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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 102 118
Rank change year-on-year -87 +16 -36
Contract jobs citing CSS 466 658 735
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.48% 2.43% 2.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.69% 11.11% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 392 526
10th Percentile £231 £263 £300
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £476 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -4.80% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £592
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £473 £500
% change year-on-year +0.53% -5.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 21
10th Percentile £27.50 £26.95 £26.88
25th Percentile £35.00 £37.00 £46.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £58.88 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% -1.88% -7.69%
75th Percentile £56.88 £62.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.05 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £58.88 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.07% -1.88% -7.69%

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 6,965 5,923 7,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.19% 21.87% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,654 3,782 5,530
10th Percentile £356 £360 £363
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £637 £662 £671
90th Percentile £738 £787 £753
UK median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 68 162
10th Percentile £32.44 £26.25 £29.87
25th Percentile £44.75 £42.56 £46.18
Median hourly rate £58.00 £62.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +20.45% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.57 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £52.20
% change year-on-year -4.00% +19.74% -19.70%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 9 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
London -52 266 £525 +5.00% 152
North of England -54 59 £450 -4.26% 168
South East -55 53 £208 -51.52% 227
Midlands -54 34 £545 +14.74% 109
Yorkshire -31 31 £475 -15.41% 69
North West -46 24 £400 -13.04% 73
West Midlands -53 24 £400 -23.81% 40
South West -14 20 £400 +6.67% 93
East Midlands -16 10 £575 +58.40% 69
East of England -32 10 £475 +58.33% 122
North East -18 5 £475 +26.67% 26
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 23 (4.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 21 (4.51%) CMS
3 14 (3.00%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.36%) Confluence
5 6 (1.29%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.29%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (1.07%) SugarCRM
6 5 (1.07%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.64%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.43%) Apache
8 2 (0.43%) Camunda
8 2 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.43%) WordPress
9 1 (0.21%) CICS
9 1 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.21%) IIS
9 1 (0.21%) Mendix
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.21%) Moodle
Applications
1 13 (2.79%) Adobe XD
2 12 (2.58%) Sketch
3 4 (0.86%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (0.86%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.86%) Trello
4 3 (0.64%) InVision
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.43%) Maya
5 2 (0.43%) NUKE
5 2 (0.43%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.21%) Blender
6 1 (0.21%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.21%) InDesign
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.21%) Moqups
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.21%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.43%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) Maximo
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 112 (24.03%) AWS
2 108 (23.18%) Azure
3 56 (12.02%) GitHub
4 37 (7.94%) Figma
5 31 (6.65%) GCP
6 30 (6.44%) Serverless
7 29 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (5.58%) SaaS
9 22 (4.72%) Amazon S3
9 22 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (4.29%) Power Platform
11 19 (4.08%) Sauce Labs
12 17 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (3.22%) npm
14 13 (2.79%) OpenShift
15 11 (2.36%) Power Automate
15 11 (2.36%) PowerApps
16 10 (2.15%) Entra ID
17 9 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
18 7 (1.50%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.43%) Wireless
2 6 (1.29%) HTTP
3 3 (0.64%) Internet
3 3 (0.64%) SMS
4 2 (0.43%) DNS
5 1 (0.21%) BGP
5 1 (0.21%) DKIM
5 1 (0.21%) Firewall
5 1 (0.21%) FTP
5 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.21%) Intranet
5 1 (0.21%) LAN
5 1 (0.21%) Network Security
5 1 (0.21%) OSPF
5 1 (0.21%) POP3
5 1 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.21%) Skype
5 1 (0.21%) SMTP
5 1 (0.21%) SSL
5 1 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (14.16%) Relational Database
2 56 (12.02%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (11.59%) MySQL
4 36 (7.73%) SQL Server
5 25 (5.36%) NoSQL
6 19 (4.08%) MongoDB
7 17 (3.65%) Redis
8 11 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (2.15%) Power BI
10 7 (1.50%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.29%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (1.29%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.29%) MariaDB
11 6 (1.29%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.86%) DB2
12 4 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.64%) CockroachDB
13 3 (0.64%) Mixpanel
13 3 (0.64%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 135 (28.97%) Git
2 42 (9.01%) JIRA
3 33 (7.08%) Jenkins
4 29 (6.22%) Browser DevTools
5 25 (5.36%) Eclipse
5 25 (5.36%) Xcode
6 24 (5.15%) Cypress.io
6 24 (5.15%) webpack
7 19 (4.08%) Android Studio
8 18 (3.86%) JUnit
9 14 (3.00%) GitLab
10 13 (2.79%) Maven
10 13 (2.79%) Mockito
11 12 (2.58%) Postman
11 12 (2.58%) Storybook
12 11 (2.36%) Bitbucket
12 11 (2.36%) SonarQube
13 10 (2.15%) Cucumber
14 9 (1.93%) Gradle
15 8 (1.72%) Selenium
General
1 147 (31.55%) Social Skills
2 75 (16.09%) Finance
3 64 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 40 (8.58%) Banking
5 36 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (6.01%) Marketing
7 12 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (2.36%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.93%) Military
10 7 (1.50%) Front Office
10 7 (1.50%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.07%) Automotive
11 5 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.07%) Publishing
11 5 (1.07%) Retail
12 4 (0.86%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.86%) Legal
13 3 (0.64%) Advertising
13 3 (0.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 276 (59.23%) Developer
2 68 (14.59%) Full-Stack Developer
3 58 (12.45%) Senior
4 46 (9.87%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 39 (8.37%) Senior Developer
6 29 (6.22%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
7 27 (5.79%) Lead
7 27 (5.79%) React Developer
7 27 (5.79%) Support Engineer
7 27 (5.79%) Technical Engineer
7 27 (5.79%) Technical Support
7 27 (5.79%) Technical Support Engineer
8 24 (5.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 24 (5.15%) UX Engineer
9 23 (4.94%) Java Developer
10 22 (4.72%) Designer
11 19 (4.08%) Software Engineer
12 14 (3.00%) Consultant
12 14 (3.00%) Python Developer
13 13 (2.79%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 400 (85.84%) HTML
2 218 (46.78%) React
3 140 (30.04%) AngularJS
4 95 (20.39%) HTML5
5 87 (18.67%) REST
6 78 (16.74%) RESTful
7 68 (14.59%) Node.js
8 67 (14.38%) CSS3
9 58 (12.45%) .NET
10 53 (11.37%) Spring
11 47 (10.09%) Vue
12 46 (9.87%) Jest
13 41 (8.80%) JSON
14 36 (7.73%) Spring Boot
15 34 (7.30%) GraphQL
15 34 (7.30%) jQuery
15 34 (7.30%) Sass
16 33 (7.08%) Bootstrap
17 31 (6.65%) Redux
18 28 (6.01%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.73%) Mobile App
2 24 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.43%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.58%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.36%) CMDB
6 11 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (2.15%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.50%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.50%) Derivative
10 7 (1.50%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
13 4 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
13 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 33 (7.08%) Linux
2 29 (6.22%) Unix
3 27 (5.79%) Android
4 25 (5.36%) Windows
5 6 (1.29%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.86%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.64%) CentOS
8 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (43.78%) Agile
2 156 (33.48%) User Experience
3 135 (28.97%) CI/CD
4 117 (25.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 110 (23.61%) Front End Development
6 98 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (16.31%) DevOps
8 63 (13.52%) UX Design
9 61 (13.09%) Microservices
10 53 (11.37%) Containerisation
10 53 (11.37%) Test Automation
11 49 (10.52%) MVC
12 46 (9.87%) TDD
13 45 (9.66%) Scrum
14 44 (9.44%) OO
15 43 (9.23%) Code Quality
15 43 (9.23%) Software Engineering
16 39 (8.37%) API Integration
17 37 (7.94%) Analytics
17 37 (7.94%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 352 (75.54%) JavaScript
2 126 (27.04%) Java
3 116 (24.89%) SQL
4 114 (24.46%) TypeScript
5 92 (19.74%) Python
6 45 (9.66%) C#
7 23 (4.94%) Perl
8 20 (4.29%) PHP
9 18 (3.86%) Ruby
10 15 (3.22%) C++
11 14 (3.00%) PowerShell
12 10 (2.15%) ABAP
13 8 (1.72%) C
14 7 (1.50%) JSX
14 7 (1.50%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.29%) Apex Code
15 6 (1.29%) Groovy
15 6 (1.29%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.07%) COBOL
16 5 (1.07%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (19.74%) Security Cleared
2 66 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.87%) Degree
4 30 (6.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.29%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.07%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.07%) MCP
7 3 (0.64%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.21%) CCA
9 1 (0.21%) CCNP
9 1 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.21%) ISEB
9 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (15.88%) Accessibility
2 42 (9.01%) WCAG
3 36 (7.73%) QA
4 10 (2.15%) GDPR
5 4 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.43%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.21%) SLA
7 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 70 (15.02%) Docker
2 6 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.64%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 48 (10.30%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.36%) Argo
3 10 (2.15%) Terraform
4 7 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.43%) Grafana
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) Control-M
Vendors
1 64 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 56 (12.02%) Oracle
3 46 (9.87%) Adobe
4 33 (7.08%) ServiceNow
5 28 (6.01%) Google
6 25 (5.36%) Splunk
7 19 (4.08%) Salesforce
8 18 (3.86%) Red Hat
8 18 (3.86%) SAP
9 8 (1.72%) GoldenSource
9 8 (1.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 8 (1.72%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.29%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.07%) Amplitude
11 5 (1.07%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.07%) OutSystems
12 4 (0.86%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.86%) mParticle
12 4 (0.86%) TIBCO
13 3 (0.64%) CA Agile Central