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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 124 102
Rank change year-on-year -134 -22 -9
Contract jobs citing CSS 400 562 814
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 2.24% 2.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.83% 9.89% 10.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 384 585
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £404 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% -8.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £683
UK median daily rate £450 £460 £490
% change year-on-year -2.17% -6.12% -2.00%
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 8,282 5,682 7,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.07% 22.64% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,471 3,948 5,519
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 £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 116 263
10th Percentile £30.61 £31.78 £22.96
25th Percentile £51.25 £49.06 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +4.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.14 £81.01 £74.49
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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -85 230 £473 -3.08% 88
South East -73 51 £475 - 85
North of England -99 44 £484 +20.88% 82
North West -63 25 £394 +0.45% 43
South West -67 23 £410 +9.33% 43
Midlands -89 23 £463 +24.50% 45
East of England -19 19 £575 +27.78% 47
Yorkshire -48 18 £575 +43.75% 24
West Midlands -68 15 £475 +11.76% 17
East Midlands -35 8 £425 +18.72% 28
North East -42 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 19 (4.75%) 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%) Camunda
9 3 (0.75%) nginx
9 3 (0.75%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.50%) Apache
10 2 (0.50%) Drupal
10 2 (0.50%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.25%) Mule
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 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 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 91 (22.75%) Azure
2 83 (20.75%) AWS
3 35 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (8.25%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.75%) Figma
6 24 (6.00%) GitHub
6 24 (6.00%) Serverless
7 23 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (4.75%) Power Automate
8 19 (4.75%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.25%) GCP
10 15 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.75%) SaaS
13 9 (2.25%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.25%) OpenShift
14 8 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.75%) Amazon SQS
16 6 (1.50%) Amazon EMR
16 6 (1.50%) OneDrive
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 36 (9.00%) MySQL
3 34 (8.50%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (7.75%) Relational Database
5 29 (7.25%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.50%) Power BI
7 13 (3.25%) MongoDB
8 8 (2.00%) Apache Cassandra
8 8 (2.00%) Big Data
8 8 (2.00%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.75%) Tableau
10 6 (1.50%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.50%) Redis
11 5 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.25%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.25%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (1.25%) Metadata
11 5 (1.25%) Presto
Development Applications
1 69 (17.25%) Git
2 35 (8.75%) JIRA
3 31 (7.75%) Jenkins
4 16 (4.00%) GitLab
5 15 (3.75%) Cypress.io
5 15 (3.75%) JUnit
6 13 (3.25%) Vite
7 12 (3.00%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.75%) Maven
9 9 (2.25%) Mockito
10 8 (2.00%) Browser DevTools
10 8 (2.00%) MSTest
10 8 (2.00%) Storybook
11 7 (1.75%) webpack
12 6 (1.50%) Mocha
12 6 (1.50%) tSQLt
13 5 (1.25%) MSI
13 5 (1.25%) Postman
13 5 (1.25%) Visual Studio
14 4 (1.00%) Ant
General
1 114 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.00%) Finance
3 48 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (11.75%) Banking
5 43 (10.75%) Public Sector
6 29 (7.25%) Marketing
7 15 (3.75%) Retail
8 14 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.25%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.25%) Front Office
12 6 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.00%) Legal
13 4 (1.00%) Local Government
13 4 (1.00%) Publishing
14 3 (0.75%) Games
14 3 (0.75%) Military
15 2 (0.50%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 226 (56.50%) Developer
2 56 (14.00%) Senior
3 49 (12.25%) Full-Stack Developer
4 34 (8.50%) React Developer
4 34 (8.50%) Senior Developer
5 29 (7.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 25 (6.25%) Java Developer
7 23 (5.75%) Software Engineer
8 18 (4.50%) Architect
9 16 (4.00%) Consultant
9 16 (4.00%) Designer
10 14 (3.50%) Lead
10 14 (3.50%) Web Developer
11 13 (3.25%) Angular Developer
12 12 (3.00%) Python Developer
12 12 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (3.00%) Software Developer
13 11 (2.75%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 10 (2.50%) .NET Developer
14 10 (2.50%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 336 (84.00%) HTML
2 173 (43.25%) React
3 102 (25.50%) REST
4 95 (23.75%) AngularJS
5 84 (21.00%) .NET
6 78 (19.50%) HTML5
7 71 (17.75%) RESTful
8 61 (15.25%) CSS3
9 50 (12.50%) Redux
10 47 (11.75%) Node.js
11 42 (10.50%) Spring
12 38 (9.50%) Spring Boot
13 34 (8.50%) .NET Framework
13 34 (8.50%) ASP.NET
14 32 (8.00%) jQuery
15 28 (7.00%) Jest
15 28 (7.00%) JSON
16 27 (6.75%) OAuth
17 26 (6.50%) .NET Core
17 26 (6.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.25%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.25%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.25%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.50%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.25%) Low-Code
7 8 (2.00%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.25%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.25%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.25%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.00%) Graphic Design
10 4 (1.00%) Legacy Code
11 3 (0.75%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.75%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.00%) 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
1 191 (47.75%) Agile
2 127 (31.75%) CI/CD
3 98 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
4 97 (24.25%) User Experience
5 89 (22.25%) DevOps
6 88 (22.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 71 (17.75%) Front End Development
7 71 (17.75%) Microservices
8 61 (15.25%) Test Automation
9 60 (15.00%) Scrum
10 50 (12.50%) AI
11 49 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (12.25%) Software Engineering
12 48 (12.00%) Code Quality
13 46 (11.50%) UX Design
14 42 (10.50%) MVC
15 38 (9.50%) Analytics
15 38 (9.50%) Web Development
16 36 (9.00%) Design Patterns
17 35 (8.75%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 286 (71.50%) JavaScript
2 125 (31.25%) SQL
3 106 (26.50%) TypeScript
4 80 (20.00%) Java
5 79 (19.75%) Python
6 73 (18.25%) C#
7 17 (4.25%) PL/SQL
8 16 (4.00%) T-SQL
9 8 (2.00%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.50%) PHP
10 6 (1.50%) Ruby
10 6 (1.50%) Scala
10 6 (1.50%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.25%) Bicep
12 3 (0.75%) Perl
12 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.50%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.50%) Bash
13 2 (0.50%) Go
14 1 (0.25%) F#
Qualifications
1 61 (15.25%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.75%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.75%) Degree
4 12 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.75%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.75%) PMP
7 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.50%) CCA
7 2 (0.50%) CCNP
7 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.50%) 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 73 (18.25%) Accessibility
2 54 (13.50%) QA
3 42 (10.50%) WCAG
4 12 (3.00%) GDPR
5 7 (1.75%) 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 57 (14.25%) Docker
2 4 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 33 (8.25%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.75%) Terraform
3 12 (3.00%) Grafana
4 8 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (1.50%) Kibana
7 4 (1.00%) Argo
8 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 46 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.00%) Oracle
3 30 (7.50%) ServiceNow
4 26 (6.50%) Adobe
5 13 (3.25%) Google
6 12 (3.00%) 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%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.50%) SAP
9 6 (1.50%) Workday
10 4 (1.00%) Qualtrics
10 4 (1.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.75%) ESRI
11 3 (0.75%) Marketo
11 3 (0.75%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.75%) Sybase
12 2 (0.50%) Symantec