CSS Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 51 48
Rank change year-on-year -15 -3 -19
Contract jobs citing CSS 11 4 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.15% 0.72% 2.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.88% 4.88% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 16
10th Percentile £545 £345 £213
25th Percentile £548 £352 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +57.71% -27.40% +20.48%
75th Percentile £625 £398 £530
90th Percentile - £431 -
England median daily rate £480 £488 £484
% change year-on-year -1.49% +0.78% -7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.82
Median hourly rate - - £22.28
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £60.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -21.49% +2.98% -11.32%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 160 82 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 16.79% 14.75% 15.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 64 81
10th Percentile £357 £340 £300
25th Percentile £393 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £538
90th Percentile £638 £554 £650
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £25.05 - £10.90
25th Percentile £25.07 - £13.38
Median hourly rate £25.11 - £26.39
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.19%
75th Percentile £25.14 - £50.31
90th Percentile £25.15 - £60.50
England median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -0.80% +14.09% -15.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

CSS job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CSS

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CSS

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
Leicestershire 0 7 £600 +62.16% 12
Nottinghamshire -6 4 £545 +22.47% 19
CSS
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (63.64%) CMS
2 5 (45.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Headless CMS
2 5 (45.45%) Sitecore CMS
2 5 (45.45%) Umbraco
3 1 (9.09%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Kontent
2 5 (45.45%) Contentful
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
1 8 (72.73%) Full-Stack Developer
2 7 (63.64%) CMS Developer
3 5 (45.45%) C# Developer
3 5 (45.45%) Full-Stack C# Developer
3 5 (45.45%) React Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Architect
4 3 (27.27%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (27.27%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (100.00%) HTML
2 8 (72.73%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
3 7 (63.64%) .NET Framework
3 7 (63.64%) AngularJS
3 7 (63.64%) ASP.NET MVC
3 7 (63.64%) React
3 7 (63.64%) RESTful
4 1 (9.09%) CSS3
4 1 (9.09%) HTML5
4 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 7 (63.64%) MVC
3 6 (54.55%) User Experience
4 5 (45.45%) AI
4 5 (45.45%) API Integration
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 3 (27.27%) CRM
5 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
5 3 (27.27%) Data Privacy
5 3 (27.27%) Personalization
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) API Development
6 2 (18.18%) ETL
6 2 (18.18%) Marketing Automation
6 2 (18.18%) Marketing Strategy
6 2 (18.18%) Mobile First
6 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 8 (72.73%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Adobe
1 5 (45.45%) Sitecore
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Salesforce
2 3 (27.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 2 (18.18%) MuleSoft