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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 109 120
Rank change year-on-year -98 +11 -33
Contract jobs citing CSS 471 616 716
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.33% 2.39% 1.92%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.13% 10.56% 9.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 368 516
10th Percentile £301 £330 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £480
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% -0.52% -6.67%
75th Percentile £591 £588 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £719
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £481
% change year-on-year - -1.30% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 28
10th Percentile £25.25 £26.25 £26.62
25th Percentile £27.50 £37.00 £36.03
Median hourly rate £37.50 £61.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.02% +4.68% -12.96%
75th Percentile £49.38 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £56.88 £68.13 £71.10
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £60.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -38.02% +10.00% -20.00%

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 7,681 5,835 7,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.72% 22.65% 20.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,163 3,816 5,419
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.33% -1.69% -7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 80 207
10th Percentile £35.08 £27.04 £22.19
25th Percentile £52.50 £49.31 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £78.55 £80.10 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -59 280 £525 +3.96% 93
South East -64 50 £218 -52.97% 64
North of England -84 47 £450 -3.23% 82
Midlands -66 37 £535 +13.83% 46
North West -41 28 £425 +1.80% 40
West Midlands -67 25 £444 -20.97% 20
South West -41 21 £390 +3.93% 52
East of England -16 16 £531 +18.06% 35
Yorkshire -66 15 £500 -10.95% 31
East Midlands -23 12 £561 +55.26% 25
North East -23 5 £475 +25.00% 14
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 29 (6.16%) CMS
2 24 (5.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 14 (2.97%) Sitecore CMS
4 12 (2.55%) SharePoint
5 11 (2.34%) Confluence
6 6 (1.27%) Umbraco
7 5 (1.06%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.06%) SugarCRM
8 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.64%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.42%) Camunda
10 2 (0.42%) Drupal
10 2 (0.42%) IIS
10 2 (0.42%) Moodle
11 1 (0.21%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.21%) Mendix
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 16 (3.40%) Adobe XD
2 12 (2.55%) Sketch
3 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.85%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.85%) Trello
5 3 (0.64%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.64%) InVision
5 3 (0.64%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.21%) InDesign
7 1 (0.21%) Maya
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.21%) NUKE
7 1 (0.21%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Shopify
2 2 (0.42%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 133 (28.24%) AWS
2 128 (27.18%) Azure
3 63 (13.38%) GitHub
4 35 (7.43%) GitHub Actions
5 34 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (7.22%) GCP
6 32 (6.79%) Figma
7 27 (5.73%) Serverless
8 22 (4.67%) Amazon S3
9 19 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (3.82%) Power Platform
10 18 (3.82%) SaaS
11 14 (2.97%) OpenShift
12 13 (2.76%) Sauce Labs
13 11 (2.34%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 11 (2.34%) PowerApps
14 10 (2.12%) npm
15 9 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
16 8 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.12%) Wireless
2 6 (1.27%) HTTP
3 4 (0.85%) SMS
4 3 (0.64%) DNS
4 3 (0.64%) Firewall
4 3 (0.64%) Network Security
5 2 (0.42%) BGP
5 2 (0.42%) Internet
5 2 (0.42%) LAN
5 2 (0.42%) OSPF
5 2 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.42%) RTMP
5 2 (0.42%) SSL
5 2 (0.42%) WAN
6 1 (0.21%) DHCP
6 1 (0.21%) DKIM
6 1 (0.21%) FTP
6 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.21%) Intranet
6 1 (0.21%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.98%) MySQL
2 42 (8.92%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (8.92%) Relational Database
3 41 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 35 (7.43%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.18%) MongoDB
6 11 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.91%) Power BI
8 8 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (1.49%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.49%) RDBMS
9 7 (1.49%) Redis
10 6 (1.27%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.85%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.64%) Big Data
12 3 (0.64%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.64%) Mixpanel
12 3 (0.64%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 110 (23.35%) Git
2 40 (8.49%) JIRA
3 30 (6.37%) Jenkins
4 23 (4.88%) Cypress.io
4 23 (4.88%) GitLab
5 20 (4.25%) JUnit
6 18 (3.82%) Browser DevTools
7 16 (3.40%) webpack
8 14 (2.97%) Eclipse
8 14 (2.97%) Mockito
8 14 (2.97%) Xcode
9 13 (2.76%) Android Studio
9 13 (2.76%) Maven
10 11 (2.34%) Cucumber
11 10 (2.12%) Postman
12 9 (1.91%) Mocha
13 8 (1.70%) Selenium
14 7 (1.49%) Jasmine
14 7 (1.49%) Storybook
14 7 (1.49%) Vite
General
1 143 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.71%) Finance
3 68 (14.44%) Public Sector
4 52 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (7.64%) Banking
6 31 (6.58%) Marketing
7 13 (2.76%) Front Office
7 13 (2.76%) Investment Banking
8 9 (1.91%) Military
9 7 (1.49%) Legal
10 6 (1.27%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.06%) Publishing
11 5 (1.06%) Retail
12 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.64%) Advertising
13 3 (0.64%) Automotive
13 3 (0.64%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 290 (61.57%) Developer
2 73 (15.50%) Full-Stack Developer
3 68 (14.44%) Senior
4 48 (10.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 44 (9.34%) Senior Developer
6 34 (7.22%) React Developer
7 27 (5.73%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 23 (4.88%) Software Engineer
9 22 (4.67%) Designer
9 22 (4.67%) Lead
10 20 (4.25%) Java Developer
11 18 (3.82%) Technical Engineer
12 17 (3.61%) Architect
12 17 (3.61%) Support Engineer
12 17 (3.61%) Technical Support
12 17 (3.61%) Technical Support Engineer
12 17 (3.61%) UX Engineer
13 15 (3.18%) Python Developer
14 13 (2.76%) C# Developer
14 13 (2.76%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 403 (85.56%) HTML
2 227 (48.20%) React
3 151 (32.06%) AngularJS
4 94 (19.96%) REST
5 91 (19.32%) HTML5
6 84 (17.83%) RESTful
7 78 (16.56%) Node.js
8 69 (14.65%) CSS3
9 64 (13.59%) .NET
10 54 (11.46%) Spring
11 51 (10.83%) Vue
12 44 (9.34%) Jest
13 39 (8.28%) Spring Boot
14 37 (7.86%) JSON
15 36 (7.64%) Sass
16 35 (7.43%) Redux
17 32 (6.79%) ASP.NET
18 28 (5.94%) SOAP
19 24 (5.10%) .NET Framework
20 23 (4.88%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.07%) Mobile App
2 32 (6.79%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.40%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (2.76%) CMDB
6 11 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.12%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.70%) Derivative
9 8 (1.70%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.70%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.27%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (1.06%) Fixed Income
11 5 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.85%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.31%) Windows
2 24 (5.10%) Linux
3 22 (4.67%) Unix
4 18 (3.82%) Android
5 7 (1.49%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.64%) CentOS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (44.16%) Agile
2 159 (33.76%) CI/CD
3 147 (31.21%) User Experience
4 115 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (24.20%) Full-Stack Development
6 100 (21.23%) DevOps
7 93 (19.75%) Front End Development
8 72 (15.29%) Microservices
9 60 (12.74%) UX Design
10 56 (11.89%) Containerisation
11 53 (11.25%) Scrum
12 52 (11.04%) Test Automation
13 49 (10.40%) Software Engineering
14 48 (10.19%) AI
15 42 (8.92%) MVC
16 41 (8.70%) Code Quality
16 41 (8.70%) Design Patterns
17 40 (8.49%) Analytics
18 39 (8.28%) API Integration
19 38 (8.07%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 346 (73.46%) JavaScript
2 130 (27.60%) TypeScript
3 119 (25.27%) Java
4 114 (24.20%) SQL
5 89 (18.90%) Python
6 58 (12.31%) C#
7 20 (4.25%) PHP
8 16 (3.40%) Perl
9 14 (2.97%) Ruby
10 13 (2.76%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.91%) ABAP
11 9 (1.91%) C++
12 7 (1.49%) JSX
13 6 (1.27%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.27%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.06%) C
14 5 (1.06%) Go
15 3 (0.64%) Bash
15 3 (0.64%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (19.11%) Security Cleared
2 64 (13.59%) SC Cleared
3 40 (8.49%) Degree
4 21 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.64%) CCNP
8 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.64%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.64%) PMP
9 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.21%) CCA
10 1 (0.21%) CCNA
10 1 (0.21%) ISEB
10 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (14.86%) Accessibility
2 43 (9.13%) WCAG
3 34 (7.22%) QA
4 15 (3.18%) GDPR
5 5 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.64%) SLA
7 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.42%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 74 (15.71%) Docker
2 7 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.64%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 51 (10.83%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.97%) Terraform
3 11 (2.34%) Argo
4 8 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.42%) Grafana
6 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
Vendors
1 59 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.19%) Adobe
3 36 (7.64%) Oracle
4 31 (6.58%) ServiceNow
5 28 (5.94%) Google
6 18 (3.82%) SAP
7 17 (3.61%) Sitecore
7 17 (3.61%) Splunk
8 16 (3.40%) Red Hat
8 16 (3.40%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 8 (1.70%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.06%) Amplitude
11 5 (1.06%) mParticle
12 4 (0.85%) OutSystems
13 3 (0.64%) Blue Prism
13 3 (0.64%) ForgeRock
13 3 (0.64%) Hotjar
13 3 (0.64%) Symantec
14 2 (0.42%) CheckPoint