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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2448
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads106998776
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.760 %3.658 %
As % of the category below17.70 %11.64 %
Salaries quoted96187601
Average minimum salary£31,571£30,189
Average salary£34,431£33,002
% change on same period last year+4.32 %
Average maximum salary£37,291£35,815
UK excluding London average salary£31,389£30,644
% change on same period last year+2.43 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6044175403
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.54 %31.43 %
Salaries quoted5197261857
Average minimum salary£36,905£38,729
Average salary£40,489£42,527
% change on same period last year-4.79 %
Average maximum salary£44,073£46,326
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

CSS Salary Histogram

CSS
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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+2210437£34,512+4.36 %
LondonUp+334627£38,601+3.71 %
South EastUp+91796£34,463+4.52 %
North WestUp+16838£28,304-1.22 %
South WestUp+7808£30,889+5.94 %
City of LondonUp+72797£41,654+3.37 %
YorkshireUp+10788£29,342+2.33 %
East of EnglandUp+9746£33,083+4.74 %
West MidlandsUp+12577£28,159-0.19 %
BerkshireUp+32453£38,341+2.56 %
West YorkshireUp+13396£29,596+7.17 %
ManchesterUp+20383£28,490-5.88 %
SurreyUp+1370£34,365+1.49 %
CambridgeshireDown-1330£32,788+6.02 %
East MidlandsUp+3277£31,377+11.44 %
LeedsUp+15276£30,024+8.29 %
CambridgeUp+14270£32,830+6.47 %
HampshireDown-16237£30,276+2.31 %
CheshireUp+3233£28,192+1.79 %
HertfordshireUp+28229£34,701+7.29 %
GloucestershireUp+24202£32,610+12.19 %
South YorkshireDown-4193£29,023-3.03 %
OxfordshireDown-3187£33,844+6.35 %
KentUp+5187£31,386+1.18 %
ScotlandUp+25186£31,441+2.76 %
BristolDown-8179£29,672+0.10 %
North YorkshireUp+41172£29,613-4.37 %
ReadingUp+37163£38,867-3.49 %
BirminghamUp+2148£27,725+0.57 %
WiltshireUp+43142£31,198+6.75 %

CSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

114700 (69.61 %)HTML
214142 (66.96 %)JavaScript
39356 (44.30 %).NET
48453 (40.03 %)XML
58411 (39.83 %)XHTML
67539 (35.70 %)ASP.NET
76568 (31.10 %)AJAX
86420 (30.40 %)C#
96302 (29.84 %)SQL Server
105375 (25.45 %)PHP
115299 (25.09 %)SQL
124313 (20.42 %)Flash
133745 (17.73 %)Web Development
143678 (17.42 %)Photoshop
153561 (16.86 %)MySQL
163198 (15.14 %)Java
173053 (14.46 %)ASP
182590 (12.26 %)OO
192558 (12.11 %)E-Commerce
202396 (11.35 %)Internet
212324 (11.00 %)XSLT
222265 (10.72 %)Microsoft
232090 (9.896 %)Marketing
242083 (9.863 %)Degree
252060 (9.754 %)VB.NET
262016 (9.546 %)SQL Server 2005
271978 (9.366 %)WebServices
281927 (9.124 %)W3C
291818 (8.608 %)Finance
301813 (8.585 %)ActionScript

CSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 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
114700 (69.61 %)HTML
29356 (44.30 %).NET
38453 (40.03 %)XML
48411 (39.83 %)XHTML
57539 (35.70 %)ASP.NET
66568 (31.10 %)AJAX
73053 (14.46 %)ASP
82324 (11.00 %)XSLT
91978 (9.366 %)WebServices
101607 (7.609 %)JSP
111253 (5.933 %)J2EE
12915 (4.333 %).NET Framework
13818 (3.873 %)LAMP
14768 (3.637 %)ASP.NET 2.0
15723 (3.423 %)DOM
16673 (3.187 %)XSL
17598 (2.832 %)Silverlight
18574 (2.718 %)Hibernate
19545 (2.581 %)SOAP
20544 (2.576 %)Spring
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11577 (7.467 %)CMS
21244 (5.890 %)Apache
31237 (5.857 %)IIS
4939 (4.446 %)SharePoint
5417 (1.975 %)ColdFusion
6414 (1.960 %)SharePoint Server 2007
7398 (1.885 %)Tomcat
8288 (1.364 %)BizTalk Server
9205 (0.971 %)WebLogic
10168 (0.795 %)JBoss
11126 (0.597 %)Lotus Domino
12119 (0.563 %)Content Management Server
13102 (0.483 %)Commerce Server
1499 (0.469 %)Lotus Notes
1575 (0.355 %)WebSphere Application Server
1668 (0.322 %)MQSeries
1751 (0.241 %)Commerce Server 2007
1849 (0.232 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1943 (0.204 %)EPiServer
1943 (0.204 %)ColdFusion MX
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13678 (17.42 %)Photoshop
21420 (6.724 %)Adobe Illustrator
31084 (5.133 %)MS Excel
4747 (3.537 %)Fireworks
5278 (1.316 %)MS Visio
6250 (1.184 %)MS Office
7110 (0.521 %)ImageReady
888 (0.417 %)InDesign
975 (0.355 %)Acrobat
1068 (0.322 %)FreeHand
1156 (0.265 %)MS PowerPoint
1253 (0.251 %)3ds Max
1253 (0.251 %)MS Project
1342 (0.199 %)QuarkXPress
1426 (0.123 %)Shockwave
1426 (0.123 %)InfoPath
1525 (0.118 %)Adobe Premiere
1611 (0.052 %)Adobe Director
1710 (0.047 %)Spreadsheet
1710 (0.047 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
159 (0.279 %)WebTrends
246 (0.218 %)Microsoft CRM
332 (0.152 %)Google Analytics
431 (0.147 %)SAP IS-U
529 (0.137 %)Summit
625 (0.118 %)SAP Oil and Gas
723 (0.109 %)SAP CRM
821 (0.099 %)Axapta
918 (0.085 %)SAP R/3
918 (0.085 %)Dynamics CRM
1013 (0.062 %)Navision
115 (0.024 %)Bond Adapt
115 (0.024 %)SAP PM
124 (0.019 %)Oracle Applications
133 (0.014 %)Dynamics AX
142 (0.009 %)Oracle EBS
142 (0.009 %)SAP HR
142 (0.009 %)GoldMine
151 (0.005 %)Line 500
151 (0.005 %)INSURE/90
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12396 (11.35 %)Internet
2799 (3.783 %)Intranet
3228 (1.080 %)HTTP
4181 (0.857 %)DNS
5142 (0.672 %)Extranet
6123 (0.582 %)TCP/IP
7103 (0.488 %)FTP
8101 (0.478 %)Firewall
988 (0.417 %)VPN
1072 (0.341 %)SMTP
1166 (0.313 %)WAN
1166 (0.313 %)LAN
1262 (0.294 %)SSL
1355 (0.260 %)Cisco PIX
1454 (0.256 %)Cisco ASA
1550 (0.237 %)OSPF
1649 (0.232 %)BGP
1747 (0.223 %)SSH
1842 (0.199 %)LDAP
1939 (0.185 %)VoIP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16302 (29.84 %)SQL Server
23561 (16.86 %)MySQL
32016 (9.546 %)SQL Server 2005
41273 (6.028 %)SQL Server 2000
5290 (1.373 %)RDBMS
6173 (0.819 %)Crystal Reports
7162 (0.767 %)DB2
8142 (0.672 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9120 (0.568 %)PostgreSQL
10118 (0.559 %)Oracle 10g
11111 (0.526 %)DTS
1295 (0.450 %)MS Access
1392 (0.436 %)GIS
1489 (0.421 %)Oracle 9i
1566 (0.313 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1663 (0.298 %)Datawarehouse
1761 (0.289 %)Oracle 8/8i
1855 (0.260 %)OLAP
1954 (0.256 %)SQL Server 2008
2053 (0.251 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14313 (20.42 %)Flash
21443 (6.833 %)Dreamweaver
31347 (6.378 %)Visual Studio
4478 (2.263 %)Subversion
5333 (1.577 %)Eclipse
6312 (1.477 %)VSS/SourceSafe
7197 (0.933 %)JUnit
8158 (0.748 %)Ant
9127 (0.601 %)NUnit
1072 (0.341 %)Selenium
1156 (0.265 %)JIRA
1247 (0.223 %)PVCS
1340 (0.189 %)Oracle Forms
1434 (0.161 %)ClearCase
1533 (0.156 %)Bugzilla
1631 (0.147 %)CruiseControl
1730 (0.142 %)Log4j
1730 (0.142 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1826 (0.123 %)FrontPage
1925 (0.118 %)Visual Studio Team System
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12090 (9.896 %)Marketing
21818 (8.608 %)Finance
3929 (4.399 %)Pensions
4736 (3.485 %)Health
5708 (3.352 %)Retail
6597 (2.827 %)Games
7548 (2.595 %)Graphic Design
8546 (2.585 %)Advertising
9527 (2.495 %)Publishing
10472 (2.235 %)Insurance
11448 (2.121 %)Education
12377 (1.785 %)Multimedia
13312 (1.477 %)Banking
14216 (1.023 %)Music
15206 (0.975 %)Telecoms
16169 (0.800 %)Animation
17133 (0.630 %)Online Games
18121 (0.573 %)Law
19120 (0.568 %)Back Office
20117 (0.554 %)Government
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115924 (75.40 %)Developer
27182 (34.01 %)Web Developer
33752 (17.77 %).NET Developer
42094 (9.915 %)C# Developer
51998 (9.461 %)PHP Developer
61980 (9.375 %)Web Designer
71970 (9.328 %)ASP.NET Developer
81792 (8.485 %)Senior Developer
91265 (5.990 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
101109 (5.251 %)Java Developer
111100 (5.209 %).NET Web Developer
12714 (3.381 %)Junior
13672 (3.182 %)Software Developer
14643 (3.045 %)Programmer
15623 (2.950 %)PHP Web Developer
16608 (2.879 %)Junior Developer
17570 (2.699 %)Senior Web Developer
18537 (2.543 %)C# Web Developer
19518 (2.453 %)Analyst
20463 (2.192 %)Flash Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11927 (9.124 %)W3C
2760 (3.599 %)Web 2.0
3603 (2.855 %)Computer Science
4287 (1.359 %)N-Tier
5214 (1.013 %)Social Network
6141 (0.668 %)E-Learning
7139 (0.658 %)BBC
8102 (0.483 %)Mathematics
9100 (0.474 %)Client/Server
1099 (0.469 %)RIA
1157 (0.270 %)iDTV
1250 (0.237 %)Streaming Video
1345 (0.213 %)Blog
1444 (0.208 %)Spread Betting
1537 (0.175 %)Statistics
1636 (0.170 %)Management Information System
1734 (0.161 %)Data Protection Act
1734 (0.161 %)Streaming Media
1832 (0.152 %)Flash Lite
1931 (0.147 %)Interactive TV
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11681 (7.960 %)Linux
21361 (6.444 %)Windows
3867 (4.105 %)UNIX
4299 (1.416 %)Windows Server 2003
5157 (0.743 %)Solaris
682 (0.388 %)Windows XP
682 (0.388 %)Red Hat Linux
768 (0.322 %)Windows 2000
855 (0.260 %)Windows 2000 Server
929 (0.137 %)SUSE
1026 (0.123 %)Windows Vista
1124 (0.114 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1219 (0.090 %)Mac OS X
1314 (0.066 %)FreeBSD
1413 (0.062 %)Debian
1413 (0.062 %)Ubuntu
158 (0.038 %)Mac OS X Server
158 (0.038 %)Windows NT
166 (0.028 %)Fedora
175 (0.024 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13745 (17.73 %)Web Development
22590 (12.26 %)OO
32558 (12.11 %)E-Commerce
41769 (8.376 %)Web Design
51393 (6.596 %)Content Management
61263 (5.980 %)SEO
7966 (4.574 %)OOP
8771 (3.651 %)Agile Software Development
9646 (3.059 %)UML
10587 (2.779 %)Scrum
11568 (2.690 %)Project Management
12360 (1.705 %)Extreme Programming
13353 (1.671 %)CRM
14319 (1.510 %)Internet Marketing
15290 (1.373 %)TDD
16259 (1.226 %)Unit Testing
17249 (1.179 %)OOD
18247 (1.170 %)Software Engineering
19225 (1.065 %)Digital Marketing
20173 (0.819 %)Pay per click
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114142 (66.96 %)JavaScript
26420 (30.40 %)C#
35375 (25.45 %)PHP
45299 (25.09 %)SQL
53198 (15.14 %)Java
62060 (9.754 %)VB.NET
71813 (8.585 %)ActionScript
81694 (8.021 %)DHTML
91259 (5.961 %)VB
10932 (4.413 %)PHP5
11930 (4.404 %)Perl
12816 (3.864 %)Transact-SQL
13575 (2.723 %)VBScript
14513 (2.429 %)C++
15445 (2.107 %)C
16393 (1.861 %)VB6
17391 (1.851 %)Python
18354 (1.676 %)Ruby
19342 (1.619 %)PHP4
20307 (1.454 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12083 (9.863 %)Degree
2704 (3.333 %)Microsoft Certification
3415 (1.965 %)MCSD
4408 (1.932 %)MCP
5400 (1.894 %)MCAD
688 (0.417 %)HND
786 (0.407 %)Cisco Certification
884 (0.398 %)MCTS
979 (0.374 %)MCPD
1067 (0.317 %)CCNP
1067 (0.317 %)Sun Certification
1126 (0.123 %)CCNA
1219 (0.090 %)CCIP
1317 (0.080 %)ISEB
1416 (0.076 %)CCDP
1416 (0.076 %)MCSE
1515 (0.071 %)CCIE
1613 (0.062 %)PMP
1712 (0.057 %)PMI Certification
1811 (0.052 %)CCSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1525 (2.486 %)WAI
2225 (1.065 %)WCAG
3220 (1.042 %)QA
438 (0.180 %)SLA
57 (0.033 %)ISO9001
65 (0.024 %)PAS 78
74 (0.019 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
82 (0.009 %)HL7
91 (0.005 %)PCI DSS
91 (0.005 %)ISO27001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1111 (0.526 %)Active Directory
227 (0.128 %)MSMQ
320 (0.095 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (0.033 %)Samba
56 (0.028 %)NetBackup
65 (0.024 %)Oracle RAC
74 (0.019 %)Citrix Presentation Server
83 (0.014 %)Xen
83 (0.014 %)NFS
83 (0.014 %)Terminal Services
83 (0.014 %)Snort
83 (0.014 %)AquaLogic
83 (0.014 %)Squid
91 (0.005 %)Cronacle
91 (0.005 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
91 (0.005 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
152 (0.246 %)SCOM
217 (0.080 %)CiscoWorks
314 (0.066 %)MIIS
48 (0.038 %)BMC PATROL
56 (0.028 %)MOM
56 (0.028 %)OpenView
65 (0.024 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
65 (0.024 %)BMC Performance Manager
72 (0.009 %)AutoSys
81 (0.005 %)Nagios
81 (0.005 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12265 (10.72 %)Microsoft
21273 (6.028 %)Oracle
31092 (5.171 %)Adobe
4242 (1.146 %)Google
5221 (1.046 %)IBM
6218 (1.032 %)Macromedia
7143 (0.677 %)Zend
8135 (0.639 %)Sun
9132 (0.625 %)Lotus
10129 (0.611 %)Yahoo!
11124 (0.587 %)Cisco
12121 (0.573 %)Quark
1383 (0.393 %)SAP
1467 (0.317 %)Interwoven
1467 (0.317 %)Red Hat
1562 (0.294 %)Perforce
1654 (0.256 %)Sony
1753 (0.251 %)Business Objects
1851 (0.241 %)VMware
1949 (0.232 %)BEA