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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank192334
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+11
Matching permanent IT job ads630063619086
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.001 %6.293 %4.496 %
As % of the Application Development category21.97 %18.40 %14.11 %
Salaries quoted570457688144
Average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£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
286743457164377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.42 %34.20 %31.86 %
Salaries quoted248923022554762
Average salary£37,500£37,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-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 9 February 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 9 February 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+46045£32,500-1.51 %
LondonDown-72128£37,500-6.25 %
South EastUp+101289£33,500+3.07 %
North WestUp+9584£30,000+3.44 %
East of EnglandUp+7565£32,500-
South WestUp+14545£30,500-4.68 %
City of LondonUp+4543£37,500-6.25 %
YorkshireUp+12453£30,000+5.26 %
West MidlandsUp+12325£30,000-4.76 %
ManchesterUp+12324£30,000+1.69 %
BerkshireUp+9301£32,500-7.14 %
SurreyUp+22282£35,000-
West YorkshireUp+15223£29,000-
HampshireUp+18203£30,000+15.38 %
CambridgeshireUp+5176£30,250-13.57 %
BristolUp+11170£27,500-19.11 %
East MidlandsDown-3163£27,500-6.77 %
LeedsUp+8160£27,500-0.90 %
EssexUp+25157£33,000+1.53 %
West SussexUp+17125£35,000+7.69 %
CheshireUp+6125£27,500-8.33 %
WalesUp+28120£30,000+13.20 %
BuckinghamshireUp+6119£35,000+16.66 %
BirminghamUp+18117£32,500+3.17 %
CambridgeUp+3114£29,000-14.70 %
South WalesUp+38112£30,000+1.69 %
HertfordshireUp+4107£37,500+7.14 %
North YorkshireUp+46106£27,500-31.25 %
KentUp+21105£35,000+7.69 %
ScotlandNo change0103£32,000+28.00 %

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

18851 (72.47 %)HTML
28594 (70.37 %)JavaScript
35278 (43.22 %).NET
44349 (35.61 %)AJAX
54265 (34.92 %)XHTML
64190 (34.31 %)ASP.NET
73779 (30.94 %)C#
83753 (30.73 %)XML
93710 (30.38 %)PHP
103438 (28.15 %)SQL Server
112920 (23.91 %)SQL
122534 (20.75 %)MySQL
132208 (18.08 %)Web Development
142131 (17.45 %)E-Commerce
152105 (17.24 %)Flash
161847 (15.12 %)OO
171803 (14.76 %)Photoshop
181746 (14.30 %)jQuery
191706 (13.97 %)Java
201510 (12.36 %)Web Services
211349 (11.05 %)ASP
221328 (10.87 %)Marketing
231320 (10.81 %)CMS
241294 (10.60 %)Linux
251149 (9.408 %)VB.NET
261133 (9.277 %)Degree
271107 (9.064 %)SEO
281086 (8.892 %)Microsoft
291072 (8.778 %)XSLT
301018 (8.335 %)SQL Server 2005

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 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
18851 (72.47 %)HTML
25278 (43.22 %).NET
34349 (35.61 %)AJAX
44265 (34.92 %)XHTML
54190 (34.31 %)ASP.NET
63753 (30.73 %)XML
72105 (17.24 %)Flash
81746 (14.30 %)jQuery
91510 (12.36 %)Web Services
101349 (11.05 %)ASP
111072 (8.778 %)XSLT
12889 (7.279 %)MVC
13746 (6.108 %)JSP
14733 (6.002 %).NET Framework
15679 (5.560 %)LAMP
15679 (5.560 %)DHTML
16648 (5.306 %)Spring
17574 (4.700 %)J2EE
18455 (3.726 %)WCF
19409 (3.349 %)Adobe Flex
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11320 (10.81 %)CMS
2723 (5.920 %)Apache
3598 (4.896 %)IIS
4511 (4.184 %)SharePoint
5341 (2.792 %)Drupal
6304 (2.489 %)ColdFusion
7219 (1.793 %)Tomcat
8213 (1.744 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9155 (1.269 %)EPiServer
10130 (1.064 %)WebLogic
11111 (0.909 %)WordPress
12108 (0.884 %)BizTalk Server
1399 (0.811 %)Joomla!
1461 (0.499 %)Umbraco
1552 (0.426 %)Magento
1552 (0.426 %)Commerce Server
1649 (0.401 %)Force.com
1745 (0.368 %)Immediacy CMS
1842 (0.344 %)Sitecore CMS
1941 (0.336 %)DotNetNuke
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11803 (14.76 %)Photoshop
2666 (5.453 %)Adobe Illustrator
3431 (3.529 %)Fireworks
4383 (3.136 %)MS Excel
5121 (0.991 %)MS Visio
697 (0.794 %)MS Office
732 (0.262 %)InfoPath
831 (0.254 %)InDesign
927 (0.221 %)ImageReady
1019 (0.156 %)Acrobat
1113 (0.106 %)FreeHand
1212 (0.098 %)Paint Shop Pro
1310 (0.082 %)MS Project
148 (0.066 %)QuarkXPress
157 (0.057 %)RoboHelp
157 (0.057 %)Maya
157 (0.057 %)3ds Max
165 (0.041 %)CA Clarity
165 (0.041 %)Adobe After Effects
174 (0.033 %)FrameMaker
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
177 (0.630 %)Google Analytics
228 (0.229 %)WebTrends
325 (0.205 %)Summit
46 (0.049 %)Pivotal CRM
46 (0.049 %)Microsoft CRM
55 (0.041 %)Oracle EBS R12
63 (0.025 %)Dynamics CRM
72 (0.016 %)SAP IS-U
72 (0.016 %)SAP PM
72 (0.016 %)SAP Oil and Gas
72 (0.016 %)Dynamics GP
81 (0.008 %)JDE OneWorld
81 (0.008 %)Remedy ITSM
81 (0.008 %)Remedy AR System
81 (0.008 %)GoldMine
81 (0.008 %)Optimost
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1799 (6.542 %)Internet
2402 (3.292 %)Intranet
3115 (0.942 %)HTTP
4107 (0.876 %)Extranet
575 (0.614 %)DNS
646 (0.377 %)Firewall
742 (0.344 %)TCP/IP
839 (0.319 %)FTP
937 (0.303 %)SSL
1034 (0.278 %)LAN
1132 (0.262 %)SMS
1231 (0.254 %)Cisco ASA
1329 (0.237 %)Cisco PIX
1424 (0.197 %)SAN
1424 (0.197 %)OSPF
1424 (0.197 %)BGP
1523 (0.188 %)VPN
1523 (0.188 %)LDAP
1622 (0.180 %)WAN
1716 (0.131 %)SMTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13438 (28.15 %)SQL Server
22534 (20.75 %)MySQL
31018 (8.335 %)SQL Server 2005
4424 (3.472 %)SQL Server 2000
5340 (2.784 %)SQL Server 2008
6176 (1.441 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7148 (1.212 %)RDBMS
8142 (1.163 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9104 (0.852 %)Crystal Reports
1090 (0.737 %)PostgreSQL
1149 (0.401 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1244 (0.360 %)Datawarehouse
1343 (0.352 %)Oracle 10g
1440 (0.328 %)Oracle 8/8i
1536 (0.295 %)DTS
1635 (0.287 %)MS Access
1730 (0.246 %)Oracle 11g
1828 (0.229 %)GIS
1920 (0.164 %)DB2
2019 (0.156 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1830 (6.796 %)Visual Studio
2711 (5.822 %)Subversion
3662 (5.420 %)Dreamweaver
4249 (2.039 %)NUnit
5166 (1.359 %)Eclipse
6159 (1.302 %)JUnit
7130 (1.064 %)Maven
8118 (0.966 %)Ant
9108 (0.884 %)VSS/SourceSafe
9108 (0.884 %)Selenium
1095 (0.778 %)Team Foundation Server
1142 (0.344 %)Git (software)
1142 (0.344 %)CruiseControl
1228 (0.229 %)JSUnit
1325 (0.205 %)FitNesse
1424 (0.197 %)Mercurial
1424 (0.197 %)JIRA
1519 (0.156 %)Flex Builder
1617 (0.139 %)RSpec
1716 (0.131 %)JMeter
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11328 (10.87 %)Marketing
2696 (5.699 %)Finance
3489 (4.004 %)Pensions
4361 (2.956 %)Retail
5340 (2.784 %)Health
6313 (2.563 %)Insurance
7305 (2.497 %)Education
8286 (2.342 %)Graphic Design
9234 (1.916 %)Games
10222 (1.818 %)Advertising
11205 (1.679 %)Publishing
12196 (1.605 %)Multimedia
13135 (1.105 %)Music
14111 (0.909 %)Telecoms
15107 (0.876 %)Banking
16103 (0.843 %)Animation
17101 (0.827 %)Back Office
1872 (0.590 %)Government
1961 (0.499 %)Online Games
2058 (0.475 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19656 (79.06 %)Developer
24033 (33.02 %)Web Developer
32220 (18.18 %).NET Developer
41686 (13.80 %)PHP Developer
51354 (11.09 %)Designer
61350 (11.05 %)Senior Developer
71117 (9.146 %)ASP.NET Developer
81081 (8.851 %)C# Developer
9983 (8.049 %)Web Designer
10759 (6.215 %)Front-End Developer
11687 (5.625 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
12635 (5.199 %).NET Web Developer
13598 (4.896 %)Java Developer
14489 (4.004 %)PHP Web Developer
15465 (3.807 %)Senior Web Developer
16353 (2.890 %)Senior .NET Developer
17335 (2.743 %)Junior
18313 (2.563 %)C# Web Developer
19311 (2.546 %)Applications Developer
20280 (2.293 %)Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1958 (7.844 %)W3C
2394 (3.226 %)Computer Science
3356 (2.915 %)Web 2.0
4269 (2.203 %)Open Source
5244 (1.998 %)Social Network
6210 (1.719 %)N-Tier
7142 (1.163 %)Client/Server
8103 (0.843 %)iPhone
985 (0.696 %)Blog
1071 (0.581 %)Mathematics
1167 (0.549 %)RIA
1253 (0.434 %)E-Learning
1352 (0.426 %)Management Information System
1450 (0.409 %)Blackberry
1543 (0.352 %)SaaS
1637 (0.303 %)Spread Betting
1730 (0.246 %)Derivative
1825 (0.205 %)BBC
1923 (0.188 %)Data Protection Act
1923 (0.188 %)Wiki
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11294 (10.60 %)Linux
2700 (5.732 %)Windows
3502 (4.110 %)UNIX
4150 (1.228 %)Windows Server 2003
592 (0.753 %)Solaris
649 (0.401 %)Red Hat Linux
736 (0.295 %)Windows Server 2008
831 (0.254 %)Windows XP
929 (0.237 %)FreeBSD
1026 (0.213 %)Ubuntu
1123 (0.188 %)Android
1219 (0.156 %)AIX
1219 (0.156 %)HPUX
1315 (0.123 %)Windows 2000 Server
1414 (0.115 %)Windows 2000
1513 (0.106 %)Debian
1610 (0.082 %)CentOS
178 (0.066 %)Windows Vista
187 (0.057 %)Windows Mobile
194 (0.033 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12208 (18.08 %)Web Development
22131 (17.45 %)E-Commerce
31847 (15.12 %)OO
41107 (9.064 %)SEO
5916 (7.500 %)Web Design
6869 (7.115 %)Content Management
7787 (6.444 %)Agile Software Development
8729 (5.969 %)OOP
9719 (5.887 %)Scrum
10401 (3.283 %)TDD
11376 (3.079 %)Project Management
12351 (2.874 %)Unit Testing
13333 (2.727 %)UML
14304 (2.489 %)CRM
15300 (2.456 %)SOA
16287 (2.350 %)Online Marketing
17227 (1.859 %)Pay per click
18220 (1.801 %)OOD
19159 (1.302 %)Digital Marketing
20151 (1.236 %)Information Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18594 (70.37 %)JavaScript
23779 (30.94 %)C#
33710 (30.38 %)PHP
42920 (23.91 %)SQL
51706 (13.97 %)Java
61149 (9.408 %)VB.NET
7945 (7.738 %)ActionScript
8787 (6.444 %)PHP5
9546 (4.471 %)T-SQL
10523 (4.282 %)VB
11443 (3.627 %)C
12433 (3.545 %)Perl
13396 (3.242 %)ActionScript 3.0
14294 (2.407 %)C++
15282 (2.309 %)Ruby
16221 (1.810 %)VBScript
17208 (1.703 %)PHP4
18205 (1.679 %)Python
19203 (1.662 %)ActionScript 2.0
20137 (1.122 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11133 (9.277 %)Degree
2271 (2.219 %)Microsoft Certification
3146 (1.195 %)MCSD
4128 (1.048 %)MCP
5123 (1.007 %)MCTS
6114 (0.933 %)MCAD
761 (0.499 %)Security Cleared
828 (0.229 %)MCPD
925 (0.205 %)HND
1023 (0.188 %)Cisco Certification
1122 (0.180 %)SC Cleared
1216 (0.131 %)CCNP
1314 (0.115 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1411 (0.090 %)CCIE
158 (0.066 %)CCNA
166 (0.049 %)CCSP
166 (0.049 %)Sun Certification
174 (0.033 %)CCIP
183 (0.025 %)CCSE
192 (0.016 %)DV Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1212 (1.736 %)QA
281 (0.663 %)WAI
366 (0.540 %)WCAG
424 (0.197 %)SLA
57 (0.057 %)PCI DSS
64 (0.033 %)ISO/IEC 20000
73 (0.025 %)ISO9001
81 (0.008 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
81 (0.008 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
151 (0.418 %)Active Directory
210 (0.082 %)AquaLogic
210 (0.082 %)MSMQ
38 (0.066 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (0.041 %)Samba
54 (0.033 %)NFS
62 (0.016 %)Hyper-V
62 (0.016 %)OpenLDAP
62 (0.016 %)Squid
71 (0.008 %)Backup Exec
71 (0.008 %)Xen
71 (0.008 %)Postfix
71 (0.008 %)Sendmail
71 (0.008 %)IMail Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (0.066 %)SCOM
18 (0.066 %)Plesk
23 (0.025 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.008 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.008 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11086 (8.892 %)Microsoft
2714 (5.846 %)Adobe
3576 (4.716 %)Oracle
4425 (3.480 %)Zend
5272 (2.227 %)Google
6105 (0.860 %)JBoss
766 (0.540 %)Salesforce.com
862 (0.508 %)Yahoo!
956 (0.459 %)IBM
1055 (0.450 %)Sitecore
1153 (0.434 %)Red Hat
1252 (0.426 %)Cisco
1351 (0.418 %)Lotus
1441 (0.336 %)Interwoven
1538 (0.311 %)ATG
1635 (0.287 %)SAP
1730 (0.246 %)Macromedia
1730 (0.246 %)FatWire
1826 (0.213 %)Percussion
1924 (0.197 %)Open Text