Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) skills across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2438
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching permanent IT job ads93319430
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.020 %4.221 %
As % of the category below18.03 %13.35 %
Salaries quoted83868238
Average minimum salary£31,667£30,393
Average salary£34,566£33,060
% change on same period last year+4.55 %
Average maximum salary£37,464£35,728
UK excluding London average salary£31,774£30,718
% change on same period last year+3.43 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5174670618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled33.38 %31.61 %
Salaries quoted4527858880
Average minimum salary£36,692£37,450
Average salary£40,260£41,235
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum salary£43,828£45,020
UK excluding London average salary£36,010£36,558
% change on same period last year-1.49 %

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 21 November 2008 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 21 November 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
EnglandUp+139087£34,652+4.60 %
LondonUp+183795£39,064+5.95 %
South EastUp+151758£34,199+2.24 %
North WestUp+18889£29,994+6.43 %
South WestUp+21735£31,535+8.62 %
YorkshireUp+1619£31,247+8.21 %
City of LondonUp+30594£42,495+10.31 %
East of EnglandUp+2585£31,689-0.09 %
West MidlandsUp+11482£29,393-3.58 %
BerkshireUp+22472£38,091-
ManchesterUp+24456£29,303+1.29 %
SurreyUp+26371£35,172+3.88 %
West YorkshireUp+2350£31,554+14.79 %
East MidlandsUp+4300£30,340+7.33 %
LeedsUp+8262£33,057+19.57 %
CheshireUp+19253£30,268+9.73 %
BristolUp+9229£32,786+12.13 %
OxfordshireUp+8228£34,569+7.86 %
HampshireDown-1226£28,958-7.37 %
HertfordshireUp+11181£36,518+9.07 %
CambridgeshireDown-14169£30,488-4.66 %
South YorkshireDown-1165£30,405+0.66 %
ReadingUp+24162£36,582-11.97 %
ScotlandUp+9159£30,379+3.41 %
OxfordUp+9146£34,359+11.28 %
West SussexUp+6140£33,157+3.67 %
BirminghamDown-5138£30,223-3.19 %
SomersetUp+1135£31,419+16.33 %
GloucestershireUp+39127£33,202+15.80 %
ChesterUp+23123£30,431-0.59 %

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

113746 (68.64 %)HTML
213736 (68.59 %)JavaScript
39187 (45.88 %).NET
48020 (40.05 %)XHTML
57987 (39.88 %)XML
67406 (36.98 %)ASP.NET
76599 (32.95 %)AJAX
86435 (32.13 %)C#
95977 (29.85 %)SQL Server
105192 (25.93 %)PHP
114994 (24.94 %)SQL
123929 (19.62 %)Flash
133557 (17.76 %)MySQL
143390 (16.93 %)Web Development
153276 (16.36 %)Photoshop
162898 (14.47 %)Java
172855 (14.26 %)ASP
182690 (13.43 %)E-Commerce
192677 (13.37 %)OO
202179 (10.88 %)Microsoft
212132 (10.65 %)XSLT
212132 (10.65 %)Internet
222005 (10.01 %)WebServices
232003 (10.00 %)VB.NET
241989 (9.932 %)SQL Server 2005
251909 (9.533 %)Marketing
261795 (8.963 %)Degree
271753 (8.754 %)ActionScript
281735 (8.664 %)Linux
291728 (8.629 %)W3C

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
113746 (68.64 %)HTML
29187 (45.88 %).NET
38020 (40.05 %)XHTML
47987 (39.88 %)XML
57406 (36.98 %)ASP.NET
66599 (32.95 %)AJAX
72855 (14.26 %)ASP
82132 (10.65 %)XSLT
92005 (10.01 %)WebServices
101373 (6.856 %)JSP
111217 (6.077 %)J2EE
12888 (4.434 %).NET Framework
13819 (4.090 %)LAMP
14759 (3.790 %)Silverlight
15689 (3.441 %)XSL
16635 (3.171 %)WCF
17624 (3.116 %)MVC
18622 (3.106 %)SOAP
19600 (2.996 %)Spring
20597 (2.981 %)DOM
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11581 (7.895 %)CMS
21163 (5.807 %)Apache
31143 (5.708 %)IIS
4935 (4.669 %)SharePoint
5429 (2.142 %)SharePoint Server 2007
6347 (1.733 %)Tomcat
7262 (1.308 %)BizTalk Server
8257 (1.283 %)ColdFusion
9251 (1.253 %)WebLogic
10185 (0.924 %)JBoss
1194 (0.469 %)Lotus Domino
1288 (0.439 %)Commerce Server
1374 (0.370 %)Movable Type
1470 (0.350 %)Content Management Server
1569 (0.345 %)Lotus Notes
1665 (0.325 %)MQSeries
1759 (0.295 %)WordPress
1855 (0.275 %)Mambo
1855 (0.275 %)WebLogic Portal
1950 (0.250 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13276 (16.36 %)Photoshop
21067 (5.328 %)Adobe Illustrator
31034 (5.163 %)MS Excel
4613 (3.061 %)Fireworks
5261 (1.303 %)MS Visio
6238 (1.188 %)MS Office
7104 (0.519 %)ImageReady
877 (0.385 %)FreeHand
972 (0.360 %)InDesign
1041 (0.205 %)MS PowerPoint
1041 (0.205 %)Acrobat
1134 (0.170 %)MS Project
1230 (0.150 %)3ds Max
1328 (0.140 %)Shockwave
1419 (0.095 %)QuarkXPress
1419 (0.095 %)InfoPath
1516 (0.080 %)FrameMaker
1613 (0.065 %)Quicktime
1613 (0.065 %)Adobe Premiere
1711 (0.055 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
170 (0.350 %)WebTrends
230 (0.150 %)Google Analytics
319 (0.095 %)Microsoft CRM
415 (0.075 %)SAP R/3
513 (0.065 %)SAP Oil and Gas
513 (0.065 %)SAP IS-U
612 (0.060 %)Navision
711 (0.055 %)SAP CRM
711 (0.055 %)Dynamics CRM
810 (0.050 %)Summit
97 (0.035 %)Axapta
97 (0.035 %)SAP FI
97 (0.035 %)SAP FI-CA
105 (0.025 %)Oracle Applications
114 (0.020 %)SAP PM
123 (0.015 %)Dynamics AX
123 (0.015 %)BancWare
123 (0.015 %)Oracle EBS
132 (0.010 %)GoldMine
141 (0.005 %)Line 500
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12132 (10.65 %)Internet
2891 (4.449 %)Intranet
3195 (0.974 %)HTTP
4170 (0.849 %)DNS
5117 (0.584 %)TCP/IP
6102 (0.509 %)Firewall
790 (0.449 %)Extranet
887 (0.434 %)SMTP
981 (0.404 %)FTP
1072 (0.360 %)VPN
1159 (0.295 %)WAN
1159 (0.295 %)LAN
1258 (0.290 %)BGP
1356 (0.280 %)OSPF
1445 (0.225 %)SSL
1544 (0.220 %)Wireless
1544 (0.220 %)SSH
1544 (0.220 %)Cisco PIX
1639 (0.195 %)SMS
1738 (0.190 %)Cisco ASA
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15977 (29.85 %)SQL Server
23557 (17.76 %)MySQL
31989 (9.932 %)SQL Server 2005
41001 (4.999 %)SQL Server 2000
5294 (1.468 %)RDBMS
6152 (0.759 %)Crystal Reports
7137 (0.684 %)PostgreSQL
8130 (0.649 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9126 (0.629 %)DB2
10107 (0.534 %)Oracle 10g
11105 (0.524 %)MS Access
11105 (0.524 %)SQL Server 2008
1292 (0.459 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1387 (0.434 %)Oracle 9i
1471 (0.355 %)DTS
1569 (0.345 %)GIS
1663 (0.315 %)Oracle 8/8i
1752 (0.260 %)OLAP
1849 (0.245 %)Datawarehouse
1929 (0.145 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13929 (19.62 %)Flash
21229 (6.137 %)Visual Studio
31217 (6.077 %)Dreamweaver
4443 (2.212 %)Subversion
5337 (1.683 %)Eclipse
6304 (1.518 %)JUnit
7218 (1.089 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8205 (1.024 %)Ant
9151 (0.754 %)NUnit
1058 (0.290 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1155 (0.275 %)Selenium
1248 (0.240 %)Log4j
1343 (0.215 %)JIRA
1442 (0.210 %)ClearCase
1540 (0.200 %)JDeveloper
1540 (0.200 %)Bugzilla
1637 (0.185 %)JBuilder
1637 (0.185 %)Visual Studio Team System
1735 (0.175 %)PVCS
1834 (0.170 %)Oracle Forms
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11909 (9.533 %)Marketing
21725 (8.614 %)Finance
3975 (4.869 %)Pensions
4679 (3.391 %)Retail
5634 (3.166 %)Games
6632 (3.156 %)Health
7525 (2.622 %)Graphic Design
8522 (2.607 %)Publishing
9479 (2.392 %)Insurance
10459 (2.292 %)Advertising
11405 (2.022 %)Education
12325 (1.623 %)Banking
13307 (1.533 %)Multimedia
14248 (1.238 %)Telecoms
15222 (1.109 %)Music
16184 (0.919 %)Animation
17144 (0.719 %)Online Games
18118 (0.589 %)Law
19116 (0.579 %)Back Office
20100 (0.499 %)Government
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115120 (75.50 %)Developer
26508 (32.50 %)Web Developer
33618 (18.07 %).NET Developer
42064 (10.31 %)PHP Developer
51987 (9.922 %)C# Developer
61845 (9.213 %)ASP.NET Developer
71664 (8.309 %)Senior Developer
81596 (7.970 %)Web Designer
91267 (6.327 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
10966 (4.824 %)Java Developer
11952 (4.754 %).NET Web Developer
12762 (3.805 %)Junior
13733 (3.660 %)Software Developer
14663 (3.311 %)PHP Web Developer
15647 (3.231 %)Junior Developer
16622 (3.106 %)Programmer
17545 (2.721 %)Flash Developer
18494 (2.467 %)Analyst
19474 (2.367 %)C# Web Developer
20444 (2.217 %)Senior Web Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11728 (8.629 %)W3C
2755 (3.770 %)Web 2.0
3502 (2.507 %)Computer Science
4334 (1.668 %)N-Tier
5235 (1.173 %)Social Network
6171 (0.854 %)BBC
7144 (0.719 %)E-Learning
894 (0.469 %)Client/Server
974 (0.370 %)Streaming Video
1069 (0.345 %)Mathematics
1165 (0.325 %)Management Information System
1260 (0.300 %)RIA
1357 (0.285 %)Blog
1444 (0.220 %)Data Protection Act
1539 (0.195 %)Handset
1637 (0.185 %)Spread Betting
1637 (0.185 %)Streaming Media
1735 (0.175 %)Flash Lite
1831 (0.155 %)NHS
1930 (0.150 %)Tandem
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11735 (8.664 %)Linux
21296 (6.472 %)Windows
3793 (3.960 %)UNIX
4295 (1.473 %)Windows Server 2003
5119 (0.594 %)Solaris
6105 (0.524 %)Windows 2000
786 (0.429 %)Red Hat Linux
871 (0.355 %)Windows XP
942 (0.210 %)Windows 2000 Server
1028 (0.140 %)Windows Vista
1122 (0.110 %)AIX
1215 (0.075 %)Debian
1312 (0.060 %)Mac OS X
1312 (0.060 %)FreeBSD
1312 (0.060 %)CentOS
1312 (0.060 %)Windows Server 2008
1410 (0.050 %)Windows Mobile
159 (0.045 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
167 (0.035 %)Ubuntu
167 (0.035 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13390 (16.93 %)Web Development
22690 (13.43 %)E-Commerce
32677 (13.37 %)OO
41497 (7.475 %)Web Design
51459 (7.286 %)Content Management
61217 (6.077 %)SEO
71096 (5.473 %)OOP
8940 (4.694 %)Agile Software Development
9665 (3.321 %)Scrum
10574 (2.866 %)UML
11555 (2.771 %)Project Management
12481 (2.402 %)TDD
13372 (1.858 %)Extreme Programming
14320 (1.598 %)CRM
15306 (1.528 %)Internet Marketing
16264 (1.318 %)Unit Testing
17253 (1.263 %)OOD
18224 (1.119 %)Digital Marketing
19222 (1.109 %)Software Engineering
20165 (0.824 %)Pay per click
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113736 (68.59 %)JavaScript
26435 (32.13 %)C#
35192 (25.93 %)PHP
44994 (24.94 %)SQL
52898 (14.47 %)Java
62003 (10.00 %)VB.NET
71753 (8.754 %)ActionScript
81307 (6.527 %)DHTML
91114 (5.563 %)VB
10914 (4.564 %)PHP5
11786 (3.925 %)Perl
12738 (3.685 %)Transact-SQL
13491 (2.452 %)C++
14473 (2.362 %)VBScript
15472 (2.357 %)Python
16457 (2.282 %)C
17347 (1.733 %)PHP4
18344 (1.718 %)XPath
19341 (1.703 %)Ruby
20318 (1.588 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11795 (8.963 %)Degree
2751 (3.750 %)Microsoft Certification
3476 (2.377 %)MCP
4467 (2.332 %)MCSD
5428 (2.137 %)MCAD
6157 (0.784 %)MCTS
7119 (0.594 %)MCPD
869 (0.345 %)Sun Certification
962 (0.310 %)HND
1051 (0.255 %)Cisco Certification
1140 (0.200 %)CCNP
1218 (0.090 %)CCIE
1317 (0.085 %)CCNA
1411 (0.055 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1411 (0.055 %)MCSE
1510 (0.050 %)CCDP
1510 (0.050 %)CCIP
1510 (0.050 %)PMP
1510 (0.050 %)MBA
169 (0.045 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1369 (1.843 %)WAI
2224 (1.119 %)QA
3189 (0.944 %)WCAG
444 (0.220 %)SLA
57 (0.035 %)PCI DSS
66 (0.030 %)PAS 78
75 (0.025 %)ISO9001
84 (0.020 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
93 (0.015 %)Basel II
102 (0.010 %)ISO27001
102 (0.010 %)ISO9000
102 (0.010 %)HL7
111 (0.005 %)CDISC
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1129 (0.644 %)Active Directory
232 (0.160 %)MSMQ
39 (0.045 %)Terminal Services
48 (0.040 %)ISA Server
56 (0.030 %)Samba
56 (0.030 %)Cronacle
56 (0.030 %)VMware Infrastructure
63 (0.015 %)Citrix Presentation Server
63 (0.015 %)Squid
72 (0.010 %)Xen
81 (0.005 %)Oracle RAC
81 (0.005 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
137 (0.185 %)SCOM
215 (0.075 %)CiscoWorks
310 (0.050 %)MOM
48 (0.040 %)BMC PATROL
55 (0.025 %)BMC Performance Manager
55 (0.025 %)OpenView
62 (0.010 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12179 (10.88 %)Microsoft
21209 (6.037 %)Oracle
31111 (5.548 %)Adobe
4230 (1.149 %)Google
5219 (1.094 %)Zend
6200 (0.999 %)IBM
7147 (0.734 %)Macromedia
8140 (0.699 %)Yahoo!
9109 (0.544 %)Sun
1095 (0.474 %)Lotus
1190 (0.449 %)BEA
1284 (0.419 %)Red Hat
1380 (0.399 %)Cisco
1462 (0.310 %)Interwoven
1558 (0.290 %)FatWire
1654 (0.270 %)Perforce
1750 (0.250 %)Sony
1849 (0.245 %)SAP
1849 (0.245 %)Sitecore
1946 (0.230 %)Quark