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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 19 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 Lancashire region.

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Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank51517
Rank change year-on-year
Up+10Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads9291123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire20.49 %11.21 %8.656 %
As % of the Application Development category45.54 %22.75 %22.86 %
Salaries quoted818681
Average salary£28,000£30,000£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£21,700£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£35,000£32,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,500£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.660 %-
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
202400538
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire44.99 %49.26 %37.86 %
Salaries quoted169335450
Average salary£29,000£31,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.930 %+5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£37,500£36,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
CSS North WestCSS
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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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire CSS Salary Trend

CSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CSS across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 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
PrestonUp+518£27,500+17.02 %
LancasterUp+1715£30,000+9.09 %
ChorleyDown-215£27,500+25.00 %
BlackburnDown-23£27,500-
BurnleyNew entry-2£28,000-
BlackpoolDown-51£25,000-18.03 %
AccringtonNew entry-1£23,000-
FleetwoodNew entry-1£31,500-
RossendaleNew entry-1£17,000-
CSS North WestCSS
North West

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1154 (81.05 %)JavaScript
2139 (73.16 %)PHP
3116 (61.05 %)HTML
4110 (57.89 %)MySQL
589 (46.84 %)XHTML
675 (39.47 %)AJAX
768 (35.79 %)SQL Server
866 (34.74 %).NET
957 (30.00 %)XML
1052 (27.37 %)ASP
1146 (24.21 %)ASP.NET
1244 (23.16 %)E-Commerce
1340 (21.05 %)Linux
1438 (20.00 %)CMS
1438 (20.00 %)CRM
1536 (18.95 %)VB.NET
1634 (17.89 %)C#
1729 (15.26 %)SQL
1729 (15.26 %)SQL Server 2005
1729 (15.26 %)Graphic Design
1827 (14.21 %)Photoshop
1926 (13.68 %)UNIX
2025 (13.16 %)Web Development
2124 (12.63 %)Flash
2124 (12.63 %)Fireworks
2222 (11.58 %)Perl
2222 (11.58 %)jQuery
2222 (11.58 %)SQL Server 2008
2321 (11.05 %)Ext JS
2419 (10.00 %)Systems Analysis

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1116 (61.05 %)HTML
289 (46.84 %)XHTML
375 (39.47 %)AJAX
466 (34.74 %).NET
557 (30.00 %)XML
652 (27.37 %)ASP
746 (24.21 %)ASP.NET
824 (12.63 %)Flash
922 (11.58 %)jQuery
1021 (11.05 %)Ext JS
1116 (8.421 %)Smarty
1116 (8.421 %)LINQ
1211 (5.789 %)XSLT
137 (3.684 %)LAMP
145 (2.632 %)JSP
145 (2.632 %)Web Services
154 (2.105 %)J2EE
163 (1.579 %)EJB
163 (1.579 %)DHTML
163 (1.579 %)JMS
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
138 (20.00 %)CMS
212 (6.316 %)IIS
39 (4.737 %)Apache
44 (2.105 %)WordPress
53 (1.579 %)Magento
53 (1.579 %)ExpressionEngine
53 (1.579 %)ColdFusion
62 (1.053 %)Lotus Notes
62 (1.053 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.526 %)ColdFusion MX
Lancashire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
127 (14.21 %)Photoshop
224 (12.63 %)Fireworks
310 (5.263 %)MS Excel
Lancashire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (3.158 %)Summit
Lancashire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (4.211 %)Internet
27 (3.684 %)Intranet
36 (3.158 %)Extranet
41 (0.526 %)SMPP
41 (0.526 %)Firewall
41 (0.526 %)Cisco ASA
Lancashire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1110 (57.89 %)MySQL
268 (35.79 %)SQL Server
329 (15.26 %)SQL Server 2005
422 (11.58 %)SQL Server 2008
55 (2.632 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (1.053 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (0.526 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Lancashire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (2.632 %)Dreamweaver
15 (2.632 %)Subversion
24 (2.105 %)Visual Studio
33 (1.579 %)CruiseControl
33 (1.579 %)Maven
33 (1.579 %)Ant
42 (1.053 %)Flex Builder
51 (0.526 %)Team Foundation Server
51 (0.526 %)Visual Studio Team System
51 (0.526 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Lancashire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (15.26 %)Graphic Design
217 (8.947 %)Finance
316 (8.421 %)Marketing
47 (3.684 %)Pensions
56 (3.158 %)Retail
64 (2.105 %)Health
73 (1.579 %)Advertising
73 (1.579 %)Education
81 (0.526 %)Multimedia
81 (0.526 %)Insurance
81 (0.526 %)Social Media
Lancashire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1175 (92.11 %)Developer
2103 (54.21 %)Web Developer
399 (52.11 %)PHP Developer
447 (24.74 %)PHP Web Developer
539 (20.53 %).NET Developer
631 (16.32 %).NET Web Developer
726 (13.68 %)Senior Developer
818 (9.474 %)MySQL Developer
916 (8.421 %)Senior PHP Developer
1014 (7.368 %)Systems Developer
1014 (7.368 %)ASP.NET Developer
1112 (6.316 %)C# Developer
1210 (5.263 %)Designer
139 (4.737 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
139 (4.737 %)C# Web Developer
148 (4.211 %)Web Designer
156 (3.158 %)ASP Developer
156 (3.158 %)Team Leader
165 (2.632 %)Senior Web Developer
165 (2.632 %)VB.NET Developer
Lancashire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (5.789 %)W3C
210 (5.263 %)E-Learning
33 (1.579 %)N-Tier
42 (1.053 %)RIA
51 (0.526 %)Copywriting
Lancashire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
140 (21.05 %)Linux
226 (13.68 %)UNIX
316 (8.421 %)Windows
411 (5.789 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (0.526 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.526 %)Debian
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
144 (23.16 %)E-Commerce
238 (20.00 %)CRM
325 (13.16 %)Web Development
419 (10.00 %)Systems Analysis
419 (10.00 %)Project Management
515 (7.895 %)Web Design
611 (5.789 %)PRINCE2
710 (5.263 %)OOP
710 (5.263 %)OO
88 (4.211 %)SEO
97 (3.684 %)MVC
106 (3.158 %)Content Management
115 (2.632 %)UML
115 (2.632 %)OOD
124 (2.105 %)Web Analytics
124 (2.105 %)Pay per click
133 (1.579 %)Web Accessibility
141 (0.526 %)Reverse Engineering
141 (0.526 %)Email Marketing
141 (0.526 %)Technical Architecture
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1154 (81.05 %)JavaScript
2139 (73.16 %)PHP
336 (18.95 %)VB.NET
434 (17.89 %)C#
529 (15.26 %)SQL
622 (11.58 %)Perl
714 (7.368 %)PHP5
88 (4.211 %)PHP4
96 (3.158 %)VB
105 (2.632 %)ActionScript
105 (2.632 %)Java
113 (1.579 %)C
122 (1.053 %)ActionScript 3.0
131 (0.526 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Lancashire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (5.789 %)PRINCE2 Certification
29 (4.737 %)Degree
31 (0.526 %)Microsoft Certification
Lancashire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.526 %)WCAG
Lancashire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.526 %)Postfix
11 (0.526 %)XenServer
Lancashire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.526 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Lancashire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (6.316 %)Oracle
211 (5.789 %)Microsoft
36 (3.158 %)Yahoo!
44 (2.105 %)Google
44 (2.105 %)Adobe
52 (1.053 %)Lotus
61 (0.526 %)ATG
61 (0.526 %)Citrix
61 (0.526 %)Cisco