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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Lancashire 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1639
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads11549
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.066 %0.021 %
As % of the category below23.47 %11.32 %
Salaries quoted10243
Average minimum salary£24,301£25,263
Average salary£27,474£27,351
% change on same period last year+0.44 %
Average maximum salary£30,647£29,439
UK excluding London average salary£31,832£30,561
% change on same period last year+4.15 %
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching permanent IT job ads490433
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.282 %0.189 %
Salaries quoted406346
Average minimum salary£27,950£29,327
Average salary£30,822£32,027
% change on same period last year-3.76 %
Average maximum salary£33,694£34,726
UK excluding London average salary£35,959£36,645
% change on same period last year-1.87 %
CSS North WestCSS
North West

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 8 October 2008.

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 8 October 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
BlackburnUp+1138£24,868-15.22 %
PrestonNo change034£27,879+2.04 %
LancasterUp+514£30,357+11.98 %
DarwenNew entry-8£24,434-
MorecambeNew entry-6£27,500-
BurnleyUp+25£33,450+33.80 %
BlackpoolUp+14£39,375+77.96 %
CarnforthNew entry-3--
ChorleyDown-11£28,000-1.75 %
Newton-le-WillowsNew entry-1--
CSS North WestCSS
North West

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, 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.

1124 (65.26 %)HTML
2118 (62.11 %)JavaScript
3105 (55.26 %)XHTML
493 (48.95 %)MySQL
592 (48.42 %).NET
687 (45.79 %)PHP
783 (43.68 %)ASP.NET
870 (36.84 %)E-Commerce
964 (33.68 %)SQL
1056 (29.47 %)C#
1151 (26.84 %)SQL Server
1246 (24.21 %)Photoshop
1344 (23.16 %)AJAX
1443 (22.63 %)XML
1540 (21.05 %)ASP
1636 (18.95 %)Adobe Illustrator
1636 (18.95 %)SEO
1636 (18.95 %)Flash
1730 (15.79 %)Internet
1730 (15.79 %)Linux
1829 (15.26 %)Marketing
1927 (14.21 %)Web Development
2026 (13.68 %)Web Design
2123 (12.11 %)OO
2220 (10.53 %)Dreamweaver
2318 (9.474 %)PHP5
2417 (8.947 %)MS Excel
2516 (8.421 %)UNIX
2516 (8.421 %)XSLT
2614 (7.368 %)CMS

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1124 (65.26 %)HTML
2105 (55.26 %)XHTML
392 (48.42 %).NET
483 (43.68 %)ASP.NET
544 (23.16 %)AJAX
643 (22.63 %)XML
740 (21.05 %)ASP
816 (8.421 %)XSLT
912 (6.316 %)WebServices
109 (4.737 %)LAMP
118 (4.211 %)XSL
127 (3.684 %)ASP.NET 2.0
135 (2.632 %)Adobe Flex
143 (1.579 %)Java RMI
143 (1.579 %)WinForms
143 (1.579 %)SOAP
143 (1.579 %)DOM
152 (1.053 %)WCF
152 (1.053 %)WPF
152 (1.053 %)WF
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (7.368 %)CMS
212 (6.316 %)Apache
39 (4.737 %)IIS
43 (1.579 %)SharePoint
51 (0.526 %)JBoss
Lancashire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
146 (24.21 %)Photoshop
236 (18.95 %)Adobe Illustrator
317 (8.947 %)MS Excel
414 (7.368 %)FreeHand
59 (4.737 %)Fireworks
65 (2.632 %)Shockwave
65 (2.632 %)Acrobat
73 (1.579 %)MS Office
81 (0.526 %)ImageReady
Lancashire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (15.79 %)Internet
29 (4.737 %)Intranet
37 (3.684 %)FTP
42 (1.053 %)Extranet
Lancashire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
193 (48.95 %)MySQL
251 (26.84 %)SQL Server
34 (2.105 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (2.105 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (1.579 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
43 (1.579 %)Crystal Reports
Lancashire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
136 (18.95 %)Flash
220 (10.53 %)Dreamweaver
36 (3.158 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.526 %)Subversion
41 (0.526 %)Eclipse
Lancashire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (15.26 %)Marketing
28 (4.211 %)Retail
35 (2.632 %)Finance
35 (2.632 %)Education
44 (2.105 %)Construction
53 (1.579 %)Health
62 (1.053 %)Graphic Design
62 (1.053 %)Multimedia
71 (0.526 %)Local Government
71 (0.526 %)Pensions
71 (0.526 %)Government
Lancashire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1146 (76.84 %)Developer
286 (45.26 %)Web Developer
353 (27.89 %)PHP Developer
437 (19.47 %)Web Designer
532 (16.84 %).NET Developer
625 (13.16 %)MySQL Developer
625 (13.16 %)ASP.NET Developer
723 (12.11 %)C# Developer
818 (9.474 %)PHP Web Developer
916 (8.421 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1015 (7.895 %)C# Web Developer
1112 (6.316 %)Programmer
1112 (6.316 %).NET Web Developer
1210 (5.263 %)Photoshop Designer
138 (4.211 %)Website Developer
146 (3.158 %)Web Programmer
155 (2.632 %)Lead Developer
164 (2.105 %)Analyst Programmer
164 (2.105 %)Analyst
164 (2.105 %)Graduate
Lancashire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (5.789 %)W3C
22 (1.053 %)N-Tier
31 (0.526 %)BBC
31 (0.526 %)E-Learning
31 (0.526 %)VLE
31 (0.526 %)Data Extraction
Lancashire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (15.79 %)Linux
216 (8.421 %)UNIX
35 (2.632 %)Windows
41 (0.526 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.526 %)Red Hat Linux
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
170 (36.84 %)E-Commerce
236 (18.95 %)SEO
327 (14.21 %)Web Development
426 (13.68 %)Web Design
523 (12.11 %)OO
613 (6.842 %)Internet Marketing
710 (5.263 %)Pay per click
89 (4.737 %)Search Engine Marketing
98 (4.211 %)Content Management
98 (4.211 %)OOP
107 (3.684 %)Migration
114 (2.105 %)Project Management
114 (2.105 %)Unit Testing
123 (1.579 %)User Acceptance Testing
123 (1.579 %)UML
123 (1.579 %)CRM
132 (1.053 %)Scrum
132 (1.053 %)Extreme Programming
132 (1.053 %)Business Analysis
132 (1.053 %)OOD
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1118 (62.11 %)JavaScript
287 (45.79 %)PHP
364 (33.68 %)SQL
456 (29.47 %)C#
518 (9.474 %)PHP5
614 (7.368 %)VB.NET
614 (7.368 %)ActionScript
712 (6.316 %)PHP4
810 (5.263 %)Java
98 (4.211 %)VB
98 (4.211 %)Perl
104 (2.105 %)VB6
112 (1.053 %)C++
112 (1.053 %)DHTML
112 (1.053 %)Transact-SQL
Lancashire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (3.684 %)Degree
Lancashire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (3.684 %)Adobe
25 (2.632 %)Microsoft
33 (1.579 %)Oracle
41 (0.526 %)Red Hat