CSS Contract Job Trends in England

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 131 105
Rank change year-on-year -153 -26 0
Contract jobs citing CSS 397 585 754
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 2.12% 2.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.72% 9.52% 10.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 414 546
10th Percentile £319 £269 £280
25th Percentile £404 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £581 £538 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £495
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 38 15
10th Percentile £17.12 £32.50 £54.50
25th Percentile £19.14 £33.91 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +93.10%
75th Percentile £48.75 £56.17 -
90th Percentile £65.60 £66.65 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +55.56%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,415 6,144 7,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.65% 22.25% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,514 4,235 5,084
10th Percentile £363 £350 £360
25th Percentile £431 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £648 £675
90th Percentile £750 £772 £813
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 147 231
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £48.40 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -8.16%
75th Percentile £73.23 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £79.22 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £53.75
% change year-on-year +18.45% +2.09% -10.42%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CSS job vacancy trend in England

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSS

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in England

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSS

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CSS in England

CSS
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 4 August 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
London -99 233 £480 +1.05% 193
North of England -77 52 £470 +17.50% 99
South East -88 45 £475 +5.85% 108
Yorkshire -35 31 £575 +27.78% 37
South West -52 29 £413 +10.00% 50
North West -76 18 £375 - 49
Midlands -89 17 £425 +13.33% 70
East of England -25 11 £563 +25.00% 39
West Midlands -73 10 £431 +1.47% 35
East Midlands -28 7 £425 +17.24% 35
North East -41 3 £375 -21.88% 15
CSS
UK

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 40 (10.08%) CMS
2 23 (5.79%) Confluence
3 20 (5.04%) SharePoint
4 16 (4.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 12 (3.02%) WordPress
6 6 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.51%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.26%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (1.01%) Kentico
8 4 (1.01%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.76%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.76%) IIS
10 2 (0.50%) Apache
10 2 (0.50%) Camunda
10 2 (0.50%) Drupal
10 2 (0.50%) nginx
10 2 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Sketch
2 4 (1.01%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.76%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.25%) LaTeX
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Shopify
2 4 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 98 (24.69%) Azure
2 85 (21.41%) AWS
3 34 (8.56%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (8.31%) Figma
5 32 (8.06%) Power Platform
6 28 (7.05%) Serverless
7 27 (6.80%) GCP
8 24 (6.05%) GitHub
8 24 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (5.29%) Power Automate
10 19 (4.79%) PowerApps
11 12 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.27%) Google Analytics
12 9 (2.27%) SaaS
13 8 (2.02%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.76%) Adobe Analytics
14 7 (1.76%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.76%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (1.76%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.27%) HTTP
2 5 (1.26%) DNS
2 5 (1.26%) Firewall
2 5 (1.26%) Intranet
2 5 (1.26%) Network Security
2 5 (1.26%) VPN
3 4 (1.01%) BGP
3 4 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
3 4 (1.01%) SSL
4 1 (0.25%) DHCP
4 1 (0.25%) MQTT
4 1 (0.25%) Skype
4 1 (0.25%) SMS
4 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.35%) SQL Server
2 41 (10.33%) MySQL
3 40 (10.08%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (7.30%) Relational Database
5 23 (5.79%) NoSQL
6 15 (3.78%) MongoDB
7 13 (3.27%) Power BI
8 11 (2.77%) Geospatial Data
9 9 (2.27%) Apache Cassandra
9 9 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.76%) Big Data
10 7 (1.76%) Couchbase
10 7 (1.76%) Redis
10 7 (1.76%) Tableau
11 6 (1.51%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.26%) Metadata
12 5 (1.26%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.26%) Presto
13 4 (1.01%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 91 (22.92%) Git
2 35 (8.82%) JIRA
3 33 (8.31%) Jenkins
4 23 (5.79%) Cypress.io
5 17 (4.28%) GitLab
6 14 (3.53%) Maven
7 13 (3.27%) JUnit
8 12 (3.02%) Storybook
9 11 (2.77%) MSI
9 11 (2.77%) Vite
10 8 (2.02%) Browser DevTools
11 7 (1.76%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.76%) MSTest
12 6 (1.51%) Gradle
12 6 (1.51%) Mockito
12 6 (1.51%) SonarQube
13 5 (1.26%) Jasmine
13 5 (1.26%) Mocha
13 5 (1.26%) tSQLt
13 5 (1.26%) webpack
General
1 121 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.11%) Public Sector
3 55 (13.85%) Finance
4 47 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (10.33%) Banking
6 30 (7.56%) Marketing
7 17 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.78%) Retail
10 13 (3.27%) Publishing
11 10 (2.52%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.51%) Front Office
13 6 (1.51%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.26%) Games
14 5 (1.26%) Local Government
15 4 (1.01%) Legal
16 3 (0.76%) Military
17 2 (0.50%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 219 (55.16%) Developer
2 57 (14.36%) Senior
3 46 (11.59%) Full-Stack Developer
4 39 (9.82%) Senior Developer
5 35 (8.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 34 (8.56%) React Developer
7 28 (7.05%) Java Developer
8 21 (5.29%) Designer
9 19 (4.79%) Software Engineer
10 18 (4.53%) Lead
11 16 (4.03%) Angular Developer
11 16 (4.03%) Architect
11 16 (4.03%) Consultant
12 15 (3.78%) .NET Developer
13 14 (3.53%) Python Developer
13 14 (3.53%) Web Developer
14 10 (2.52%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 10 (2.52%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 10 (2.52%) UI Developer
15 9 (2.27%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (86.40%) HTML
2 162 (40.81%) React
3 115 (28.97%) REST
4 97 (24.43%) HTML5
5 85 (21.41%) RESTful
6 82 (20.65%) CSS3
7 76 (19.14%) AngularJS
8 73 (18.39%) .NET
9 48 (12.09%) Node.js
10 45 (11.34%) Redux
11 40 (10.08%) Spring
12 37 (9.32%) Spring Boot
13 35 (8.82%) OAuth
14 34 (8.56%) Jest
15 31 (7.81%) .NET Framework
15 31 (7.81%) Vue
16 27 (6.80%) .NET Core
17 26 (6.55%) jQuery
17 26 (6.55%) Sass
18 25 (6.30%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.07%) Product Ownership
2 28 (7.05%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.79%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.77%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.02%) Low-Code
6 8 (2.02%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.26%) NHS
9 4 (1.01%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.01%) CMDB
9 4 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.01%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.01%) Graphic Design
9 4 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.76%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.55%) Windows
2 16 (4.03%) Unix
3 14 (3.53%) Linux
4 5 (1.26%) Android
5 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Tizen
7 1 (0.25%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (49.62%) Agile
2 153 (38.54%) CI/CD
3 103 (25.94%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (23.93%) User Experience
5 94 (23.68%) Full-Stack Development
6 92 (23.17%) DevOps
7 86 (21.66%) Microservices
8 74 (18.64%) Test Automation
9 72 (18.14%) Front End Development
10 54 (13.60%) Scrum
11 53 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (12.09%) Code Quality
12 48 (12.09%) UX Design
13 44 (11.08%) AI
13 44 (11.08%) Software Engineering
14 43 (10.83%) MVC
15 42 (10.58%) Analytics
15 42 (10.58%) Containerisation
16 38 (9.57%) Performance Optimisation
17 37 (9.32%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 303 (76.32%) JavaScript
2 125 (31.49%) SQL
3 109 (27.46%) TypeScript
4 81 (20.40%) Python
5 73 (18.39%) Java
6 63 (15.87%) C#
7 17 (4.28%) PL/SQL
8 14 (3.53%) T-SQL
9 12 (3.02%) PHP
10 11 (2.77%) Bicep
11 10 (2.52%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.51%) Ruby
12 6 (1.51%) Scala
12 6 (1.51%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.76%) Perl
13 3 (0.76%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.50%) Bash
15 1 (0.25%) F#
15 1 (0.25%) Groovy
15 1 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 73 (18.39%) Security Cleared
2 55 (13.85%) SC Cleared
3 26 (6.55%) Degree
4 14 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.76%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.76%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.25%) CCA
8 1 (0.25%) CCNA
8 1 (0.25%) CCNP
8 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.25%) PhD
8 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.25%) PMP
8 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (23.93%) Accessibility
2 57 (14.36%) QA
3 56 (14.11%) WCAG
4 11 (2.77%) NCSC
5 9 (2.27%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.02%) GDPR
7 5 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.01%) SLA
9 2 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.50%) GRC
10 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.25%) WAI
10 1 (0.25%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 71 (17.88%) Docker
2 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.50%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 43 (10.83%) Kubernetes
2 36 (9.07%) Terraform
3 17 (4.28%) Grafana
4 7 (1.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (1.51%) Kibana
6 5 (1.26%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.01%) Argo
8 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 57 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.57%) Oracle
3 29 (7.30%) Adobe
3 29 (7.30%) ServiceNow
4 20 (5.04%) Google
5 10 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.02%) Braze
6 8 (2.02%) Optimizely
6 8 (2.02%) OutSystems
6 8 (2.02%) Splunk
7 6 (1.51%) Sitecore
8 4 (1.01%) Amplitude
8 4 (1.01%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.01%) SAP
8 4 (1.01%) Tealium
8 4 (1.01%) Workday
9 3 (0.76%) ESRI
9 3 (0.76%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.76%) Qualtrics
9 3 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
520 CSS jobs in England