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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 131 102
Rank change year-on-year -132 -29 -10
Contract jobs citing CSS 400 558 806
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 2.18% 2.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.78% 9.68% 10.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 385 584
10th Percentile £305 £307 £306
25th Percentile £404 £360 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £586 £545 £588
90th Percentile £648 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £450 £458 £490
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.63% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 36 25
10th Percentile £17.12 £31.75 £37.63
25th Percentile £19.14 £33.91 £46.18
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +33.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £50.54 -
90th Percentile £65.60 £59.44 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +28.21%

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 8,366 5,767 7,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.09% 22.50% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,514 3,979 5,497
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 123 266
10th Percentile £30.45 £30.45 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £58.15
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.18% -10.54%
75th Percentile £74.45 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.63 £80.81 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -89 228 £470 -3.34% 136
South East -79 52 £475 - 101
North of England -97 42 £484 +25.91% 97
South West -50 25 £413 +10.00% 42
North West -59 24 £384 +0.10% 53
Midlands -89 23 £463 +23.33% 57
East of England -14 20 £563 +25.00% 54
Yorkshire -45 17 £575 +43.75% 29
West Midlands -63 15 £475 +11.76% 24
East Midlands -31 8 £425 +17.24% 33
North East -39 1 £475 +10.47% 16
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 38 (9.50%) CMS
2 21 (5.25%) Confluence
3 18 (4.50%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (2.00%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.50%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.25%) Kentico
7 5 (1.25%) WordPress
8 4 (1.00%) IIS
8 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.75%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.75%) nginx
9 3 (0.75%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.50%) Apache
10 2 (0.50%) Camunda
10 2 (0.50%) Drupal
11 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.25%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.25%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.00%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.00%) Sketch
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.00%) Shopify
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 95 (23.75%) Azure
2 79 (19.75%) AWS
3 39 (9.75%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (8.00%) Power Platform
5 28 (7.00%) Figma
6 26 (6.50%) GitHub
7 24 (6.00%) Serverless
8 23 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (4.75%) Power Automate
9 19 (4.75%) PowerApps
10 17 (4.25%) GCP
11 13 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.75%) SaaS
13 8 (2.00%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.75%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.75%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (1.75%) Azure Functions
15 6 (1.50%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.00%) HTTP
2 6 (1.50%) Network Security
3 5 (1.25%) BGP
3 5 (1.25%) DNS
3 5 (1.25%) Intranet
3 5 (1.25%) Reverse Proxy
3 5 (1.25%) SSL
4 4 (1.00%) Firewall
5 3 (0.75%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) RTMP
7 1 (0.25%) DHCP
7 1 (0.25%) Internet
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) OSPF
7 1 (0.25%) SMS
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) VLAN
7 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 37 (9.25%) MySQL
3 35 (8.75%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (8.00%) NoSQL
5 30 (7.50%) Relational Database
6 15 (3.75%) MongoDB
7 13 (3.25%) Power BI
8 9 (2.25%) Apache Cassandra
9 8 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.00%) Big Data
9 8 (2.00%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.75%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.75%) Tableau
11 6 (1.50%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (1.50%) Couchbase
11 6 (1.50%) Redis
12 5 (1.25%) Metadata
12 5 (1.25%) Presto
13 4 (1.00%) Apache Hudi
Development Applications
1 72 (18.00%) Git
2 37 (9.25%) JIRA
3 31 (7.75%) Jenkins
4 17 (4.25%) Cypress.io
5 16 (4.00%) GitLab
5 16 (4.00%) JUnit
6 13 (3.25%) Vite
7 10 (2.50%) Cucumber
7 10 (2.50%) Maven
8 9 (2.25%) Storybook
9 8 (2.00%) Browser DevTools
9 8 (2.00%) Mockito
9 8 (2.00%) MSTest
10 7 (1.75%) MSI
10 7 (1.75%) webpack
11 6 (1.50%) Mocha
11 6 (1.50%) Postman
11 6 (1.50%) tSQLt
12 5 (1.25%) Jasmine
12 5 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.00%) Finance
3 47 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (11.75%) Banking
4 43 (10.75%) Public Sector
5 28 (7.00%) Marketing
6 15 (3.75%) Retail
7 14 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.25%) Investment Banking
9 11 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.25%) Front Office
11 6 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.00%) Legal
12 4 (1.00%) Local Government
12 4 (1.00%) Publishing
13 3 (0.75%) Games
13 3 (0.75%) Military
14 2 (0.50%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.50%) Law
14 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 228 (57.00%) Developer
2 57 (14.25%) Senior
3 50 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
4 36 (9.00%) Senior Developer
5 34 (8.50%) React Developer
6 32 (8.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 27 (6.75%) Java Developer
8 22 (5.50%) Software Engineer
9 19 (4.75%) Architect
10 16 (4.00%) Angular Developer
10 16 (4.00%) Consultant
10 16 (4.00%) Designer
11 15 (3.75%) Lead
12 14 (3.50%) Web Developer
13 12 (3.00%) Software Developer
14 11 (2.75%) .NET Developer
14 11 (2.75%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 11 (2.75%) Python Developer
14 11 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
15 10 (2.50%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 335 (83.75%) HTML
2 174 (43.50%) React
3 109 (27.25%) REST
4 96 (24.00%) AngularJS
5 86 (21.50%) .NET
6 83 (20.75%) HTML5
7 77 (19.25%) RESTful
8 66 (16.50%) CSS3
9 52 (13.00%) Redux
10 48 (12.00%) Node.js
11 44 (11.00%) Spring
12 40 (10.00%) Spring Boot
13 36 (9.00%) .NET Framework
14 34 (8.50%) ASP.NET
15 32 (8.00%) jQuery
16 31 (7.75%) Jest
17 28 (7.00%) .NET Core
17 28 (7.00%) JSON
18 27 (6.75%) OAuth
19 25 (6.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.25%) Product Ownership
2 21 (5.25%) Cloud Native
3 19 (4.75%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (4.25%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.25%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (2.25%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.25%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.25%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.25%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.25%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (1.00%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.00%) Graphic Design
11 4 (1.00%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.75%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.50%) Windows
2 16 (4.00%) Unix
3 15 (3.75%) Linux
4 5 (1.25%) Android
5 3 (0.75%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Tizen
7 1 (0.25%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (48.00%) Agile
2 134 (33.50%) CI/CD
3 100 (25.00%) User Experience
4 96 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (23.75%) DevOps
6 92 (23.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 78 (19.50%) Microservices
8 75 (18.75%) Front End Development
9 65 (16.25%) Test Automation
10 61 (15.25%) Scrum
11 49 (12.25%) AI
12 48 (12.00%) Software Engineering
12 48 (12.00%) UX Design
13 47 (11.75%) Code Quality
13 47 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (10.75%) MVC
15 39 (9.75%) Design Patterns
16 38 (9.50%) Performance Optimisation
16 38 (9.50%) Web Development
17 37 (9.25%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 288 (72.00%) JavaScript
2 125 (31.25%) SQL
3 112 (28.00%) TypeScript
4 83 (20.75%) Java
5 78 (19.50%) Python
6 75 (18.75%) C#
7 17 (4.25%) PL/SQL
8 16 (4.00%) T-SQL
9 8 (2.00%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.75%) Bicep
11 6 (1.50%) Ruby
11 6 (1.50%) Scala
11 6 (1.50%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.25%) PHP
13 3 (0.75%) Perl
13 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.50%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.50%) Bash
15 1 (0.25%) F#
15 1 (0.25%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 61 (15.25%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.25%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.25%) Degree
4 12 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.75%) PMI Certification
5 3 (0.75%) PMP
6 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.50%) CCNP
6 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.25%) CCA
7 1 (0.25%) CCNA
7 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (19.00%) Accessibility
2 55 (13.75%) QA
3 45 (11.25%) WCAG
4 11 (2.75%) GDPR
5 8 (2.00%) NCSC
6 6 (1.50%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.00%) SLA
8 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) WAI
9 1 (0.25%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 60 (15.00%) Docker
2 4 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 37 (9.25%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.75%) Terraform
3 13 (3.25%) Grafana
4 7 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (1.50%) Kibana
6 4 (1.00%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 50 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.00%) Oracle
3 30 (7.50%) ServiceNow
4 25 (6.25%) Adobe
5 13 (3.25%) Google
6 11 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.50%) Braze
7 10 (2.50%) Sitecore
8 8 (2.00%) OutSystems
8 8 (2.00%) Splunk
9 6 (1.50%) SAP
9 6 (1.50%) Workday
10 5 (1.25%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.75%) ESRI
11 3 (0.75%) Marketo
11 3 (0.75%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.75%) Qualtrics
11 3 (0.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.75%) Sybase
12 2 (0.50%) mParticle