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This section looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3364
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads232156
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.065 %
As % of the category below15.96 %11.40 %
Salaries quoted208142
Average minimum salary£30,937£29,479
Average salary£34,646£32,342
% change on same period last year+7.12 %
Average maximum salary£38,356£35,205
UK excluding London average salary£31,425£30,644
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads14541368
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.782 %0.570 %
Salaries quoted12471154
Average minimum salary£36,752£36,268
Average salary£40,513£39,892
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Average maximum salary£44,274£43,516
UK excluding London average salary£35,949£36,837
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire CSS Salary Trend

CSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CSS across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Hertfordshire CSS Salary Histogram

CSS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordUp+322£38,632+22.19 %
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-20£32,105-
St AlbansDown-616£33,900+21.64 %
StevenageUp+1716£33,219-3.36 %
RoystonUp+112£36,250+3.57 %
BerkhamstedNew entry-9£24,389-
Potters BarNew entry-5£33,600-
Bishop's StortfordDown-44£27,000-22.85 %
BaldockNew entry-3£34,000-
LetchworthNew entry-2£34,000-
CSS East of EnglandCSS
East of England

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1349 (79.32 %)HTML
2243 (55.23 %)JavaScript
3209 (47.50 %)XML
4178 (40.45 %).NET
5137 (31.14 %)XHTML
6130 (29.55 %)PHP
7128 (29.09 %)C#
8120 (27.27 %)ASP.NET
995 (21.59 %)SQL Server
1094 (21.36 %)AJAX
1191 (20.68 %)Flash
1290 (20.45 %)Photoshop
1389 (20.23 %)SQL
1484 (19.09 %)Internet
1583 (18.86 %)ASP
1677 (17.50 %)E-Commerce
1774 (16.82 %)Web Development
1868 (15.45 %)Dreamweaver
1964 (14.55 %)MySQL
2059 (13.41 %)Microsoft
2158 (13.18 %)JSP
2158 (13.18 %)XSLT
2256 (12.73 %)Java
2256 (12.73 %)Marketing
2355 (12.50 %)CMS
2453 (12.05 %)ActionScript
2549 (11.14 %)XSL
2549 (11.14 %)Web Design
2648 (10.91 %)DHTML
2747 (10.68 %)OO

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1349 (79.32 %)HTML
2209 (47.50 %)XML
3178 (40.45 %).NET
4137 (31.14 %)XHTML
5120 (27.27 %)ASP.NET
694 (21.36 %)AJAX
783 (18.86 %)ASP
858 (13.18 %)JSP
858 (13.18 %)XSLT
949 (11.14 %)XSL
1038 (8.636 %)WebServices
1129 (6.591 %)J2EE
1129 (6.591 %)DOM
1227 (6.136 %)SOAP
1325 (5.682 %)WML
1423 (5.227 %)Struts
1520 (4.545 %).NET Framework
1619 (4.318 %)EJB
1718 (4.091 %)JDBC
1817 (3.864 %)LAMP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
155 (12.50 %)CMS
228 (6.364 %)Apache
313 (2.955 %)MQSeries
412 (2.727 %)WebSphere Application Server
511 (2.500 %)SharePoint
610 (2.273 %)IIS
77 (1.591 %)TeamSite
86 (1.364 %)BizTalk Server
86 (1.364 %)ColdFusion
94 (0.909 %)JBoss
103 (0.682 %)WebSphere MQ
111 (0.227 %)WebLogic
111 (0.227 %)MS Exchange
111 (0.227 %)Tomcat
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
190 (20.45 %)Photoshop
233 (7.500 %)MS Excel
324 (5.455 %)Fireworks
324 (5.455 %)Adobe Illustrator
413 (2.955 %)FreeHand
510 (2.273 %)InDesign
67 (1.591 %)Adobe Premiere
75 (1.136 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.455 %)PageMaker
82 (0.455 %)FrameMaker
82 (0.455 %)Acrobat
82 (0.455 %)MS Visio
91 (0.227 %)ImageReady
91 (0.227 %)MS Office
91 (0.227 %)QuarkXPress
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.227 %)WebTrends
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
184 (19.09 %)Internet
28 (1.818 %)Intranet
35 (1.136 %)HTTP
44 (0.909 %)DNS
53 (0.682 %)Broadband
53 (0.682 %)VoIP
53 (0.682 %)SMTP
53 (0.682 %)FTP
62 (0.455 %)CTI
62 (0.455 %)TCP/IP
71 (0.227 %)Extranet
71 (0.227 %)X.400
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
195 (21.59 %)SQL Server
264 (14.55 %)MySQL
338 (8.636 %)SQL Server 2005
425 (5.682 %)SQL Server 2000
513 (2.955 %)DB2
66 (1.364 %)DTS
75 (1.136 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
82 (0.455 %)SQL Server 2008
82 (0.455 %)SQL Server Integration Services
82 (0.455 %)MS Access
82 (0.455 %)FileMaker
82 (0.455 %)GIS
91 (0.227 %)dBASE
91 (0.227 %)SQLite
91 (0.227 %)Data Cleansing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
191 (20.68 %)Flash
268 (15.45 %)Dreamweaver
327 (6.136 %)Visual Studio
423 (5.227 %)VSS/SourceSafe
522 (5.000 %)ClearCase
522 (5.000 %)Bugzilla
613 (2.955 %)JUnit
75 (1.136 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
75 (1.136 %)Eclipse
83 (0.682 %)MSI
92 (0.455 %)Subversion
101 (0.227 %)Log4j
101 (0.227 %)JDeveloper
101 (0.227 %)JBuilder
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
156 (12.73 %)Marketing
230 (6.818 %)Health
328 (6.364 %)Pensions
419 (4.318 %)Retail
518 (4.091 %)Games
611 (2.500 %)Finance
710 (2.273 %)Telecoms
710 (2.273 %)Graphic Design
88 (1.818 %)Insurance
96 (1.364 %)Advertising
105 (1.136 %)FMCG
114 (0.909 %)Education
114 (0.909 %)Electric
123 (0.682 %)Multimedia
132 (0.455 %)Legal
132 (0.455 %)Automotive
132 (0.455 %)Animation
141 (0.227 %)Financial Institution
141 (0.227 %)Publishing
141 (0.227 %)Military
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1310 (70.45 %)Developer
2110 (25.00 %)Web Developer
358 (13.18 %)Web Designer
449 (11.14 %).NET Developer
548 (10.91 %)C# Developer
628 (6.364 %)PHP Developer
727 (6.136 %)Java Developer
822 (5.000 %)Junior
921 (4.773 %)Photoshop Designer
1020 (4.545 %)Web Manager
1020 (4.545 %)Junior Developer
1119 (4.318 %)Team Leader
1218 (4.091 %)Senior Developer
1317 (3.864 %)Development Manager
1317 (3.864 %)Web Development Manager
1416 (3.636 %)Programmer
1515 (3.409 %).NET Team Leader
1515 (3.409 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1613 (2.955 %)C++ Developer
1711 (2.500 %)J2EE Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
134 (7.727 %)W3C
231 (7.045 %)Web 2.0
320 (4.545 %)iDTV
415 (3.409 %)IVR
514 (3.182 %)Computer Science
610 (2.273 %)PDA
610 (2.273 %)Client/Server
79 (2.045 %)Interactive TV
88 (1.818 %)Speech Recognition
92 (0.455 %)EPoS
92 (0.455 %)EFT
92 (0.455 %)Mainframe
92 (0.455 %)BBC
92 (0.455 %)Podcast
101 (0.227 %)Data Conversion
101 (0.227 %)Copywriting
101 (0.227 %)Mathematics
101 (0.227 %)Physics
101 (0.227 %)Chemistry
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (6.818 %)Windows
130 (6.818 %)Linux
216 (3.636 %)Windows Server 2003
216 (3.636 %)UNIX
32 (0.455 %)Mac OS X
41 (0.227 %)Mac OS X Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
177 (17.50 %)E-Commerce
274 (16.82 %)Web Development
349 (11.14 %)Web Design
447 (10.68 %)OO
529 (6.591 %)SEO
621 (4.773 %)Content Management
714 (3.182 %)Scrum
714 (3.182 %)Continuous Integration
813 (2.955 %)UML
912 (2.727 %)Release Management
1011 (2.500 %)Email Marketing
1011 (2.500 %)Product Marketing
1011 (2.500 %)Change Management
119 (2.045 %)OOP
119 (2.045 %)Project Management
128 (1.818 %)Software Engineering
137 (1.591 %)Service Delivery
137 (1.591 %)B2B
146 (1.364 %)Agile Software Development
155 (1.136 %)RAD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1243 (55.23 %)JavaScript
2130 (29.55 %)PHP
3128 (29.09 %)C#
489 (20.23 %)SQL
556 (12.73 %)Java
653 (12.05 %)ActionScript
748 (10.91 %)DHTML
837 (8.409 %)VB.NET
924 (5.455 %)VB
1019 (4.318 %)C++
1117 (3.864 %)VBScript
1214 (3.182 %)PHP5
1312 (2.727 %)PHP4
149 (2.045 %)XPath
158 (1.818 %)Ruby
158 (1.818 %)C
167 (1.591 %)Python
176 (1.364 %)VC++
185 (1.136 %)Perl
194 (0.909 %)Transact-SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
140 (9.091 %)Degree
212 (2.727 %)Microsoft Certification
310 (2.273 %)HND
42 (0.455 %)MCP
42 (0.455 %)MCAD
42 (0.455 %)MCSD
51 (0.227 %)PhD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.045 %)WAI
22 (0.455 %)QA
31 (0.227 %)WCAG
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (13.41 %)Microsoft
234 (7.727 %)Adobe
325 (5.682 %)Oracle
413 (2.955 %)IBM
510 (2.273 %)Macromedia
69 (2.045 %)Interwoven
73 (0.682 %)SAP
73 (0.682 %)MKS
82 (0.455 %)Quark
82 (0.455 %)Blue Martini
82 (0.455 %)Google
82 (0.455 %)Tridion
91 (0.227 %)VERITAS
91 (0.227 %)BEA
91 (0.227 %)ATG