 %)Senior Software Developer
913 (6.075 %)Senior .NET Developer
1011 (5.140 %)Senior Web Developer
1011 (5.140 %)C# Developer
1110 (4.673 %)SEO Specialist
128 (3.738 %)PHP Developer
137 (3.271 %)Senior C# Developer
146 (2.804 %)Programmer
146 (2.804 %)Online Marketing Specialist
153 (1.402 %)SharePoint Developer
Essex IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (2.804 %)Blackberry
16 (2.804 %)Social Network
16 (2.804 %)FMCG
25 (2.336 %)Open Source
25 (2.336 %)Statistics
34 (1.869 %)Computer Science
42 (0.935 %)Blog
42 (0.935 %)W3C
51 (0.467 %)Chip and PIN
51 (0.467 %)Management Information System
51 (0.467 %)Web 2.0
Essex IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (13.08 %)Linux
24 (1.869 %)Windows
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
181 (37.85 %)Web Development
254 (25.23 %)CRM
254 (25.23 %)Migration
352 (24.30 %)SOA
443 (20.09 %)OO
541 (19.16 %)E-Commerce
634 (15.89 %)Online Marketing
733 (15.42 %)SEO
831 (14.49 %)Pay per click
916 (7.477 %)Image Processing
1012 (5.607 %)TDD
1111 (5.140 %)Scrum
1111 (5.140 %)Extreme Programming
1111 (5.140 %)Business Intelligence
1210 (4.673 %)Content Management
139 (4.206 %)Web Design
147 (3.271 %)OOP
147 (3.271 %)Email Marketing
156 (2.804 %)Digital Marketing
165 (2.336 %)Web Analytics
Essex IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1132 (61.68 %)JavaScript
2113 (52.80 %)PHP
389 (41.59 %)SQL
389 (41.59 %)C#
452 (24.30 %)Apex Code
528 (13.08 %)VB.NET
613 (6.075 %)Java
74 (1.869 %)VB
74 (1.869 %)Ruby
74 (1.869 %)PHP5
83 (1.402 %)VBScript
92 (0.935 %)C
101 (0.467 %)Shell Script
Essex IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (5.140 %)Degree
210 (4.673 %)MCP
210 (4.673 %)MCAD
210 (4.673 %)MCSD
210 (4.673 %)Microsoft Certification
210 (4.673 %)MCTS
Essex IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.467 %)Plesk
Essex IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
152 (24.30 %)Salesforce.com
230 (14.02 %)Microsoft
319 (8.879 %)Adobe
416 (7.477 %)Sitecore
511 (5.140 %)Google
64 (1.869 %)Zend
71 (0.467 %)Percussion