Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CSS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank202331
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+8
Matching permanent IT job ads688658489762
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.015 %6.895 %4.783 %
As % of the Application Development category21.98 %19.83 %14.80 %
Salaries quoted630652078740
Average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£23,500£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,500£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+1.660 %-
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

CSS
Demand Trend

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

CSS Demand Trend

CSS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CSS within the UK.

CSS Salary Trend

CSS
Salary Histogram

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

CSS Salary Histogram

CSS
Top 30 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 UK 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
EnglandUp+26577£33,000+1.53 %
LondonDown-52497£39,500+5.33 %
South EastUp+81333£32,500-
North WestUp+6642£30,000+9.09 %
City of LondonUp+3642£37,500-6.25 %
South WestUp+14630£30,000-4.76 %
East of EnglandUp+2537£32,500-4.41 %
YorkshireUp+2478£30,500+10.90 %
ManchesterUp+6364£30,000+9.09 %
SurreyUp+14324£37,500+7.14 %
BerkshireUp+17294£32,500-2.98 %
West MidlandsUp+6271£30,000-4.76 %
West YorkshireUp+4243£30,000+15.38 %
HampshireUp+19226£30,000+7.14 %
East MidlandsDown-3189£27,500-8.33 %
WalesUp+35175£30,000+17.64 %
BristolUp+6170£27,500-19.11 %
South WalesUp+46169£30,000-6.25 %
LeedsUp+4162£27,750+6.73 %
CambridgeshireDown-5162£32,250-0.76 %
WiltshireUp+47159£30,000+7.14 %
EssexUp+19148£35,000+16.66 %
CheshireUp+8145£27,500+1.85 %
BuckinghamshireDown-4119£32,500+8.33 %
OxfordshireUp+3118£30,000-
South YorkshireUp+2114£32,500+16.07 %
West SussexUp+28110£29,250+4.46 %
ScotlandUp+6110£36,250+45.00 %
CardiffUp+30109£30,000+29.03 %
SomersetUp+18106£32,500-4.41 %

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

19660 (73.61 %)HTML
29422 (71.80 %)JavaScript
35620 (42.83 %).NET
44530 (34.52 %)AJAX
54410 (33.61 %)XHTML
64321 (32.93 %)ASP.NET
74164 (31.73 %)XML
84098 (31.23 %)C#
94033 (30.73 %)PHP
103744 (28.53 %)SQL Server
113205 (24.42 %)SQL
122813 (21.44 %)MySQL
132488 (18.96 %)Web Development
142251 (17.15 %)Flash
152240 (17.07 %)E-Commerce
162051 (15.63 %)jQuery
171948 (14.84 %)OO
181916 (14.60 %)Photoshop
191809 (13.78 %)Java
201738 (13.24 %)Web Services
211454 (11.08 %)Linux
221386 (10.56 %)Marketing
231368 (10.42 %)CMS
241334 (10.17 %)ASP
251233 (9.396 %)Microsoft
261194 (9.099 %)Degree
271174 (8.946 %)XSLT
281150 (8.763 %)VB.NET
291123 (8.557 %)SEO
301065 (8.116 %)MVC

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
19660 (73.61 %)HTML
25620 (42.83 %).NET
34530 (34.52 %)AJAX
44410 (33.61 %)XHTML
54321 (32.93 %)ASP.NET
64164 (31.73 %)XML
72251 (17.15 %)Flash
82051 (15.63 %)jQuery
91738 (13.24 %)Web Services
101334 (10.17 %)ASP
111174 (8.946 %)XSLT
12786 (5.989 %)JSP
13757 (5.768 %).NET Framework
14745 (5.677 %)Spring
15736 (5.608 %)LAMP
16682 (5.197 %)DHTML
17630 (4.801 %)J2EE
18545 (4.153 %)WCF
19473 (3.604 %)Hibernate
20454 (3.460 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11368 (10.42 %)CMS
2840 (6.401 %)Apache
3675 (5.144 %)IIS
4619 (4.717 %)SharePoint
5417 (3.178 %)Drupal
6305 (2.324 %)ColdFusion
7260 (1.981 %)Tomcat
8243 (1.852 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9176 (1.341 %)EPiServer
10140 (1.067 %)WordPress
11131 (0.998 %)Joomla!
12123 (0.937 %)WebLogic
13118 (0.899 %)BizTalk Server
1475 (0.572 %)Umbraco
1565 (0.495 %)Magento
1657 (0.434 %)Force.com
1752 (0.396 %)Commerce Server
1847 (0.358 %)Immediacy CMS
1945 (0.343 %)LiveLink
2044 (0.335 %)Sitecore CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11916 (14.60 %)Photoshop
2676 (5.151 %)Adobe Illustrator
3457 (3.482 %)Fireworks
4441 (3.361 %)MS Excel
5123 (0.937 %)MS Office
6117 (0.892 %)MS Visio
748 (0.366 %)InfoPath
833 (0.251 %)InDesign
925 (0.191 %)Acrobat
1021 (0.160 %)ImageReady
1111 (0.084 %)QuarkXPress
1210 (0.076 %)3ds Max
138 (0.061 %)MS Project
147 (0.053 %)Maya
156 (0.046 %)Paint Shop Pro
165 (0.038 %)Adobe After Effects
174 (0.030 %)MS PowerPoint
174 (0.030 %)CA Clarity
174 (0.030 %)FrameMaker
174 (0.030 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
188 (0.671 %)Google Analytics
235 (0.267 %)WebTrends
333 (0.251 %)Summit
49 (0.069 %)Microsoft CRM
58 (0.061 %)Pivotal CRM
65 (0.038 %)Oracle EBS R12
72 (0.015 %)Dynamics CRM
72 (0.015 %)Oracle Applications
81 (0.008 %)Dynamics AX
81 (0.008 %)Dynamics GP
81 (0.008 %)GoldMine
81 (0.008 %)Optimost
81 (0.008 %)Oracle BPM
81 (0.008 %)AquaLogic BPM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1838 (6.386 %)Internet
2434 (3.307 %)Intranet
3143 (1.090 %)HTTP
4121 (0.922 %)Extranet
586 (0.655 %)DNS
646 (0.351 %)TCP/IP
745 (0.343 %)FTP
844 (0.335 %)Firewall
935 (0.267 %)SSL
1024 (0.183 %)VPN
1121 (0.160 %)SSH
1220 (0.152 %)SMS
1319 (0.145 %)LDAP
1319 (0.145 %)LAN
1319 (0.145 %)Cisco ASA
1415 (0.114 %)SAN
1514 (0.107 %)WAN
1514 (0.107 %)DHCP
1514 (0.107 %)Cisco PIX
1613 (0.099 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13744 (28.53 %)SQL Server
22813 (21.44 %)MySQL
31034 (7.879 %)SQL Server 2005
4406 (3.094 %)SQL Server 2008
5359 (2.736 %)SQL Server 2000
6204 (1.555 %)RDBMS
7187 (1.425 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8153 (1.166 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9132 (1.006 %)PostgreSQL
10104 (0.793 %)Crystal Reports
1176 (0.579 %)Datawarehouse
1252 (0.396 %)MS Access
1346 (0.351 %)Oracle 10g
1442 (0.320 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1540 (0.305 %)Oracle 8/8i
1631 (0.236 %)GIS
1724 (0.183 %)OLAP
1724 (0.183 %)DTS
1724 (0.183 %)Oracle 11g
1823 (0.175 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1853 (6.500 %)Visual Studio
2801 (6.104 %)Subversion
3668 (5.090 %)Dreamweaver
4289 (2.202 %)NUnit
5202 (1.539 %)JUnit
6201 (1.532 %)Eclipse
7147 (1.120 %)Maven
8135 (1.029 %)Selenium
9134 (1.021 %)Ant
10129 (0.983 %)Team Foundation Server
11116 (0.884 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1247 (0.358 %)CruiseControl
1337 (0.282 %)FitNesse
1429 (0.221 %)Git (software)
1528 (0.213 %)JIRA
1627 (0.206 %)Flex Builder
1722 (0.168 %)Mercurial
1821 (0.160 %)JMeter
1915 (0.114 %)ClearCase
1915 (0.114 %)JSUnit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11386 (10.56 %)Marketing
2795 (6.058 %)Finance
3495 (3.772 %)Pensions
4363 (2.766 %)Retail
5350 (2.667 %)Health
6324 (2.469 %)Insurance
7291 (2.217 %)Games
8290 (2.210 %)Graphic Design
9262 (1.996 %)Education
10229 (1.745 %)Advertising
10229 (1.745 %)Publishing
11214 (1.631 %)Multimedia
12162 (1.234 %)Social Media
13129 (0.983 %)Music
14124 (0.945 %)Banking
15118 (0.899 %)Telecoms
16104 (0.793 %)Back Office
17100 (0.762 %)Animation
1892 (0.701 %)Online Games
1982 (0.625 %)Government
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110354 (78.90 %)Developer
24230 (32.23 %)Web Developer
32344 (17.86 %).NET Developer
41774 (13.52 %)PHP Developer
51485 (11.32 %)Senior Developer
61363 (10.39 %)Designer
71182 (9.007 %)ASP.NET Developer
81147 (8.740 %)C# Developer
91021 (7.780 %)Web Designer
10936 (7.133 %)Front-End Developer
11760 (5.791 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
12640 (4.877 %)Java Developer
13639 (4.869 %).NET Web Developer
14494 (3.764 %)PHP Web Developer
15485 (3.696 %)Senior Web Developer
16401 (3.056 %)Senior .NET Developer
17385 (2.934 %)Junior
18338 (2.576 %)C# Web Developer
19334 (2.545 %)Front-End Web Developer
20314 (2.393 %)Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1956 (7.285 %)W3C
2418 (3.185 %)Computer Science
3373 (2.842 %)Web 2.0
4320 (2.438 %)Open Source
5245 (1.867 %)Social Network
6242 (1.844 %)N-Tier
7168 (1.280 %)Client/Server
8119 (0.907 %)iPhone
999 (0.754 %)Blog
1083 (0.632 %)Mathematics
1167 (0.511 %)RIA
1247 (0.358 %)SaaS
1345 (0.343 %)E-Learning
1444 (0.335 %)Blackberry
1535 (0.267 %)Management Information System
1535 (0.267 %)Spread Betting
1630 (0.229 %)Multithreading
1729 (0.221 %)French Language
1729 (0.221 %)Visualisation
1827 (0.206 %)Statistics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11454 (11.08 %)Linux
2771 (5.875 %)Windows
3573 (4.366 %)UNIX
4135 (1.029 %)Windows Server 2003
587 (0.663 %)Solaris
653 (0.404 %)Red Hat Linux
745 (0.343 %)Windows Server 2008
830 (0.229 %)Android
830 (0.229 %)Windows XP
927 (0.206 %)AIX
927 (0.206 %)Ubuntu
1017 (0.130 %)Windows Mobile
1114 (0.107 %)Debian
1213 (0.099 %)Windows 2000
1312 (0.091 %)HPUX
1312 (0.091 %)Windows Vista
1411 (0.084 %)FreeBSD
159 (0.069 %)Windows 2000 Server
167 (0.053 %)CentOS
167 (0.053 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12488 (18.96 %)Web Development
22240 (17.07 %)E-Commerce
31948 (14.84 %)OO
41123 (8.557 %)SEO
51065 (8.116 %)MVC
6996 (7.590 %)Agile Software Development
7873 (6.652 %)Web Design
8869 (6.622 %)Content Management
9797 (6.073 %)Scrum
10738 (5.624 %)OOP
11518 (3.947 %)TDD
12386 (2.941 %)Unit Testing
13364 (2.774 %)Project Management
14346 (2.637 %)SOA
15344 (2.621 %)CRM
16299 (2.278 %)UML
16299 (2.278 %)Online Marketing
17238 (1.814 %)OOD
18217 (1.654 %)Pay per click
19177 (1.349 %)Information Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19422 (71.80 %)JavaScript
24098 (31.23 %)C#
34033 (30.73 %)PHP
43205 (24.42 %)SQL
51809 (13.78 %)Java
61150 (8.763 %)VB.NET
7971 (7.399 %)ActionScript
8822 (6.264 %)PHP5
9585 (4.458 %)T-SQL
10578 (4.404 %)VB
11465 (3.543 %)Perl
12449 (3.421 %)C
13407 (3.101 %)ActionScript 3.0
14337 (2.568 %)C++
15291 (2.217 %)Ruby
16213 (1.623 %)VBScript
17205 (1.562 %)ActionScript 2.0
18197 (1.501 %)Python
19196 (1.494 %)PHP4
20163 (1.242 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11194 (9.099 %)Degree
2285 (2.172 %)Microsoft Certification
3184 (1.402 %)MCSD
4153 (1.166 %)MCAD
5152 (1.158 %)MCTS
6145 (1.105 %)MCP
761 (0.465 %)Security Cleared
835 (0.267 %)MCPD
924 (0.183 %)SC Cleared
1022 (0.168 %)HND
1117 (0.130 %)Cisco Certification
1213 (0.099 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1311 (0.084 %)PhD
149 (0.069 %)CCNP
158 (0.061 %)Sun Certification
166 (0.046 %)CCIE
166 (0.046 %)CCSP
166 (0.046 %)CCNA
173 (0.023 %)Oracle Certification
173 (0.023 %)CCSE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1242 (1.844 %)QA
2100 (0.762 %)WAI
348 (0.366 %)WCAG
420 (0.152 %)SLA
514 (0.107 %)PCI DSS
65 (0.038 %)ISO9001
71 (0.008 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
71 (0.008 %)HL7
71 (0.008 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
154 (0.411 %)Active Directory
213 (0.099 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (0.038 %)Postfix
44 (0.030 %)MSMQ
52 (0.015 %)Hyper-V
52 (0.015 %)OpenLDAP
52 (0.015 %)Squid
52 (0.015 %)vSphere
61 (0.008 %)Sendmail
61 (0.008 %)XenServer
61 (0.008 %)Hadoop
61 (0.008 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.008 %)NFS
61 (0.008 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (0.076 %)SCOM
27 (0.053 %)Plesk
33 (0.023 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (0.015 %)BMC PATROL
42 (0.015 %)CONTROL-M
51 (0.008 %)NetBackup
51 (0.008 %)Backup Exec
51 (0.008 %)CiscoWorks
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11233 (9.396 %)Microsoft
2781 (5.951 %)Adobe
3612 (4.664 %)Oracle
4460 (3.505 %)Zend
5316 (2.408 %)Google
6123 (0.937 %)JBoss
778 (0.594 %)Yahoo!
872 (0.549 %)Salesforce.com
963 (0.480 %)Sitecore
1062 (0.472 %)IBM
1158 (0.442 %)Red Hat
1251 (0.389 %)ATG
1344 (0.335 %)Cisco
1438 (0.290 %)Interwoven
1536 (0.274 %)Lotus
1628 (0.213 %)SAP
1726 (0.198 %)Macromedia
1726 (0.198 %)Apple
1726 (0.198 %)Open Text
1825 (0.191 %)VMware