CSS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 68 76
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -16
Contract jobs citing CSS 56 60 82
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.22% 2.83% 2.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.99% 11.83% 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 41 46
10th Percentile £413 £348 £275
25th Percentile £466 £475 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £634
90th Percentile £706 £768 £725
Central London median daily rate £521 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.36% +4.76% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

CSS falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 431 507 729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.77% 23.95% 24.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 311 482
10th Percentile £400 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £722 £725
90th Percentile £760 £838 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 £36.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £38.50 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.81% -27.36% -11.30%
75th Percentile £82.50 £40.25 -
90th Percentile £86.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £38.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year +62.34% -27.36% -11.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

CSS job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CSS

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CSS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.14%) Confluence
2 2 (3.57%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.79%) CMS
3 1 (1.79%) Drupal
3 1 (1.79%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.79%) Azure
2 8 (14.29%) AWS
3 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.36%) PaaS
4 3 (5.36%) Snowflake
5 2 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.57%) Cloud Run
5 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.57%) Firebase
5 2 (3.57%) GCP
5 2 (3.57%) GitHub
5 2 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.57%) Google Gemini
5 2 (3.57%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.57%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (3.57%) Serverless
5 2 (3.57%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) HTTP
2 1 (1.79%) DKIM
2 1 (1.79%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.14%) Tableau
3 3 (5.36%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.57%) Apache Hive
4 2 (3.57%) Data Lake
4 2 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.57%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.57%) Mixpanel
4 2 (3.57%) Spark SQL
5 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.79%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (1.79%) GIS
5 1 (1.79%) MySQL
5 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Git
1 7 (12.50%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) Cypress.io
2 3 (5.36%) Storybook
3 2 (3.57%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.57%) JMeter
3 2 (3.57%) Selenium
3 2 (3.57%) Snyk
3 2 (3.57%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 2 (3.57%) WebDriver
3 2 (3.57%) webpack
4 1 (1.79%) Ant
4 1 (1.79%) Babel
4 1 (1.79%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (1.79%) GitLab
4 1 (1.79%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.79%) Vite
General
1 25 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.86%) Finance
3 8 (14.29%) Banking
4 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.57%) Front Office
7 2 (3.57%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.57%) Legal
7 2 (3.57%) Marketing
8 1 (1.79%) Advertising
8 1 (1.79%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (60.71%) Developer
2 7 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 7 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (8.93%) Lead
3 5 (8.93%) React Developer
4 4 (7.14%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 4 (7.14%) Python Developer
4 4 (7.14%) Salesforce Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Angular Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Applications Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Django Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Python/Django Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Senior
5 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow Developer
6 2 (3.57%) Consultant
6 2 (3.57%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Senior Developer
6 2 (3.57%) Software Developer
6 2 (3.57%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (96.43%) HTML
2 19 (33.93%) React
3 17 (30.36%) HTML5
4 11 (19.64%) .NET
4 11 (19.64%) REST
5 10 (17.86%) AngularJS
6 8 (14.29%) jQuery
7 7 (12.50%) RESTful
8 5 (8.93%) CSS3
8 5 (8.93%) Next.js
8 5 (8.93%) Vue
8 5 (8.93%) Web Services
9 4 (7.14%) Jest
9 4 (7.14%) Redux
9 4 (7.14%) Zustand
10 3 (5.36%) Flask
10 3 (5.36%) Leaflet
10 3 (5.36%) Node.js
10 3 (5.36%) Sass
10 3 (5.36%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Low-Code
2 4 (7.14%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.57%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.79%) Derivative
5 1 (1.79%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.79%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.79%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (66.07%) Agile
2 18 (32.14%) User Experience
3 14 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (21.43%) UX Design
4 12 (21.43%) Web Development
5 10 (17.86%) DevOps
5 10 (17.86%) Front End Development
6 9 (16.07%) Full-Stack Development
6 9 (16.07%) Scrum
7 8 (14.29%) Analytics
7 8 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 8 (14.29%) Visualisation
8 6 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (10.71%) Data Modelling
9 5 (8.93%) Kanban
9 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
9 5 (8.93%) MVC
9 5 (8.93%) Software Engineering
10 4 (7.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 48 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 20 (35.71%) SQL
3 13 (23.21%) Python
4 10 (17.86%) TypeScript
5 9 (16.07%) C#
6 5 (8.93%) Apex Code
7 4 (7.14%) Java
8 2 (3.57%) C++
9 1 (1.79%) Bash
9 1 (1.79%) Elm
9 1 (1.79%) PHP
9 1 (1.79%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 9 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.29%) Degree
3 7 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.79%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 7 (12.50%) QA
3 3 (5.36%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.57%) GDPR
4 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.57%) WCAG
5 1 (1.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (8.93%) Salesforce
2 4 (7.14%) Google
2 4 (7.14%) OutSystems
3 3 (5.36%) Bloomberg
3 3 (5.36%) Cloudera
3 3 (5.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) Amplitude
4 2 (3.57%) Foundry
4 2 (3.57%) Hotjar
4 2 (3.57%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.57%) Optimizely
4 2 (3.57%) Palantir
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe