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The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2838
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads142166
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.085 %
As % of the category below19.22 %12.97 %
Salaries quoted103141
Average minimum salary£32,260£29,837
Average salary£35,337£33,095
% change on same period last year+6.77 %
Average maximum salary£38,413£36,353
UK excluding London average salary£31,598£30,713
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads7391280
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.639 %0.653 %
Salaries quoted6311106
Average minimum salary£39,281£35,197
Average salary£43,314£38,902
% change on same period last year+11.34 %
Average maximum salary£47,346£42,607
UK excluding London average salary£35,813£36,194
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
CSS East of EnglandCSS
East of England

CSS
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire CSS Salary Trend

CSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CSS across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. 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
WatfordUp+250£35,800+6.10 %
St AlbansUp+117£33,167+19.16 %
StevenageNew entry-3£34,000-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-33£51,667+46.78 %
Bishop's StortfordNo change03£50,000+11.11 %
TringUp+12£25,000-2.91 %
CSS East of EnglandCSS
East of England

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1228 (71.92 %)HTML
2197 (62.15 %)JavaScript
3151 (47.63 %)XML
4141 (44.48 %)XHTML
5120 (37.85 %).NET
6101 (31.86 %)PHP
786 (27.13 %)C#
880 (25.24 %)ASP.NET
973 (23.03 %)Java
1072 (22.71 %)AJAX
1171 (22.40 %)E-Commerce
1270 (22.08 %)SQL Server
1362 (19.56 %)JSP
1461 (19.24 %)Flash
1461 (19.24 %)MySQL
1560 (18.93 %)XSLT
1658 (18.30 %)WebServices
1756 (17.67 %)OO
1855 (17.35 %)SQL
1952 (16.40 %)Photoshop
1952 (16.40 %)ASP
2051 (16.09 %)PHP5
2149 (15.46 %)Web Development
2246 (14.51 %)Marketing
2246 (14.51 %)W3C
2344 (13.88 %)Content Management
2440 (12.62 %)SQL Server 2005
2440 (12.62 %)SOAP
2539 (12.30 %)Degree
2637 (11.67 %)CMS

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1228 (71.92 %)HTML
2151 (47.63 %)XML
3141 (44.48 %)XHTML
4120 (37.85 %).NET
580 (25.24 %)ASP.NET
672 (22.71 %)AJAX
762 (19.56 %)JSP
861 (19.24 %)Flash
960 (18.93 %)XSLT
1058 (18.30 %)WebServices
1152 (16.40 %)ASP
1240 (12.62 %)SOAP
1336 (11.36 %)DHTML
1426 (8.202 %)Servlets
1426 (8.202 %)XSL
1519 (5.994 %)J2EE
1618 (5.678 %)JSTL
1717 (5.363 %)MVC
1811 (3.470 %)LAMP
1811 (3.470 %)jQuery
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
137 (11.67 %)CMS
216 (5.047 %)Tomcat
310 (3.155 %)SharePoint
49 (2.839 %)IIS
49 (2.839 %)BizTalk Server
54 (1.262 %)JBoss
63 (0.946 %)MQSeries
63 (0.946 %)TeamSite
72 (0.631 %)Apache
81 (0.315 %)WebLogic
81 (0.315 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.315 %)Content Management Server
81 (0.315 %)WebSphere MQ
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
152 (16.40 %)Photoshop
215 (4.732 %)Adobe Illustrator
314 (4.416 %)Fireworks
47 (2.208 %)MS Excel
54 (1.262 %)InDesign
63 (0.946 %)Adobe Premiere
72 (0.631 %)Spreadsheet
81 (0.315 %)MS Visio
81 (0.315 %)QuarkXPress
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
137 (11.67 %)Internet
214 (4.416 %)Intranet
39 (2.839 %)SMTP
48 (2.524 %)FTP
48 (2.524 %)HTTP
48 (2.524 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.631 %)SAN
61 (0.315 %)Extranet
61 (0.315 %)X.400
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
170 (22.08 %)SQL Server
261 (19.24 %)MySQL
340 (12.62 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (3.470 %)SQL Server 2000
510 (3.155 %)Data Mining
65 (1.577 %)DB2
74 (1.262 %)Text Mining
81 (0.315 %)OLAP
81 (0.315 %)DTS
81 (0.315 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (9.779 %)Dreamweaver
29 (2.839 %)VSS/SourceSafe
37 (2.208 %)ClearCase
37 (2.208 %)Bugzilla
37 (2.208 %)Subversion
44 (1.262 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
44 (1.262 %)Eclipse
53 (0.946 %)JUnit
61 (0.315 %)JBuilder
61 (0.315 %)Log4j
61 (0.315 %)JDeveloper
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
146 (14.51 %)Marketing
232 (10.09 %)Retail
232 (10.09 %)Finance
331 (9.779 %)Insurance
415 (4.732 %)Games
512 (3.785 %)Advertising
69 (2.839 %)Pensions
78 (2.524 %)Health
86 (1.893 %)Publishing
94 (1.262 %)Electronics
94 (1.262 %)Banking
94 (1.262 %)Graphic Design
103 (0.946 %)Multimedia
103 (0.946 %)Investment Banking
103 (0.946 %)Music
112 (0.631 %)Animation
112 (0.631 %)FMCG
112 (0.631 %)Automotive
112 (0.631 %)Education
121 (0.315 %)Financial Institution
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1219 (69.09 %)Developer
2105 (33.12 %)Web Developer
338 (11.99 %)Front-End Developer
436 (11.36 %)PHP Developer
528 (8.833 %)Junior
624 (7.571 %)Senior Developer
723 (7.256 %)PHP Web Developer
821 (6.625 %)Programmer
821 (6.625 %)Web Designer
920 (6.309 %).NET Developer
1018 (5.678 %)C# Developer
1116 (5.047 %)Analyst Programmer
1116 (5.047 %)Analyst
1116 (5.047 %)Front-End Web Developer
1215 (4.732 %)Senior Analyst
1215 (4.732 %)Analyst Developer
1215 (4.732 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
1215 (4.732 %)Senior Analyst Developer
1215 (4.732 %)Senior Programmer
1314 (4.416 %)Junior Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
146 (14.51 %)W3C
211 (3.470 %)Web 2.0
37 (2.208 %)PDA
37 (2.208 %)Client/Server
44 (1.262 %)Mathematics
53 (0.946 %)Mainframe
53 (0.946 %)Streaming Video
62 (0.631 %)iDTV
62 (0.631 %)Firmware
62 (0.631 %)BBC
62 (0.631 %)Computer Science
71 (0.315 %)Copywriting
71 (0.315 %)RIA
71 (0.315 %)IVR
71 (0.315 %)Speech Recognition
71 (0.315 %)Interactive TV
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (10.73 %)Windows
226 (8.202 %)Windows Server 2003
325 (7.886 %)Linux
417 (5.363 %)UNIX
52 (0.631 %)AIX
52 (0.631 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (0.631 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
61 (0.315 %)Debian
61 (0.315 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.315 %)Mac OS X
61 (0.315 %)Windows CE
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
171 (22.40 %)E-Commerce
256 (17.67 %)OO
349 (15.46 %)Web Development
444 (13.88 %)Content Management
522 (6.940 %)Web Design
616 (5.047 %)OOP
710 (3.155 %)SEO
88 (2.524 %)UML
88 (2.524 %)Scrum
97 (2.208 %)Agile Software Development
106 (1.893 %)Email Marketing
115 (1.577 %)Continuous Integration
115 (1.577 %)RAD
115 (1.577 %)Data Modelling
124 (1.262 %)B2B
124 (1.262 %)B2C
124 (1.262 %)TDD
124 (1.262 %)Asset Management
132 (0.631 %)Project Management
132 (0.631 %)OOD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1197 (62.15 %)JavaScript
2101 (31.86 %)PHP
386 (27.13 %)C#
473 (23.03 %)Java
555 (17.35 %)SQL
651 (16.09 %)PHP5
736 (11.36 %)PHP4
830 (9.464 %)C++
928 (8.833 %)ActionScript
1027 (8.517 %)VB
1112 (3.785 %)VB.NET
128 (2.524 %)Python
128 (2.524 %)VBScript
137 (2.208 %)C
144 (1.262 %)Perl
153 (0.946 %)VB6
153 (0.946 %)XPath
162 (0.631 %)Ruby
162 (0.631 %)Korn
162 (0.631 %)Transact-SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
139 (12.30 %)Degree
21 (0.315 %)MySQL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.524 %)WAI
22 (0.631 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (9.779 %)Microsoft
131 (9.779 %)Oracle
214 (4.416 %)Adobe
37 (2.208 %)IBM
46 (1.893 %)Interwoven
54 (1.262 %)Quark
63 (0.946 %)Blue Martini
63 (0.946 %)Tridion
72 (0.631 %)ATG
72 (0.631 %)Red Hat
72 (0.631 %)Zend
81 (0.315 %)MKS
81 (0.315 %)Serena
81 (0.315 %)Google
81 (0.315 %)VERITAS
81 (0.315 %)Sybase
81 (0.315 %)BEA