CSS Contracts in England

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring CSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSS over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 103 93
Rank change year-on-year -27 -10 -32
Contract jobs citing CSS 571 821 1,228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.15% 2.21% 2.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.58% 10.33% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 594 887
10th Percentile £294 £308 £313
25th Percentile £358 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £543 £588 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 25 12
10th Percentile £30.55 £37.63 £17.26
25th Percentile £33.91 £46.18 £21.92
Median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +14.29% +7.46%
75th Percentile - - £76.38
90th Percentile £59.30 £73.00 £84.25
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £59.25
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.49% +3.95%

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 5,960 7,946 10,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.44% 21.35% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,103 5,536 8,047
10th Percentile £355 £350 £384
25th Percentile £413 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £780 £800 £798
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 266 143
10th Percentile £30.60 £23.80 £31.60
25th Percentile £45.31 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £57.63 £58.30 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -10.31% +19.82%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.30 £74.47 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CSS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS in England.

Daily rate trend for CSS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS in England.

Hourly rate trend for CSS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CSS in England

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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 6 July 2025. 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 -33 303 £475 -7.59% 1,188
South East +19 67 £475 +26.67% 331
North of England -18 67 £384 -14.67% 402
Midlands +26 54 £375 -11.76% 239
North West +10 47 £384 -9.11% 211
South West +46 45 £375 -21.05% 151
East Midlands +5 27 £363 +52.63% 104
West Midlands +15 26 £425 -15.00% 136
East of England -1 13 £450 +5.88% 214
Yorkshire -24 12 £400 -21.22% 155
North East +4 8 £430 +6.17% 40
CSS
UK

CSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (5.78%) Confluence
2 18 (3.15%) CMS
3 17 (2.98%) SharePoint
4 14 (2.45%) Apache
5 7 (1.23%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.23%) WordPress
6 6 (1.05%) Drupal
7 5 (0.88%) nginx
8 4 (0.70%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.53%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.53%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (0.53%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.35%) Appian
10 2 (0.35%) JBoss
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.18%) Camunda
11 1 (0.18%) govService
11 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.98%) Maya
2 14 (2.45%) Adobe XD
3 13 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.10%) Sketch
5 11 (1.93%) NUKE
6 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
7 6 (1.05%) Adobe Captivate
7 6 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.88%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.70%) InDesign
10 3 (0.53%) InVision
10 3 (0.53%) Trello
11 2 (0.35%) InfoPath
11 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.35%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.18%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 25 (4.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.05%) Shopify
3 2 (0.35%) Magento
3 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.35%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.18%) FastStats
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 128 (22.42%) Azure
2 89 (15.59%) AWS
3 38 (6.65%) Power Platform
4 32 (5.60%) GitHub
5 31 (5.43%) PowerApps
6 30 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (5.25%) Power Automate
7 29 (5.08%) npm
8 27 (4.73%) Figma
9 26 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (4.38%) Serverless
11 24 (4.20%) GCP
12 23 (4.03%) SaaS
13 15 (2.63%) Yarn
14 13 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.75%) Amazon S3
16 10 (1.75%) Azure Functions
17 8 (1.40%) Amazon SQS
17 8 (1.40%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.48%) HTTP
2 8 (1.40%) DNS
3 6 (1.05%) SNMP
3 6 (1.05%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (0.88%) SSL
5 4 (0.70%) Internet
5 4 (0.70%) POP3
5 4 (0.70%) SMTP
6 3 (0.53%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.53%) Firewall
6 3 (0.53%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.35%) Intranet
8 1 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.18%) VoIP
8 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (11.56%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (5.08%) MySQL
4 25 (4.38%) MongoDB
5 23 (4.03%) Relational Database
6 20 (3.50%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.28%) Power BI
8 12 (2.10%) DynamoDB
8 12 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.93%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.58%) Redis
11 5 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.70%) Big Data
12 4 (0.70%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.53%) Apache Hive
13 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.53%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 163 (28.55%) Git
2 53 (9.28%) JIRA
3 38 (6.65%) Jenkins
3 38 (6.65%) webpack
4 31 (5.43%) Bitbucket
5 24 (4.20%) GitLab
6 20 (3.50%) Maven
7 19 (3.33%) SonarQube
8 18 (3.15%) Cypress.io
9 16 (2.80%) JUnit
10 14 (2.45%) Selenium
11 13 (2.28%) Cucumber
11 13 (2.28%) Subversion
12 12 (2.10%) Sonatype Nexus
12 12 (2.10%) TeamCity
13 11 (1.93%) Mocha
13 11 (1.93%) Mockito
13 11 (1.93%) Vite
14 9 (1.58%) Axure RP
14 9 (1.58%) Browser DevTools
General
1 176 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 84 (14.71%) Finance
3 73 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.21%) Banking
5 42 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 41 (7.18%) Marketing
7 24 (4.20%) Investment Banking
8 22 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.50%) Games
10 19 (3.33%) Automotive
11 17 (2.98%) Retail
12 15 (2.63%) Legal
12 15 (2.63%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.40%) Electronics
13 8 (1.40%) Local Government
13 8 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.23%) Front Office
14 7 (1.23%) Military
15 6 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 345 (60.42%) Developer
2 75 (13.13%) Senior
3 63 (11.03%) Full-Stack Developer
4 51 (8.93%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 43 (7.53%) Senior Developer
6 40 (7.01%) React Developer
7 39 (6.83%) Angular Developer
7 39 (6.83%) Lead
8 31 (5.43%) Architect
9 30 (5.25%) Java Developer
10 29 (5.08%) UI Developer
11 23 (4.03%) .NET Developer
11 23 (4.03%) Designer
12 22 (3.85%) Software Engineer
13 21 (3.68%) C# Developer
14 19 (3.33%) ServiceNow Developer
15 17 (2.98%) Python Developer
15 17 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (2.80%) UX Designer
17 15 (2.63%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 519 (90.89%) HTML
2 196 (34.33%) React
3 146 (25.57%) AngularJS
4 106 (18.56%) .NET
5 100 (17.51%) HTML5
6 94 (16.46%) Node.js
7 88 (15.41%) RESTful
8 86 (15.06%) REST
9 66 (11.56%) Web Services
10 64 (11.21%) CSS3
11 57 (9.98%) jQuery
12 50 (8.76%) Jest
13 48 (8.41%) Sass
14 46 (8.06%) Redux
15 41 (7.18%) Vue
16 39 (6.83%) JSON
17 36 (6.30%) XML
18 35 (6.13%) .NET Framework
18 35 (6.13%) Ajax
19 34 (5.95%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.73%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 21 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 21 (3.68%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.15%) Animation
5 15 (2.63%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.28%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.75%) Derivative
7 10 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.58%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.05%) CMDB
9 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.05%) Legacy Code
9 6 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.05%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (0.88%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.85%) Android
1 22 (3.85%) Linux
2 20 (3.50%) Apple iOS
3 13 (2.28%) Windows
4 11 (1.93%) Unix
5 5 (0.88%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.53%) CentOS
6 3 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (41.86%) Agile
2 136 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
3 134 (23.47%) CI/CD
4 121 (21.19%) User Experience
5 111 (19.44%) Front End Development
6 104 (18.21%) Full-Stack Development
7 92 (16.11%) DevOps
8 86 (15.06%) Scrum
9 81 (14.19%) Web Development
10 70 (12.26%) Microservices
11 68 (11.91%) Test Automation
12 63 (11.03%) UX Design
13 62 (10.86%) Software Engineering
14 57 (9.98%) TDD
15 54 (9.46%) Computer Science
16 50 (8.76%) Responsive Web Design
17 42 (7.36%) Analytics
18 41 (7.18%) Clean Code
18 41 (7.18%) OO
19 37 (6.48%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 432 (75.66%) JavaScript
2 152 (26.62%) TypeScript
3 142 (24.87%) SQL
4 126 (22.07%) Java
5 117 (20.49%) C#
6 91 (15.94%) Python
7 35 (6.13%) C++
8 27 (4.73%) PHP
9 12 (2.10%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.10%) Ruby
10 11 (1.93%) Tcl
11 9 (1.58%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.58%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.40%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.40%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.23%) Bash
14 5 (0.88%) Scala
14 5 (0.88%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.88%) VBA
15 4 (0.70%) C
Qualifications
1 66 (11.56%) Security Cleared
2 62 (10.86%) Degree
3 40 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 38 (6.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.93%) Azure Certification
5 11 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.53%) CCNA
9 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.18%) CCA
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (14.01%) Accessibility
2 26 (4.55%) QA
3 21 (3.68%) WCAG
4 7 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.18%) SLA
5 1 (0.18%) WAI
System Software
1 38 (6.65%) Docker
2 17 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.70%) Firmware
3 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.53%) vCloud
4 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.53%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (5.08%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.88%) Terraform
4 3 (0.53%) Grafana
4 3 (0.53%) Kibana
4 3 (0.53%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.53%) Puppet
5 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 88 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.36%) ServiceNow
3 37 (6.48%) Adobe
4 32 (5.60%) Oracle
5 27 (4.73%) Google
6 20 (3.50%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.45%) Atlassian
7 14 (2.45%) SAP
8 12 (2.10%) OutSystems
9 9 (1.58%) CA Agile Central
10 8 (1.40%) Veracode
11 6 (1.05%) Autodesk
11 6 (1.05%) Virgin Media
12 5 (0.88%) Apple
12 5 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.88%) Splunk
13 4 (0.70%) Amplitude
13 4 (0.70%) Nintex
13 4 (0.70%) Perforce
13 4 (0.70%) Zend