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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 127 101
Rank change year-on-year -128 -26 -9
Contract jobs citing CSS 408 564 808
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 2.26% 2.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.94% 9.99% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 383 579
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £404 £363 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% -8.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £455 £460 £492
% change year-on-year -1.09% -6.50% -1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 36 24
10th Percentile £17.12 £31.75 £37.63
25th Percentile £19.14 £33.91 £46.18
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -24.53% +8.16%
75th Percentile £48.75 £50.54 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.60 £59.44 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +19.05%

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 8,255 5,645 7,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.05% 22.60% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,440 3,915 5,493
10th Percentile £363 £358 £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 £745 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 115 264
10th Percentile £30.66 £32.69 £23.07
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £55.63
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +7.87% -14.42%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £81.01 £74.48
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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -91 235 £488 -2.50% 108
South East -72 49 £475 - 91
North of England -98 46 £475 +18.75% 94
North West -65 26 £384 -3.91% 52
Midlands -78 25 £463 +24.50% 50
South West -54 24 £410 +9.33% 48
East of England -19 20 £563 +25.00% 54
Yorkshire -46 18 £575 +43.75% 25
West Midlands -66 17 £475 +11.76% 18
East Midlands -35 8 £425 +18.72% 32
North East -41 2 £475 +10.47% 18
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 36 (8.82%) CMS
2 20 (4.90%) Confluence
3 19 (4.66%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (1.96%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.47%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.23%) Kentico
7 5 (1.23%) WordPress
8 4 (0.98%) IIS
8 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.74%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.74%) Camunda
9 3 (0.74%) nginx
9 3 (0.74%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.49%) Apache
10 2 (0.49%) Drupal
10 2 (0.49%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.25%) Mule
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.98%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.98%) Sketch
3 3 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.98%) Shopify
3 2 (0.49%) 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 92 (22.55%) Azure
2 88 (21.57%) AWS
3 35 (8.58%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (8.58%) Power Platform
4 28 (6.86%) Figma
5 25 (6.13%) GitHub
5 25 (6.13%) Serverless
6 24 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (4.90%) Power Automate
7 20 (4.90%) PowerApps
8 17 (4.17%) GCP
9 16 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (2.70%) SaaS
12 10 (2.45%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.96%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.72%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (1.72%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.96%) HTTP
2 6 (1.47%) Network Security
3 5 (1.23%) BGP
3 5 (1.23%) DNS
3 5 (1.23%) Intranet
3 5 (1.23%) Reverse Proxy
3 5 (1.23%) SSL
4 4 (0.98%) Firewall
5 3 (0.74%) VPN
6 2 (0.49%) 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 65 (15.93%) SQL Server
2 36 (8.82%) MySQL
3 33 (8.09%) Relational Database
4 32 (7.84%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (7.11%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.92%) Power BI
7 13 (3.19%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.96%) Apache Cassandra
8 8 (1.96%) Big Data
9 7 (1.72%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.72%) Tableau
10 6 (1.47%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.23%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (1.23%) Metadata
11 5 (1.23%) Presto
11 5 (1.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 69 (16.91%) Git
2 37 (9.07%) JIRA
3 30 (7.35%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.92%) GitLab
5 15 (3.68%) Cypress.io
6 14 (3.43%) JUnit
7 12 (2.94%) Vite
8 11 (2.70%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.70%) Maven
9 8 (1.96%) Browser DevTools
9 8 (1.96%) Mockito
9 8 (1.96%) MSTest
10 7 (1.72%) Storybook
10 7 (1.72%) webpack
11 6 (1.47%) Mocha
11 6 (1.47%) tSQLt
12 5 (1.23%) MSI
12 5 (1.23%) Postman
12 5 (1.23%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.98%) Ant
General
1 111 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 61 (14.95%) Finance
3 48 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (11.52%) Banking
5 46 (11.27%) Public Sector
6 30 (7.35%) Marketing
7 14 (3.43%) Retail
8 13 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.94%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.21%) Front Office
12 6 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.98%) Legal
13 4 (0.98%) Local Government
13 4 (0.98%) Publishing
14 3 (0.74%) Games
14 3 (0.74%) Military
15 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.49%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (57.11%) Developer
2 59 (14.46%) Senior
3 53 (12.99%) Full-Stack Developer
4 37 (9.07%) Senior Developer
5 35 (8.58%) React Developer
6 29 (7.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 24 (5.88%) Java Developer
8 23 (5.64%) Software Engineer
9 18 (4.41%) Architect
10 16 (3.92%) Consultant
10 16 (3.92%) Designer
11 14 (3.43%) Python Developer
12 13 (3.19%) Lead
12 13 (3.19%) Web Developer
13 12 (2.94%) Angular Developer
13 12 (2.94%) Senior Software Engineer
13 12 (2.94%) Software Developer
14 11 (2.70%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 11 (2.70%) Full-Stack Python Developer
15 10 (2.45%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (84.07%) HTML
2 179 (43.87%) React
3 103 (25.25%) REST
4 101 (24.75%) AngularJS
5 84 (20.59%) .NET
6 78 (19.12%) HTML5
7 72 (17.65%) RESTful
8 60 (14.71%) CSS3
9 50 (12.25%) Redux
10 47 (11.52%) Node.js
11 41 (10.05%) Spring
12 37 (9.07%) Spring Boot
13 34 (8.33%) .NET Framework
13 34 (8.33%) ASP.NET
14 32 (7.84%) jQuery
15 31 (7.60%) JSON
16 28 (6.86%) Jest
16 28 (6.86%) OAuth
17 27 (6.62%) Vue
18 26 (6.37%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.56%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (3.92%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (3.43%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.45%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.21%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.23%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (0.98%) Fixed Income
12 4 (0.98%) Graphic Design
12 4 (0.98%) Legacy Code
13 3 (0.74%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.74%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.90%) Windows
2 16 (3.92%) Unix
3 15 (3.68%) Linux
4 5 (1.23%) Android
5 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Tizen
7 1 (0.25%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (47.30%) Agile
2 126 (30.88%) CI/CD
3 99 (24.26%) User Experience
4 97 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (22.06%) DevOps
5 90 (22.06%) Full-Stack Development
6 75 (18.38%) Front End Development
7 70 (17.16%) Microservices
8 59 (14.46%) Scrum
9 58 (14.22%) Test Automation
10 54 (13.24%) AI
11 49 (12.01%) Code Quality
12 48 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (11.52%) Software Engineering
14 46 (11.27%) UX Design
15 42 (10.29%) MVC
16 41 (10.05%) Analytics
17 39 (9.56%) Containerisation
18 36 (8.82%) Design Patterns
18 36 (8.82%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 291 (71.32%) JavaScript
2 124 (30.39%) SQL
3 105 (25.74%) TypeScript
4 84 (20.59%) Python
5 78 (19.12%) Java
6 74 (18.14%) C#
7 17 (4.17%) PL/SQL
8 16 (3.92%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.21%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.47%) PHP
10 6 (1.47%) Ruby
10 6 (1.47%) Scala
10 6 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.23%) Bicep
12 3 (0.74%) Perl
12 3 (0.74%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.49%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.49%) Bash
13 2 (0.49%) Go
14 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 61 (14.95%) Security Cleared
2 38 (9.31%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.88%) Degree
4 12 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.74%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.74%) PMP
7 2 (0.49%) CCA
7 2 (0.49%) CCNP
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.25%) CCNA
8 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (17.40%) Accessibility
2 53 (12.99%) QA
3 41 (10.05%) WCAG
4 14 (3.43%) GDPR
5 7 (1.72%) NCSC
6 6 (1.47%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.98%) SLA
9 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) GRC
10 1 (0.25%) WAI
10 1 (0.25%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 56 (13.73%) Docker
2 5 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 33 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.88%) Terraform
3 12 (2.94%) Grafana
4 9 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.47%) Kibana
5 6 (1.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.98%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 46 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.56%) Oracle
3 30 (7.35%) ServiceNow
4 28 (6.86%) Adobe
5 14 (3.43%) Google
6 13 (3.19%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.70%) Sitecore
8 10 (2.45%) Braze
9 8 (1.96%) OutSystems
9 8 (1.96%) Splunk
10 6 (1.47%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.47%) SAP
10 6 (1.47%) Workday
11 5 (1.23%) Qualtrics
11 5 (1.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.74%) ForgeRock
12 3 (0.74%) Marketo
12 3 (0.74%) mParticle
12 3 (0.74%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.74%) Sybase