CSS Contract Job Trends in Dorset

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 19 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing CSS 2 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 1.43% 7.22% 1.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.71% 17.95% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £369 £387 -
25th Percentile £376 £392 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £435 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% - -
75th Percentile £405 £522 -
90th Percentile £408 £584 -
South West median daily rate £390 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +3.93% -16.67% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +24.88%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 35 39 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 25.00% 40.21% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 28 18
10th Percentile - £392 £363
25th Percentile £350 £446 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £550 £493
Median % change year-on-year -30.18% +11.68% -10.45%
75th Percentile £409 £675 £556
90th Percentile £485 £706 £769
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.88%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

CSS job vacancy trend in Dorset

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing CSS

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing CSS

CSS
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 23 March 2026. 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
Bournemouth -10 2 £394 -0.19% 4
CSS
South West

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS3
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) Jest
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Redux
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (100.00%) Spring MVC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft