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

 6 months to
12 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 126 101
Rank change year-on-year -121 -25 -6
Contract jobs citing CSS 434 557 789
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 2.27% 2.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.30% 10.08% 10.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 374 568
10th Percentile £315 £313 £307
25th Percentile £405 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -8.10% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 31 23
10th Percentile £17.12 £30.25 £30.33
25th Percentile £18.13 £33.58 £46.18
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £51.25 £53.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.53 £60.13 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £46.41 £62.50
% change year-on-year -19.19% -25.75% +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 8,184 5,528 7,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.19% 22.55% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,400 3,838 5,503
10th Percentile £363 £360 £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 £520 £536
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.94% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 105 248
10th Percentile £31.18 £31.07 £22.68
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%
75th Percentile £73.34 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.22 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year +10.40% +18.94% -23.85%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 12 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 12 June 2026.

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 12 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 -69 256 £500 - 92
South East -79 49 £475 - 76
North of England -92 48 £460 +19.79% 73
Midlands -88 28 £475 +26.67% 37
North West -52 27 £388 +0.91% 37
South West -44 24 £410 +9.33% 34
East of England -15 19 £575 +27.78% 43
Yorkshire -45 19 £575 +43.75% 23
West Midlands -69 18 £475 +11.76% 15
East Midlands -35 10 £445 +24.30% 22
North East -41 2 £475 +25.00% 13
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 35 (8.06%) CMS
2 21 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 18 (4.15%) Confluence
4 16 (3.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (1.84%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.38%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.15%) Kentico
7 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.15%) WordPress
8 4 (0.92%) IIS
9 3 (0.69%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.69%) Camunda
9 3 (0.69%) nginx
9 3 (0.69%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.46%) Apache
10 2 (0.46%) Drupal
10 2 (0.46%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.46%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 6 (1.38%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.15%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.92%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.92%) Sketch
4 3 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.92%) Shopify
3 2 (0.46%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.46%) Magento
3 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.23%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 94 (21.66%) Azure
2 93 (21.43%) AWS
3 34 (7.83%) Power Platform
4 32 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (7.14%) Figma
6 26 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (5.76%) Serverless
8 24 (5.53%) GitHub
9 20 (4.61%) Power Automate
10 19 (4.38%) PowerApps
11 18 (4.15%) GCP
12 17 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (2.76%) SaaS
15 11 (2.53%) Amazon S3
16 9 (2.07%) OneDrive
17 8 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (1.84%) OpenShift
18 7 (1.61%) Amazon SQS
19 6 (1.38%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.84%) HTTP
2 7 (1.61%) Network Security
3 6 (1.38%) BGP
3 6 (1.38%) Reverse Proxy
3 6 (1.38%) SSL
4 5 (1.15%) DNS
4 5 (1.15%) Firewall
4 5 (1.15%) Intranet
5 3 (0.69%) SMS
5 3 (0.69%) VPN
6 2 (0.46%) LAN
6 2 (0.46%) OSPF
6 2 (0.46%) RTMP
6 2 (0.46%) WAN
7 1 (0.23%) DHCP
7 1 (0.23%) Internet
7 1 (0.23%) MQTT
7 1 (0.23%) Skype
7 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (14.98%) SQL Server
2 38 (8.76%) MySQL
3 37 (8.53%) Relational Database
4 32 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (6.91%) NoSQL
6 15 (3.46%) Power BI
7 13 (3.00%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.07%) Big Data
9 8 (1.84%) Apache Cassandra
10 7 (1.61%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.61%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.61%) Tableau
11 6 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.15%) Couchbase
12 5 (1.15%) Metadata
12 5 (1.15%) Presto
12 5 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 71 (16.36%) Git
2 35 (8.06%) JIRA
3 31 (7.14%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.92%) GitLab
5 15 (3.46%) Cypress.io
6 14 (3.23%) JUnit
7 12 (2.76%) Maven
7 12 (2.76%) Vite
8 11 (2.53%) Cucumber
9 9 (2.07%) Browser DevTools
10 8 (1.84%) Mockito
10 8 (1.84%) MSTest
11 7 (1.61%) Storybook
11 7 (1.61%) webpack
12 6 (1.38%) Mocha
12 6 (1.38%) Postman
12 6 (1.38%) tSQLt
13 5 (1.15%) Gradle
13 5 (1.15%) Selenium
13 5 (1.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 62 (14.29%) Finance
3 49 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (11.29%) Public Sector
4 48 (11.06%) Banking
5 31 (7.14%) Marketing
6 14 (3.23%) Retail
7 13 (3.00%) Investment Banking
8 12 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.07%) Front Office
11 5 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.92%) Legal
12 4 (0.92%) Local Government
12 4 (0.92%) Publishing
13 3 (0.69%) Games
13 3 (0.69%) Military
14 2 (0.46%) Automotive
14 2 (0.46%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 248 (57.14%) Developer
2 62 (14.29%) Senior
3 53 (12.21%) Full-Stack Developer
4 39 (8.99%) Senior Developer
5 36 (8.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 35 (8.06%) React Developer
7 25 (5.76%) Java Developer
8 23 (5.30%) Software Engineer
9 20 (4.61%) Architect
10 19 (4.38%) Designer
11 15 (3.46%) Python Developer
12 14 (3.23%) Consultant
12 14 (3.23%) Lead
13 13 (3.00%) Web Developer
14 12 (2.76%) Angular Developer
14 12 (2.76%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Software Developer
15 11 (2.53%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 11 (2.53%) Full-Stack Python Developer
15 11 (2.53%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (84.33%) HTML
2 189 (43.55%) React
3 115 (26.50%) AngularJS
4 107 (24.65%) REST
5 82 (18.89%) .NET
6 78 (17.97%) HTML5
7 67 (15.44%) RESTful
8 60 (13.82%) CSS3
9 51 (11.75%) Redux
10 47 (10.83%) Node.js
11 42 (9.68%) Spring
12 38 (8.76%) Spring Boot
13 34 (7.83%) ASP.NET
13 34 (7.83%) jQuery
13 34 (7.83%) JSON
14 32 (7.37%) .NET Framework
15 29 (6.68%) Vue
16 28 (6.45%) Jest
16 28 (6.45%) OAuth
17 27 (6.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.22%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.53%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.07%) Low-Code
6 8 (1.84%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.15%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.15%) CMDB
8 5 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.15%) Graphic Design
8 5 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (0.92%) Fixed Income
9 4 (0.92%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.69%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.38%) Windows
2 17 (3.92%) Unix
3 16 (3.69%) Linux
4 6 (1.38%) Android
5 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Tizen
7 1 (0.23%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (45.16%) Agile
2 125 (28.80%) CI/CD
3 113 (26.04%) User Experience
4 100 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (20.74%) Full-Stack Development
6 85 (19.59%) DevOps
7 83 (19.12%) Front End Development
8 68 (15.67%) Microservices
9 60 (13.82%) Scrum
10 57 (13.13%) Test Automation
11 54 (12.44%) AI
12 51 (11.75%) Analytics
13 50 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (11.06%) Code Quality
14 48 (11.06%) Software Engineering
14 48 (11.06%) UX Design
15 43 (9.91%) MVC
16 40 (9.22%) Containerisation
17 37 (8.53%) Design Patterns
18 36 (8.29%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 314 (72.35%) JavaScript
2 134 (30.88%) SQL
3 103 (23.73%) TypeScript
4 88 (20.28%) Python
5 86 (19.82%) Java
6 72 (16.59%) C#
7 17 (3.92%) PL/SQL
8 16 (3.69%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.53%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.84%) PHP
10 8 (1.84%) Ruby
11 6 (1.38%) Scala
11 6 (1.38%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.92%) Perl
13 3 (0.69%) Bicep
13 3 (0.69%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.46%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.46%) Bash
14 2 (0.46%) Go
15 1 (0.23%) F#
Qualifications
1 65 (14.98%) Security Cleared
2 41 (9.45%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.22%) Degree
4 12 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.69%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.69%) CCNP
5 3 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 3 (0.69%) PMI Certification
5 3 (0.69%) PMP
6 2 (0.46%) CCA
6 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.23%) CCNA
7 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (16.13%) Accessibility
2 51 (11.75%) QA
3 40 (9.22%) WCAG
4 16 (3.69%) GDPR
5 6 (1.38%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.15%) NCSC
7 4 (0.92%) SLA
8 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) WAI
9 1 (0.23%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 56 (12.90%) Docker
2 4 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 33 (7.60%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.07%) Terraform
3 12 (2.76%) Grafana
4 10 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.38%) Kibana
6 5 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.92%) Argo
8 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 47 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.22%) Oracle
3 36 (8.29%) Adobe
4 32 (7.37%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.23%) Google
5 14 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.53%) Sitecore
7 9 (2.07%) Braze
7 9 (2.07%) Splunk
8 8 (1.84%) OutSystems
9 7 (1.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.38%) SAP
10 6 (1.38%) Workday
11 5 (1.15%) Qualtrics
12 3 (0.69%) ForgeRock
12 3 (0.69%) mParticle
12 3 (0.69%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.69%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.69%) Sybase
316 CSS jobs in England