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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2337
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching permanent IT job ads72498613
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.147 %4.361 %
As % of the category below17.95 %13.67 %
Salaries quoted64837676
Average minimum salary£31,552£30,286
Average salary£34,486£33,132
% change on same period last year+4.08 %
Average maximum salary£37,420£35,978
UK excluding London average salary£31,594£30,764
% change on same period last year+2.69 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4039563028
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled34.25 %31.91 %
Salaries quoted3525153206
Average minimum salary£36,297£36,879
Average salary£39,806£40,705
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum salary£43,316£44,531
UK excluding London average salary£35,849£36,277
% change on same period last year-1.18 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandUp+127037£34,609+4.28 %
LondonUp+172839£39,441+6.54 %
South EastUp+151411£34,185+2.95 %
North WestUp+21737£30,165+9.78 %
South WestUp+18534£31,334+9.60 %
East of EnglandUp+8506£31,462-
City of LondonUp+35452£41,071+7.83 %
West MidlandsUp+9410£30,060-6.15 %
YorkshireDown-6400£30,510+4.65 %
BerkshireUp+16359£39,962+8.83 %
ManchesterUp+17351£29,451+4.16 %
SurreyUp+21284£35,579+3.24 %
East MidlandsUp+4249£28,335+2.82 %
West YorkshireDown-13230£30,967+11.19 %
BristolUp+13220£32,151+7.64 %
HampshireUp+9217£28,639-6.80 %
CheshireUp+26191£31,239+18.84 %
LeedsDown-2174£31,787+12.84 %
West SussexUp+10153£33,109+3.44 %
HertfordshireUp+7147£35,330+7.21 %
LancashireUp+31142£30,132+10.80 %
ScotlandUp+14140£29,037-2.55 %
OxfordshireUp+2139£32,615+1.64 %
CambridgeshireDown-4133£30,954-3.65 %
ReadingUp+14131£38,168-3.57 %
BirminghamDown-4125£31,221-8.61 %
South YorkshireNo change0112£29,414-5.77 %
SomersetDown-5111£31,456+14.84 %
NottinghamshireUp+1101£28,632+3.19 %
BuckinghamshireUp+499£30,350-8.40 %

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

112096 (69.35 %)JavaScript
212009 (68.85 %)HTML
38016 (45.96 %).NET
46970 (39.96 %)XML
56862 (39.34 %)XHTML
66478 (37.14 %)ASP.NET
75673 (32.52 %)AJAX
85626 (32.25 %)C#
95121 (29.36 %)SQL Server
104586 (26.29 %)PHP
114362 (25.01 %)SQL
123443 (19.74 %)Flash
133172 (18.18 %)MySQL
142868 (16.44 %)Web Development
152820 (16.17 %)Photoshop
162462 (14.11 %)ASP
172434 (13.95 %)Java
182396 (13.74 %)E-Commerce
192393 (13.72 %)OO
201951 (11.19 %)Microsoft
211857 (10.65 %)VB.NET
221819 (10.43 %)XSLT
231795 (10.29 %)WebServices
241789 (10.26 %)Internet
251688 (9.677 %)SQL Server 2005
261676 (9.608 %)Marketing
271587 (9.098 %)ActionScript
281568 (8.989 %)Linux
291563 (8.961 %)Finance
301490 (8.542 %)Degree

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
112009 (68.85 %)HTML
28016 (45.96 %).NET
36970 (39.96 %)XML
46862 (39.34 %)XHTML
56478 (37.14 %)ASP.NET
65673 (32.52 %)AJAX
73443 (19.74 %)Flash
82462 (14.11 %)ASP
91819 (10.43 %)XSLT
101795 (10.29 %)WebServices
111143 (6.553 %)JSP
121094 (6.272 %)DHTML
131053 (6.037 %)J2EE
14810 (4.644 %).NET Framework
15758 (4.346 %)LAMP
16641 (3.675 %)XSL
16641 (3.675 %)Silverlight
17576 (3.302 %)WCF
18575 (3.296 %)MVC
19560 (3.210 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11449 (8.307 %)CMS
21018 (5.836 %)IIS
31006 (5.767 %)Apache
4852 (4.884 %)SharePoint
5384 (2.201 %)SharePoint Server 2007
6269 (1.542 %)Tomcat
7220 (1.261 %)BizTalk Server
8216 (1.238 %)WebLogic
9208 (1.192 %)Drupal
10202 (1.158 %)ColdFusion
11133 (0.762 %)JBoss
1282 (0.470 %)Movable Type
1378 (0.447 %)Commerce Server
1469 (0.396 %)Content Management Server
1568 (0.390 %)Lotus Domino
1656 (0.321 %)Lotus Notes
1656 (0.321 %)Mambo
1752 (0.298 %)MQSeries
1752 (0.298 %)WebLogic Portal
1851 (0.292 %)WordPress
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12820 (16.17 %)Photoshop
2925 (5.303 %)MS Excel
3886 (5.079 %)Adobe Illustrator
4503 (2.884 %)Fireworks
5254 (1.456 %)MS Office
6253 (1.450 %)MS Visio
783 (0.476 %)ImageReady
869 (0.396 %)FreeHand
965 (0.373 %)InDesign
1035 (0.201 %)MS PowerPoint
1132 (0.183 %)Acrobat
1222 (0.126 %)QuarkXPress
1320 (0.115 %)Shockwave
1320 (0.115 %)3ds Max
1419 (0.109 %)InfoPath
1419 (0.109 %)FrameMaker
1517 (0.097 %)MS Project
1612 (0.069 %)Quicktime
179 (0.052 %)CA Clarity
188 (0.046 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
164 (0.367 %)WebTrends
227 (0.155 %)Google Analytics
314 (0.080 %)Dynamics CRM
413 (0.075 %)Microsoft CRM
59 (0.052 %)SAP R/3
59 (0.052 %)SAP FI
59 (0.052 %)SAP FI-CA
59 (0.052 %)Navision
65 (0.029 %)Summit
65 (0.029 %)Oracle Applications
74 (0.023 %)SAP CRM
74 (0.023 %)Pivotal CRM
83 (0.017 %)Axapta
83 (0.017 %)BancWare
92 (0.011 %)Oracle EBS
92 (0.011 %)Dynamics AX
101 (0.006 %)SAP Oil and Gas
101 (0.006 %)Academy Housing
101 (0.006 %)SAP PM
101 (0.006 %)SAP IS-U
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11789 (10.26 %)Internet
2798 (4.575 %)Intranet
3182 (1.043 %)HTTP
4150 (0.860 %)DNS
5111 (0.636 %)TCP/IP
691 (0.522 %)Firewall
784 (0.482 %)SMTP
869 (0.396 %)FTP
958 (0.333 %)VPN
1056 (0.321 %)Extranet
1147 (0.269 %)SSL
1244 (0.252 %)LAN
1343 (0.247 %)Wireless
1442 (0.241 %)OSPF
1442 (0.241 %)BGP
1541 (0.235 %)WAN
1638 (0.218 %)SSH
1735 (0.201 %)Cisco PIX
1735 (0.201 %)Network Security
1830 (0.172 %)SMS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15121 (29.36 %)SQL Server
23172 (18.18 %)MySQL
31688 (9.677 %)SQL Server 2005
4843 (4.833 %)SQL Server 2000
5272 (1.559 %)RDBMS
6132 (0.757 %)PostgreSQL
7125 (0.717 %)Crystal Reports
8114 (0.654 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9105 (0.602 %)SQL Server 2008
10103 (0.590 %)MS Access
1198 (0.562 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1282 (0.470 %)DB2
1374 (0.424 %)Oracle 10g
1472 (0.413 %)DTS
1571 (0.407 %)Oracle 9i
1657 (0.327 %)Oracle 8/8i
1750 (0.287 %)GIS
1837 (0.212 %)OLAP
1934 (0.195 %)Datawarehouse
2024 (0.138 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11077 (6.174 %)Visual Studio
21039 (5.957 %)Dreamweaver
3374 (2.144 %)Subversion
4311 (1.783 %)JUnit
5271 (1.554 %)Eclipse
6197 (1.129 %)Ant
7161 (0.923 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8145 (0.831 %)NUnit
944 (0.252 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1040 (0.229 %)Log4j
1040 (0.229 %)Selenium
1135 (0.201 %)JDeveloper
1232 (0.183 %)Visual Studio Team System
1329 (0.166 %)FrontPage
1329 (0.166 %)JIRA
1428 (0.161 %)JBuilder
1526 (0.149 %)ClearCase
1526 (0.149 %)Bugzilla
1622 (0.126 %)PVCS
1721 (0.120 %)Git
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11676 (9.608 %)Marketing
21563 (8.961 %)Finance
3872 (4.999 %)Pensions
4574 (3.291 %)Retail
5569 (3.262 %)Games
6544 (3.119 %)Health
7496 (2.844 %)Graphic Design
8495 (2.838 %)Insurance
9452 (2.591 %)Publishing
10402 (2.305 %)Advertising
11341 (1.955 %)Education
12306 (1.754 %)Banking
13275 (1.577 %)Multimedia
14243 (1.393 %)Telecoms
15198 (1.135 %)Music
16167 (0.957 %)Animation
17126 (0.722 %)Online Games
18105 (0.602 %)Back Office
1995 (0.545 %)Law
2079 (0.453 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113144 (75.35 %)Developer
25491 (31.48 %)Web Developer
33158 (18.10 %).NET Developer
41847 (10.59 %)PHP Developer
51748 (10.02 %)C# Developer
61619 (9.282 %)ASP.NET Developer
71454 (8.336 %)Senior Developer
81384 (7.934 %)Web Designer
91136 (6.513 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
10857 (4.913 %)Front-End Developer
11820 (4.701 %)Java Developer
12776 (4.449 %).NET Web Developer
13684 (3.921 %)Software Developer
14642 (3.681 %)Junior
15616 (3.532 %)PHP Web Developer
16563 (3.228 %)Programmer
17539 (3.090 %)Junior Developer
18503 (2.884 %)Flash Developer
19438 (2.511 %)Analyst
20403 (2.310 %)C# Web Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11408 (8.072 %)W3C
2595 (3.411 %)Web 2.0
3450 (2.580 %)Computer Science
4319 (1.829 %)N-Tier
5194 (1.112 %)Social Network
6154 (0.883 %)BBC
7144 (0.826 %)E-Learning
883 (0.476 %)Streaming Video
966 (0.378 %)Client/Server
1060 (0.344 %)Mathematics
1159 (0.338 %)Management Information System
1250 (0.287 %)Blog
1339 (0.224 %)Handset
1437 (0.212 %)Spread Betting
1536 (0.206 %)Data Protection Act
1634 (0.195 %)Streaming Media
1634 (0.195 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1733 (0.189 %)Flash Lite
1733 (0.189 %)RIA
1832 (0.183 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11568 (8.989 %)Linux
21130 (6.478 %)Windows
3664 (3.807 %)UNIX
4271 (1.554 %)Windows Server 2003
598 (0.562 %)Solaris
695 (0.545 %)Windows 2000
762 (0.355 %)Red Hat Linux
860 (0.344 %)Windows XP
928 (0.161 %)Windows 2000 Server
1023 (0.132 %)Windows Vista
1120 (0.115 %)AIX
1213 (0.075 %)Windows Server 2008
1312 (0.069 %)CentOS
1411 (0.063 %)Windows Mobile
159 (0.052 %)Embedded Linux
167 (0.040 %)FreeBSD
167 (0.040 %)VMS
167 (0.040 %)Debian
175 (0.029 %)Mac OS X
184 (0.023 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12868 (16.44 %)Web Development
22396 (13.74 %)E-Commerce
32393 (13.72 %)OO
41294 (7.418 %)Content Management
51290 (7.396 %)Web Design
61088 (6.237 %)SEO
71014 (5.813 %)OOP
8946 (5.423 %)Agile Software Development
9618 (3.543 %)Scrum
10498 (2.855 %)UML
11485 (2.780 %)TDD
12450 (2.580 %)Project Management
13323 (1.852 %)Extreme Programming
14304 (1.743 %)Internet Marketing
15279 (1.599 %)CRM
16251 (1.439 %)Unit Testing
17216 (1.238 %)OOD
18200 (1.147 %)Software Engineering
19183 (1.049 %)Digital Marketing
20166 (0.952 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112096 (69.35 %)JavaScript
25626 (32.25 %)C#
34586 (26.29 %)PHP
44362 (25.01 %)SQL
52434 (13.95 %)Java
61857 (10.65 %)VB.NET
71587 (9.098 %)ActionScript
8949 (5.441 %)VB
9791 (4.535 %)PHP5
10649 (3.721 %)Perl
11642 (3.681 %)Transact-SQL
12453 (2.597 %)C++
13414 (2.373 %)C
14389 (2.230 %)Python
15381 (2.184 %)VBScript
16315 (1.806 %)Ruby
17303 (1.737 %)XPath
18281 (1.611 %)VB6
19273 (1.565 %)PL/SQL
20265 (1.519 %)PHP4
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11490 (8.542 %)Degree
2613 (3.514 %)Microsoft Certification
3392 (2.247 %)MCP
4377 (2.161 %)MCSD
5340 (1.949 %)MCAD
6145 (0.831 %)MCTS
7108 (0.619 %)MCPD
858 (0.333 %)Sun Certification
955 (0.315 %)HND
1049 (0.281 %)Security Cleared
1134 (0.195 %)Cisco Certification
1220 (0.115 %)CCNP
1316 (0.092 %)CCNA
1414 (0.080 %)SC Cleared
1513 (0.075 %)PhD
1612 (0.069 %)CCIE
1711 (0.063 %)MBA
189 (0.052 %)PRINCE2 Certification
189 (0.052 %)MySQL Certification
198 (0.046 %)HNC
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1291 (1.668 %)WAI
2198 (1.135 %)QA
3157 (0.900 %)WCAG
441 (0.235 %)SLA
57 (0.040 %)PAS 78
66 (0.034 %)ISO9001
66 (0.034 %)PCI DSS
74 (0.023 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
83 (0.017 %)Basel II
83 (0.017 %)ISO9000
92 (0.011 %)ISO27001
101 (0.006 %)CDISC
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1110 (0.631 %)Active Directory
230 (0.172 %)MSMQ
39 (0.052 %)ISA Server
48 (0.046 %)Terminal Services
56 (0.034 %)Cronacle
63 (0.017 %)Squid
72 (0.011 %)Xen
81 (0.006 %)VMware Infrastructure
81 (0.006 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (0.149 %)SCOM
210 (0.057 %)CiscoWorks
39 (0.052 %)BMC Performance Manager
48 (0.046 %)MOM
55 (0.029 %)BMC PATROL
64 (0.023 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
72 (0.011 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11951 (11.19 %)Microsoft
21046 (5.997 %)Oracle
3953 (5.464 %)Adobe
4227 (1.301 %)Zend
5198 (1.135 %)Google
6159 (0.912 %)IBM
7124 (0.711 %)Yahoo!
8119 (0.682 %)Macromedia
989 (0.510 %)BEA
1087 (0.499 %)Sun
1170 (0.401 %)Lotus
1265 (0.373 %)FatWire
1364 (0.367 %)Cisco
1461 (0.350 %)Red Hat
1550 (0.287 %)Interwoven
1550 (0.287 %)Tridion
1643 (0.247 %)Sitecore
1742 (0.241 %)Sony
1839 (0.224 %)Quark
1936 (0.206 %)Perforce