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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 138 99
Rank change year-on-year -132 -39 +4
Contract jobs citing CSS 422 561 776
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 2.03% 2.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.32% 8.21% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 381 541
10th Percentile £350 £268 £263
25th Percentile £406 £356 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £429 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% -14.30% -
75th Percentile £588 £525 £600
90th Percentile £638 £671 £700
UK median daily rate £465 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 39 14
10th Percentile £17.12 £32.75 £56.61
25th Percentile £18.13 £33.91 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +38.37%
75th Percentile £51.25 £54.83 -
90th Percentile £66.53 £66.60 -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +51.58%

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 9,776 6,836 8,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.38% 24.77% 24.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,442 4,706 5,575
10th Percentile £375 £355 £363
25th Percentile £437 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 163 187
10th Percentile £29.16 £31.25 £27.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.05 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.24 £54.70 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.92% -11.77% -4.62%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.88 £75.00 £74.46
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £53.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.07% -13.56% -2.22%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -85 241 £480 +2.13% 252
North of England -90 56 £500 +30.21% 60
South East -81 45 £475 +16.14% 40
South West -37 34 £413 +10.00% 28
Yorkshire -43 33 £575 +30.68% 13
Midlands -82 24 £441 +17.67% 48
North West -72 20 £478 +27.47% 36
West Midlands -62 16 £463 +8.82% 22
East of England -22 15 £425 -10.53% 16
East Midlands -31 8 £425 +17.08% 26
North East -42 3 £375 -21.88% 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 37 (8.77%) CMS
2 31 (7.35%) Confluence
3 20 (4.74%) SharePoint
4 14 (3.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 12 (2.84%) WordPress
6 6 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.42%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.42%) Camunda
7 5 (1.18%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.95%) Kentico
8 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.95%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.95%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.71%) IIS
10 2 (0.47%) Apache
10 2 (0.47%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.47%) nginx
10 2 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.47%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.24%) Liferay
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Sketch
2 3 (0.71%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.71%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.24%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 6 (1.42%) Shopify
2 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.47%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.24%) Postilion
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 101 (23.93%) Azure
2 94 (22.27%) AWS
3 35 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (8.06%) Power Platform
5 33 (7.82%) GitHub
5 33 (7.82%) Serverless
6 31 (7.35%) Figma
7 29 (6.87%) GCP
8 22 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (4.98%) Power Automate
10 19 (4.50%) PowerApps
11 14 (3.32%) GitHub Copilot
12 12 (2.84%) OpenShift
13 11 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (2.37%) Google Analytics
14 10 (2.37%) SaaS
15 8 (1.90%) OneDrive
16 7 (1.66%) Adobe Analytics
16 7 (1.66%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.27%) HTTP
2 9 (2.13%) DNS
3 5 (1.18%) 5G
3 5 (1.18%) SSH
3 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.95%) 4G
4 4 (0.95%) BGP
4 4 (0.95%) Firewall
4 4 (0.95%) Intranet
4 4 (0.95%) Network Security
4 4 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
4 4 (0.95%) SSL
4 4 (0.95%) VPN
5 2 (0.47%) Skype
6 1 (0.24%) ATM
6 1 (0.24%) MQTT
6 1 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (14.22%) SQL Server
2 56 (13.27%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (11.37%) MySQL
4 36 (8.53%) Relational Database
5 31 (7.35%) NoSQL
6 25 (5.92%) MongoDB
7 18 (4.27%) Redis
8 14 (3.32%) Power BI
9 11 (2.61%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.90%) Tableau
12 7 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
12 7 (1.66%) Couchbase
13 6 (1.42%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.42%) Big Data
13 6 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (1.18%) Presto
15 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.95%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 118 (27.96%) Git
2 48 (11.37%) Jenkins
3 42 (9.95%) JIRA
4 27 (6.40%) Cypress.io
4 27 (6.40%) GitLab
5 20 (4.74%) JUnit
5 20 (4.74%) Maven
6 14 (3.32%) SonarQube
6 14 (3.32%) Storybook
7 12 (2.84%) Gradle
8 11 (2.61%) MSI
8 11 (2.61%) Vite
9 10 (2.37%) Mockito
10 9 (2.13%) Selenium
11 8 (1.90%) Browser DevTools
11 8 (1.90%) REST Assured
12 7 (1.66%) Cucumber
13 6 (1.42%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (1.18%) Bitbucket
General
1 126 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 66 (15.64%) Public Sector
3 55 (13.03%) Finance
4 46 (10.90%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.48%) Banking
6 33 (7.82%) Marketing
7 20 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.32%) Publishing
10 12 (2.84%) Retail
10 12 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.66%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.18%) Games
14 4 (0.95%) Front Office
14 4 (0.95%) Legal
14 4 (0.95%) Local Government
15 3 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.47%) Law
16 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 243 (57.58%) Developer
2 56 (13.27%) Full-Stack Developer
3 53 (12.56%) Senior
4 46 (10.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 34 (8.06%) React Developer
5 34 (8.06%) Senior Developer
6 31 (7.35%) Java Developer
7 28 (6.64%) Lead
8 25 (5.92%) Python Developer
9 19 (4.50%) Designer
9 19 (4.50%) Software Engineer
10 16 (3.79%) Angular Developer
10 16 (3.79%) Consultant
11 15 (3.55%) Lead Developer
11 15 (3.55%) Web Developer
12 13 (3.08%) Architect
12 13 (3.08%) Technical Leader
13 12 (2.84%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 10 (2.37%) .NET Developer
14 10 (2.37%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 374 (88.63%) HTML
2 181 (42.89%) React
3 130 (30.81%) REST
4 101 (23.93%) HTML5
5 94 (22.27%) RESTful
6 87 (20.62%) CSS3
7 80 (18.96%) AngularJS
8 70 (16.59%) .NET
9 52 (12.32%) Node.js
10 47 (11.14%) Spring Boot
11 44 (10.43%) OAuth
11 44 (10.43%) Redux
11 44 (10.43%) Spring
12 38 (9.00%) Terraform
13 34 (8.06%) Jest
13 34 (8.06%) Vue
14 32 (7.58%) Kafka
15 30 (7.11%) jQuery
16 29 (6.87%) Next.js
17 28 (6.64%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.53%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.82%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.45%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (3.55%) Data Structures
5 15 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.13%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.90%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.18%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.18%) NHS
11 4 (0.95%) CMDB
11 4 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (0.95%) Equities
11 4 (0.95%) Fixed Income
11 4 (0.95%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.21%) Linux
2 21 (4.98%) Windows
3 18 (4.27%) Unix
4 4 (0.95%) Android
5 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.24%) Tizen
5 1 (0.24%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (52.13%) Agile
2 177 (41.94%) CI/CD
3 108 (25.59%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (25.36%) DevOps
5 106 (25.12%) Full-Stack Development
6 100 (23.70%) User Experience
7 99 (23.46%) Microservices
8 93 (22.04%) Test Automation
9 90 (21.33%) Front End Development
10 66 (15.64%) Scrum
11 59 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 55 (13.03%) UX Design
13 54 (12.80%) Code Quality
14 49 (11.61%) Software Engineering
15 48 (11.37%) AI
16 46 (10.90%) Containerisation
17 45 (10.66%) Analytics
18 42 (9.95%) Performance Optimisation
19 39 (9.24%) Design Patterns
19 39 (9.24%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 326 (77.25%) JavaScript
2 148 (35.07%) SQL
3 120 (28.44%) TypeScript
4 91 (21.56%) Python
5 79 (18.72%) Java
6 58 (13.74%) C#
7 16 (3.79%) PL/SQL
8 14 (3.32%) PHP
9 12 (2.84%) Bicep
9 12 (2.84%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.61%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.61%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.13%) Bash
12 6 (1.42%) Scala
13 5 (1.18%) Ruby
14 3 (0.71%) Perl
14 3 (0.71%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.24%) CFML
16 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 84 (19.91%) Security Cleared
2 64 (15.17%) SC Cleared
3 42 (9.95%) Degree
4 32 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.42%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CCA
9 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.24%) PhD
9 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (22.75%) Accessibility
2 68 (16.11%) QA
3 58 (13.74%) WCAG
4 11 (2.61%) NCSC
5 9 (2.13%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.42%) GDPR
7 5 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.47%) GRC
8 2 (0.47%) SLA
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.24%) WAI
9 1 (0.24%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 88 (20.85%) Docker
2 2 (0.47%) Varnish
3 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 50 (11.85%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.92%) Grafana
3 10 (2.37%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.66%) Kibana
4 7 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.95%) Argo
6 1 (0.24%) Ansible
Vendors
1 58 (13.74%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.24%) Oracle
3 31 (7.35%) ServiceNow
4 28 (6.64%) Adobe
5 21 (4.98%) Google
6 14 (3.32%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.37%) Splunk
8 8 (1.90%) IBM
8 8 (1.90%) Optimizely
8 8 (1.90%) OutSystems
9 7 (1.66%) Braze
10 6 (1.42%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.42%) Veracode
11 5 (1.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.95%) Amplitude
12 4 (0.95%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.95%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.95%) Tealium
12 4 (0.95%) Workday
13 3 (0.71%) Databricks