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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CSS over the 3 months to 16 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 North West region.

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Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank121830
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Up+12
Matching permanent IT job ads630527658
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West11.88 %9.118 %5.281 %
As % of the Application Development category28.97 %20.90 %16.27 %
Salaries quoted571463533
Average salary£30,000£27,500£28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.090 %-1.780 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£22,000£21,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,900£36,000£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,000£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+3.330 %-
North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
217525224044
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West41.02 %43.63 %32.46 %
Salaries quoted195422203455
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,606£23,394
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£43,150£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
CSS EnglandCSS
England

CSS
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West CSS Salary Trend

CSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CSS across the North West region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 16 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
ManchesterUp+6356£30,000+9.09 %
CheshireUp+6141£27,500+1.85 %
LancashireUp+1092£27,500-8.33 %
MerseysideUp+226£27,500-8.33 %
CumbriaUp+110£30,000+11.11 %
CSS EnglandCSS
England

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1873 (69.67 %)JavaScript
2865 (69.03 %)HTML
3564 (45.01 %).NET
4532 (42.46 %)XHTML
5490 (39.11 %)PHP
6457 (36.47 %)ASP.NET
7405 (32.32 %)SQL Server
8396 (31.60 %)MySQL
9374 (29.85 %)C#
10357 (28.49 %)XML
11324 (25.86 %)SQL
12315 (25.14 %)AJAX
13307 (24.50 %)E-Commerce
14243 (19.39 %)Web Development
15221 (17.64 %)Photoshop
16209 (16.68 %)Flash
17182 (14.53 %)VB.NET
18171 (13.65 %)ASP
19170 (13.57 %)Linux
20168 (13.41 %)OO
21166 (13.25 %)Marketing
22160 (12.77 %)CMS
23152 (12.13 %)jQuery
24138 (11.01 %)SQL Server 2005
25137 (10.93 %)Web Services
26125 (9.976 %)Web Design
27119 (9.497 %)SEO
28110 (8.779 %)Adobe Illustrator
29108 (8.619 %)Windows
30102 (8.140 %)Degree

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1865 (69.03 %)HTML
2564 (45.01 %).NET
3532 (42.46 %)XHTML
4457 (36.47 %)ASP.NET
5357 (28.49 %)XML
6315 (25.14 %)AJAX
7209 (16.68 %)Flash
8171 (13.65 %)ASP
9152 (12.13 %)jQuery
10137 (10.93 %)Web Services
1182 (6.544 %)Ruby on Rails
1271 (5.666 %)MVC
1362 (4.948 %).NET Framework
1461 (4.868 %)Adobe Flex
1554 (4.310 %)XSLT
1651 (4.070 %)LINQ
1747 (3.751 %)WCF
1844 (3.512 %)LAMP
1943 (3.432 %)Spring
2041 (3.272 %)J2EE
North West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1160 (12.77 %)CMS
258 (4.629 %)Apache
346 (3.671 %)Drupal
440 (3.192 %)IIS
521 (1.676 %)Magento
616 (1.277 %)ColdFusion
715 (1.197 %)Umbraco
715 (1.197 %)EPiServer
812 (0.958 %)SharePoint
99 (0.718 %)WordPress
108 (0.638 %)ColdFusion MX
108 (0.638 %)MS Exchange
117 (0.559 %)BizTalk Server
117 (0.559 %)Lotus Notes
117 (0.559 %)Lotus Domino
126 (0.479 %)Tomcat
134 (0.319 %)ATG Dynamo
143 (0.239 %)ExpressionEngine
143 (0.239 %)Joomla!
152 (0.160 %)Zope
North West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1221 (17.64 %)Photoshop
2110 (8.779 %)Adobe Illustrator
359 (4.709 %)Fireworks
441 (3.272 %)MS Excel
511 (0.878 %)MS Visio
610 (0.798 %)InDesign
77 (0.559 %)MS Office
84 (0.319 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.080 %)Adobe After Effects
91 (0.080 %)QuarkXPress
North West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (1.117 %)Summit
28 (0.638 %)Google Analytics
34 (0.319 %)WebTrends
41 (0.080 %)GoldMine
41 (0.080 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
149 (3.911 %)Internet
235 (2.793 %)Intranet
39 (0.718 %)Extranet
45 (0.399 %)Firewall
54 (0.319 %)DMZ
54 (0.319 %)SSL
54 (0.319 %)DNS
54 (0.319 %)FTP
61 (0.080 %)Cisco ASA
61 (0.080 %)SMPP
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1405 (32.32 %)SQL Server
2396 (31.60 %)MySQL
3138 (11.01 %)SQL Server 2005
456 (4.469 %)SQL Server 2000
554 (4.310 %)SQL Server 2008
614 (1.117 %)Crystal Reports
713 (1.038 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
811 (0.878 %)SQL Server Integration Services
95 (0.399 %)RDBMS
103 (0.239 %)Datawarehouse
112 (0.160 %)DB2
112 (0.160 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
112 (0.160 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
121 (0.080 %)Oracle 10g
121 (0.080 %)TOAD
121 (0.080 %)BusinessObjects
North West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
174 (5.906 %)Visual Studio
273 (5.826 %)Dreamweaver
336 (2.873 %)Subversion
412 (0.958 %)VSS/SourceSafe
510 (0.798 %)Flex Builder
69 (0.718 %)NUnit
75 (0.399 %)Zend Studio
75 (0.399 %)Maven
75 (0.399 %)Ant
75 (0.399 %)JUnit
83 (0.239 %)CruiseControl
91 (0.080 %)Team Foundation Server
91 (0.080 %)Git (software)
91 (0.080 %)Visual Studio Team System
91 (0.080 %)JIRA
91 (0.080 %)Log4j
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1166 (13.25 %)Marketing
271 (5.666 %)Retail
355 (4.389 %)Finance
442 (3.352 %)Multimedia
442 (3.352 %)Pensions
442 (3.352 %)Graphic Design
540 (3.192 %)Health
540 (3.192 %)Animation
639 (3.113 %)Social Media
722 (1.756 %)Games
814 (1.117 %)Advertising
910 (0.798 %)Education
109 (0.718 %)Legal
109 (0.718 %)Telecoms
117 (0.559 %)Publishing
126 (0.479 %)Manufacturing
134 (0.319 %)Pharmaceutical
134 (0.319 %)Insurance
134 (0.319 %)Banking
143 (0.239 %)Music
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11013 (80.85 %)Developer
2473 (37.75 %)Web Developer
3312 (24.90 %).NET Developer
4274 (21.87 %)PHP Developer
5156 (12.45 %)ASP.NET Developer
6153 (12.21 %)Designer
7140 (11.17 %).NET Web Developer
8137 (10.93 %)C# Developer
9131 (10.45 %)Web Designer
10112 (8.939 %)Senior Developer
1198 (7.821 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1284 (6.704 %)PHP Web Developer
1367 (5.347 %)C# Web Developer
1455 (4.389 %)VB.NET Developer
1553 (4.230 %)Junior
1647 (3.751 %)Junior Developer
1743 (3.432 %)Senior Web Developer
1841 (3.272 %)Senior .NET Developer
1938 (3.033 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
2035 (2.793 %)Senior PHP Developer
North West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
191 (7.263 %)W3C
244 (3.512 %)Open Source
337 (2.953 %)N-Tier
430 (2.394 %)Web 2.0
520 (1.596 %)Computer Science
617 (1.357 %)Google App Engine
713 (1.038 %)iPhone
713 (1.038 %)RIA
811 (0.878 %)Social Network
910 (0.798 %)E-Learning
109 (0.718 %)Client/Server
118 (0.638 %)BBC
127 (0.559 %)Blog
136 (0.479 %)Multithreading
143 (0.239 %)Photography
152 (0.160 %)Blackberry
152 (0.160 %)AS400
152 (0.160 %)Management Information System
152 (0.160 %)Handset
152 (0.160 %)Streaming Media
North West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1170 (13.57 %)Linux
2108 (8.619 %)Windows
360 (4.789 %)UNIX
421 (1.676 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (0.878 %)Windows Server 2008
63 (0.239 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
72 (0.160 %)Debian
72 (0.160 %)Ubuntu
72 (0.160 %)Android
81 (0.080 %)Windows Mobile
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1307 (24.50 %)E-Commerce
2243 (19.39 %)Web Development
3168 (13.41 %)OO
4125 (9.976 %)Web Design
5119 (9.497 %)SEO
672 (5.746 %)CRM
764 (5.108 %)Content Management
764 (5.108 %)Scrum
849 (3.911 %)Online Marketing
849 (3.911 %)Agile Software Development
849 (3.911 %)OOP
944 (3.512 %)Unit Testing
1037 (2.953 %)Project Management
1132 (2.554 %)Pay per click
1227 (2.155 %)UML
1325 (1.995 %)OOD
1424 (1.915 %)Email Marketing
1520 (1.596 %)Systems Analysis
1615 (1.197 %)PRINCE2
1714 (1.117 %)Migration
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1873 (69.67 %)JavaScript
2490 (39.11 %)PHP
3374 (29.85 %)C#
4324 (25.86 %)SQL
5182 (14.53 %)VB.NET
698 (7.821 %)Perl
792 (7.342 %)PHP5
889 (7.103 %)ActionScript
988 (7.023 %)Ruby
1078 (6.225 %)Java
1156 (4.469 %)VB
1251 (4.070 %)C
1251 (4.070 %)T-SQL
1344 (3.512 %)ActionScript 3.0
1440 (3.192 %)PHP4
1526 (2.075 %)VBScript
1526 (2.075 %)Python
1612 (0.958 %)C++
1711 (0.878 %)VB6
188 (0.638 %)PL/SQL
North West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1102 (8.140 %)Degree
211 (0.878 %)PRINCE2 Certification
35 (0.399 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (0.239 %)MCSD
51 (0.080 %)Security Cleared
51 (0.080 %)MCTS
51 (0.080 %)MCAD
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (1.357 %)QA
213 (1.038 %)WAI
33 (0.239 %)WCAG
33 (0.239 %)ISO9001
42 (0.160 %)SLA
42 (0.160 %)PCI DSS
North West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (0.638 %)Active Directory
25 (0.399 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.160 %)Squid
41 (0.080 %)Postfix
41 (0.080 %)XenServer
41 (0.080 %)NFS
North West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.319 %)SCOM
21 (0.080 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
193 (7.422 %)Microsoft
278 (6.225 %)Adobe
343 (3.432 %)Google
434 (2.713 %)Oracle
513 (1.038 %)Zend
611 (0.878 %)ATG
77 (0.559 %)Lotus
86 (0.479 %)Yahoo!
95 (0.399 %)VMware
95 (0.399 %)JBoss
104 (0.319 %)Borland
104 (0.319 %)Foundry
112 (0.160 %)Citrix
112 (0.160 %)Macromedia
112 (0.160 %)FatWire
112 (0.160 %)Open Text
121 (0.080 %)Confirmit
121 (0.080 %)telerik
121 (0.080 %)AppSense
121 (0.080 %)Sony