CSS Contracts in England

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CSS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 93 62
Rank change year-on-year -23 -31 -7
Contract jobs citing CSS 726 1,301 2,645
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.96% 2.57% 3.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.74% 11.11% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 941 1,973
10th Percentile £300 £319 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £498 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -0.50% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 16 40
10th Percentile £28.28 £21.00 £24.53
25th Percentile £37.63 £24.50 £36.74
Median hourly rate £55.00 £58.75 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.33% +24.86%
75th Percentile £64.06 £77.50 £65.91
90th Percentile £70.50 £86.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £58.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -14.89% +6.82% +34.15%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

CSS is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,454 11,713 19,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.17% 23.17% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,302 8,672 14,430
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 138 214
10th Percentile £21.63 £28.73 £21.30
25th Percentile £40.31 £48.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CSS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS in England.

Daily rate trend for CSS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS in England.

Hourly rate trend for CSS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CSS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -1 435 £525 -4.55% 259
South East +10 91 £388 -8.82% 102
North of England -48 65 £420 -6.67% 175
North West -37 42 £423 -6.11% 108
South West +13 38 £523 +16.11% 81
Midlands -32 35 £425 - 120
East of England +18 31 £475 +5.56% 62
Yorkshire -18 21 £408 -7.39% 52
West Midlands +1 18 £475 +11.76% 70
East Midlands -14 17 £225 -42.68% 50
North East +4 2 £453 -9.45% 15
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 51 (7.02%) CMS
2 24 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.03%) Confluence
4 18 (2.48%) nginx
5 14 (1.93%) WordPress
6 9 (1.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (1.24%) Headless CMS
7 8 (1.10%) Drupal
7 8 (1.10%) IIS
8 7 (0.96%) SharePoint 2010
8 7 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.96%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.69%) Apache
10 4 (0.55%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.41%) Kentico
12 2 (0.28%) Gunicorn
13 1 (0.14%) Appian
13 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.14%) Ethereum
13 1 (0.14%) govService
Applications
1 15 (2.07%) Photoshop
2 13 (1.79%) Adobe Illustrator
3 12 (1.65%) Sketch
4 11 (1.52%) InVision
4 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (1.10%) Adobe XD
5 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.83%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Avocode
9 1 (0.14%) Elementor
9 1 (0.14%) InDesign
9 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.52%) Shopify
2 7 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) Magento
3 5 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.55%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.41%) Maximo
5 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.28%) Unica
6 2 (0.28%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 145 (19.97%) Azure
2 102 (14.05%) AWS
3 48 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (5.51%) GCP
5 37 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 36 (4.96%) GitHub
7 32 (4.41%) Figma
8 30 (4.13%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.58%) Azure Service Bus
10 22 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 21 (2.89%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
13 18 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (2.48%) SaaS
14 17 (2.34%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
15 14 (1.93%) Azure Pipelines
15 14 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (1.65%) Entra ID
16 12 (1.65%) Google Analytics
16 12 (1.65%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.75%) HTTP
2 15 (2.07%) Firewall
2 15 (2.07%) VPN
3 14 (1.93%) Software-Defined Radio
4 13 (1.79%) SNMP
5 5 (0.69%) Intranet
6 3 (0.41%) DNS
6 3 (0.41%) MQTT
7 2 (0.28%) FTP
8 1 (0.14%) DHCP
8 1 (0.14%) HbbTV
8 1 (0.14%) Internet
8 1 (0.14%) Network Security
8 1 (0.14%) RTP
8 1 (0.14%) SSH
8 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (10.88%) SQL Server
2 39 (5.37%) MySQL
3 38 (5.23%) MongoDB
4 30 (4.13%) NoSQL
5 29 (3.99%) Relational Database
6 24 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (2.75%) Power BI
8 11 (1.52%) Metadata
9 9 (1.24%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (1.10%) Redis
11 7 (0.96%) PowerPivot
11 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.83%) MariaDB
12 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Power View
13 5 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.69%) Looker
13 5 (0.69%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.69%) Tableau
14 4 (0.55%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 139 (19.15%) Git
2 47 (6.47%) JIRA
3 26 (3.58%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.17%) Bitbucket
5 21 (2.89%) webpack
6 19 (2.62%) Cypress.io
7 16 (2.20%) Robot Framework
8 15 (2.07%) Eclipse
8 15 (2.07%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.93%) Selenium
10 13 (1.79%) GoogleTest
11 11 (1.52%) git-flow
11 11 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 9 (1.24%) GitLab
13 7 (0.96%) Babel
13 7 (0.96%) Maven
13 7 (0.96%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.83%) Dreamweaver
14 6 (0.83%) Postman
14 6 (0.83%) SonarQube
General
1 169 (23.28%) Social Skills
2 96 (13.22%) Finance
3 86 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (8.95%) Marketing
5 50 (6.89%) Public Sector
6 48 (6.61%) Banking
7 24 (3.31%) Front Office
8 19 (2.62%) Retail
9 16 (2.20%) Investment Banking
10 14 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.52%) Advertising
11 11 (1.52%) Back Office
12 10 (1.38%) Publishing
12 10 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.96%) Games
14 5 (0.69%) Automotive
14 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.55%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.55%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 489 (67.36%) Developer
2 115 (15.84%) Full Stack Developer
3 98 (13.50%) Senior
4 88 (12.12%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 68 (9.37%) React Developer
6 64 (8.82%) Senior Developer
7 43 (5.92%) Software Engineer
8 41 (5.65%) Designer
9 37 (5.10%) Lead
10 29 (3.99%) JavaScript Developer
11 28 (3.86%) Software Developer
11 28 (3.86%) UI Developer
12 27 (3.72%) Full Stack Engineer
12 27 (3.72%) Java Developer
13 26 (3.58%) .NET Developer
14 24 (3.31%) Python Developer
15 23 (3.17%) Senior Front-End Developer
16 22 (3.03%) JavaScript Engineer
16 22 (3.03%) ServiceNow Developer
17 21 (2.89%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 627 (86.36%) HTML
2 269 (37.05%) React
3 142 (19.56%) Node.js
4 124 (17.08%) .NET
4 124 (17.08%) AngularJS
5 110 (15.15%) REST
6 94 (12.95%) HTML5
7 72 (9.92%) Sass
8 67 (9.23%) ASP.NET
8 67 (9.23%) CSS3
9 64 (8.82%) jQuery
10 58 (7.99%) Web Services
11 48 (6.61%) Vue
12 46 (6.34%) JSON
13 43 (5.92%) RESTful
14 41 (5.65%) .NET Core
14 41 (5.65%) Redux
15 38 (5.23%) Laravel
16 35 (4.82%) XML
17 30 (4.13%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.10%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.44%) Fixed Income
3 22 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 18 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.34%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (1.93%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.79%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.52%) Derivative
9 11 (1.52%) Hedge funds
9 11 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
10 9 (1.24%) CMDB
11 8 (1.10%) Animation
12 7 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.69%) NHS
15 4 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (0.55%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 55 (7.58%) Linux
2 29 (3.99%) Unix
3 21 (2.89%) Windows
4 14 (1.93%) Android
4 14 (1.93%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.55%) CentOS
6 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (35.54%) Agile
2 186 (25.62%) Full Stack Development
3 144 (19.83%) Front End Development
4 135 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (16.94%) Web Development
6 116 (15.98%) DevOps
7 113 (15.56%) User Experience
8 105 (14.46%) Software Engineering
9 95 (13.09%) CI/CD
10 85 (11.71%) TDD
11 74 (10.19%) MVC
12 73 (10.06%) Test Automation
13 71 (9.78%) Scrum
14 60 (8.26%) Computer Science
15 55 (7.58%) UX Design
16 54 (7.44%) Prototyping
17 48 (6.61%) Microservices
18 47 (6.47%) Clean Code
19 46 (6.34%) Design Patterns
19 46 (6.34%) OO
Programming Languages
1 552 (76.03%) JavaScript
2 203 (27.96%) TypeScript
3 130 (17.91%) C#
4 126 (17.36%) Java
5 118 (16.25%) SQL
6 91 (12.53%) Python
7 73 (10.06%) PHP
8 32 (4.41%) PowerShell
9 22 (3.03%) Bicep
10 20 (2.75%) C++
11 14 (1.93%) Ruby
12 11 (1.52%) Apex Code
13 10 (1.38%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.24%) Bash
15 8 (1.10%) C
15 8 (1.10%) PL/SQL
15 8 (1.10%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.96%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.96%) Perl
17 5 (0.69%) Go
Qualifications
1 80 (11.02%) Security Cleared
2 78 (10.74%) Degree
3 69 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 42 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.24%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.55%) PMP
9 3 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.41%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.14%) CEH
11 1 (0.14%) CISSP
11 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.14%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.68%) Accessibility
2 36 (4.96%) QA
3 27 (3.72%) WCAG
4 9 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.10%) GDPR
6 4 (0.55%) GRC
7 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.41%) NIST
7 3 (0.41%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) HL7
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 31 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 26 (3.58%) Docker
3 15 (2.07%) Firmware
4 9 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.28%) NFS
5 2 (0.28%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 27 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (2.20%) Terraform
3 6 (0.83%) Ansible
3 6 (0.83%) Kibana
4 4 (0.55%) logstash
4 4 (0.55%) Opsgenie
4 4 (0.55%) Puppet
5 3 (0.41%) Netcool
5 3 (0.41%) PingFederate
6 2 (0.28%) Grafana
6 2 (0.28%) systemd
7 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 83 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.92%) Adobe
3 42 (5.79%) Google
4 33 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.89%) Oracle
5 21 (2.89%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.62%) Atlassian
7 14 (1.93%) Optimizely
8 12 (1.65%) SAP
9 10 (1.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 9 (1.24%) VMware
11 7 (0.96%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.96%) Splunk
12 6 (0.83%) dotdigital
13 5 (0.69%) Ensighten
13 5 (0.69%) Monetate
13 5 (0.69%) Omniture
13 5 (0.69%) Tealium
13 5 (0.69%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.69%) Xamarin